Barnabite MESSENGER Address Correction Requested Vol. 30 1023 Swan Roacl, oungstown, N.y. 14174-0167 Spring, 989 PRIESTHOOD PRIESTS Men, called to be priests of the High Priest the great and glorious King Jesus he Lord. Called ro serve heal srengrhen o anornt nourish absolve. Wounded healers living Cross an d Eucharisr. A privilege - "D o this in memory of me." Always. Fr . Robert . Kosek, RS P 0rdained: arch , 1989 Father Kosek sacred oi l still we r on anointed hands called by rh e Lord Church an d Congregarion to mrnrsf.er Word an d Eucharisr to those hungry fo r th e Word] ' an d Bread of Life w e as k one rhing o f you, onlv one. lead us ro Jesus an d help us ro s ee Jesus n o ur midst. F r . Augusto . Pucci, RS P Ordained: pril , 1939 Fat.her Pucci fifty years b u t . . . "a thousand years ar e as yesf.erday" My Body My Blood given for you Word proclaimed Life simple honesI generous eloquent "Well done good an d faithful servanr',. (
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Father ugusto .Pucci,CRSP,Pastor f SaintJames arish,Oak-ville. 0ntario,celebrated is 50thAnniversary f Ordinationo the
HolyPriesthoodnApril8, 1989.SaintJamesParishhonoredheirbeloved astor n Sunday,pril 16,with a Mass f Thanksgivingndagala eception.MostRev.AnthonYTonnos, .D.,Bishop f Hamilton,was the homilist. Concelebrantsincluded ather nthonyM.Bianco,CRSP, rovincialSuperior, atherJames .Boudreau,RSP,arochialVicarofSt.James arish, arnabiteFathersromCanadand heUnited
States,ndpriests ftheDiocesef
Hamilton.FatherPucci,son of the late
General uigi andMatildeTriulziPucci,wasborn n Turin, talY,onJanuary1,1916. he amilYmovedto Genoa,hebirthplace f Christo-pherColumbus,ndYoung ugustowas enrolled n the VittorinodeFeltrenstitute, nderhedirectionof the Barnabite athers.At thetenderagefelevenears'eenteredthe BarnabiteMinor Seminaryn
Genoa. Oneof his teacherswasFather delfonsoClerici,SuperiorGeneralf heBarnabite rderrom193?-1952.t was underFatherClerici'sguidancehat he enteredthe BarnabiteNovitiaten Monza,nearMilan,n 1931.Hemade isFirstProfessionfVows n Septem-ber1?,1932.He henwent o theCollegiollaQuerce,lorence,ndreceivedhe degree f Bachelor fArts.Hemade issolemn rofessionof Vows n 1936n the Barnabite
Church f SaintAnthonYaccanainRome.HestudiedheologYor ouryears t theBarnabitenternationalSeminaryn Rome ndwasordainedto the HolyPriesthoodYCardinalTraglian Saint ohnLateran asil-ica.
Following is ordination, atherPucciwasassignedo Genoa sateacherthisalmamater nd ntheMinorSeminary.eobtainedradu;
atedegreesnchemistryandatural
sciences.In 1955,ather ucci,ikeColum-
bus.discoveredmerica.He wasassignedo thenewBarnabite om-munityn Buffalo.Hewas ppointedPro-Provincialhe following ear.Hesewed s Chaplaint ColumbusHospital,Children'sHospital, ndSisters ospital,n Buffalo,
was ppointedastor f Saint amesParish.Oakville. He has been nOakvilieor wenty-fiveears.Duringhis tenure, new ectory asbeencompleted,Recently, beautifuladditionwasaddedo the churchbuilding, ncludinga magnificentlittle chapelor the celebrationfdailyMass.Hisaccomplishmentsrenot hose
of bricksand mortarbut thoslivingstones. isgoalhasbeen
creation f a ChristianCommandSaint ames arishsproofthisgoal asbeen chieved. esaidsooften hat "the sacramarenot an end n themselvestool toward he goalof humademption".As a MinisterofWordand of the Eucharist, aPucci loquentlyroclaimsheof all thosewho ollow heLord
Duringhis tenureas PastoPuccihas nfluencedeveraltions o hepriesthoodnd elig