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Dear Reader,Albert Schweitzer wrote: “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but I know that those of you who have found happiness have found it in the service of others.” Our world today offers many options to find happiness. Unfortunately, not all the options bring happiness or the hope of a better life. Further, many options are very individualistic, expensive or fleeting. Those who have been guided by the wisdom of Dr. Schweitzer (and by Jesus) have

found that in the giving they have received. Their gift was to walk with and share with those in need.

Jesus says: “love one another AS I have loved you.” It is a love that is faithful, generous and joyful – it is in the giving of ourselves that we find the hope and the happiness that Jesus promises. Someone said that we don’t have to be angels to be saints, but angels often brought the good news of God to others. Are we not angels of God’s love and compassion when we show someone the face of God?

The Dutch (who better) painter Rembrandt created a portrait of Jesus with a halo not over his head, as is usual, but around his hands. Jesus has holy hands to touch, to bless, to share, to heal. We, too, are given these “tools” to build a better world. Let us continue, through our holy hands, to reach out to those in need wherever we find them, or better still, wherever they find us. In giving we discover not “who is my neighbour”, but rather, “who am I neighbour to?” Then, those we serve can truly say: “I like myself better when I am with you.”

Have a blessed and happy and restful summer.

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In Memoriam

Two members of the Ontario-Kentucky Province, both in Kentucky, have died since the last edition of Resurrection Bulletin.

Fr. Charles Schoenbaechler, CR

died in Louisville, Kentucky on April 17, 2013. He was in his 97th year and 74th year of religious life in the Congregation. Fr. Charlie was born in Louisville in 1916. He professed first vows in the Congregation of the

Resurrection in 1935 and was ordained in London, Ontario in 1942. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Gregorian Institute in Toledo, Ohio and used his gift of music to teach Gregorian Chant at St. Mary’s College in St. Mary, Kentucky from 1943-1957. Fr. Charlie was involved in parish ministry at St. Cecilia Parish, Louisville until 1966 and then moved to Bermuda, where he was Pastor at Stella Maris Parish for the next thirty years. At Holy Angels Academy in Louisville Fr. Charlie taught Latin from 1996-2008 and celebrated the Latin Mass at St. Martin of Tours Parish. At the age of 92, he finally retired in 2008. His funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Martin of Tours Parish on April 22, 2013.

HENRI ROSSET BURSE ST. AGATHA PARISH BURSE ST. ANNE’S BURSE IN HONOUR OF JOHN AND ANNA KRIWINSKY ST. ANTHONY BURSE, VALLIMONT FAMILY ST. ANTHONY’S MISSION PARISH BURSE ST. CECILIA’S BURSE #1 ST. CECILIA’S BURSE #2, IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND MATILDA HAUBER, HERMAN NIX AND SERGEANT JOHN DAVID NIX ST. FRANCIS BURSE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER BURSE ST. JOHN’S BURSE IN HONOUR OF JOHN AND ANNA KRIWINSKY ST. JOSEPH’S BURSE ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH HAMILTON, ONTARIO BURSE #2 ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, 50TH ANNIVERSARY BURSE ST. LAWRENCE’S BURSE, IN HONOUR OF FR. ALBERT ZINGER, C.R. ST. LOUIS BURSEST LOUIS PASTOR’S BURSE ST. MARY’S BURSE, IN MEMORY OF ANGELINA HAUSEST. MONICA BURSE ST. PIUS X, BRANTFORD BURSE BURSE IN HONOUR OF THE SACRED HEART JEROME AND HELMA SCHERER BURSE TIMOTHY SCHERER BURSE VINCE AND ANNE SCHERER BURSE THE SCHERER FAMILY BURSE JOHN A. AND LOU SCHMALZ BURSE WILLIAM AND LEAH SCHMALZ BURSE DORETTA SCHNARR MEMORIAL BURSE EDWARD AND CATHERINE SCHNARR MEMORIAL BURSE HELEN SCHNARR MEMORIAL BURSE PAUL, SHEILA, MATTHEW, AMANDA, LEE ANN, JENNY SCHNEIDER BURSE MR. AND MRS. RALPH SCHWOOB BURSE NORMAN AND STELLA SHOEMAKER BURSE CELESTIN AND ANNE SIESS BURSE THE JERRY F. SIMONS MEMORIAL BURSE THE FATHER HAROLD B. SMITH BURSE FR. T. V. SOBISCH, C.R. BURSE RUPERT STRAUS BURSE AMELIA REGINA STROEDER MEMORIAL BURSE CHARLES STROH MEMORIAL BURSE FR. WALTER STRUB, C.R. MEMORIAL BURSE ALFRED AND GLADYS STUMPF AND PHILIP BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF JOHN J. SZMIGIELSKI EVELYN MILES TURNER, JOHN F. MILES, C.R. AND REV. WILLIAM J. TURNER BURSE PADRE JAMES FRANCIS VALK, C.R. BURSE ARTHUR F. VALLIMONT MEMORIAL BURSE FELIX HENRY AND MARY CATHERINE VALLIMONT BURSE HAROLD AND DELLA VOISIN AND FAMILY BURSE ROMAN AND MARY VOISIN BURSE BROTHER CARL VOLL, C.R. MEMORIAL BURSE MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR WALTER BURSE FR. NORMAN WEAVER, C.R. MEMORIAL BURSE THE ALBERT AND DOROTHY WEILER FAMILY BURSE FR. ANTHONY WEILER, C.R. AND FR. MICHAEL F. WEILER, C.R. BURSE WILBUR JOHN WEILER BURSE THE WILLIAM F. AND AMELIA WEILER AND FAMILY - GUELPH BURSE PETER AND LEONA WILHELM BURSE ALF AND CAROLINE WINTERMEYER BURSE JACOB AND ANNIE WUNDER AND FAMILY BURSE THE LOUIS ALBERT ZINGER AND MARY MAGDALEN ZINGER BURSE JOSEPH AND SARAH ZUBER AND BENJAMIN, IDA AND MARY ZOLLNER BURSE

SIR AND LADY R.A.J. BAUER, K.H.S., L.H.S. BURSE IN MEMORY OF FATHER DAVID W. BAUER, C.S.B., O.C. 1400 EDWARD S. BOEHMER AND GLADYS I. BOEHMER BURSE 4198 CHARLES AND MARGARET BRUDER BURSE 5700 GEORGE HENRY AND HELEN ANNE BRUDER MEMORIAL BURSE 1500 CHRISTOPHER BURSE #2 1606 FATHER MICHAEL CUNDARI BURSE #3 4886

REV. CHARLES DANTZER BURSE 6792 ALEX W. DIETRICH BURSE 1050 REV. ANTHONY DURAND BURSE 8000 D. JACK AND ANNEMARIE EBY BURSE 2700 OSCAR, ELIZABETH AND NORMA EBY BURSE 9000 THE ALFRED AND HILDA FEDY FAMILY BURSE 2000 PATRICK AND CATHERINE FLANAGAN BURSE 8200 RALPH AND DOROTHY FREIBURGER AND FAMILY BURSE 6000 FRANCIS GARIBALDI AND FAMILY BURSE 1400 JOHN D. GIBSON, SR., DAVE JR., MURIEL AND FAMILY BURSE 5100 REV. J. J. GNAM BURSE 5000 JEROME HELM FAMILY BURSE 2000 MARCELLA HELM BURSE 1000 ROBERT HELM AND FAMILY BURSE 5000 COLETTE HENHOEFFER, MAUDE HERTEL & CAROLINE WILHELM BURSE 2700 MR. & MRS. CLARENCE P. HERZOG BURSE 3040 THE L. AND D. HERZOG BURSE 6000 REV. RAY HOFMANN, C.R. BURSE 1088 ADELLA MARIE HOLLE, PERCY AND FAMILY BURSE 5100 TED ISLEY BURSE 7000 JESUS IS LORD ALLELUIA 7525 MR. AND MRS. DESMOND KESSIG BURSE 2000 TOM AND DOREEN KIRBY BURSE 1000 BURSE IN MEMORY OF KARL AND FLORENCE KLOEPFER 1000 BURSE IN MEMORY OF ANGELA KRULICKI 3360 BURSE IN MEMORY OF WALTER R. KUNDA 1500 AUGUST AND ANNE LANG BURSE 5000 JOHN AND DOROTHY LUTZ AND FAMILY BURSE 1410 M AND M MEMORIAL BURSE 5400 WILBERT J. AND LORETTA MONTAG BURSE 9000 GERALD AND AUDREY MOSER BURSE #3 4000 JOHN AND MARTHA O’NEILL AND FAMILY BURSE 1000 GENEVIEVE ROLLO BURSE 7900 ST. ALOYSIUS PARISH BURSE IN HONOUR OF FR. CLARENCE HAUSER, C.R. 1160 ST. JOHN’S BURSE #2 1000 ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE BURSE 7670 JOSEPH SCHILL BURSE 7831 JOAN AND BOB SCHMALZ FAMILY BURSE 5000 BURSARY IN HONOUR OF TOM AND JEAN SCHMALZ 1625 HARRY AND KATHLEEN SEHL BURSE 2000 FR. THEOBALD SPETZ, C.R. BURSE, DONATED BY THE K. OF C. COUNCIL 5135, WATERLOO, ONTARIO 7400 HENRY STROEDER FAMILY BURSE 6000 JACK AND LOREEN TUCKER BURSE 6170 EUGENE WEBER BURSE 3000 CELESTIN AND JANETTE WEILER BURSE 4000 MR. & MRS. WM. WHEELER & FAMILY BURSE 1400 MATILDA WINTERMEYER BURSE 8000 GERARD, AUDREY AND CLAUDIA WUNDER BURSE 1000 JEROME ANTHONY WUNDER BURSE 7235 LOUIS AND MARY ZINGER BURSE 6000 JAMES L. AND ANNA MAE ZISTER BURSE 6000

Donations to assist Resurrectionists and their ministry would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to make a donation to the Retirement Fund to assist retired members or to a new or existing burse, please make your cheque payable to Congregation of the Resurrection.Donations in aid of Resurrectionists working in the missions (e.g. Brazil, Tanzania, Bolivia, etc.) will be gratefully received. Please make your cheque payable to Resurrectionist Missions.Donations can be forwarded to:

The Ontario-Kentucky Province of the Congregation now has its own website: www.resurrectionist.ca.

It contains items of interest and reflections on the Sunday Readings.

Incomplete Burses $

ResurrectionBULLETIN • SUMMER 2013

SpiritualB E N E F I T S

B U R S E SHelping the education of a Resurrectionist


You can share in our work by helping in the formation and the education of men preparing to become priests, deacons and brothers in the Congregation of the

Resurrection, or of members who are furthering their formation and education. A gift of $10,000.00 or any part thereof may be made to establish a burse with a minimum amount being $1,000.00. A donation towards established burses, no matter how small, will be appreciated. These burses remain in perpetuity, and only the interest from them will be used for the education of candidates and members.

A list of both complete and incomplete burses is published in this edition of the Bulletin. The amounts are correct at the time of printing.

Donors to Burses or the Retirement Fund share in the

following Spiritual Benefits:

1. Daily prayers said in all the houses of the Congregation of the Resurrection for living and deceased benefactors.

2. One Mass said each month in each house of the Congregation of the Resurrection for the living benefactors.

3. One Mass said each month in each house of the Congregation of the Resurrection for the deceased benefactors.

4. One Mass said annually in November in each house of the Congregation of the Resurrection for the deceased benefactors.

“ If the faithful help even one candidate for the priesthood, they will fully share in all the future masses and in all the fruits of sanctity and apostolic works that will be his.” Pope Pius XII.

Contributions to burses or to the retirement fund may be sent to:

Congregation of the Resurrection Provincial Office, Treasurer Resurrection College 265 Westmount Road North Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G7

Charitable receipts for income tax purposes will be issued to all donors.

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Jubilarians 2013

Fr. David Mowat, CRcelebrated fifty years of priesthood on March 30, 2013. He grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, one of fourteen children. Fr. Dave achieved a Masters degree in Mathematics from St. Louis University and a Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo. He began his teaching career at St. Jerome’s College in 1963 and served as Assistant Registrar for two years and Registrar for one year. He taught Mathematics and later computing services. During those years he served in many capacities – as managing editor of the

Ontario High School Bulletin, as part of a computer assisted learning project for university level Algebra and he helped to design an OHIP billing scheme for the Emergency Associates of Kitchener-Waterloo. He also established a Computer Lab for Arts and Mathematics undergraduate students. He was Director of Computing Services at St. Jerome’s College for nine years. After over twenty years in the classroom, Fr. Dave began pastoral ministry in Bermuda at the Cathedral of St. Theresa. He also served as Associate Pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Brantford, Pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Kitchener, and as chaplain to the Carmelite Sisters in St. Agatha. Fr. Dave is in great demand because of his computer expertise, and devotes much of his time to helping members of Resurrection Manor, staff of the Provincial Office and Resurrection College with setting up computers, fixing computer problems, etc.

Fr. David Mowat, CR

Fr. Raymond Hofmann, CROn May 9, 2013, Fr. Raymond Hofmann, CR died in Louisville, Kentucky after a lengthy illness. He was in his 85th year and 56th year of priesthood. Fr. Ray professed first vows in the Congregation of the Resurrection in 1949 and was ordained to the priesthood in London, Ontario in 1956. Fr. Ray spent the first years after his ordination in Canada, at St. Joseph’s Parish in Hamilton and St. Mary’s Parish, Kitchener. He also served as Pastor of

St. Francis Parish, Kitchener, St. Louis Parish, Waterloo and St. Joseph’s Parish, Hamilton. A native of Kentucky, Fr. Ray spent many years of his ministry in and around Louisville. He served as Pastor of St. Cecilia’s, Resurrection, and Guardian Angels Parishes.

In 1999, Fr. Ray “retired” to Villa Pacis, the Resurrectionist residence in Louisville; however, he continued to be active, ministering at St. Martin of Tours and St. Francis of Rome Parishes as well as Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Joseph’s Children’s Home. Fr. Ray will be remembered for his lively sense of humour, his strong faith, and dedicated ministry.

ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY BURSE ALFRED JOHN ARNOLD BURSE GORDON AND MARY BAETZ BURSE #1 GORDON AND MARY BAETZ BURSE #2 BROTHER JOSEPH BARBER, C.R. BURSE LAWRENCE AND ANNA BATTE MEMORIAL BURSE SIR & LADY R.A.J. BAUER, K.H.S., L.H.S. BURSE IN MEMORY OF SIR E.J. BAUER, K.C.S.S. AND FAMILY ARTHUR AND HELEN BENNINGER IN HONOUR OF ST. ANTHONY BERMUDA MISSIONS BURSE BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH BURSE, BURFORD, ONTARIO HERBERT WILLIAM AND MIRIAM BONNELL FAMILY BURSE THE HELEN C. BORG BURSE THE PAUL S. BORG MEMORIAL BURSE FR. WILLIAM BORHO, C.R. BURSE THE JOSEPH AND MARY ANN BORHO MEMORIAL BURSE BURSE IN HONOUR OF GOOD ST. ANNE, A GIFT OF MR. & MRS. CLIFFORD BRINGLESON AND FAMILY THE ALEX AND LEONA BROHMAN MEMORIAL BURSE THE LEONARD JOSEPH AND MATILDA (BORHO) BRUDER AND FAMILIES BURSE FR. VERN BRUNNING, C.R. BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF GALBRAITH AND FRANCES CAMERON CHRISTOPHER BURSE FR. MICHAEL A. CUNDARI, C.R. BURSE #1 FR. MICHAEL A. CUNDARI, C.R. BURSE #2 THE CUNDARI-CAMPIGOTTO MEMORIAL BURSE IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FR. MIKE CATHERINE AND CASPER CWIEKALA BURSE BISHOP ROBERT DEHLER, C.R. MEMORIAL BURSE FR. NORBERT DENTINGER, C.R. BURSE FR. EDWARD J. DIETRICH, C.R. BURSE FR. FABIAN DIETRICH, C.R. BURSE LAWRENCE S. DIETRICH BURSE MR. & MRS. LOUIS F. DIETRICH AND FAMILY BURSE FR. JAMES DONOHUE, C.R. BURSE BERT AND ANTONIA DORTMANS BURSE MONSIGNOR EMMET DOYLE BURSE JOE AND ANNA ECHERT AND FAMILY BURSE FR. A. A. EICHELDINGER, C.R. BURSE FR. ANDREW ERNEWEIN, C.R. BURSE BROTHER DAVID ERNST, C.R. BURSE MARIE AND FLOYD ERTEL BURSE REV. CHARLES FEDY, C.R. BURSE THE CLIFFORD AND CLEMENTINE FEDY FAMILY BURSE FR. PETER JOHN FEHRENBACH, C.R. BURSE FR. GORDON FERGUSON, C.R. BURSE FR. ANTHONY FIRETTO, C.R. BURSE GENEVIEVE FLACH MEMORIAL BURSE IN MEMORY OF RICHARD JOSEPH FLEMING, JULIA MARIE FLEMING & FAMILY THE ALFRED AND EILEEN FORWELL BURSE JOHN AND MARILYN FOSTER AND FAMILY BURSE BURSE IN HONOUR OF THE HOLY FAMILY IN MEMORY OF MRS. KATHERINE M. FRIESS FUNCKEN MEMORIAL BURSE IN HONOUR OF FATHERS EUGENE & LOUIS FUNCKEN, C.R. K OF C, FATHER FUNCKEN COUNCIL, 1504, IN MEMORY OF FATHER LOUIS FUNCKEN, C.R. CHARLES GEHL FAMILY BURSE FR. HUBERT B. GEHL, C.R. BURSE TOM AND BETTY GERMANN AND FAMILY BURSE FR. CLAIR GIRODAT AND GIRODAT FAMILY BURSE THE GIVERIN FAMILY BURSE MONSIGNOR WILLIAM GLEASON BURSE MR. ALFRED A. GOETZ BURSE MRS. ALFRED A. GOETZ (APOLLONIA FEDY) BURSE FR. BENNO GRAF, C.R. BURSE FR. PETER GRAF, C.R. MEMORIAL BURSE MARY ELLEN AND JOHN L. GRECOL BURSE THE CLAYTON GREYERBIEHL FAMILY BURSE IN HONOUR OF ST. JUDE LEO MARTIN GRIMM FAMILY BURSE WILLIAM AND IRENE GROVER BURSE THE LINUS HAEFELE BURSE

Complete Burses

THE HILDA B. HAHN AND A. J. HAHN BURSE JAMES AND ANNE HAMMAR BURSE LLOYD ALPHONSE HELM MEMORIAL BURSE RITA HELM BURSE THE HENNESSY FAMILY AND THOMAS BURNS BURSE FR. ROMAN HINSCHBERGER, C.R. BURSE THE KARL AND MARY F. HOFMANN BURSE THOMAS AND CHRISTENA HUGHES BURSE IN MEMORY OF RUTH AGNES HUNKELER BURSE IN MEMORY OF ALOIS J. HUNKELER BURSE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION BURSE #1 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION BURSE #2 IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY BURSE IN MEMORY OF THE ALBERT AND MARY REY FAMILY AND RELATIVES KSAWERA AND STANLEY JAROSZ BURSE JESUS IS LORD BURSE K.A.P.P. BURSE FRANCIS J. KARLEY, BLANCHE KARLEY AND FAMILY BURSE FR. MICHAEL I. KIEFFER, C.R. BURSE HUBERT AND MARY KIESWETTER BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF GRAHAM KLOEPFER BETTY AND CLETUS KROETSCH AND FAMILY BURSE JOHN AND MARCELLA KROETSCH BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF LEO AND BERTHA KROETSCH ROBERT AND MARY KUNTZ AND FAMILY BURSE ANGELA LANG BURSE EDNA LANG MEMORIAL BURSE JOHN AND RACHEL LANG BURSE REINHOLD ANTHONY LANG MEMORIAL BURSE ANNA LEMANSKI MEMORIAL BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF PERCY, ANNE AND JOHN LEONARD BERNIE AND WANDA LOGEL AND FAMILY BURSE MARGARET AND KATHLEEN R. LOGEL BURSE SISTER M. AUDREY, JAMES LORENTZ AND FAMILY BURSE REV. WILLIAM V. LUCEY BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF MARGARET MARKS, #1 BURSE IN MEMORY OF MARGARET MARKS, #2 LEO H. MARTIN BURSE MARYHILL K OF C COUNCIL 6024 MEMORIAL BURSE TONY AND JEAN MATLOCK BURSE FR. A. C. MAYER, C.R. BURSE THE MCGLYNN FAMILY BURSE THOMAS AND MARY MC GUIRE BURSE #1 THOMAS AND MARY MC GUIRE BURSE #2 ANNABELLE AND MURRAY MCKAY BURSE ARTHUR J. MEYER BURSE DOLORES AND RUDOLPH S. MEYER BURSE THE LINUS E. MEYER BURSE THE RAYMOND MEYER BURSE MARY PARISI MILES AND SISTER MARIE MILES BURSE HUBERT AND MILDRED MILLER BURSE FR. JOHN MONTAG BURSE VINCE AND PHONSINE MORRISON AND FAMILY BURSE #1 VINCE AND PHONSINE MORRISON AND FAMILY BURSE #2 ANNE C. MOSER BURSE GERALD AND AUDREY MOSER BURSE #1 GERALD AND AUDREY MOSER BURSE #2 GERALD AND AUDREY MOSER AND FAMILY BURSE BISHOP BERNARD MURPHY, C.R. BURSE THE REV. ANTHONY E. NICHTER BURSE REV. JAMES O’CONNOR, C.R. BURSE THE JAMES P. O’REILLY MEMORIAL BURSE FR. FRED OBERHOLZER, C.R. BURSE CORSIE AND BEA PALANGIO AND FAMILY BURSE #1 CORSIE AND BEA PALANGIO AND FAMILY BURSE #2 MICHAEL PALECZNY, K.S.G. FAMILY BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF DOMINIC, STELLA AND DONALD PALUBESKI DENNIS AND LUCILLE PAPILLON BURSE OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP BURSE BURSE IN MEMORY OF AMY PIGEON AND SISTER STANESIA PAUL PSUTKA BURSE NORMAN AND GLADYS RAITER BURSE JEROME ALBERT REINHART BURSE FR. ALEXANDER REITZEL, C.R. MEMORIAL BURSETHE CLAYTON AND CECILIA REITZEL FAMILY BURSEREV. RAYMOND REITZEL, C. R. BURSE RESURRECTION BURSE #1 RESURRECTION BURSE #2 STUART J. RETTINGER BURSEBURSE IN MEMORY OF CHARLES AND LOUISE RITZ

One of Fr. Dave’s primary motivations in life is “to make the most of God’s gifts of grace – whatever they may be – in my day to day living. The grace of a vocation is indeed one of those very precious gifts of God, and that gift calls for a response of generosity and perseverance to accomplish the enormity of God’s will for us…” We congratulate Fr. Dave and thank him for the many gifts that he has shared with the Congregation of the Resurrection over the past fifty years.

Fr. Lech Wycichowski, CROn June 9, 2013, Fr. Lech Wycichowski, CR celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. He was born and educated in Poland. In 1960, he began studying at the Minor Diocesan Seminary in Pelplin but had to return home

because the Polish communist government closed the school. Fr. Lech was persistent in his determination to be a priest and in 1962 entered the Minor Seminary of the Resurrectionists in Poznan. In 1963 he entered the novitiate and professed first vows in 1964. On June 9, 1973, Fr. Lech was ordained to the priesthood.

After ordination, Fr. Lech’s first assignment was to the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Sulislawice, Poland. He served in several parishes as Associate Pastor and taught religion thirty hours per week as well. He ministered as a catechist with children and youth. In 1986, Fr. Lech left Poland and began pastoral ministry at St. Joseph’s Parish, Brantford. In 1991, he was appointed Associate Pastor at St. Stanislaus Parish, Hamilton. Fr. Lech formally transferred to the Ontario-Kentucky Province of the Congregation of the Resurrection in 1994. He is currently serving as Associate Pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish. On July 1st, Fr. Lech will move to Sacred Heart Parish in Kitchener as Associate Pastor.

Fr. Lech is very appreciative of the support and love that he has received throughout his life and ministry. He gives thanks “to God for the graces given to me. To my family…who have given me love and support. To the Polish Province for my religious formation and education. To the O-K Province for inviting me to work in Canada and accepting me as a member of the Province.”

The Congregation thanks Fr. Lech for his forty years of dedicated service and wishes him many more years of fulfilling ministry.

Brother David Ernst, CROn September 8, 2013, Brother David Ernst, CR will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his profession of perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Resurrection. A native of Walkerton, Ontario, Brother Dave professed his first vows in 1958 in Hamilton. On September 8, 1963 he professed perpetual vows. The following year he volunteered to go

to the Resurrectionist Mission in Bolivia. He spent the next thirty years working in the Mission, in the parish of San Miguel, La Paz and as a catechist with the Aymara campesinos.

Brother Dave was asked to describe a highlight of his life and ministry. He said that the one event that touched him most of all was the death in a plane crash of two of the priests from his Bolivian house. Fr. Walter Strub, CR and Fr. James O’Connor, CR had a great influence on Brother Dave. He said: “these two priests with whom we laughed, argued, prayed and broke bread together, always inspired me then and thereafter by their total dedication to God and everyone they served.”

Brother Dave left Bolivia in 1998 and was appointed a member of the pastoral team of St. Anne’s Parish and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ruskin, Florida. There, his ministry was primarily with the Mexican migrant farmers.

In 1999, Brother Dave moved to Resurrection Manor, Waterloo, and has served the Congregation through his assistance to the retired religious of the manor. Brother Dave is generous with his time and tireless in his dedication to serving these men. The Congregation congratulates Brother Dave and thanks him for his dedicated and selfless service.

Fr. Lech Wycichowski, CR

Fr. Lech blessing his father at his First Mass

Brother Dave arranging a meeting with village leaders in Bolivia

Brother David Ernst, CR

Fr. Dave in his office at St. Jerome’s, about 1963


Getting back to Hayden’s insight about consecrated life freeing him to serve, I would like to conclude by suggesting that we take his words seriously and see his presence as a special gift to the Church. He is a leader among his friends and has already helped others to realize that there is always something more to discover as we all attempt to live out our baptisms. Let us join him in helping young people to make this critical connection between the hunger they have to help others and the opportunity that consecrated life offers to free them to love and serve more deeply.

For more information about the Resurrectionists, please email Fr. Toby Collins, CR at: [email protected] or visit the vocation website at www.vocationculture.ca.

You are also welcome to visit the Ontario-Kentucky Province website: www.resurrectionist.ca.

DID YOU KNOW?Fr. Frank Reitzel, CR has written a beautiful article entitled: “SYMBOLS OF MASS DE-CONSTRUCTION.” To get a copy of his article, you can email him at [email protected].

A REFLECTION on each Sunday’s Scripture readings can be found on the Resurrectionist website. Fathers Jim Donohue, Paul Voisin, Ernie Varosi, Jim Valk and Toby Collins offer some insights into the themes of each week. Visit www.resurrectionist.ca.

BISHOPS: Did you know that four Bishops began their training and received their early formation at Resurrection College (formerly St. Eugene’s College) in Waterloo – Bishops Gerard Bergie, Gary Gordon, Peter Hundt, Daniel Miehm & Archbishop Anthony Mancini? Cardinal Thomas Collins received his BA at St. Jerome’s College, Waterloo when it was operated by the Congregation of the Resurrection. Wonderful Blessings!

RETREAT AND CHAPTER: All the Priests and Brothers of the Ontario-Kentucky Province will be sharing a spiritual retreat at Resurrection College from June 24-28. This will be followed by our Provincial Chapter meetings from July 1-5. The agenda for these days emphasizes our Community life and living and our ministry to and with you. It is a time of planning for the future by discerning how we can best use our gifts and charism to cooperate with God’s saving actions in our world today. As our membership decreases because of age and illness we need to hear the challenge of God to find new ways of using the gifts God has given us.

A JUBILEE CELEBRATION will be held on June 28th to honour Fathers Clair Girodat, David Mowat, Lech Wycichowski and Brother David Ernst. May God’s blessings continue to enrich those they serve.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?Deacon Phil Tremblay, CR has retired (age 75) and is living with the Community at Resurrection Manor.Fr. Phil Reilly, CR has retired from his many years of teaching in Brantford. Fr. Phil will be the Associate Pastor at St. Louis Parish in Waterloo as of July 1st.

Fr. Lech Wycichowski, CR will be coming to Kitchener from Hamilton. He will be the Associate Pastor at Sacred Heart Parish as of July 1st.

Fr. Chris Buda, CR is on medical leave and is in residence at Resurrection Manor.

Fr. Sudie MacDonald, CR has been named the Administrator of St. Louis Parish.

Fr. Clair Girodat, CR is residing at Hilltop Manor, 42 Elliott Street, Room 132, Cambridge, Ontario N1R 2J2.

Fr. Gary Palangio, CR and Brother Harry Chisholm, CR are in residence at the A.R. Goudie Eventide Home, 369 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2H 2P1.

Youth gathering at a recent Wilfrid Laurier retreat. Hayden Starczala is the third student from the right.

Coming up in Future Editions:

• Outcomes of our Retreat and Provincial Chapter.

• Interviews with Pastors from our various Parish Communities.

• Visitation of our Superior General, Fr. Bernard Hylla, CR.

• Life at the Manor.


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Fr. Toby Collins, CR

Secondary Schools. That is a big joy for us. We feel God’s blessing.

In places where we are working most of the population consists of poor, but very welcoming, people. Because of this situation, together with our pastoral – sacramental work, we are trying to help the most needy. In both of our parishes we have kindergarten. Children who are 4-5 years old start their education. Many people cannot afford to pay for their own or their children’s education. We help them by paying for their school fees or buying them items needed for school. Every day the children receive one meal in our kindergartens. We have a special program to help young people who are studying in the Secondary Schools. We are paying school fees for young and intelligent students who, because of various difficulties in their families, cannot pay for their schooling.

Another project is in Kahangala, where we have a special library for secondary school students. There they can come and study, do homework, etc. The library is equipped with a solar-generated electricity system, books, handbooks, tables, chairs, etc. The library is very important for students who don’t have good conditions for studying in their houses. We are still upgrading this library. Three months ago, in Butiama, we started a computer course in our Rita’s Hall, the parish hall (Rita’s Hall is named for Rita Greyerbiehl, a generous benefactor from Waterloo, Ontario). There are about 60 students. We are also helping by buying medicines prescribed for the sick and we sometimes also transport them to the hospital. All of this can be achieved only because many people pray for our mission and many are helping us. Thank you very much for everything you are doing for us, for our people. Asanteni sana (in Swahili this means thank you!)

Vocation Update: Consecrated Life Frees Youth to Love More Deeply Fr. Toby Collins, CR

In a recent conversation with a new candidate for our community, Hayden Starczala, I asked why he was drawn to discerning a call to the priesthood and consecrated life with the Resurrectionists. He began to respond by saying that he admired the lives of the CR’s he knows and that he likes the charism of the community. But what caught me off guard was the next part of his response. He said that consecrated life “frees me to serve.”

How true that is. The years of formation we complete, the vows we profess, the care offered for the well-being of our members and associates are all directed towards freeing us to love and serve in new and deeper ways.

When I visit high schools throughout the Hamilton Diocese I encounter youth who are very much on fire with a desire to help others. Year after year, students are reaching out to people from third world countries such as the Dominican Republic by helping to build houses and schools. A little closer to home, food drives for the hungry and fund-raisers for cancer patients are also quite common initiatives that are led by students. If there is one common phrase that the students echo during these transformative experiences it is the phrase “I got way more out of this than I gave!” This discovery then gives way to a hunger and search for a more deeply felt experience of helping those in need.

What I believe Hayden and these students are ultimately asking is the question “How can I be more free to love and serve?” And they often openly ponder what they need to let go of and/or embrace to enjoy this kind of freedom. In John 10:10 Jesus tells us that he “came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” As Resurrectionists we see it as our responsibility to work with the laity in providing this abundance of life. One of the ways that we do this is to help them to be truly free to love more deeply and more radically. We realize that this is a process of transformation that takes on many different forms depending on one’s vocation. But when young people are able to make the connection between their desire to love others more deeply and the ability of consecrated life to free them to do so, their interest in joining a religious community of men or women increases.

One of the greatest challenges for the Church today when it comes to promoting consecrated life is helping youth to make this connection. All too often the formation processes are seen as restrictive when in fact they have become the “birth canal” for lives that are now brilliant examples of what it means to be truly free to love. When the intentions behind the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience are understood for today, and lived out with fidelity, consecrated life becomes a beautiful and joy-filled life for those who discover this to be their vocation. And just like any other vocation, one must remain prayerful, informed, and proactive in finding the life and joy that God is leading them towards.

Fr. Andrzej Mądry, CR baptizes a young man in Kahangala Parish

Brother Mosses and Brother

Michael


Fr. Clair Girodat, CRFr. Clair Girodat, CR was born in Waterloo, Ontario in 1936. He attended St. Jerome’s High School and after studies at St. Peter’s Seminary in London he was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1963. After his ordination, he began his teaching career at St. Jerome’s High School. He also taught at St. John’s College, Brantford, St. Jerome’s College, Waterloo and

St. Mary’s College, St. Mary, Kentucky. Besides being a teacher, Fr. Clair was a popular coach. In 1970, he earned an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Detroit and later a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. After he left teaching, Fr. Clair served as Rector of the Toronto House of Theology and Novice Master for the Congregation of the Resurrection (Ontario-Kentucky and U.S.A. Provinces) for three years. He also served as chaplain with the Waterloo Catholic District School Board and did pastoral work at St. Aloysius Parish and St. Louis Parish. He was elected Assistant Provincial Superior in 1990. Fr. Clair also ministered as Chaplain for the Notre Dame Sisters at their Motherhouse in Waterdown for five years.

In 2009, Fr. Clair retired to Resurrection Manor. He currently resides at Hilltop Manor Retirement Residence. When asked what the highlights of his life were, Fr. Clair responded: “my ordination and religious life. I had the notion early in life that I wanted to be a priest and the occasion of my ordination was the fulfillment of my dream.” Fr. Clair also noted: “the ministries I have been involved with were very life giving and affirming. I enjoyed parish life, teaching and coaching high school students as well.”

We offer congratulations to Fr. Clair, and thank him for fifty years of dedicated service as a member of the Congregation of the Resurrection.

Greetings from the Tanzanian Mission Fr. Andrzej Mądry, CR

I want to share with you some news from our Mission. When we started our Resurrectionist Mission in Tanzania, East Africa in 2002, we never thought that we would arrive at this point. We only had a hope that God would help us. We are happy to already have Tanzanians who have become members of our religious community.

Last year on September 15th, in Kahangala, three young men professed their first religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, after finishing a year-long novitiate. They are John, Mosses and Michal. Our Superior General, Very Rev. Bernard Hylla, CR came for this special moment for us and for all CRs. During the Mass, families of our new members were present and also many parishioners. Michel and Mosses are continuing their formation in Kahangala. John started his study of philosophy at the Salvatorian Institute in Morogoro.

Now in Tanzania we are working in three places:• Butiama Parish, Musoma diocese. This was our first mission in Tanzania, beginning in 2002. Butiama is a small town and has now become the headquarters of a new District. It has eleven outposts. The parish priest is Fr. Maciej Braun, CR.

• Kahangala Parish, Mwanza Archdiocese. We started working here in 2008. Kahangala is a village; most of the people are farmers. The parish

priest is Fr. Andrzej Madry, CR in a parish that has 24 outposts. Fr. Daniel Hinc, CR is helping him and learning the Swahili language. Fr. Daniel came to Tanzania last August. There also are Bro. Mosses Kitikiro, CR and Bro. Michael Juma, CR.

• Morogoro. It is the place where the Salvatorian College for Philosophy & Theology for more than 20 different Religious Communities is located. Fr. Andrzej Duda, CR is the Director of Formation for our Community and teaches in the College. Seminarian John Nyarufunjo, CR is a student in his first year. We also have a postulant with us, Denis Sylvanus, a first year student.

Hopefully, two other young men are going to start their formation program with us this year. We are continuing t o r e c e i v e requests from candidates who want to become Resurrectionists. Some of them are still studying in

Fr. Clair at the ordination of Fr. Joseph deViveiros, CR

Fr. Clair enjoying a book about one of his favourite people

Kindergarten class in Kahangala


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First Vows of John Nyarufunjo, with (from left: Fr. Andrzej Duda, CR, Fr. Maciej

Braun, CR, Fr. Bernard Hylla, CR (Superior General), Fr. Andrzej Mądry, CR and

Fr. Daniel Hinc, CR

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