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Father Simon Lefebvre, C.S.V. ..." I cannot measure the successes and failures of the past, but I am proud to have been part of both"...
Today, he remarks, "I am impressed by the role, impact, and importance of associates in our lives. They are living witnesses to what we have seen and heard and proclaimed." In the years between 1979 until his retirement in 2004, Fr. Lefebvre served as director of the center for Religion and Life; parochial vicar at St. Rose of Lima Church in Chula Vista, California; parochial vicar at St. Charles Borromeo Church in San Diego; parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament Church in San Diego; and finally pastor at St. Richards Church in Borrego Springs, California. The maintenance of his collection of more than 20,000 slides of art and literature keeps him busy as he enjoys retirement in Aguanga, California. - from: Clerics of St. Viator 1212 E. Euclid Avenue Arlington Heights, IL 60004-5799 Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2006 source: http://www.viatorians.com/2006/pdf/Clerics news Spring Final.pdf
"After our ordination in Chicago in 1956, our class was asked to go and teach in Pretoria.I taught Spanish and Latin. It was a great year! Then I was invited by our Provincial to join other Viatorians in Taiwan at our Viator High. I studied Chinese at FuRen University, from 1958-60, then on to our school in Taichung, where I taught English and served as chaplain, both for the school and for US personnel serving in that area with the armed forces.... I returned to the States for good in 1979... to Berkeley, with five other Viatorians. That was a sabbatical year for us, a time to replenish our strength. In the summer of 1980, I assumed the duties of co-director at the Center for Religion and Life in Reno, Nevada.... where I completed all the requirements for the doctoral degree in English Literature and Art. The dissertation meant readying an art-slide project showing the relation between Painting and Literature."
This collection of over 20 000 art slides is an invitation to some in-coming artist to delve into, fascinating work for any would-be artist►
◄Father Simon Lefebvre about to celebrate mass at Saint Richard's In 1984, Fr. Simon initiated the teaching of Chinese the University of San Diego. "The Bishop of San Diego then asked me to serve as pastor at Saint Richard, in Borrego Springs"...
 Pot luck at the Parrish Saint Richard in Borrego Springs,
during Bishop Brom's visit, October 22,
1994. ►
◄First Communion mass at St Richard's Church in Borrego Springs, May 17, 1998.. |
Fr.
Simon Lefebvre, CSV celebrated two anniversaries in 2006
- 60 years as a religious in vows, and 50 years as a
priest. He grew up in Canada and joined the Canadian
Province before transferring to the Chicago Province.
Fr. Lefebvre is the true son of
"I am from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, from a family of nine children. A frequent visitor to our home was a cousin of mom's, a
