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Ronnie and Milan

Ronnie and Sidney, Jr.

Three pals at play

After a swim at Lawson homestead, 1955

Middlebury College: Le Château

Big man on campus

On duty at Washington Mall

Skiing on “The Pearl of the Alps”: Kitzbüheler Horn. Austria.

Ettal Abbey, Bavaria

OUR LADY OF ETTAL

Oberammergau, Bavaria

Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Oberammergau, Bavaria

Oberammergau as seen from the Kofel mountain

Füssen, Bavaria

Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen, Bavaria

Clay Headquarters, West Berlin

Man about town, West Berlin, 1961

August 13, 1961. Berlin Wall about to go up. Ron was there.

At St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA 1961

With classmates at St. John’s Seminary: 1965

Spiritual mentor, Maria von Trapp

St. Augustine Church, Montpelier, Vermont

Chanting of the Liturgy: Ordination

With gift from “Mother Trapp”

Newly ordained Father Ron May 5, 1970

High School Chaplain, Transfiguration Parish, Montreal

Corpus Christi Parish. Senneville, Quebec

One of several Montreal parishes he served.

New Army Chaplains: Ft. Monmouth, NJ 1984

9 November, 1989. Berlin Wall opens. Father Ron was there.

Leaving Ft. Benning for Saudi Arabia, Feb 3, 1991

“Home… At least for a little while.

Chaplain Lawson and his “taxi” to the troops.

Ready to head off to celebrate Mass at Log Base Romeo, Iraq.

Ready to head off to celebrate Mass at Log Base Romeo, Iraq.

Saying Mass at Log Base Romeo in Iraq

Celebrating Lenten Mass for 82nd Airborne troops in Saudi desert.

Time to head for home!

In Heidelberg, 1992

At Ars, France, 1994

At High Altar in Ettal Abbey, 1995. Holding miraculous statue of Our Lady of Ettal.

Celebrating 25th anniversary of ordination.

With Fr. Steve Donohoe, Pastor, St. Mary Church. Chelmsford, MA. 2010