Bishop Joseph R. Cistone of the Saginaw Diocese delivers a homily on Memorial Day at the Calvary Cemetery in Kawkawlin. (MyBayCity Photo by Dave Rogers) Bishop Cistone of Saginaw Marks Memorial Day with Mass at Calvary Cemetery
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(MyBayCity Photo by Dave Rogers)
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The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Saginaw Diocese, Joseph R. Cistone, drew a crowd of about 100 of the faithful to mass at Calvary Cemetery, Kawkawlin, on Memorial Day.
Many of the worshippers stood in the rain with umbrellas as the bishop celebrated mass in a memorial building at the cemetery.
The bishop noted the fact that the civil holiday fell on the feast of the Visitation this year.
He also recalled the honored dead from the nation's wars who, he said, "have sacrificed all that we may live in freedom."
His own father, Bishop Cistone said, served in World War II but would never talk about his experiences, immediately changing the subject if it arose.
Several local priests, including Rev. Patrick O'Connor, of St. John Parish, Essexville, were in attendance, standing in the rain along with the crowd.
The bishop, who came here a year ago from Philadelphia, will lead a travel group to his home town in October.
The Bishop on Sunday dedicated the first Catholic cemetery in Frankenmuth, at the Blessed Trinity Church at 958 E. Tuscola.
Teams of veteran honor guards and firing squads from the Bay County Veterans Council conducted services in honor of their dead comrades at 23 sites from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday.
Seven local veterans organizations were involved: Viet Nam Veterans of America Chapter 494; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6950; The American Legion Posts 18 and 249; Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 514; AMVETS Post 22; and Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 162.
Meanwhile, the Bay County Veterans Council staged a successful fund-raiser for emergency veterans needs, drawing about 250 persons to the State Theatre in Bay City on Sunday afternoon.
The event was a showing of "Detroit-Our Greatest Generation," a 90-minute documentary film produced by Keith Famie about the Motor City's part in World War II production of military goods.
The film featured a retired local school principal, Christine Gavrila, who served as a Marine sergeant during World War II. A native of Detroit, she was in the ordnance service in the Los Angeles area.
(MyBayCity Photo by Dave Rogers)
(MyBayCity Photo by Dave Rogers)
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kgroya Says:
On June 01, 2010
at 10:21 AM
Dave,
Thank you for the nice coverage of our Memorial Day Mass at Calvary Cemetery in Kawkawlin. Ken Groya,Director Catholic Cemeteries Diocese of Saginaw |
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sheridangabriel Says:
On June 14, 2010
at 10:58 AM
I am very glad that the Bishop had his mass in this cemetery of my family. My parents, Thomas Sheridan and Beatrice Dolores Trudeau, my grandparents, Thomas Trudeau and Marie Azelie Vizina, as well as my brother, Captain Paul Sheridan, M.D,and my Uncle Alva Roberts, and his wife, Aunt Leontine Cecilia Trudeau are buried there. Uncle Alva was also a veteran of WWI, as was my brother Paul, of Vietnam. Uncle Alva(Alvie) had the honor of liberating the city of LeHavre, Normandy, France, where many of my ancestors had left for Canada in the 1600's. Gabe Sheridan
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