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Divine Word Father Leo Dusheck is celebrating his 65th anniversary of the profession th A N t h ofNhis th A N A Nvows NIV NI NI NIas a DivineAWord Missionary this year. He lives in the Divine Word Residence, Bordentown. Born Dec. 9, 1933, in Hazleton, Pa., Father Dusheck attended St. Joseph Grammar School there. He attended Divine Word Minor Seminary, Girard, Pa., and St. Mary’s Mission Seminary, Techny, Ill., and made his first vows on Sept. 8, 1953, in Conesus, N.Y. N tinh1961, heNtaught for AN h10A h hisAordination N t A N NFollowing A t • N Nin educational administration N I years.I He then worked I United States. HeV was the NI for nearly ten years in the rector of the Divine Word Residence in Techny, Ill., and served as a hospital chaplain in Pittsburgh, Pa. Father Dusheck has lived at Bordentown since 1999. Two of his biological sisters, who are now deceased, were members of the Holy Spirit Sisters, one of two congregations for women that were founded by St. Arnold Janssen. His third sister currently resides in Illinois.
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Conventual Franciscan Father Emmett J. Carroll, a Toms River native, was born in 1925 and attended the town’s St. Joseph School and Toms River High School. h Francis He attended tSt. th ANN College, Staten Island, I N.Y., and did undergraduate work in Siena College, Loudonville, N.Y. He received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Villanova University, Villanova, Pa. Father Carroll prepared for the priesthood in St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary, Rensselaer, N.Y. and made his simple profession of vows March 19, 1948. After his priestly ordination June 12, 1954, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany, N.Y., he taught English and economics in the all-boys Trenton Catholic High School. Over the decades, his ministry included serving as associate editor and promotion manager of The Companion Magazine, in Toronto, Canada, as well as vocation director for Canada. He also served as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Albany, N.Y., where he helped found two Samaritan shelters for underprivileged teenagers, one of which is named Emmett House. Returning to the Diocese of Trenton in 1976, Father Carroll served two terms as pastor of St. Catharine of Siena Parish, Seaside Park. He also served a term as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Seaside Heights. He served on the diocesan Council of Priests as a judge on the diocesan tribunal for two decades. In 2000, while at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Father Carroll and the parish received the Archbishop Peter L. Gerety Award for Outstanding Parish and Priests.
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Bishop Emeritus John M. Smith, the ninth bishop of Trenton, was born in 1935 in Orange and is the son of the late Ethel and Mortimer F. Smith. He attended John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, prior to beginning his studies for the priesthood in 1955 in Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. Bishop Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in classical languages from Seton Hall University, South Orange, in 1957, and a bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from The Catholic University of America, Washington, in 1961. Following his May 27, 1961, ordination in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Newark, by Archbishop Thomas A. Boland, Bishop Smith was appointed to the archdiocesan Chancery Office and assigned to graduate studies in The Catholic University of America, where he received a doctorate in canon law in 1966. Bishop Smith served as assistant chancellor of the Newark Archdiocese, defender of the bond in the tribunal and coordinator of the English Cursillo Movement. He was named a Papal Chamberlain with the title of “monsignor” by Pope Paul VI in 1971. In 1982, he was named to the faculty of the Pontifical North American College in Rome as director of the Institute for Continuing Theological Education and program director of the U.S. Bishops’ Consultation IV. After four years in Rome, Bishop Smith returned to the Newark Archdiocese to serve as pastor of St. Mary Parish, Dumont, in June 1986. Bishop Smith was chairman of the archdiocesan vocation board and served as vicar general and moderator of the curia. On Dec. 1, 1987, Bishop Smith was named auxiliary bishop of Newark by Pope John Paul II. In June, 1991, he was named third bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., and installed July 31, 1991. In November, 1995, Pope John Paul II transferred Bishop Smith from the Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese, appointing him coadjutor bishop of Trenton. Bishop Smith succeeded retired Bishop John C. Reiss July 1, 1997. Among the many committees that Bishop Smith served since 1987 was the board of directors of the North American College in Rome; the Bishops’ Committee on Migration and Refugee Services, and the board of directors for Catholic Relief Services. In his 13 years shepherding the Diocese of Trenton, Bishop Smith was responsible for imple-
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He and fellow Knights of Columbus helped found a menting numerous initiatives, advancing the Church fraternal council of the organization in St. Catharine of Trenton in the areas of communications and of Siena Parish. technology, the formation of lay ecclesial ministers, Retired as pastor of St. Catharine of Siena in strategic planning for parishes and Catholic schools t h A NofNmulticultural ministry. t h A N1997, Father Carroll remainstinh residence and the development A N N in St. NI Serra• Parish, IV XVI named Bishop Junipero the newly merged parish In June 2010, Pope Benedict R I th A N E TI R Tof Our Lady S NI composed of Perpetual Help and St. David M. O’Connell, C.M., as coadjutor bishop of the E Catharine of Siena Parishes. Diocese. On Dec. 1, 2010, Bishop Smith’s resignation was accepted by the Holy Father, and Bishop th A N th A N O’Connell was named the 10th bishop of Trenton. N NI I Upon his retirement, Bishop Emeritus Smith took up residence in Villa Vianney, Lawrenceville, the retirement residence for priests of the Diocese. He currently resides in St. Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lawrenceville.
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