Darien, Ill. — The Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, Order of Carmelites, mourns the death of the Father Paul Robinson, O. Carm., who died at the age of 77 on September 2. Father Robinson was born to William Leo Robinson and Cornelia Frances (Tarasiewicz) Robinson on May 27, 1941, in Boston. He is survived by his sister, Mary Robinson and his Carmelite brothers. He began pre-novitiate at Mount Carmel College in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, in 1959, entered the Carmelite Novitiate in New Baltimore, Penn., in 1961 and professed simple vows to the Carmelites in the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary on Aug. 29, 1962, taking the religious name of Scott. After receiving his B.A. in philosophy from St. Bonaventure University, Olean, N.Y., in 1965 he went on to earn a degree in theology from Whitefriars, Washington, D.C., in 1968. Father Robinson made his solemn profession with the Carmelites on Jan. 30, 1967 and was ordained a priest on May 30, 1967. Continuing his education, he received a degree in library science from Catholic University of America, in French from Middlebury College, Spanish from San Joaquin Delta College, and a JCL in Canon Law from Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas in Rome, Italy, on June 14, 1989. Father Robinson began his ministerial service in 1968 as faculty at DeSales High School in Louisville, Ky., and continued to serve in education at Mount Camel Prep Seminary in Niagara Falls, Ontario, from 1970 to 1974 and Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Ariz., from 1974
Father Paul Robinson, O. Carm.
to 1975. In 1976, Father Robinson went to the St. Thérèse Chapel, “The Chapel in the Mall,” where he served as staff for two years before returning to education, serving as a teacher at Joliet Catholic High School in Joliet, Ill., from 1978 to 1979. From 1979 to 1987 he served as associate pastor consecutively at St. Gertrude Parish in Stockton, Calif., St. Ann Catholic Church in Lodi, Calif., and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Houston, Texas. From 1986 to 1987 he also served as
Marriage Tribunal Advocate for the Diocese of Joliet, Ill. For many years Father Robinson served at the Fall River diocesan tribunal first
as assistant judicial vicar and then as judicial vicar. In his final years of ministerial service, Father Robinson served as Provincial Representative on the International Carmelite Committee, staff at the Carmelite Institute, and Canonist for the PCM Province and the Fall River Diocese Tribunal Office. In 2014, Father Robinson retired and moved back to his home town of Easthampton. He was admitted to Cooley Dickenson Hos-
pital on August 22, where he remained until his death. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady of the Valley Church, Easthampton, on September 7. He was buried in his family plot in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Easthampton. For further information on the Reverend Paul Robinson, O. Carm., or the Order of Carmelites, contact Carmelite Media at 630-971-0724 or visit the Carmelite website at www. carmelnet.org.
Rachel M. Buder, mother of Deacon Karl Buder
MASHPEE — Rachel M. Buder, age 90, of Mashpee, was born in Putnam, Conn., the third of eight children born to Edward and Antoinette Bourgeois. She passed away on September 8 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, surrounded by her family after a courageous, 10-year battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her son, Deacon Karl G. Buder and his wife Lynn of Vineyard Haven, two grandsons, Alexander G. Buder II and his wife Kelsey, of San Diego, Calif., and Hans D. Buder and his wife Meghan of Carmel, Calif., and one great grandson, Elliott J. Buder, of San Diego; two sisters, Elaine Belsey of California, Cecile Bourgeois of Rhode Island and two brothers, Henry Bourgeois of Connecticut and David Bourgeois of Georgia and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, three siblings and her husband of 54 years, Alexander G. Buder I. Rachel was employed until her retirement by the State of Connecticut as a
nurse in an inpatient facility for special needs adults. She drove and lived independently until recently, when she moved to live with her family on Martha’s Vineyard. Her pride and joy was her home and her yard and gardens, which she maintained in a meticulous manner. Rare was the day when she didn’t have a home project in motion. Within six weeks of her death, she was working to repair a concrete apron in her driveway. A funeral Mass was celebrated at Christ the King Parish in Mashpee on September 17 by Father Michael Nagle, pastor of Good Shepherd Parish on Martha’s Vineyard, who is a friend of the Buder family. Burial will be at a later date at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne beside her husband. Donations in her honor may be made to Marianapolis Preparatory School, Chase Road, Thompson, Conn., which her son and several family members attended.
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