Reflections

Reflections...
Edition 18
St. Francis Xavier Parish
Our
stories.
Our
people.
Our
history.
Msgr. Clarke celebrates 40 years

In a September 1961 photo from the
Renfrew Advance, Msgr. Clarke
celebrates his 40th year of ordination by
accepting a gift of money and flowers from
the pupils of St. Francis Xavier and St.
Thomas the Apostle Schools. Louis
Mulvihill, Jane Vice, and Leonard O’Reilly
are shown making the presentation to Msgr.
Clarke.
Rev. William F. Ryan S.J. Former Renfrew native Sister

Bridget Kenopic is pictured
P Son of Mr. and Mrs. above as Klondike Kate as
William Ryan. part of the 60th anniversary of
the town of Edison, Alberta.
P Ordained in Brussels, Sister Bridget, a member of
Belgium, August 15, The Sisters of Service, was
1957. based in Edison at the time of
this 1970 photograph.
1981: Inter-parochial Marriage Preparation Course at St. Francis Xavier
Rev. James Whelan

P Following As part of the Diamond
World War I, in Jubilee, a new pipe organ was
recognition for installed at a cost of $8,015.00
his services
with Catholic Rev. J.R. McElligott
Army Huts,
Joseph L.
Murray is
awarded the
Papal Order of
Knight
Commander of
St. Gregory.
P On December
4, 1936,
Assistant Pastor Michael J.
of St. Francis O’Brien is
Xavier Church in awarded the
1924 and again Knighthood of
between 1933 St. Gregory the
and 1936. Great.
P Born in Eganville.
In 1931, eight classrooms were added to the
P Ordained August 15,
Separate School with a modern auditorium being
1919 in Pembroke.
added in 1932. This would become the parish hall
for a number of years as the Pastor, Msgr. Francis P Assistant Pastor of
L. French, promised the amount of $2,000 annually St. Francis Xavier
for thirty years from parish funds. from 1923-1930.
Reflections... Edition 19
St. Francis Xavier Parish
Our
stories.
Our
people.
Our
history.
St. Francis Xavier

Assistant Pastors
Girls win 1966 essay contest
Joan Legris and Mary Legary of St. Joseph’s
Academy were top winners in the Dominion Rev. David Hale 1979-82
Civitan Essay Contest. They are seen in this Rev. Peter Proulx 1980-81
photograph with their school principal, Sister Rev. Livinus Ukah 1982
Eileen. Rev. Charles Giroux 1982-84
Rev. Richard P. Bertrand 1984-89
Rev. Roy Valliquette 1985-86
Rev. Steven Ballard 1990-97
Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Rev. John Burchat 1997-99
Rev. John Lacey 2000-Present
1852-1854 and 1862-1866
Born in France on March 14, 1824, Father Bouvier was the first Parish Priest of St. Francis
Xavier. It was he who completed the frame church started by Father McNulty and, in 1853, the bell
was blessed and the Stations of the Cross erected. Shortly after this, he undertook to have a
stone church built in Springtown, at that time a mission of St. Francis Xavier. He also had a
presbytery built in 1863 which would serve as the residence for priests until replaced in 1920.
Father Bouvier was transferred to Portage Du Fort, Quebec in 1854 but returned to Renfrew in
September of 1862. True to form, he started the construction of a stone church but was unable to
complete it. This would one day become the first St. Francis Xavier, parts of which are still
standing. In July of 1865, Rev. Paul Rougier joined Father Bouvier as curate and it was he who
eventually completed this structure.
Father Bouvier returned to France in 1866. He came back to Canada to serve in Arnprior and
Osceola. He died in Osceola in 1879.
Science winners at St. Francis Xavier
Grade eight science project award winners from St. Francis Xavier School are
pictured in this 1966 photograph. Front row, left to right: Susan Burchat, Shiela
Keough, Colleen Carswell, Janice Kedrosky, and Janice Dolan. Behind are Ralph
Blimkie, Janet Lamourie, Bill Tekatch, Irene Rouble, and Shirley Peplinski.
Rev. John Sullivan

P Born in Mount St. Around the camp fire, we
notice many empty places
Patrick on once occupied by boys who are
December 26, 1884. now in uniform. Many of
them are overseas, and some
P Ordained at St. have paid the supreme
Francis Xavier with sacrifice for their country.
Rev. Joseph Their former contribution to
Gravelle and Rev. camp gaity is remembered by
the older boys in headquarters.
Timothy Holly on Headquarters, the boys
May 29, 1918. who have a well-beaten path to
the pavillion, this year consists
P Served as Assistant of Tom (Rah) Gillis, Larry
at St. Francis Xavier (De Gros) Sutcliffe, Bill
from 1918-1921. (Rock) Ryan, Melville and
Ernest Freamo, Des. McGill,
P Died on January 16, Jack Clemow, and Lornie
1965 and is buried (Mustard Gas) Hebert. All
at Holy Well are capable assistants to Father
Lynch and are much
Cemetery, Mount St. appreciated by their young
Patrick. charges.
Canadian Register, July 9, 1944

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St. Francis Xavier Parish

Msgr. Clarke celebrates 40 years

Rev. William F. Ryan S.J. Former Renfrew native Sister

Rev. James Whelan

St. Francis Xavier Parish

St. Francis Xavier

Rev. John Sullivan

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