Fr. Gary Ostler – Recent Pictures
I am posting a few recent pictures of Fr. Gary Ostler in no specific order etc. When I have time I will post an album. Please check back in a week or so.
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Rev. Gary Ostler – A Community Remembers – Local Paper
Ostler’s work went beyond church
Posted By Greg Peerenboom in the Cornwall Standard Freeholder
May 30, 2008
Rev. Gary Ostler is being remembered today as a Catholic whose Christianity extended far beyond his own parish.
Alexandria-Cornwall Diocese Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher saw this immediately in Ostler, who passed away Thursday from a massive stroke at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.
“One of the first times I met him he invited me to supper. He loved preparing a wonderful meal, and taking the time with the people around the table,” Durocher said.
Fr. Gary Ostler – Tribute To His 40 Year's Of Military Service
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Chaplain General’s Award
Tribute to Major Rev. Gary Ostler
Rev. Gary Ostler (Major Rev. Gary Ostler) Fr. Gary Ostler – Obituary
Official Family Obituary by Funeral Home
MAJOR THE REVEREND GARY OSTLER CD2- Reverend Gary Ostler at the Ottawa Hospital – Civic Campus on Thursday May 29, 2008 age 62 years. Dear son of the late Allen Ostler and the late Frances Gaudet. Beloved brother of Gail Lee (John), Calgary, Alberta; John Ostler (Teri), Pickering; and Reverend David Ostler, Arizona. Sadly missed by his nieces and nephews Tim and Kerry Anne Lee; Kevin, Andrew, and Cheryl Ostler. Resting at the Wilson Funeral Home 822 Pitt Street, Cornwall from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Saturday May 31, 2008. Solemn Translation to St. Columban’s Roman Catholic Church for the Liturgy of the Word Sunday June 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Thence to lie in state from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Sunday, and from 9 AM until the funeral rite on Monday. The Mass of the Resurrection with Commendation and Farewell will be celebrated at St. Columban’s Roman Catholic Church 36 Fourth Street, West, Cornwall on Monday June 1, 2008 at 10:00 AM, His Excellency the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, D.D. Presiding. Rite of Committal to follow in St. Columban’s Parish Cemetery, Cornwall. If so desired contributions to the Vocation Fund of the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, or the Ontario Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. (Link: See my first post on Fr. Gary)
OTHER POSTS ON FR. GARY: DEATH, MILITARY SERVICE, NEWSPAPER
Death of Fr. Gary Ostler
Rev. Gary Ostler
( Major Reverend Gary Ostler)
April 5, 1946 – May 29, 2008
After suffering a stroke about a week ago, Fr. Gary Ostler, Pastor of St. Columban’s Parish in Cornwall, Ontario died of complications at 3:00am on May 29, 2008 at the Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. Fr. David Ostler, his brother was at his bedside at the time of his death. Although all the arrangements for his funeral have not been finalized, his funeral is scheduled for Monday, June 2, 2008 at St. Columban’s Parish at 10am. There will be visitation at Wilson’s Funeral Home from 2-4 & 7-9 on Saturday May 31, 2008. His body will be transferred to St. Columban’s Church with prayer and visitation in the church from 2-4 & 7-9 on Sunday June 1, 2008. The official Obituary at Wilson’s is now available. I will update more information as it it becomes available. May he rest in peace – let us remember him in our prayers. I will definitely miss Gary who I have known as a friend for over 35 years from the time that we studied together at the University of Ottawa. Fr. Gary’s parents are deceased. He will be sadly missed by his sister, Gail, and his two brothers, John & Fr. David, and numerous neices and nephews, his many friends in the Canadian Armed Forces, and friends and parishioners at St. Columban’s, St. Francis de Sales, St. Raphael’s, Nativity, and across the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall.
Canadian Church Update
I usually try to promote and relay information on the Canadian Church. Since I have been very busy these last few weeks, I missed a number of important events, especially, the Canadian Bishop’s Conference in our own Diocese, and the naming of two Bishops for the Docese of Halifax, and the Diocese of St. John’s. The New Archbishop of Halifax is a classmate of mine (Tony Mancini), and is a very down to earth and compassionate person. I’ll certainly be praying for him in his new Diocese.
Archbishop Mancini
Priest's Retreat
It has been a very busy time here at the Parish and in the Diocese. Last week I was on retreat at the beautiful Marian Shrine in Cap-de-la-Madeleine with the priests of our Diocese. If you haven’t been to Cap-de-la-Madeleine, it is a must visit. Here are a few pictures from the retreat. Click
Gathered and Sent Out
Why do we go to church? Bishop Paul-André Durocher has an answer: Read answer
(blog post of Marie-Linda Boghdady at www.adventus.org)
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Most Saturday Mornings, with a cup of coffee in hand, I read Bishop Paul Andre’s column (Word of the Day) in the Cornwall Standard Freeholder. Each week he writes a little article on the second reading of the Sunday Liturgy which is down to earth, easy to read, relevant, hopeful, and inspiring. The Bishop has this remarkable gift to demystify big words and complex thoughts and to make them clear, insightful, and meaningful in just a few words of his own.
This week in an article on Corinthians 12:31-13:13 entitled, ‘A Celebration of Agape Love’, he writes: “This hymn to love is without doubt one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible. It brings to mind Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, ‘Deus Caritas Est’, God is Love.”
I encourage all of you to read his column, especially this week, as he captures the essence of Pope Benedict’s wonderful encyclical while uniting it to the core meaning of the reading from St. Paul for this Sunday.
