The Tablet January 27, 2021
Father Agnelo Casimiro Pinto, S.M.W.
Father Agnelo Casimiro Pinto, S.M.W., a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Boniface in Winnipeg, Canada, and a long-time resident at St. Augustine, Park Slope, died on Jan. 9, at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, British Columbia. He was 76.
Father Pinto was born on Nov. 3, 1944, in Gokak Falls, India. He was ordained a Priest on Dec. 21, 1969, in India. After arriving in Canada in 1979, he resided at St. Boniface Parish in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
From 1983 to 1990, he was the Priest and counselor for the Mission Institution.
Since 1995, he did work for over 20 years as a clinical counselor at St. Vincent’s Services in downtown Brooklyn.
Northern Health continues to see large impacts from COVID-19.
In a written statement this afternoon (Jan. 20), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 500 new cases discovered in the past day in B.C., which brings the total to 62,412.
Of those, Northern Health recorded 35 more infections for an updated authority total of 2,978.
Health officials also announced 14 more people in B.C. have died from the virus, which brings the fatality rate to 1,104.
One of those new deaths took place in the north for a new regional toll of 54 since the pandemic began.
There are 4,345 people listed as active for COVID-19 throughout the province, 320 of whom are in hospital with 66 in critical care.
By Melissa Moore-Randall
When House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced his retirement from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Jeff Turco looked at his own background, experience and belief in the nobility of public service. Turco used this as a catalyst for his decision to run for State Representative in the 19th Suffolk District of Winthrop and sections of Revere.
Turco, who grew up in Revere and currently resides in Winthrop, spoke highly of the man whose office he hopes to take over. “For 30 years, our district has been represented by a tremendous leader who made the lives of Massachusetts residents better. Robert DeLeo leaves big shoes to fill, but I am confident that I will uphold his commitment to our communities.”
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C. s Provincial Health Officer. / Flickr/Province of B.C.
The curve is trending in the right direction, but B.C. s COVID-19 death toll remains concerning for health officials.
Today (Jan. 18), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 31 people that died from the virus since Friday (Jan. 15), four of which were in the north, rising the regional death toll to 52 since the pandemic began last year.
Across B.C., 1,078 people have succumbed to COVID-19 and there have been 61,447 infections since January 2020 after 1,330 more positive tests came forward over the weekend.
Northern Health recorded 166 new cases for a new regional total of 2,911 since March last year.
Clarion Herald
Father Ronald J. Braud, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, died Jan. 10 at Chateau de Notre Dame. He was 81 and had served for 56 years as a diocesan priest, including 20 years as a chaplain and religion teacher at Archbishop Blenk High School in Marrero.
“He was someone who was calm, cool and collected,” said Msgr. Lanaux Rareshide, the homilist at a Jan. 18 Funeral Mass who was friends with Father Braud in the Jesus Caritas Priests’ Fraternity. “He was a very pleasant fellow. In his final years, he had some pain in his life with medical problems.”