http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-978478 Scott Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/#comment-978478 Father Joe gave the homily at our nuptial Mass in 1995, a mass concelebrated by four priests (my wife is Byzantine Catholic). People to this day remind me of this one occasion. But Joe was also my spiritual mentor during my conversion to Catholicism at Pitt, while he was discerning his vocation to the priesthood. We will all miss him greatly. As he often signed his letters to me, "In Christ, Joe." Father Joe gave the homily at our nuptial Mass in 1995, a mass concelebrated by four priests (my wife is Byzantine Catholic). People to this day remind me of this one occasion. But Joe was also my spiritual mentor during my conversion to Catholicism at Pitt, while he was discerning his vocation to the priesthood. We will all miss him greatly. As he often signed his letters to me, “In Christ, Joe.”

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-969379 Mark Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:34:56 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/#comment-969379 Fr. Joe was my one of my closest friends and long-time spiritual director. We met just months after his ordination when I was a student at Pitt. He was delegated authority by the Bishop to grant me the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1995 and preached the homily for my nuptial Mass in 2003. He was a sterling man and gifted priest with a towering intellect. The Church Militant has lost a great warrior and I a great friend. RIP. Fr. Joe was my one of my closest friends and long-time spiritual director. We met just months after his ordination when I was a student at Pitt. He was delegated authority by the Bishop to grant me the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1995 and preached the homily for my nuptial Mass in 2003. He was a sterling man and gifted priest with a towering intellect. The Church Militant has lost a great warrior and I a great friend. RIP.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-969287 Clarissa Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:43:35 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/#comment-969287 We miss Father Joe already too up here in the Diocese of Bridgeport. What a phenomenal priest. Everyone that met him, loved him. He truly was another Christ walking on earth. At least we were blessed with the opportunity to know him. Our thoughts and prayers are with his parents. We miss Father Joe already too up here in the Diocese of Bridgeport. What a phenomenal priest. Everyone that met him, loved him. He truly was another Christ walking on earth. At least we were blessed with the opportunity to know him. Our thoughts and prayers are with his parents.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-969276 Maureen Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:27:25 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/08/29/father-joe-rest-in-peace/#comment-969276 I will pray for him, and for you. I will pray for him, and for you.

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