While in San Antonio, he attended Mexican American Culture Center classes for several months. He also was appointed to the MSC-USA Provincial Council. In September 2003, Brother Geno became a member of the San Antonio MSC formation program, residing in San Antonio, TX. Returning to Youngstown, OH, Brother Geno again worked at the retreat house. From 1992 through February 1999, Brother Geno was assigned to the Aurora, IL MSC community to help in the Direct Mail Department at the USA Province headquarters. He returned to Youngstown, OH, helping at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center in 1975 to support the renewal ministry, engage in general maintenance, and coordinate the kitchen activities at the Sacred Heart Retreat and Renewal Center. In 1973, he was assigned to assist with farming responsibilities at the MSC Major Seminary in Shelby, OH, for two years. In August 1971, Brother Geno was transferred to the MSC Retreat House in Youngstown, OH. He professed his first vows as a Missionary of the Sacred Heat on March 19, 1965, and perpetual vows on March 19, 1971. In addition to studies in the novitiate, Geno worked in general maintenance activities at the high school seminary. In 1959, he entered the MSC high school seminary in Geneva, IL, and in 1964, he began the Brothers’ novitiate. Brother Geno attended grade school and high school at Central Cambria, Ebensburg, PA but interrupted his schooling to earn a living as a factory worker, farmer, and power-line maintenance person. He received the Sacrament of Baptism at the Basilica of St. Brother Eugene James Thomas, MSC, died on September 7th, 2022 at Holy Family Manor, Bethlehem, PA at 11:10 am, where he was a resident since December 2021.īrother Gene, affectionately known as “Brother Geno,” was born on June 24, 1935, in Loretto, PA, in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, to the late James and Bertha (Criste).
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