One of six children of Michael and Helen Breslin Gribbon, he was a native of Brooklyn, born Nov. 30, 1929. He was raised in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and, after one year at Power Memorial High School, he applied to and was accepted at the Redemptorists’s St. Mary’s Seminary in North East, PA.
Redemptorist Father Francis Freel, who served for a quarter of a century in Brazil and was Superior of the Vice Province of Campo Grande, died of cancer July 18 at St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, NY.
One of six children of Michael and Helen Breslin Gribbon, he was a native of Brooklyn, born Nov. 30, 1929. He was raised in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and, after one year at Power Memorial High School, he applied to and was accepted at the Redemptorists’s St. Mary’s Seminary in North East, PA.
Redemptorist Father Francis Freel, who served for a quarter of a century in Brazil and was Superior of the Vice Province of Campo Grande, died of cancer July 18 at St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Redemptorist Jubilarians Honored at Special Mass St. Clement Church Saratoga Springs, NY July 11, 2007 Homily by Fr. John McGowan, C.Ss.R. for the jubilee celebration 65th profession
Redemptorist Father Gerard Kurek, who suffered for many years with diabetes, died June 30 in Baltimore.A native of the city, he had been stationed at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish for the past 17 years.