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Father Javier Rammirez known as Father Saverio in our Italian Canadian Community brings youth and new ideas to the St. Anthony’s Church Community. Father Saverio has been appointed pastor of St. Anthony’s Church for three years . He has taken over the reins of Father Paul McKeown who has been appointed vice rector of the Notre Dame Cathedral on Sussex Street Ottawa, Canada. Father Saverio was born in Antiochia Colombia on the 8th of May 1972. His calling came in 1990 when he joined the order of the Servants of Mary. After studying philosophy at the University of Saint Thomas run by the Dominican order he went to Rome in 1995 and studied Theology at the Jesuit College of Telogica Marianum. Father Saverio returned to Mexico to begin his spiritual life . He was ordained as a priest in 2001 and became assistant pastor at the Servi di Santa Maria in Bogota until 2002. Promoting Vocations from 2002 until 2007 , assistant pastor at Santa Maria Dei Servi in Cali from 2005 to 2007 he finally came to Canada as an assistant Pastor in the middle of the winter in 2008. In 2009 he returned to Columbia and Mexico for three months after which time he returned to St. Anthony’s Church as Pastor . Father Saverio has been appointed Pastor for three years at St. Anthony’s Church Ottawa by the Archbishop Prendergast. Il Postino wishes him good luck in his newly appointed position. Padre Javier Ramirez, forse meglio conosciuto dalla nostra comunita’ come Padre Saverio, si presenta come un piacevole e sorridente sacerdote che, nonostante la sua giovane eta’, porta con se’ un bagaglio culturale nonche’ un’ esperienza spirituale di un certo rilievo. Nato a Rionegro Antiochia in Colombia 1’8 Maggio del 1972, Padre Javier e’entrato a far parte dell’Ordine dei Servi di Maria nel1990. Dopo aver ottenuto unalicenza in filosofia presso l’Universita’ di San Tommaso dei Padri Domenicani edaver studiato teologia presso i Gesuiti alIa Facolta’ Teologica Marianum in Romanel 1995, si e’ recato in Messico per il noviziato. Ordinato preste I’ll Novembre 2001, e’ stato assistente presso I Servi di SantaMaria di Bogota’ fino a12002. Promotore delle V ocazioni dal 2002 al 2007 , assistente presso Santa Maria DeiServi a Cali dal 2005 al 2007, e’ finalmente giunto in Canada durante il freddo Febbraio del 2008 in qualita’ di Assistente Parrocchiale. Padre Javier, quest’estate dopo un’assenza di tre mesi dalla Chiesa di Sant’ Antonio, mesi durante i quali ha servito presso Ie Comunita’ in Colombia e Messico, e’ definitivamente tomato ad Ottawa per un iniziale mandato di tre anni in qualita’ di Parroco della Chiesa di Sant’ Antonio da Padova. Caro padre Javier .... Bentomato e tanti auguri per il tuo nuovo incarico religioso!
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