† Album of the Deceased Fathers and Brothers † 40 In 2007, Father JOHN VAIVODS (Vai-vodes), a vir aggregatus of the Latvian Province, died at the age of 80. He was a priest for 57 years and a vir aggregatus for 7. For many years, he was a Professor at the Riga Seminary. He spent the last seven years of his life in our monastery in Viļāni, wishing to complete the novitiate and make religious vows, but his health did not allow it. He assisted in pastoral ministry and was a confessor. He is buried in Viļāni. February 21 On February 21, 1982, Father JOSEPH ZAWADZKI (Za-vads-kee) died of cancer in Warsaw at the age of 77. A member of the Polish Province, he was a priest for 51 years and a religious for 31. As a priest of the Diocese of Vilnius, he taught at the University of Vilnius. As a Marian, he taught philosophy, promoted ecumenism, and served as a confessor of seminarians and religious sisters. In the last years of his life, and worked as a hospital chaplain in Bielany. He is buried in the Marian Fathers’ cemetery in Góra Kalwaria. In 2023, Monsignor JOSEPH RAMIREZ, a vir aggregatus, died in Manila, Philippines at the age of 75. He was priest for 52 years and a vir aggregatus for 14. He served as the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Manila, Rector of the Archdiocesan Shrine of The Divine Mercy, and director of The Divine Mercy Apostolate in Asia and Australia. February 22 On February 22, 1947, Father FRANCIS MEŠKAUSKAS (Mesh-kowskas), died at the age of 77 at the house in Žemaičių Kalvarija (Ze-mai-choo Kal-va-ree-ah). He was a priest for 54 years and a religious for 30. He began his religious life as a member of the American Province of St. Casimir, but a few years later returned to his native Lithuania, where he remained until his death. He exercised pastoral ministry in various parishes and helped found the first Marian community in Latvia. He is buried in Žemaičių Kalvarija (Ze-mai-choo Kal-va-ree-ah). In 1954, Brother SIMON RYBICKAS (Ree-bits-kas), a member of the Lithuanian Province, died at the age of 70 at the house in Ukmergė (Ookmer-geh). A religious for 17 years, he served the community in various manual tasks. He is buried in the Marian Fathers' section of the cemetery in Ukmergė.
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