{"id":3594,"date":"2016-02-27T15:56:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T14:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2018\/03\/15\/antonio-dos-reis-fernandes-mic-passed-awayheartbreak-leads-to-heavenly-calling-copy-copy-187\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T20:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:01:43","slug":"anthony-nockunas-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2016\/02\/27\/anthony-nockunas-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"USA, Stockbridge, Mass.: Fr. Anthony Nockunas, MIC, passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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February\u00a027,\u00a02016<\/p>\n<\/div>

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USA, Stockbridge, Mass.: Fr. Anthony Nockunas, MIC, passed away<\/h1><\/div>
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Father Anthony\u00a0N. Nockunas,\u00a0MIC, fortified by the Sacraments of the Church, peacefully passed away on Saturday, February\u00a027,\u00a02016, at the Matulaitis Nursing Home in Putnam,\u00a0Conn., in the 85th\u00a0year of his life, 66th\u00a0year of his religious profession, and\u00a058th of his priesthood. He was born on June\u00a010,\u00a01931, in Lithuania. He was one of eight children and grew up on a farm. In his childhood he experienced the Second World War. He saw his country invaded first by the Russians in\u00a01939, then by the Nazis in\u00a01940, and finally by the Russians in\u00a01944, who not only occupied the country, but initiated a wave of repressions, persecutions and exile. Fr.\u00a0Anthony escaped the occupation and entered the Marian Congregation. He professed his first vows on August\u00a015,\u00a01950, final vows in\u00a01953, and was ordained a priest in\u00a01957.<\/p>\n

His first assignment was to teach French at the Marianapolis Preparatory School, in Thompson,\u00a0Conn. Then he spent many years as an associate pastor in Kenosha,\u00a0Wisc., Plano,\u00a0Ill. Darien,\u00a0Ill., Worcester,\u00a0Mass., and in Argentina. He spent several years at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, in Stockbridge,\u00a0Mass., where he celebrated Masses and heard confessions in several languages. Finally, he was assigned to the Marian House in Thompson,\u00a0Conn., where he continued to hear confessions and offered pastoral care to the sick and the dying.<\/p>\n

Fr.\u00a0Anthony served the community in many capacities. Besides his priestly duties, Fr.\u00a0Anthony was a teacher, a member of the provincial council and its secretary, and, a member of the Board of Directors at the Draugas Lithuanian Catholic Press Society. Fr.\u00a0Anthony had a great devotion to Our Immaculate Mother and to St.\u00a0Joseph, the patron saint of a happy death, whom he invoked frequently for the dying. Always attentive to the spiritual needs of the faithful, Fr.\u00a0Anthony was a generous dispenser of Christ\u2019s love and mercy, especially as a confessor and spiritual guide.<\/p>\n

Gathering in the presence of his body and Mass of Christian Burial at\u00a09:30 and\u00a010:30 respectively in the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, in Stockbridge, Mass., followed by burial in the community\u2019s cemetery. Memorial guestbook visit\u00a0www.GilmanAndValade.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>

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