Born and raised in Fall River, Monsignor Edmond R. Levesque was a 1947 graduate of Msgr. Prevost High School and a 1955 graduate St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Ordained to the priesthood by Msgr. James L. Connolly on February 2, 1955 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River, Levesque was assigned to St. George Church, Westport as curate from 1955 till 1973 where he started the C.Y.O. Scouts and a St. Vincent DePaul Society, devoting much of his time to the formation of a parish school. He was pastor Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport from 1973 until 1983 and St. Theresa of Child Jesus, South Attleboro from 1983 till 1990 where he founded For Pete's Sake Daycare. While he was pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford from 1990 until 2005 he was instrumental in the renovations to the church to the point of doing a lot of the work himself. Msgr. Levesque retired to St. George church in Westport. On May 5, 1999, Pope John Paul II conferred the title of Monsignor.
Chaplain of the St. Isidore Council #4373 of the Knights of Columbus in Westport, he was the director of St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport, Nazareth Day Camp, and Catholic Boy's Camp. He passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, June 5, 2011, aged 82.
Ordained to the priesthood by Msgr. James L. Connolly on February 2, 1955 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River, Levesque was assigned to St. George Church, Westport as curate from 1955 till 1973 where he started the C.Y.O. Scouts and a St. Vincent DePaul Society, devoting much of his time to the formation of a parish school. He was pastor Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport from 1973 until 1983 and St. Theresa of Child Jesus, South Attleboro from 1983 till 1990 where he founded For Pete's Sake Daycare. While he was pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford from 1990 until 2005 he was instrumental in the renovations to the church to the point of doing a lot of the work himself. Msgr. Levesque retired to St. George church in Westport. On May 5, 1999, Pope John Paul II conferred the title of Monsignor.
Chaplain of the St. Isidore Council #4373 of the Knights of Columbus in Westport, he was the director of St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport, Nazareth Day Camp, and Catholic Boy's Camp. He passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, June 5, 2011, aged 82.
Born and raised in Fall River, Monsignor Edmond R. Levesque was a 1947 graduate of Msgr. Prevost High School and a 1955 graduate St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Ordained to the priesthood by Msgr. James L. Connolly on February 2, 1955 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River, Levesque was assigned to St. George Church, Westport as curate from 1955 till 1973 where he started the C.Y.O. Scouts and a St. Vincent DePaul Society, devoting much of his time to the formation of a parish school. He was pastor Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport from 1973 until 1983 and St. Theresa of Child Jesus, South Attleboro from 1983 till 1990 where he founded For Pete's Sake Daycare. While he was pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford from 1990 until 2005 he was instrumental in the renovations to the church to the point of doing a lot of the work himself. Msgr. Levesque retired to St. George church in Westport. On May 5, 1999, Pope John Paul II conferred the title of Monsignor.
Chaplain of the St. Isidore Council #4373 of the Knights of Columbus in Westport, he was the director of St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport, Nazareth Day Camp, and Catholic Boy's Camp. He passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, June 5, 2011, aged 82.
Ordained to the priesthood by Msgr. James L. Connolly on February 2, 1955 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River, Levesque was assigned to St. George Church, Westport as curate from 1955 till 1973 where he started the C.Y.O. Scouts and a St. Vincent DePaul Society, devoting much of his time to the formation of a parish school. He was pastor Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport from 1973 until 1983 and St. Theresa of Child Jesus, South Attleboro from 1983 till 1990 where he founded For Pete's Sake Daycare. While he was pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford from 1990 until 2005 he was instrumental in the renovations to the church to the point of doing a lot of the work himself. Msgr. Levesque retired to St. George church in Westport. On May 5, 1999, Pope John Paul II conferred the title of Monsignor.
Chaplain of the St. Isidore Council #4373 of the Knights of Columbus in Westport, he was the director of St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport, Nazareth Day Camp, and Catholic Boy's Camp. He passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, June 5, 2011, aged 82.
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