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Father Michael Joseph Burns, the son of the late Joseph and Anne Burns, was born in 1947 in Trenton. He graduated from St. Raphael School, Hamilton, Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, and the University of h ABend, th A N N Notre Dame, tSouth NN IV I Ind., magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He prepared for the priesthood in St. Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, Ind., where he earned a master of divinity degree. He was ordained a priest May 26, 1973, by Bishop George W. Ahr in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton. Father Burns served as parochial vicar in Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton; St. Paul (now St. Katharine Drexel) Parish, Burlington, and St. Hedwig Parish, Trenton. He was named pastor of St. Mary Parish, Bordentown, Sept. 8, 1990, and served that parish community until his retirement in July 2017. He currently resides at Villa Vianney, Lawrenceville – the diocesan facility for retired priests – where he can be seen riding his bike and walking around the campus. He assists in parishes and schools in Burlington and Mercer Counties with Masses and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In addition to his pastoral duties, Father Burns has served as diocesan spiritual director of the Legion of Mary and has served as a chaplain in the Knights of Columbus for more than 40 years.
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Conventual Franciscan Father Paul M. Varga, a Trenton native, was born Dec. 1, 1936. He was the oldest of four children to Stephen and t h A Nborn th A N Catherine NI N Chmielweski VargaI Jr., members of FATHER ANTONY Holy Angels Parish (now POOVAKULAM part of St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish, Hamilton). Father Antony Poovakulam was born on ChristFollowing graduation from the all-boys Trenton mas Day in 1934 in Kerala, India. He prepared for the Catholic High School in 1954, Father Varga entered priesthood at St. Joseph’s College, Kerala, and Dharthe College Seminary of the Conventual Franciscans, maram College Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Staten Island, N.Y. He studied there from 1954 to Bangalore. He was ordained a priest May 17, 1963, 1956, when he entered the Franciscan Novitiate of by Bishop Sebastian Valloppally. In India, Father Poovakulam served in the prior general’s house h Our Lady Queen of Peace, Middleburgh, N.Y. h
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College, Catonsville, Md., and prepared for the priesthood in St. Mary Seminary, Baltimore, and St. Mary Seminary, Roland Park, Md. He was ordained May 31, 1958, in St. Anthony Church, Hamilton, by Bishop George W. Ahr. Parishes in which Msgr. McGovern served as parochial vicar include Immaculate Conception Parish, Spotswood; St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford; St. Anthony (now part of Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony) Parish, Hamilton, and St. Peter Parish, New Brunswick, where he later served as temporary administrator beginning in 1970. Msgr. McGovern served as pastor of St. Andrew Parish, Avenel, from 1976 to 1981, when he was appointed pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown. He received papal honors Sept. 14, 1993, and was then invested as a prelate of honor with the title Reverend Monsignor in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, Jan. 23, 1994. Msgr. McGovern earned an honorary doctorate of divinity from the Graduate Theological Foundation of Notre Dame University in Indiana. He served as Burlington County Sodality director, a member of the board of diocesan consultors and council of priests, chaplain for the Burlington County Serra Club, and member of the diocesan public policy committee. Msgr. McGovern retired in 2004 and resides in Florida.
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