Friday, December 9, 2022

TWO THINGS TODAY

      There were two events that I shared in on the Feast of Juan Diego, one of our older newer saints.

    This morning I journeyed to Saints Cyril and Methodius Church in Fairchance, PA, for the funeral Mass for a good priest and friend.  Father Leo Pleban, a retired priest from the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, who has spent his retirement years in the Greensburg Diocese, was laid to rest.  The Church we celebrated in this morning was his home parish, along with his older brother, Father Alexander Pleban of our Diocese and their younger brother, John who passed away within the past two years.

    Bishop Larry Kulick of our Diocese presided in the absence of Bishop David Bonner of Youngstown.  Youngstown was represented by a number of their clergy.  There were about twenty-five priests concelebrating and a good number of people present to entrust Father Leo to the Lord.

    May he Rest In Peace!  And may Father Al and his relatives find comfort.  They were very close brothers, in family and in priesthood.

    Then this evening we watched a movie about Our Lady of Guadalupe - really about the life of Juan Diego whom she appeared to long ago in Mexico.  It was good to be inspired.

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