Fr. Don was our group chaplain, guiding us in many retreats and celebrations of our St. Francis de Sales Association. We remember his constant generosity, delight in joining us when he could, ever the gentle man imparting his wisdom and understanding of the Word with the freshness of one who it seemed had just discovered a treasure he could not wait to share. Of course we were small in his life, yet he always blessed us with the welcome of much-valued friends. It stuns us that we shall not be with him again in this fragile life.