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Posted by: DENISE PAONE Sat May 31, 2008 | MY FAMILY AND I ARE VERY SADDENED TO HEAR OF FATHER ED'S PASSING. WHEN WE LOST OUR DAUGHTER TIA FATHER ED WAS A STRONG AND CONSTANT PRESENCE. HE HELPED US THROUGH THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR LIVES AND FOR THAT WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. MAY HE REST IN PEACE WITH THE LORD |
Posted by: Mike Hanlon Sun June 01, 2008 | Dear Sviokla Family, On behalf of my family, I offer our condolences. Fr. Sviokla meant so much to everyone at St. Anthony's Parish in Allston. He provide so much for the youth of the parish during the 1950's and 1960's, from CYO to National Champion Drill Teams to a winning Drun & Bugle Corps that I served on. Fr. Sviokla gave us kids an opportunity to work hard, play as a team, be champions, and be a good person. I thank him for his spirital leadership and all that he gave us at St. Anthony's Parish, and I pray to God, that he rest in peace. God Bless. |
Posted by: John Dolan Sun June 01, 2008 | Fr. Sviokla brought joy and happiness to St Thomas Aquinas Band. When he started the band in 1962 he told us in a few years we will be the CYO Music Circuit Champs in the Class A division..Sure enough he was right.Fr. Sviokla RIP and thank you for giving everyone in St. Thomas parish In Jamaica Plain a great joy.God Bless |
Posted by: Lorraine & John Dolan Mon June 02, 2008 | No one can put into words what the Rev. Msgr. Edmund Sviokla did for St. Thomas Parish-Jamaica Plain years ago. He took all our teenagers and formed a band that was superior in all ways, not just by winning, but the friendships of not only the kids but the parents who loved and admired him so very much. Thank you Father is not enough to say for all you did for all of us in St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. Priests like you and so many we can never be thankful enough for devoting your life to God and to all of us. God keep you in His care. |
Posted by: Maureen OHearn Mon June 02, 2008 | Well done good and faithful servant. You will be missed. Pray for us. Everett was lucky to have you for so long. |