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Very Rev. Paul S. Voisin, C.R.

Dear Marjory and all of the Downey family, It was with sadness that I read the news about the passing of your dear husband and father, grandfather, brother and uncle, Jack Downey. He was my Grade 8 teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes School, and the teacher - without a doubt - from whom I learned more about faith and family, about responsibility and priorities. He was a creative and generous teacher, sharing not only what was in the text, but about his own life. This prepared us better for our own lives. When I was serving as Pastor of St. Francis in Kitchener it was great to see Jack at Saturday morning Mass (as there were so few at that time), and it often gave us a chance to exchange a few words. I remember on day he took us, about a dozen Grade 8's (it was a 7 & 8 split) to Toronto in his station wagon. Some of us sat in the back facing one another, long before seat belts. We went to Queens Park and the Royal Ontario Museum - my first for both! How many teachers would have done that! That was the kind of teacher Jack Downey was! He was definitely with in the top few teachers of my twenty years as a student. May God grant him a peaceful reward for his faith-filled life and response to God's grace. I will keep him - and all of you - in my Masses and prayers. His life is now with the Risen Lord whom he loved and served! God bless you all! Very Rev. Paul S. Voisin, C.R., Superior General of the Congregation of the Resurrection, Rome, Italy.
Monday November 20, 2017 at 5:11 pm
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