Father Mark A. Pilon was born in Detroit, MI on March 23, 1943 to Ernest and Elizabeth Pilon. Father Pilon passed away on March 19, 2018. He is survived by his sister Eileen DeLucia and his brothers Bernard and Paul, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother David.
Father Pilon attended Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Welsh on November 29, 1975. He was assigned as Parochial Vicar at Saint Louis Parish in Alexandria and then in 1977 to Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington. He went on to earn a Master's degree in educational administration from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1978 and was a lecturer in philosophy of education at the University from 1978-79.
During this time he was in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Arlington until 1980; at Saint Agnes Parish in Arlington until 1983; and Saint John the Beloved Parish in McLean until 1985.
From 1985-87 Father Pilon studied at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He was only the second American to earn his license in sacred theology, summa cum laude, from the Institute. He later obtained a doctorate in systematic theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome in 1991.
Father Pilon was then assigned as a Parochial Vicar at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal and professor of theology at Christendom College in Front Royal. In 1990 he was appointed Pastor of Saint Ambrose Parish in Annandale. In 2000 he joined the faculty of Mount Saint Mary's Seminary. In 2009 Father Pilon was assigned as a parochial vicar at Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish in Springfield, where he served until his retirement in 2012.
Father Pilon was active in many Catholic intellectual endeavors and apostolates. He was publisher and assistant editor of Triumph magazine from 1970-73 and contributing editor until 1975. From 1970-85, he helped found and worked with the Institute for Study of Catholic Culture in Spain. He taught at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria from 1966-70 and at Notre Dame Institute (now Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College) from the mid-1970s until 1992. His books include Understanding the Church from the Teaching of Lumen Gentium and Magnum Mysterium: The Dignity of Marriage and the Family. Father Pilon was also a frequent contributor to The Catholic Thing.
A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822
Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822 Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.
Washington Post, March 21-22, 2018
Father Pilon attended Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Welsh on November 29, 1975. He was assigned as Parochial Vicar at Saint Louis Parish in Alexandria and then in 1977 to Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington. He went on to earn a Master's degree in educational administration from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1978 and was a lecturer in philosophy of education at the University from 1978-79.
During this time he was in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Arlington until 1980; at Saint Agnes Parish in Arlington until 1983; and Saint John the Beloved Parish in McLean until 1985.
From 1985-87 Father Pilon studied at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He was only the second American to earn his license in sacred theology, summa cum laude, from the Institute. He later obtained a doctorate in systematic theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome in 1991.
Father Pilon was then assigned as a Parochial Vicar at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal and professor of theology at Christendom College in Front Royal. In 1990 he was appointed Pastor of Saint Ambrose Parish in Annandale. In 2000 he joined the faculty of Mount Saint Mary's Seminary. In 2009 Father Pilon was assigned as a parochial vicar at Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish in Springfield, where he served until his retirement in 2012.
Father Pilon was active in many Catholic intellectual endeavors and apostolates. He was publisher and assistant editor of Triumph magazine from 1970-73 and contributing editor until 1975. From 1970-85, he helped found and worked with the Institute for Study of Catholic Culture in Spain. He taught at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria from 1966-70 and at Notre Dame Institute (now Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College) from the mid-1970s until 1992. His books include Understanding the Church from the Teaching of Lumen Gentium and Magnum Mysterium: The Dignity of Marriage and the Family. Father Pilon was also a frequent contributor to The Catholic Thing.
A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822
Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822 Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.
Washington Post, March 21-22, 2018
Father Mark A. Pilon was born in Detroit, MI on March 23, 1943 to Ernest and Elizabeth Pilon. Father Pilon passed away on March 19, 2018. He is survived by his sister Eileen DeLucia and his brothers Bernard and Paul, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother David.
Father Pilon attended Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Welsh on November 29, 1975. He was assigned as Parochial Vicar at Saint Louis Parish in Alexandria and then in 1977 to Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington. He went on to earn a Master's degree in educational administration from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1978 and was a lecturer in philosophy of education at the University from 1978-79.
During this time he was in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Arlington until 1980; at Saint Agnes Parish in Arlington until 1983; and Saint John the Beloved Parish in McLean until 1985.
From 1985-87 Father Pilon studied at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He was only the second American to earn his license in sacred theology, summa cum laude, from the Institute. He later obtained a doctorate in systematic theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome in 1991.
Father Pilon was then assigned as a Parochial Vicar at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal and professor of theology at Christendom College in Front Royal. In 1990 he was appointed Pastor of Saint Ambrose Parish in Annandale. In 2000 he joined the faculty of Mount Saint Mary's Seminary. In 2009 Father Pilon was assigned as a parochial vicar at Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish in Springfield, where he served until his retirement in 2012.
Father Pilon was active in many Catholic intellectual endeavors and apostolates. He was publisher and assistant editor of Triumph magazine from 1970-73 and contributing editor until 1975. From 1970-85, he helped found and worked with the Institute for Study of Catholic Culture in Spain. He taught at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria from 1966-70 and at Notre Dame Institute (now Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College) from the mid-1970s until 1992. His books include Understanding the Church from the Teaching of Lumen Gentium and Magnum Mysterium: The Dignity of Marriage and the Family. Father Pilon was also a frequent contributor to The Catholic Thing.
A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822
Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822 Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.
Washington Post, March 21-22, 2018
Father Pilon attended Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Welsh on November 29, 1975. He was assigned as Parochial Vicar at Saint Louis Parish in Alexandria and then in 1977 to Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in Arlington. He went on to earn a Master's degree in educational administration from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1978 and was a lecturer in philosophy of education at the University from 1978-79.
During this time he was in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Arlington until 1980; at Saint Agnes Parish in Arlington until 1983; and Saint John the Beloved Parish in McLean until 1985.
From 1985-87 Father Pilon studied at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He was only the second American to earn his license in sacred theology, summa cum laude, from the Institute. He later obtained a doctorate in systematic theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome in 1991.
Father Pilon was then assigned as a Parochial Vicar at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal and professor of theology at Christendom College in Front Royal. In 1990 he was appointed Pastor of Saint Ambrose Parish in Annandale. In 2000 he joined the faculty of Mount Saint Mary's Seminary. In 2009 Father Pilon was assigned as a parochial vicar at Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish in Springfield, where he served until his retirement in 2012.
Father Pilon was active in many Catholic intellectual endeavors and apostolates. He was publisher and assistant editor of Triumph magazine from 1970-73 and contributing editor until 1975. From 1970-85, he helped found and worked with the Institute for Study of Catholic Culture in Spain. He taught at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria from 1966-70 and at Notre Dame Institute (now Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College) from the mid-1970s until 1992. His books include Understanding the Church from the Teaching of Lumen Gentium and Magnum Mysterium: The Dignity of Marriage and the Family. Father Pilon was also a frequent contributor to The Catholic Thing.
A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822
Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.A visitation and vigil will be held Thursday March 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Raymond of Penafort Church, 8750 Pohick Road, Springfield, VA. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday March 23, at 10:30 a.m., with burial to follow at Fairfax Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 1503 Michaels Road Henrico, VA 23229-4822 Arrangements by Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22032.
Washington Post, March 21-22, 2018
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