Remembering Fr. Lou Quinn

St. Mary Secondary School students participating in the D.R.E.A.M.S. project are inspired by Fr. Quinn's example of love and service

By St. Mary's - D.R.E.A.M.S.
January/February 2008

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While volunteering in the mountains of Ocoa, D.R.E.A.M.S. participatns Steven Tebay and Jordan Bowman of St. Mary Catholic Secondary School provide musical accompaniment for Mass celebrated by Fr. Kevin Cull.  The D.R.E.A.M.S. project began with students from St. Mary's, but graduates of the school have gone on to start D.R.E.A.M.S. projects at various universities and colleges across Canada. While volunteering in the mountains of Ocoa, D.R.E.A.M.S. participatns Steven Tebay and Jordan Bowman of St. Mary Catholic Secondary School provide musical accompaniment for Mass celebrated by Fr. Kevin Cull.

The D.R.E.A.M.S. project began with students from St. Mary's, but graduates of the school have gone on to start D.R.E.A.M.S. projects at various universities and colleges across Canada.

I had the privilege of meeting Fr. Quinn in March 2007 with a group of young people from St. Mary's high school in Hamilton. We traveled to the Dominican Republic to live and work among the poor for a week and begin building the foundation of a family home.

While I made a very small effort and only for a week to do without the conveniences we in Canada so often take for granted, Fr. Quinn chose to live as the poor lived and to love as Christ loved.

May God grant him the gift of eternal peace and may God especially comfort the poor of the Dominican Republic who have lost an advocate, a friend, and a true spiritual father.

Fr. Kevin Cull
Vocation Director for the
Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario

Prayer of the Faithful

From the Memorial Mass for Fr. Lou Quinn, celebrated by Fr. Kevin Cull in the St. Mary's high school chapel, Hamilton.

We pray in thanksgiving for the prophetic voice and faith of Fr. Lou who served the poor by focusing on the stars, and not the mud.

Lord hear our prayer.

We pray for all the people of the Ocoa region who are mourning the death of Fr. Lou that their faith be strengthened and their sadness turned to joy.

Lord hear our prayer.

Fr. Lou lived for the people.  He lived to spread the love of Christ, not only through his teaching but through his actions.  Actions do speak louder than words, and in Fr. Lou we saw the Gospel, the good news of true love, dedication, obedience, servanthood and sacrifice.  ... Thank you, Fr. Lou, for your life's work, for doing what many are too afraid or too selfish to do.  You stepped out, out of your comfort zone, climbed mountains, fought battles and persevered.  Thank you for being a warrior in the fight for a better world for the people of the Dominican Republic...  Jenica Hein, St. Mary's gratuate and former D.R.E.A.M.S. participant Fr. Lou lived for the people. He lived to spread the love of Christ, not only through his teaching but through his actions. Actions do speak louder than words, and in Fr. Lou we saw the Gospel, the good news of true love, dedication, obedience, servanthood and sacrifice.

... Thank you, Fr. Lou, for your life's work, for doing what many are too afraid or too selfish to do. You stepped out, out of your comfort zone, climbed mountains, fought battles and persevered. Thank you for being a warrior in the fight for a better world for the people of the Dominican Republic...

Jenica Hein, St. Mary's gratuate and former D.R.E.A.M.S. participant

We pray for all of D.R.E.A.M.S.' participants past and present that the impact of Fr. Lou will remain with us forever.

Lord hear our prayer.

We pray for Fr. Lou, may he receive the reward of everlasting life and be welcomed into the company of the angels and saints.

Lord hear our prayer.

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