Among those attending were a couple, Pat and Eileen, who served with him on marriage encounter teams in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also a brother with his sister, the brother being among his first altar servers at the Pittsburgh parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in 1968.
Among my remarks to those gathered to celebrate Ed:
"Ed has never retired and still celebrates Mass at Highlands (a retirement community) and hears confessions at St. Joseph’s Villa (a covent). Here at home he is available for spiritual direction and hears the
confessions of retreatants and others.
May we, too, lay, religious and clergy, carry on our
ministries with the commitment and love that you, Ed Sanders, show us daily
well past those so-called limits set by retirement. God has blessed you and us through you. May God’s assistance continue ad multos annos."
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Father Ed was my spiritual mentor and personal friend, with whom, sorry to say, I lost contact. He preached at my ordination in 1980. Wr shared many precious retreats at Wernersville. Always an inspiration and example, to this day, of a true seeker, a a good and faithful servant, a friend my wife, Gerry, and I miss and remember with love.
Rev. Dr. Neal Brown
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