Dear Salesian Family and Friends,

Our dear Bro. Pat Barbariol, SDB, died on September 23, 2026. He spent many years at Bishop Mora Salesian High School and even more at Don Bosco Tech.

To give many people whose lives he touched time to bid him farewell, the following details for his funeral have been arranged:

• Tuesday, October 6th:
  • 4 pm – 6 pm: Viewing at St. Joseph’s Chapel in Rosemead, CA
  • 6:00 PM: Rosary at St. Joseph’s Chapel
  • 6:30 PM: Funeral Mass
  • Reception to follow
• Friday, October 9th:
  • Christian Burial Mass at 11:00 AM in Richmond, CA
  • Burial: 12:30 PM
  • Reception to follow

Let us remind ourselves of Constitutions #54 on the Death of a Confrere:

“The community supports with greater love and prayer the confrere who is gravely ill. When the hour comes for him to bring his consecrated life to its highest fulfillment, his brothers help him to enter fully into Christ’s paschal mystery. Death for the Salesian is made bright by the hope of entering into the joy of his Lord. And when it happens that a Salesian dies working for souls, the Congregation has won a great triumph. The memory of departed confreres unites, ‘in a love that will not pass away,’ those who are still pilgrims with those who are already resting in Christ.”

I would like to thank the community of Don Bosco Tech for taking care of Bro. Pat these past years and the community of St. John Bosco High School for accompanying him these past months. Let us continue to pray for him.

Fraternally,
Fr. Joe

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Fr. Joe Thịnh Đức Nguyễn, SDB
Provincial
Salesians of Don Bosco – USA West

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