October 147 In 2018, Father LUCIUS ŁADA (Wah-dah), a member of the Polish Province, died at the hospital in Konin, Poland at the age of 80. He was a religious for 61 years and a priest for 53. He worked in various Polish parishes, carrying out pastoral and administrative duties. After the antique church in Puszcza Mariańska burned down in 1993, he began the construction of a new one. Later, he served as a preacher and confessor at the Shrine of Our Lady of Licheń until his death. He is buried in the Marian Fathers’ section of the cemetery in Licheń. October 24 On October 24, 1913, Father SIMON MANKIELUN (Mon-kieh-loon) died at the age of 80 in Kock (Kotsk), Poland. He entered our Order at the age of 19. After the suppression of the monastery in 1864, he remained in Skórzec exercising pastoral ministry until 1870. In succession, he was Vicar at Siedlce (Shed-ults-eh), Pastor at Malowa Góra, dean at Sokolowo (So-kolo-vo), and Pastor at Kock, where he is buried. In 1918, novice VINCENT STEPANOVIČIUS (Steh-pah-no-veechoos) died at the house in Marijampolė at the age of 15. He had a great devotion to the Eucharist. He is buried in Marijampolė. October 25 On October 25, 1951, Bishop FRANCIS PETER BŪČYS (Boo-chees), died at the General House in Rome at the age of 79. He was a priest for 52 years, a religious for 41, and a bishop for 21. He studied at our school in Marijampolė. He first met Bl. George while studying at Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, where he was later a professor and Rector. On August 29, 1909, when Bl. George professed his vows as the first member of the renovated community, he entered the novitiate. He served as Pastor in parishes in Wisconsin and Illinois and was also the editor of Draugus and Laivas in Chicago. He helped establish the faculty of theology at the University of Lithuania (Vytautas Magnus University) and served as its dean; he also served as the rector of the university. After the death of Bl. George, he was elected to serve as Superior General from 1927 to 1933. In 1930, he was ordained as the titular bishop of Olympus in the Byzantine- Slavonic Rite and was tasked with a mission to convert the Eastern Orthodox and Old Believers in Lithuania. He served as Superior General again from 1939 to 1951. He is buried in the Marian Fathers’ tomb in Campo Verano Cemetery in Rome.
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