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John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
« on: January 29, 2025, 11:49:36 AM »
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  • https://www.oneilfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/william-thomson

    From Canada. He was in Winona, MN some time in 1988 -1989?
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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #1 on: January 29, 2025, 11:51:59 AM »
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    How sad ... I knew him quite well and considered him a friend.  He was/is a good man.  Thanks for reporting it here.  He had a very unique and infectious smile, with kind of a wry sardonic wit that I appreciated, and his kindof slanted half-smile from just one side of his mouth as he kept his teeth clenched played into it.

    He ran the bookstore there at the seminary for a while, didn't he?

    Here's another one who I thought would have made a great priest, but for some reason didn't make it through.  I had a class of about 21 when I first entered, and -- what was it? -- perhaps 3 got ordained.  I do think something was wrong there, since apart from a few obvious misfits (who didn't belong there), far more of the young men there would have made very good priests.


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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #2 on: January 29, 2025, 11:52:49 AM »
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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #3 on: January 29, 2025, 01:46:46 PM »
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  • ... with kind of a wry sardonic wit that I appreciated ...

    So I see that his obituary also pointed this out.  I think it's one of the things you remember about him.

    From obituary linked above:
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    He had a dry sense of humour so any conversation with him included a good laugh.


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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #4 on: January 29, 2025, 01:49:33 PM »
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  • So I guess he was 67, going on 68.  I was at STAS between ages of 21-24, so he would have been 11 years older, so 32-35 at STAS,  He evidently went to a couple other seminaries first, so that would explain some of why he was there a bit later than most.  I regret having lost touch with him.  God only knows; I might see him again soon enough.


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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #5 on: January 29, 2025, 02:38:18 PM »
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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #6 on: January 29, 2025, 05:14:14 PM »
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  • Sad.  May he rest in peace. 
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    Re: John Thompson, Former Seminarian, Winona + R.I.P. December 2024
    « Reply #7 on: January 29, 2025, 07:15:06 PM »
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  • I'm hoping he's having a reunion with Bishop Williamson now, along with Archbishop Lefebvre, Bishop Tissier, Father Bourmaud, and many others now.