On Friday, May 17th, 2024, we celebrated Brother Neal Golden '57 as he finished teaching his last class at Brother Martin High School.

Brother Neal has been a “standard bearer of the educational mission of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart at Brother Martin for fifty-five years, or, in other words, every single day in the existence of Brother Martin High School.”

We could not be more grateful for Brother Neal for devoting his life to the formation of our students and school. Thank you, Brother Neal!

"Brother Neal Golden has been a standard bearer of the educational mission of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart at Brother Martin High School for fifty-five years, or, in other words, every single day in the existence of Brother Martin High School! This is truly a remarkable feat, carried out because of his singular passion, selfless service, and love of the mission. Brother Neal is the one remaining active founder on our faculty and has had the privilege of watching our school start and grow all these years since the consolidation of St. Aloysius and Cor Jesu High Schools. Brother Neal is the originator of computer education in the state, having written and revised the first technology education textbook in Louisiana. He is also the state’s leader of Academic Games, an extracurricular that he has developed at Brother Martin and at countless other schools in the city. He was also the very first recipient, in 1991, of the Brother More Schaefer Award.

Brother Neal has spent fifty-five years, over half of a century, forming young men to meet the needs of a changing world."