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OBLATES CELEBRATE JUBILEES

 OF VOWS AND ORDINATION

 
     
   

Various Oblates Are celebrating this year significant anniversaries of the first profession of vows as religious and of their ordination to the priesthood.  The United States Province is holding three different gatherings to fete these men and their faithfulness to their vocation.  The first celebration took place in San Antonio, TX, on April 20.  Other celebrations will be in Tewksbury, MA, on June 7 and in Belleville, IL, on September 13.  The jubilarians minister not only in the United States but also in eight other missions: Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Haiti, Japan, Rome, and Zambia.

 
     
 

JUBILEES OF FIRST PROFESSION OF VOWS

 

80 YEARS

Fr. Joseph Lyons

70 YEARS

Fr. Marcel Bolduc

Fr. Robert Colfer

Fr. Charles Gilles

Fr. Paul Ischler

Fr. Robert Kilroy

Fr. William Leising

Fr. Norman Racette

65 YEARS

Bro. Daniel Hayes

Fr. Francis Mitchell

Fr. William Smith

Fr. George White

 

60 YEARS

Fr. Paul Frank

Fr. Simon Gagnon

Fr. Leo Gauvin

Fr. Patrick Guidon

Fr. Emil Helfrich

Fr. Daniel O'Leary

Fr. Edward Randall

Fr. Olivier Renaud

Fr. Aloysius Svobodny

50 YEARS

Fr. Charles Breault

Fr. George Capen

Fr. Ronald Carignan

Fr. Roger Cyr

Bro. Donat Daigle

Fr. Thomas Delaney

Fr. Patricio Dominguez

Fr. Leo Dummer

Fr. Patrick Hollywood

Fr. Carl Kabat

Fr. James Kernan

Fr. Robert Lacasse

Fr. Roger J. Lamoureux

Fr. Joseph Pitts

Fr. Raymond Steen

Fr. Patrick Thomason

Bro. Maurice Violette

Fr. Andrew Wieser

40 YEARS

Fr. Thomas Coughlin

Fr. Robert Fitzpatrick

Fr. Francis Hahn

Fr. Richard McAlear

Fr. William Morell

Fr. Robert Morin

Fr. Donald Stavinoha

 

25 YEARS

Fr. Marc Boisvert

Fr. Roger E. Lamoureux

Fr. James Taggart

Fr. Henry Walker

 

JUBILEES OF ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD

75 YEARS

Fr. Joseph Lyons

65 YEARS

Fr. Marcel Bolduc

Fr. Paul Ischler

Fr. Norman Racette

Fr. Angel Villalba

60 YEARS

Fr. George Croft

Fr. Francis Mitchell

50 YEARS

Fr. Bernard Belley

Fr. Real Borque

Fr. Raymond Crowe

Fr. Myles Cyr

Fr. Ciaran Dillon

Fr. Rene Dufour

Fr. Justin Huelsing

Fr. John King

Fr. John Mahoney

Fr. Patrice Morel

Fr. Joseph O'Brien

Fr. James Pillar

Fr. Frank Ryan

Fr. Charles Sellars

Fr. Bertram Silver

Fr. Martin Walsh

Fr. Andrew Wueste

40 YEARS

Fr. Donald Arel

Fr. Gerard Barrett

Fr. Roger Bergkamp

Fr. Donald Bernard

Fr. Richard Bolduc

Fr. George Brown

Fr. Eugene Caņas

Fr. Donald Dummer

Fr. Terence Figel

Fr. Isidore Garcia

Fr. Alfonso Gioppato

Fr. Thomas Hayes

Fr. Bruce Heit

Fr. Charles Heon

Fr. David Kalert

Fr. Elmar Mauer

Fr. Paul Medeiros

Fr. Paul Nourie

Fr. Arthur Obin

Fr. Norman Parent

Bishop Michael Pfeifer

Fr. Alfred Proulx

Fr. Philip Singarayar

Fr. Harry Winter

25 YEARS

Fr. Scott Hill

Fr. Henry Lemoncelli

Fr. James Loiacono

Fr. Louis Lougen