On Oct 30, we were notified at church that our good friend and long time permanent Deacon, Rev. Mr. Michael Misulia Sr. had passed away early that morning. He was 93 years old.
Deacon Mike had served the St. Peter’s community for 33 years as a Permanent Deacon. Although I had known about Deacon Mike for years, having been at St. Peter’s since 1991, it wasn’t until the summer of 2006 that I had the chance to learn more about some of his accomplishments. In June of 2006, my bro-in-law, Ken Dyer and I embarked on our first video project collaboration and had the pleasure of interviewing Deacon Mike for the “FireStories” project. We sat with Deacon Mike after the Saturday evening Mass out by the previous location of the statue of St. Peter, the site of the original church building that was built in 1821.
Although for the “FireStories” project we edited our interview, I’m going back to the original tape and re-editing. I’d like to share more of what we learned with others.
You can view the Homily by Fr. Jesse Bolger and Reflections by Msgr John from the Funeral at the St. Peter website.
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