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Assistant Priest and Italian Chaplain
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Padre has nurtured and cared for the Italian community through four
generations, baptizing the great grandchildren of couples he married.
With the help of his Italian Committee Padre has developed the Good Friday Procession of the Dead Christ attracting
thousands of worshippers each
Good Friday evening. In 2007 we celebrate the 40th year of this event.
Padre’s Christmas Crib is a byword in
Sydney,
also attracting thousands of people who bring their children to see
this magnificent portrayal
of the birth of Jesus.
Padre Raffaele passed away on 9th October, 2010. Vale Padre, may he rest in peace.
Memories of Padre |
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Fr. Raffaele Tresca (Padre)
was born in
Benevento,
Italy
in 1926. He entered the
Marist Brothers as a teenager and taught in
France,
Portugal
and
Spain.
He was sent to
Argentina
in .... There he met the
Passionists and joined the Passionist Argentinean province in …..
In 1966, Fr. Gaudenzio, the Italian Chaplain here at St. Brigid's
was tragically killed in a car accident on
Livingstone Rd.
The Father General of the
Passionists asked Padre to come to
Australia.
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