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| News - National A Little Giant Is Called To Heaven
Remembering Fr. Rumie González
(1943-2004) He was born in the city of Glendale, CA. August 25, 1943, in a family of Mexican origin with deep Christian roots. He went to school in the Parish School of Sacred Heart in Lincoln Heights, and later to the Bishop Mora Salesian High School. When he was 19 years old he entered the Piarist Fathers and received the Piaris habit on the feast day of St. Joseph of Calasanz in 1963. He completed the theological studies in Spain. All of his companions from the juniorate remember him for his joyful and happy spirit all the time. He re-confirmed his baptismal consecration through his profession of Solemn Vows on July 19, 1969. Two years later, on May 23, 1971, Fr. Rumie was Ordained a priest in our parish of Our Lady Help of Christians, Lincoln Heights, by Auxiliary Bishop Juan Arzube. This was the first Ordination celebrated in Spanish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Dedicated to religious education, the charism of the Piarist Order, he stood out through his extraordinary creativity in catechesis, which he loved doing with children and youth. He was a person of great gentleness, a good friend to the Order, with a great capacity for empathy in his pastoral labors and with an admirable gift of counsel. During his last years, and despite his delicate health, he tirelessly worked by promoting the Youth Movement “Search” and in the marriage apostolate, of Worldwide Marriage Encounter as regional Counselor. His apostolic work has been frequently recognized and appreciated by all who had the privilege of being close to him, whether young and old. On his journey to Calvary and in his identification with the suffering Christ, he experienced a beautiful moment on the Sunday that he solemnly received the Sacrament of the Sick. That day, in the Parish of Our Lady Help of Christians, filled to capacity with young people and families, marked the ideal moment when he received the homage and gratitude that all desired to give him. On that day and throughout his long illness, he gave a wonderful testimony of his conscious and joyful acceptance of God’s will for him, an acceptance that was visible until the last moment of his life, the moment of his final Easter. May he rest in Peace.
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