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The new pastor
for OLA is Fr. Charles Ramirez, who was most recently pastor of Immaculate
Conception Church in Monrovia for 12 years. Before
that, he was an associate pastor here at OLA, so he is no stranger
to us. Fr. Tom is now pastor at Good
Shepherd Church in Beverly
Hills. (Here's another interesting site on Good
Shepherd.) Fr. John Tran will remain as associate pastor
here for another year.
The week after the second anniversary
of his death (March 18, 2007), Msgr. Bill Barry's grave
memorial was installed at Holy Cross Cemetery, Pomona.
Please remember
him in
your prayers. I'm sure he continues to intercede for
all of us.
We had a special "birthday" celebration to
bless Monsignor Barry's grave marker at Holy Cross Cemetery
in Pomona,
on Sunday, April 26, at 2:00 pm. It was a brief,
informal prayer service at his grave, with members of
his whole family -- about 15 from the Barry family and
about 30 from the OLA family. It was a wonderful celelbration.
 
Msgr. Barry's grave is on the north side
of the "new" section of Holy
Cross Cemetery in Pomona, at the foot of the statue
of St. Joseph and the Boy Jesus,
halfway
between
the main
entrance driveway and the cemetery office building. The grave
marker was installed during the week of March 25, 2009.
The image is the Our Lady of the Assumption Parish logo,
derived from Rev. 12:1ff: "A woman clothed with the
sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown
of twelve stars." (See
also the OLA website memorial page.)
Incidentally, of interest to parish "old
timers," in age or in spirit, Monsignor Donald Strange,
who became pastor in 1948, shortly after the parish was
established, and who built the church, the auditorium,
and the Bonita school building, is buried at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery in Orange. After leaving Our Lady of the Assumption
in 1963, he became the pastor of Holy Family Cathedral
in Orange, and the Vicar General of the new Diocese
of Orange. (The Vicar General is the first assistant to the
bishop.) He died on January 13, 1994.
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Click
here to see the complete Parish Profile
A description of our wonderful parish prepared by the New Pastor
Committee for any priest interested in applying
as Pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption
Parish. Fr. Tom will complete his 15-year term as Pastor next
summer, and will be moving on into another ministry -- not
retiring! |
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