Father Joseph Stanislaus Bernier died on Tuesday, February 1, 1977, in Hammond, Louisiana, as a result of a severe stroke suffered in early January. Following services at St. Joseph Church in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, he was buried in the community plot in Rosaryville.
Napoleon Joseph Bernier was born on December 5, 1901, in Cloquet, Minnesota, and received his elementary education at public school and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parochial School in Cloquet with secondary training at St. John's University High School in Collegeville, Minnesota. After college studies at St. Viator Commercial College in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he took the name of Brother Stanislaus and made his first profession on September 9, 1926.
Philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1932, and spent two additional years in Washington for graduate studies at Catholic University.
Father Bernier's first assignment was to the faculty of Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, to teach French, English, and World History. In 1937, he was sent to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an associate pastor until 1943, when he was named business manager for the school and religious community at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Froth 1945 till 1954, he served as associate pastor at St. Plus V Parish in Chicago, Illinois; Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana; St. Dominic Parish in Denver, Colorado; and Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1954 Father Bernier was named pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. Two years later, he returned to the parish staff at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, until 1958, when he was assigned to Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana, as a special assistant for the Italian community in neighbouring Tickfaw, Louisiana, where he supervised the construction of the new church of Our Lady of Pompeii.
In 1969 Father Bernier moved to Holy Family Mission in Cloutierville, Louisiana, to serve the rural mission stations of the Alexandria-Shreveport Diocese. When he retired to Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in the fall of 1976, Father Bernier hoped to begin a new ministry in the field of geriatric service.
Napoleon Joseph Bernier was born on December 5, 1901, in Cloquet, Minnesota, and received his elementary education at public school and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parochial School in Cloquet with secondary training at St. John's University High School in Collegeville, Minnesota. After college studies at St. Viator Commercial College in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he took the name of Brother Stanislaus and made his first profession on September 9, 1926.
Philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1932, and spent two additional years in Washington for graduate studies at Catholic University.
Father Bernier's first assignment was to the faculty of Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, to teach French, English, and World History. In 1937, he was sent to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an associate pastor until 1943, when he was named business manager for the school and religious community at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Froth 1945 till 1954, he served as associate pastor at St. Plus V Parish in Chicago, Illinois; Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana; St. Dominic Parish in Denver, Colorado; and Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1954 Father Bernier was named pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. Two years later, he returned to the parish staff at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, until 1958, when he was assigned to Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana, as a special assistant for the Italian community in neighbouring Tickfaw, Louisiana, where he supervised the construction of the new church of Our Lady of Pompeii.
In 1969 Father Bernier moved to Holy Family Mission in Cloutierville, Louisiana, to serve the rural mission stations of the Alexandria-Shreveport Diocese. When he retired to Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in the fall of 1976, Father Bernier hoped to begin a new ministry in the field of geriatric service.
Father Joseph Stanislaus Bernier died on Tuesday, February 1, 1977, in Hammond, Louisiana, as a result of a severe stroke suffered in early January. Following services at St. Joseph Church in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, he was buried in the community plot in Rosaryville.
Napoleon Joseph Bernier was born on December 5, 1901, in Cloquet, Minnesota, and received his elementary education at public school and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parochial School in Cloquet with secondary training at St. John's University High School in Collegeville, Minnesota. After college studies at St. Viator Commercial College in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he took the name of Brother Stanislaus and made his first profession on September 9, 1926.
Philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1932, and spent two additional years in Washington for graduate studies at Catholic University.
Father Bernier's first assignment was to the faculty of Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, to teach French, English, and World History. In 1937, he was sent to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an associate pastor until 1943, when he was named business manager for the school and religious community at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Froth 1945 till 1954, he served as associate pastor at St. Plus V Parish in Chicago, Illinois; Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana; St. Dominic Parish in Denver, Colorado; and Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1954 Father Bernier was named pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. Two years later, he returned to the parish staff at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, until 1958, when he was assigned to Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana, as a special assistant for the Italian community in neighbouring Tickfaw, Louisiana, where he supervised the construction of the new church of Our Lady of Pompeii.
In 1969 Father Bernier moved to Holy Family Mission in Cloutierville, Louisiana, to serve the rural mission stations of the Alexandria-Shreveport Diocese. When he retired to Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in the fall of 1976, Father Bernier hoped to begin a new ministry in the field of geriatric service.
Napoleon Joseph Bernier was born on December 5, 1901, in Cloquet, Minnesota, and received his elementary education at public school and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parochial School in Cloquet with secondary training at St. John's University High School in Collegeville, Minnesota. After college studies at St. Viator Commercial College in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he took the name of Brother Stanislaus and made his first profession on September 9, 1926.
Philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1932, and spent two additional years in Washington for graduate studies at Catholic University.
Father Bernier's first assignment was to the faculty of Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, to teach French, English, and World History. In 1937, he was sent to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an associate pastor until 1943, when he was named business manager for the school and religious community at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Froth 1945 till 1954, he served as associate pastor at St. Plus V Parish in Chicago, Illinois; Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana; St. Dominic Parish in Denver, Colorado; and Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1954 Father Bernier was named pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. Two years later, he returned to the parish staff at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, until 1958, when he was assigned to Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana, as a special assistant for the Italian community in neighbouring Tickfaw, Louisiana, where he supervised the construction of the new church of Our Lady of Pompeii.
In 1969 Father Bernier moved to Holy Family Mission in Cloutierville, Louisiana, to serve the rural mission stations of the Alexandria-Shreveport Diocese. When he retired to Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in the fall of 1976, Father Bernier hoped to begin a new ministry in the field of geriatric service.
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