Pictured with Bishop Michael Cote, Diocese of Norwich (far left) and Father Thomas Hoar, President of St. Edmund’s Retreat of Enders Island (far right) are the 2009 St. Edmund’s Medal of Honor Recipients: (l-r) the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., President of Fairfield University; Noreen M. Kepple, Preschool Director for the Stonington COMO; the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford; Ambassador Raymond Flynn, former Ambassador to the Vatican and former Mayor of Boston; and James E. Baron, Head Coach, URI Men’s Basketball Team.
Five individuals were recognized for service to the Church and Community on Friday, October 9 as the St. Edmund’s Retreat Board of Trustees, Father Thomas Hoar, SSE, President, and the entire community of Enders Island, Mystic, presented them with St. Edmund’s Medal of Honor.
Recipients and honorees at the sixth annual St. Edmund’s Medal of Honor Mass and Dinner included The Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hartford; Ambassador Raymond L. Flynn, former Mayor of Boston and former US Ambassador to the Vatican; Reverend Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., President of Fairfield University; Mr. James E. Baron, Head Coach of University of Rhode Island’s Men’s Basketball, and Mrs. Noreen M. Kepple, Preschool Director for the Stonington Community Center who in the past three decades has raised more than half the children of Stonington.
Festivities began with Mass at Enders Island in honor of St. Edmund led by Principal Celebrant, Michael R. Cote, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Norwich. Bishop Cote praised the recipients for their dedication to living lives of grace and virtue and invited all to strive to live more fully in the spirit and tradition of St. Edmund.
Posted on November 25th, 2009 | category: Achievers
