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The fact that Dick Mountjoy, the oldest of three sons of Richard and Anna Mountjoy, was baptized in 1921 as Norbert Richard Mountjoy tells a lot about the strong Catholic faith and will of his mother. Rather than getting his father's name up front, Dick was named for a favorite nun that his mother had in school, Sister Mary Norbert. He is the last surviving son whose brothers were also both active in St. Mary's: Wesley M. Mountjoy and Charles D. Mountjoy. Dick was a familiar face as an usher at the 7 PM Saturday Mass and became head usher upon the death of Lewis Gracik. Dick made too many important contributions to the growth of the parish, Montfort Academy, and Council 4034 of the Knights of Columbus where he was a founding member and Grand Knight in 1957-58.
Right after Vatican II in the mid Sixties under the pastorate of Fr. Ross Muir, Dick became the first elected chairman of the parish advisory council which was a totally new concept in the Church.
Extracted from Memories of St. Mary Catholic Church 1858-1970
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