Goodbye, Father Bill

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IC photo/Marie Mischel

Richard Tabish, assistant parish council president at Saint Jude Maronite Catholic Church in Murray, presents a memory album to Monsignor William Bonczewski, whose last Mass as pastor of the parish will be Sept. 4. The album, which was presented at a going-away luncheon Aug. 28, contains photos and written messages from parishioners. Tabish thanked Fr. Bill, as he prefers to be called, for the improvements he has made to physical plant of the church and for "everything you’ve done for each of us. You’ve touched all of our lives…. You brought a presence here that we haven’t felt in a very long time." Corbishop William Leser has been assigned temporarily to the parish; he will arrive Sept. 9.