FORMER SEMINARIANS OF THE

 ST. JEAN BAPTISTE PROVINCE

Name:
Dick Martin
Email:
dickmartin@comcast.net
Web Site:
www.DickMartinBlogs.com
Todays_date:
Jan. 4, 2008
Years:
1959 - 1968

In which program(s)?

From high school in Bucksport through philosophy in Natick.

Where Now?

I retired as AT&T's executive vice president of public relations and advertising in 2003. Since then I have been writing business books and articles.

Comments

I was pleased to see so many familiar names here. Gerry Tetrault taught me to drive. Ray Tague was so supportive when I left the seminary to find myself. Claude and Ray Ouellette spent most of a very cold winter in Colebrook with me and just two other novices (Ron Chaput and Jimmy Espinosa). In the end, I was the last to leave. But I owe a lot to the Oblates.

Name:
Dick Martin
Email:
dickmaetin@comcast.net
Web Site:
www.DickMartinBlogs.com
Todays_date:
Jan. 4, 2008
Years:
1959 - 1968

In which program(s)?

From high school in Bucksport through philosophy in Natick.

Where Now?

I retired as AT&T's executive vice president of public relations and advertising in 2003. Since then I have been writing business books and articles.

Comments

I was pleased to see so many familiar names here. Gerry Tetrault taught me to drive. Ray Tague was so supportive when I left the seminary to find myself. Claude and Ray Ouellette spent most of a very cold winter in Colebrook with me and just two other novices (Ron Chaput and Jimmy Espinosa). In the end, I was the last to leave. But I owe a lot to the Oblates.

Name:
Ronald Gagne
Email:
svshelovesme@yahoo.com
Web Site:
geocities.com/svshelovesm
Todays_date:
July 27,2007
Years:
1957-1961

In which program(s)?

St. Joseph's Bucksport '57-'61 Bar Harbor '61-'63

Where Now?

Native of Manchester, NH through 1998, since residing in New Orleans, currently living on a sailboat in the somewhere Caribean

Comments

I was so excited when Andy Beaule a classmate in 57 told me about this site! I read with enthusiasm all of the comments from many of my contemporaries and teachers: Fr. Tague, Fr. Arsenault, my cousin Denis Robitaille, Lalime!the hockey guy!, Julien Olivier, Lou!! my infamous admonitor at night! Remember those days guys? Builiding beds in the summer with Gerry Tetrault, our class reunion at Gerry's farm in Vt. All great memories. I met up with Pierre Laramee in Bankock Thailand in november of '06. What a great treat. We had great fun just as it was in the old days traveling on tghe bus at Christmas time and signing in the choir. I'm a Family Physician practiced in Manchester for 28 years, retired from there and left to teach in New Orleans for 6 years. Retired from there and now teach part time in a Caribbean medical school on the island of St. Martin. Love to hear from all of you. Count me in if you want to organize some kind of reunion. Ron

Name:
Normand Gagnon
Email:
ngagnon@fuse.net
Web Site:
Todays_date:
2/5/07
Years:
until 1979

In which program(s)?

Bucksport through Natick (1955-1968)

Where Now?

Retired in the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, my wife Norma's home town.

Comments

Please note my new email address.

Name:

George J. Lambert

Email:

gjl@adelphia.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

1/7/2007

Years:

See above

In which program(s)?

Bucksport -1956 to 1960 Bar Harbor - 1960 to 1962 Colebrook -1962

Where Now?

Kennebunk ME 04043

Comments

After leaving the novitiate, I earned a degree in accounting, joined the international accounting firm of KPMG and passed the CPA exam. I spent over 28 years with KPMG, most of that time as an audit partner, working in Portland ME and Paris France. When KPMG decided to leave Maine in 1994, I became a founding parrtner of Baker Newman Noyes with offices in Portland, Me and Manchester and Portsmouth NH. Since my retirement in 2001, I spend my time on the board of various nonprofits, writing, and traveling with my lovely wife, Mariette. And of course indulging my favorite passion, flyfishing. We have 2 children: Chris, a mechanical engineer who lives in Troy Michigan with his family and Celeste, an artist, currently living in Kittery ME. Chris and his wife have blessed us with 2 delightful grandchildren, Maddie, age 7, and Grady, age 5. One of my current writing project is a novel that oddly enough takes place in a seminary in Maine. I am so pleased to have located this site entirely by serendipity. It does not seem possible that over 50 years have passed since arriving in Bucksport. I think its time for a reunion? Busckport class of '60, what do you say?

Name:

raymond tague

Email:

rat2jbt@comcast.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12-3-06

Years:

1944 to 1971

In which program(s)?

junior seminary to ordination

Where Now?

derry, nh

Comments

always interested in hearing anything about the Oblates and their activities.

Name:

Marc Fecteau

Email:

marc.fecteau@maine.gov

Web Site:

Todays_date:

6-8-06

Years:

1966-1970

In which program(s)?

Attended St Joe's in Bucksport

Where Now?

Chelsea, Maine

Comments

I had four great years at St joe's. Th eeducation I received at the school prepared me very well for college and I am thankful for that. I am married, 4 kids,and 4 grandkids. Work fohethe state as teh Director of the Division of Program Integrity (we monitor the state's Medicaid Program for fraud and abuse). I am a WWII buff mostly interested in my father's infantry division and my uncle's coastal artillery unit. Occassionally I see Jim Robichaud who also graduated in 1970. Jim is the pastor of several small churches in the Dover-Foxcroft area. i will let him know about this site if he doesn't already.

Name:

Richard Boudreau

Email:

rpboudreau@comcast.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

4/17/2006

Years:

1964-1972

In which program(s)?

Bucksport, Me and Natick Ma

Where Now?

Living on Milton St in Manchester, NH

Comments

My New Year's resolution was to track down some of my former classmates and I ran across this site during the course of my search. The Oblates have always played a major role in my family's history. An uncle who served in Lowell for years, a cousin and my brother and myself as seminarians. My of the priest who have served at St Jeanne D'Arc parish were close friends of my parents on both sides. They were all men I admired and they certainly had in impact in my life

Name:

Andre Beaule

Email:

abeaule@msn.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

3/16/2006

Years:

1956 to 1962

In which program(s)?

Bucksport & Bar Harbor, ME

Where Now?

Still living in Manchester, NH

Comments

What a great site. I would like to find my classmates from Bucksport & Bar Harbor. It will be 50 years this Sept. that we started in Bucksport.

Name:

Charles S. Bourgeois

Email:

csbourgeois@videotron.ca

Web Site:

Todays_date:

March 3, 2006

Years:

17 years

In which program(s)?

Bucksport, Bar Harbor, Colebrook, Natick through ordination

Where Now?

Montreal

Comments

I'm married with 1 daughter. After leaving the Oblates, I got a Ph.D. from Brown University. I've taught at the University of Missouri and at McGill. I am currently Vice President IT with Montreal International and close to retirement.

Name:

Arthur J. Gionet

Email:

agionet@charter.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

2/1/06

Years:

1939-1948

In which program(s)?

Minor Seminary Colebrook and Bucksport; Novitiate in Colebrook; Major Seminary in Natick

Where Now?

428 Headlee Lane, Denton, Tx 76201

Comments

I taught French and Latin in Texas Public Schools and Universities, and my seminary days are still with me because I often dream of going back to Bucksport to teach, but not quite getting there.

Name:

raymond a. ouellette

Email:

r.ouellette@cox.net

Web Site:

rouellette.wealth2k.com

Todays_date:

1-02-2006

Years:

1959-1965

In which program(s)?

Bucksport, 1959-1963 Bar Harbor, 1963-1965 Colebrook, July 1965-October 9-1965

Where Now?

71 Red Tail Trail Tiverton, RI 02878

Comments

401-816-0442 (H) 401-432-8810 (W)

Name:

Gerard Lalime

Email:

Glalime@aol.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12/15/2005

Years:

1957 to 1969

In which program(s)?

Bucksport, Bar Harbor, Colebrook, Natick, Cambridge

Where Now?

Brunswick, Maine. I have been a manager in Health care for the past 33 years.

Comments

Name:

Lucien (Lou) Ouellette

Email:

terrylou1313@aol.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

12 October 2005

Years:

1957 & 1958

In which program(s)?

Juniorate in Bucksport Me.

Where Now?

13 Memory Lane Milford, NH 03055

Comments

Remember with great fondness the short but formative years I spent at Bucksport. I remember Fathers Guy, Vaillancourt, LaPlante, Sirois, Houle, Lirette etal. I remember peanut butter (bets) and molasses snacks. I remember the plastic necklaces of red, green and yellow colors. I remember a group of very nice young men of decency and moral fiber even in those difficult years of youth. God Bless every one of you!

Name:

Raymond M Asselin

Email:

rasselin@cfl.rr.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

August 6, 2005

Years:

5 years

In which program(s)?

Bucksport, Me 1942-1945 Bar Harbor, Me 1946

Where Now?

My wife and I live In Orlando, Florida. We had One(1) Daughter--she is married and lives in Orlando, Fl

Comments

When I left Bar Harbor, I attended Merimack College in Andover Ma. and Rivier College in Nahua,NH--I have a Master Degree in Accounting

Name:

Richard A. Arsenault

Email:

rarsena970@aol,com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

7/8/5

Years:

In which program(s)?

All the way to ordination in 1957.

Where Now?

In Florida, at 19025 Mangrove Bay Court (part of PINE LAKES COUNTRY CLUB) in North Fort Myers.

Comments

We (my wife and I) love to read the NEWS NOTES from Bro. Gus.

Name:

Norman Charles LaBrie

Email:

(new as of 11/04): norlab2003@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

7/6/2005

Years:

In which program(s)?

Where Now?

Comments

Name:

Claude J. Ouellette

Email:

couellette@safety.state.nh.us

Web Site:

Todays_date:

05/02/2005

Years:

In which program(s)?

From 1959-63 Juniorate at Bucksport !963-65 Bar Harbor 1965-65 Colbrook

Where Now?

I live in Merrimack , N.H.I'm a widower with three married children and 3.6 grandchildren .Pauline (Duhamel) and I were married 37 years before Jesus called her on June 1, 2004 .

Comments

I am the Director of Human Resources for the N.H. Department os Safety in Concord , N.H. I often look back very fondly at my years of education and formation with the Oblates and I still keep in touch with several of my classmates there such as Ron Chaput , Ray Ouellette , Vernon Allard , Ernie Jette .I toolook forward to hearing from any of my "old " classmates !

Name:

Raymond G. Breton

Email:

rgbjcl@comcast.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

January 2, 2005

Years:

1956-1978

In which program(s)?

Bucksport: 1956-60; Bar Harbor: 1960-62; Colebrook: 1963-63; Natick/Cambridge: 1963-69

Where Now?

Oakland, California

Comments

I joined the Diocese of Oakland in 1978. I currently serve as Judicial Vicar. Plenty of ministry in both English and Spanish (mais, hélas, presque jamais en français!). Classmates for all 13 years of formation were Claude Dozois, Maurice Geoffroy and +Richard Desmarais. Greetings, blessings and thanks to the Oblates.

Name:

Norman R. Veilleux

Email:

iprint@adelphia.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

1--2-05

Years:

1955-1958

In which program(s)?

1955-1957 Bar Harbor, ME 1957- 1958 Colebrook, NH

Where Now?

Retired (age 71)- Augusta, Maine Vocational Instructor 19 yrs, High School in Augusta, ME Owner of printing company

Comments

Former classmate to: Fr. Richard Bolduc, Fr. Proulx, Fr. Medeiros, Fr. Nourie, Fr. Heon, Fr. Parent, Fr. Arel and Fr. Obin, Fr. Bourgoin, Fr. Corriveau

Name:

Richard (Archie) A. Arsenault

Email:

RArsena970@aol.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

04-02-04

Years:

1945-69

In which program(s)?

1945-49 (Bucksport) 1949-51 (Bar Harbor) 1951 (Colebrook) 1951 - 58 (Natick, where I was ordained in 1957) 1958-59 (Washington, DC) 1959-69 (Back in Bucksport as a Profes- sor)

Where Now?

In Florida (on the West Coast). We live in North Fort Myers, Florida, where we have resided for the past 9 years.

Comments

I am at present retired from teach- ing in the Hartford, Conn. school system, where I taught for 24 years (English and French)

Name:

Richard (Archie) A. Arsenault

Email:

RArsena970@aol.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

04-2-04

Years:

In which program(s)?

1945-49 (Bucksport) 1949-1951 (Bar Harbor) 1951 (Colebrook) 1951 1958 (Natick - ordained in 1957) 1958-59 (Washington, DC) 1959-69 (Professor in Bucksport)

Where Now?

In Florida where we have been since I retired from teaching in Hartford, CT.

Comments

I met my wife (Fr, Real Bourque's Sister), and we were married in 1971. I am at present retired, and we live in North Fort Myers, F where we have lived for the past 9 years

Name:

Arthur Gionet

Email:

agionet@charter.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

3/14/04

Years:

1939-1948

In which program(s)?

Minor seminary: 1939-1942 (Colebrook) Minor seminary: 1942-1944 (Bucksport) Novitiate: 1944-1945 (Colebrook) Major seminary: 1945-1948 (Natick)

Where Now?

428 Headlee Lane, Denton, Tx 76201 Phone: 940-387-1211; FAX 940-382-5852

Comments

I left in June of 1948 and joined the USAF. In 1950 I met Claire and married her; participated in Korean War until discharged, 1952. Since I had no degree from the Oblates, I enrolled at St. Thomas University, Houston and received B.A.,1953;started teaching French and Latin, at Galena Park, Tx (surburb of Houston) until 1961. Left to teach at the University of North Texas, Denton,Tx. We adopted our daughter Nena in 1966; we now have thee wonderful grandchildren. Reached the rank of Regents Professor, am now Regents-professor Emeritus. Retired in 1995. I wish we had an alumni reunion so I could thank all my professors, many of whom are now receiving their rewards: Desruisseaux, Lehoullier, Desmarais, Salvas, Labrie, Tremblay (visiting from Canada), Richard, Dufault,Baillargeon and many, many more. To ALL of them I say thank you, and let them know they are in my daily prayers.

Name:

Arthur Gionet

Email:

agionet@charter.net

Web Site:

Todays_date:

3/14/04

Years:

See above.

In which program(s)?

In Colebrook from 1939-1943 In Bucksport from 1943-1945 Novitiate (Colebrook)from 1945-1946 Natick from 1946-1948

Where Now?

428 Headlee Lane, Denton, Tx 940-387-1211; FAX 940-382-5842

Comments

I joined the USAF in 1948. In 1950 I married Claire Corolla (Houston); went to Japan (Korean War); discharged in 1952. Since I had no degrees from the Oblates, I enrolled at St. Thomas Univ., Houston, Tx; received B.A. in 1953. Started teaching Fench and Latin at Galena Park H.S. (near Houston) until 1961. Left to teach at the Univ. of N. Texas, Denton, Tex. retired in 1995 as Regents Professor. Went to UT, Austin for MA and Ph.H.D. (1957/1968) I'm so grateful for the education the Oblates gave me, especially Frs. Desruisseaux, Salvas, Labrie, Morrisette, Lehoulllier, Tremblay (visiting from Québec), Dufault, Baillargeon. I'm sure I missed many more. Please forgive me, but I remember ALL of you in my daily prayers. I'm a Eucharistic minister and have been since 1971, was a lector, much involved with the parish. Wehen we first came, we had abou5 200 Catholics in town, but 65 "other churches". Now we have 2500+ families, an elementary school, and another parish of 1500 families! The kingdom of God is gowing in Denton. Thanks, Oblates, for all you've done for me and my family. I also wish we could have an alumni reunion.

Name:

Edmond Lausier

Email:

edlausier@aol.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

January 17, 2004

Years:

1951 to 1957

In which program(s)?

Minor Seminary @ Bucksport and Bar Harbor, Maine

Where Now?

Los Angeles, California

Comments

Just attend Fr. Paul Nourie's 40th anniversary celebration in San Fernando.

Name:

Robert H Blanchette

Email:

robert.blanchette@kofc.org

Web Site:

Todays_date:

January 16,2004

Years:

1960 -66, 8/68-10/68

In which program(s)?

Juniorate in Bucksport, ME and Bar Harbor, ME and Novitiate in Alton, Il

Where Now?

Live at 162 Mather St in Hamden, CT 06517

Comments

As soonas I have time, I would like to locate some former classmates and especially those who are Oblates

Name:

Thomas Karwaki

Email:

karwaki@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Todays_date:

11/10/2003

Years:

1977-8

In which program(s)?

Pre-Novitiate-Boston Summer - S.Boston

Where Now?

Seattle

Comments

May God continue to bless the preaching and ministries of Fr. Bolduc and Fr. Allanach

Name:

Denis Ledoux

Email:

denis@turningmemories.com

Web Site:

www.turningmemories.com

Years:

1960-1967

In which program(s)?

Bucksport, Bar Harbor, Colebrook

Where Now?

95 Gould Road, Lisbon Falls, Maine 04252

Comments

I have helped people write their personal and family stories since 1988 (connect to our web site to get an idea of what tht is about). I have two children. (In 2003) my daughter Zoe is a graduate student at Concordia University in Montreal (BA in French from Universite de Montreal [I've just gotten a PC and haven't located the accents yet])). My son Maxim is a senior in college and he spent the last semester in Le Mans and this past summer studying French at McGill. (Have you guessed that I'm rather proud of having raised two bilingual children.) Martha Blowen and I are about to celebrate 28 years together. She works with me at our Soleil Lifestory Network.

Name:

Gus Cadieux

Email:

guscadieux@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Years:

49 t0 70

In which program(s)?

Where Now?

PO Box 421 Slingerlands, NY 12159-0421

Comments

Name:

Norman Desmarais

Email:

normd@providence.edu

Web Site:

Years:

1961-1974

In which program(s)?

Bucksport Bar Harbor Colebrook Rome

Where Now?

living at 467 River Rd. Lincoln, RI 02865 working at Providence College 549 River Ave. Providence, RI 02918

Comments

After I left the Oblates, I went to Simmons College (library school). After graduation, I took a job as librarian at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore, then at Catholic University. I've been acquisitions librarian at Providence College for 20 years. I have the rank of professor and I'll be on sabbatical in the spring semester working on a book (my 15th). I'm married to Barbara Hughes whose aunt, I learned after several years of marriage, is also Ray Marquis's aunt. We have two daughters.

Name:

Norman LaBrie

Email:

norlab51@juno.com

Web Site:

Years:

1951-1955

In which program(s)?

Bar Harbor, ME (3 years); Colebrook, NH

Where Now?

2612 Galicia Way, Carlsbad (San Diego County), CA 92009

Comments

My wife, Gale, and son, Marc, moved to Carlsbad from the Washington, DC area in June, 1988. In 1986, I retired from 29 years' federal government service, 21 of which with the US State Department. During my State career, I served at diplomatic posts in London; Duesseldorf, Germany; Saigon, Quito, Vienna and Madrid, as well as in Washington. Now I mostly garden, maintain our property, and travel.

Name:

Leon Bedard

Email:

leon.bedard@verizon.net

Web Site:

n/a

Years:

1939 to 1948

In which program(s)?

Juniorate; Colebrook and Bucksport Novitiate; Colebrook Scholasticate Natick to 1st Theology

Where Now?

175 Endicott St Dracut, Ma. Tel; 9789574827

Comments

Married to Aurise Milot 51 years with 6 Children and 8 Grandchildren. Worked in banking for 50 Years. sGreat Idea this web site and hope it grows. Trying to locate and old Oblate classmate Richard Gagne originally of Dover N. H.

Name:

Julien Olivier

Email:

JuOlivier@aol.com

Web Site:

http://hometown.aol.com/j

Years:

1954-1972

In which program(s)?

juniorate thru ordination; 5 years' ministry.

Where Now?

254 Beauty Hill Road / Barrington, NH 03825-3535 / H 603-664-6952; O 603-664-2318; Fax 603-664-7133.

Comments

Learned of this thru Stu O'Brien of New England CORPUS. Sounds like a good idea.

Name:

Edward J. Bergeron

Email:

edbarb@earthlink.net

Web Site:

Years:

1955-1959

In which program(s)?

Bucksport and Bar Harbour Me.

Where Now?

I reside in Buda,TX (Just South of Austin)

Comments

I retired from the Air Force after 26 years as a Chief Master Sergeant. I also retired from the IRS where I worked eight years as a tax examiner and the last five as a computer technician. I am currently fully retired and travel extensively around the U.S. with my wife Barbara in our RV. See my website, http://home.earthlink.net/~edbarb/index.htm for more information. I recently visited Bucksport, what a change in the old place!

Name:

Normand Gagnon

Email:

ngagnon@earthlink.net

Web Site:

Years:

1955 to 1979

In which program(s)?

Seminaries in Bucksport & Bar Harbor, ME Novitiate in Colebrook, NH Scholasticate in Natick, MA

Where Now?

I am now in Cincinnati, OH, with my wife Norma, an adopted daughter Sarah (18) and an adopted son Joe (14).

Comments

My ministry brought me to Manville RI, Plattsburg NY, campus ministry in Orono ME, and finally Notre Dame de Lourdes in Lowell MA. I then did a career change into computer programming/analysis. I am now unemployed (self-employed) since the IT industry took a hard hit. My next step would be contracting with local companies and/or teaching computer skills in local colleges. The thought has crossed my mind to teach philosophy or some human/social skills to local organizations. A hobby is also woodworking, though my skills are mostly "learning on the job".

Name:

Gerard Tetrault

Email:

cgtetrault@yahoo.com

Web Site:

Years:

1957 - 1988

In which program(s)?

From Bucksport to Cambridge

Where Now?

68 Stetson Road Bristol, VT 05443

Comments

I spent many good years with the Oblates, serving at Notre Dame de Lourdes and Ste. Jeanne d'Arc, Lowell, then at the novitiate in Godfrey and finally at St. Peter's in Plattsburgh. In a reversal of a well known model, I first had a public life and then became a carpenter. I always loved working with my hands and am now a cabinetmaker. I work at Middlebury College but also have my own shop at home. My wife Claire also works at Middlebury College. We continue to have Oblate friends who visit regularly. Would love to have a meeting of alumni.

Name:

Denis Robitaille

Email:

denis@stargate.pitt.edu

Web Site:

Years:

1957-62

In which program(s)?

I was a Junior Oblate at Saint Joseph Seminary in Bucksport, Maine and for one year in Bar Harbor.

Where Now?

I live with my wife and son in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. I teach French language and literature (guess where I learned most of that!)and am chair of the Division of Humanities at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Comments

I always remember fondly my teachers and classmates, most of whom I have never seen again since I left Bar Harbor in 1962. I have been reading your website from time to time for the last couple of years. What a great idea to have this alumni page! I owe much to the formation I received in Bucksport for any success I may have had in life. It would be great to hear from any of my classmates or teachers, for I see some of their names here on occasion. I note Fr. Sawyer's, who taught me English at Bar Harbor and who often contributes to the website. Thanks again for the chance to touch base, as it were, with a part of my now distant past.