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Priests celebrating jubilee anniversaries in 2017

Catholic Herald Staff Report

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70 years

Missionhurst Father John
Van De Paer,
who resides at Missionhurst’s retirement home, was born in
Antwerp, Belgium, Nov. 29, 1920. He studied in Brussels and Louvain, Belgium. He
joined the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1940 after graduating
from high school, and he was ordained Jan. 26, 1947. He was sent to the United
States in 1947. He served as an assistant at St. Cyprian Church in Columbus,
Ohio, in 1948, and as assistant at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Philadelphia (1952-80).
He served as pastor there from 1980 to 1995. He served as assistant pastor at Our
Lady of Consolation Church in Parkesburg, Pa., (1996-2014). Since 2014, he has
been at Dominion House, Missionhurst’s retirement home in Arlington.

50 years

 

Father Robert J. Richter, in
residence at Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in Arlington, was born Nov. 9,
1940, to Mennard and Alma Richter. He attended St. Francis Major Seminary in
Milwaukee and was ordained May 16, 1967. He served in Milwaukee until 1971. 

He served in the U.S. Army as a chaplain and retired from the
Department of Military Psychiatry in Washington in 1997. He works as a
consultant on youths with problems, restructuring the Army headquarters, and
the effects of deployment and combat stress on soldiers and family members. He
also works on issues related to homeless veterans and migrant agricultural
workers.  

He is a member of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests and
its Labor Priest Caucus and Citizens’ Climate Lobby. In addition to Army assignments
in Turkey, Germany and Korea, Father Richter traveled to Madagascar and South
Africa with Catholic Relief Services. He has been in residence at Our Lady,
Queen of Peace Church since 2006.

45 years

 

Missionhurst Father Joseph
Giordano
, at Missionhurst in Arlington, was ordained May 27, 1972. Father Daniel E. Hamilton, retired, was
ordained May 13, 1972. Sulpician Father
Lawrence B. Terrien
, assigned to St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, will
celebrate his 45th jubilee July 7. 

40 years

 

Atonement Father Francis
Eldridge
, parochial administrator at Christ the Redeemer Church in
Sterling, was ordained June 4, 1977. Father
Jerome W. Fasano
, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Front Royal, was
ordained May 7, 1977. Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Robert A. Mancini, parochial vicar of St. John Neumann
Church, was ordained May 21, 1977.

35 years

 

Third Order Regular of St. Francis Father Thomas G. Bourque, pastor of St. Joseph Church in Herndon,
was ordained Nov. 27, 1982.

30 years

 

Father John C. Cregan,
retired, and Father Jerome R. Daly, retired, were
ordained May 9, 1987. Father Lee W.
Gross
, dean of students at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md.,
was ordained April 3, 1987. 

25 years

 

Father Anthony Appiah, pastor of the
Ghanaian Catholic Community of the Arlington Diocese at Queen of Apostles
Church in Alexandria, was born in Ghana in 1963. He was ordained in his native
country in July 11, 1992. Since 2012, he has been in residence at St. Anthony
of Padua Church in Falls Church.

Father Robert J. DeMartino, pastor of
St. William of York Church in Stafford, was born Oct. 2, 1951, in New York City
to Rose and Joseph DeMartino. The family moved to Virginia in 1963 and became
parishioners of St. James Church in Falls Church.

 

He graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington in
1969, and earned his bachelor of arts degree from George Mason University in
Fairfax in 1986. He was ordained to the diaconate Nov. 16, 1991. As a
seminarian, he served at Christ House in Alexandria (1990-91). He graduated
from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., in 1992, with a master’s in
divinity. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John R. Keating May 16,
1992.

 

Before his ordination, he was assigned to St. Luke Church in
McLean as a transitional deacon from January 1991 to June 1992.

 

Father DeMartino served as parochial vicar at Good Shepherd
Church in Alexandria (1992-93); St. Louis Church in Alexandria (1993-96); St.
Andrew the Apostle Church in Clifton (1996-2000); and St. Philip Church in
Falls Church (2000-03). He served at the tribunal from 1992 to 1997.

 

When St. Peter Church in Washington was still a mission, Father
DeMartino served as the parochial administrator (2003-05), and as its first
pastor (2005-08), when St. Peter was established as a parish in 2005. In 2008,
he became pastor of St. William of York.

Father Daniel L. Mode, serving in the Archdiocese for Military Services, was born Feb. 7, 1966, in
Portsmouth, Va., to Paul and Claire Mode.

 

He attended three high schools: Bishop England High School in
Charleston, S.C., a Department of Defense school in Korea and West Springfield
High School, where he graduated in 1984. He earned a bachelor’s degree in
philosophy from Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1988. He
attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., 1988-92.

 

He joined the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1989 as a Chaplain Candidate
Program Officer and was commissioned by his brother, Lieutenant Commander Kevin
Mode, a submarine officer.

 

He was ordained to the priesthood May 16, 1992, by Bishop John R.
Keating.

 

His first assignments were as associate pastor of St. Mary of
Sorrows Church in Fairfax (1992-96), and as vice principal and chaplain at
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington (1996-2001) while serving in the reserves
during the summers.

 

He was appointed to the clergy personnel board in March 2000 and
then as promoter of vocations in June of that year. He served as pastor of Queen
of Apostles Church in Alexandria (2001-05).

 

In 2005, he served as a Navy chaplain for nearly two years in
Afghanistan and had follow-up assignments to the USS Truman, the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy, USS George Washington and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Currently, he
works in the Pentagon as director of plans and operations for the Navy Chief of
Chaplains. He holds the rank of commander and will be promoted to captain in
September.

Father Inhyun Paik, pastor of the St. Paul Chung Church in Fairfax, was born Nov. 12, 1963, in Won
Ju, Korea. He attended Jecheon High School, Gwangju Catholic College and
L’Institut Catholique de Paris. He was ordained Feb. 28, 1992, by Bishop Jacobus
Kim of Wonju, Korea.

 

He served as assistant of Hoengseong Church (1992-93), Dangu-dong
Church (1993-94), and pastor of Maepo Church (1994-96), Seobu-dong Church (1996-99),
Hambaek Church (2002-03), Cheongjeon-dong Church (2007-11) and Cheongok-dong Church
(2011-2016).

 

He studied in France (1999-2002) and was a youth ministry and
education director (2003-07).

 

In 2016, he was named pastor of St. Paul Chung Church.

Father Clarence M.
Trinkle,
retired and living in Linden, was born Nov. 28, 1940, in Roanoke.
He attended Groveton High School in Alexandria, and went to Mount St. Mary’s
Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1987 and a
degree in theology in 1992. Before entering the seminary, he was a professional football player and a tennis
and skiing instructor.

 

He served at St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax during his
diaconate and was ordained by Bishop John R. Keating May 16, 1992. He served as
parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Church in Annandale (1992-96), and parochial
vicar of St. Peter Mission in Washington (1996-97).

 

In 1998, he was granted extended leave to discern a vocation with
the Cistercian Order. He was named administrator of Our Lady of the Shenandoah
Mission in Basye in 2000 and retired from active ministry in 2003.

Father Thomas P.
Vander Woude
, pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville, was born
March 26, 1966, to Tom and Mary Ellen Vander Woude in Meridian, Miss., the
first of seven sons. He graduated from Seton High School in Manassas in 1984,
and earned a degree in history from Christendom College in Front Royal in 1988.

 

He attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., and was
ordained to the priesthood May 16, 1992, by Bishop John R. Keating.

 

His first assignment was as parochial vicar at St. Mary Church in
Alexandria (1992-94) while working in the tribunal. He was parochial vicar at
St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls (1994-98), St. Agnes Church in
Arlington (1998-2001), and parochial administrator of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Church in Colonial Beach and St. Anthony Mission in King George, where he
served as pastor until 2006. He was pastor of Queen of Apostles Church in
Alexandria until 2011, and currently serves as pastor of Holy Trinity Church in
Gainesville.

Father Leopoldo M. Vives, D.C.J.M.,
pastor of Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria, was born May 14, 1963, in
Madrid, Spain. He earned a master’s in advanced studies from the Pontifical
University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain, in 1987, specializing in electronic
engineering.

 

He was ordained to the priesthood Oct. 24, 1992, in Cuenca,
Spain, and took perpetual vows as a Disciple of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Jan. 1, 1995.

 

He earned his bachelor’s in sacred theology in 1993 and his
licentiate in sacred theology from the School of Theology of Burgos, Spain, in
1995. Inspired by St. John Paul II, he attended the Pontifical John Paul II
Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran
University, and obtained a doctorate in sacred theology in 2011.

 

He has written eight books and 14 articles, which he has
presented at several conferences.

 

Father Vives taught systematic theology of marriage and family as
an assistant professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage
and Family in Valencia, Spain (2001-11). He was a visiting professor of
systematic theology at Mater Dei Seminary in Castellón, Spain, in 2003. He
served as a professor of systematic theology of marriage and the family at St.
Dámaso School of Theology in Madrid (2006-08); and the Catholic University of
St. Vincente Martyr in Valencia, Spain (2001-11).

 

He worked as the director of the Office of Family and Life
Ministry of the Spanish Conference of Catholic Bishops (2004-08). He served as
parochial vicar of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Beatrice of Silva Church in
Córdoba, Spain.

 

He moved to the Littleton, Colo., in 2012, and became parochial
vicar at St. Mary Church in Littleton, and assistant professor at the St. Juan
Diego Center in Denver. He also served as a spiritual director at St. John
Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver. He moved to Northern Virginia in 2013
to serve as pastor of Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria.

Father Kevin B. Walsh, pastor of
Precious Blood Church in Culpeper, was born Feb. 2, 1962, in Detroit, the fifth
of eight children of Michael and Joann Walsh.

 

He graduated from Bishop Foley High School in Madison Heights,
Mich., in 1980, and earned his bachelor of arts in theology from Christendom
College in Front Royal in 1987. He obtained a master’s in divinity from Mount St.
Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., in 1992, and was ordained by Bishop John R.
Keating May 16, 1992. He was a transitional deacon at the Cathedral of St.
Thomas More in Arlington (1991-92).

 

Father Walsh was parochial vicar of St. Anthony of Padua Church
in Falls Church (1992-96); St. Rita Church in Alexandria (1996-98); and St.
James Church in Falls Church (1998-2000).

 

He served as campus chaplain at Marymount University in Arlington
(2000-02), while in residence at St. James. He served at St. Philip Church in
Falls Church as parochial administrator (2002-04) and pastor (2004-10). He
returned to St. Anthony of Padua as pastor (2010-12), and served as pastor of
Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria (2012-13).

 

He earned a license in sacred theology with a concentration in
biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2016.
Finishing his studies, he returned to the Arlington Diocese in 2016 to serve as
pastor of Precious Blood.

 

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