Father Michael A. Dragon
Incardinated: June 18, 2003
Died: March 2, 2007
Father Michael A. Dragon died on March 2, 2007 after a long
illness.
The beloved son of the late Joseph W. and Marie (nee Wagner)
Dragon, Father Michael was the dear brother of Lillian Bowers, Josephine C. Krauss, Phyllis Cavacini, and the late Joseph,
Frank, Marie Kromchad and Dorothy Palermo. Father is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass was offered for Father Mike at his beloved Saint
Rita’s (Roman Catholic) Shrine in Philadelphia on Tuesday, March 5 followed by internment was in Philadelphia's Calvary
Cemetery.
The Independent Catholic Diocese of Rumney Marsh observed a Day of
Remembrance on 4 August 2007, second day of the Octave of Our Lady, Queen of Angels. The pontifical Requiem Mass was offered
in the Cathedral Chapel of Saints Michael and Timothy in Philadelphia.
During his ministry, Father Michael served as a pastoral associate at Holy Spirit Cathedral (Albuquerque,
NM), as administrator of Queen of Angels Chapel (Philadelphia, PA), and as Chaplain to both the Archbishop of Fairhaven and
later to the Bishop of Rumney Marsh.
A
Prayer of Commendation
We
give Father Michael back to You, O Lord, who first gave him to us; yet as You did not lose him in the giving, so we do not
lose him by his return. For what is Yours is ours also, if we belong to You. Love is unending, and the boundary of this mortal life is but a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit
of our sight. Lift us up, strong Son of God, that we may see more clearly. And while
You prepare a place for us, prepare us also for that happy place, that we may be with You, and with Michael+, and with all
those we loved for evermore. Amen.
