Monsignor Tomas Marin’s service celebrated

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Gloria Burns
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Monsignor Tomas Marin receives official Proclamation from Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez.
Monsignor Tomas Marin receives official Proclamation from Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez.

After nine faithful years serving as the first pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Doral, Monsignor Tomas Marin has been assigned to a new parish. For hundreds of parishioners who gathered on May 22 for a concert program in his honor, it was an evening to celebrate all priests but especially their own Monsignor Marin.

As an added surprise, City of Doral Mayor J.C. Bermudez, a member of the congregation, presented Marin with a framed proclamation naming May 22, 2010, as “Monsignor Tomas Marin Day in Doral.”

Music Ministry Director, Rosario Duran with Monica Ponce and many others worked with the choir and other ministries to organize the evening that featured emcees Barbara Romani and Antonio Fernandez.

One of the first families of the parish, Rene and Cristina Negron, representing the parish, presented Msgn,. Marin with a gift of an alb, a vestment featuring an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the hopes that the gift would remind him of the parish he founded. Msgr.Marin brought all to tears when he told the crowd, “You never forget your first love and this church was my first church as a pastor and my first love. I will never forget you.”

Our Lady of Guadalupe will soon be building a new church but, until that time, will hold masses at Doral Middle Charter School Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. Msgr. Marin will be dividing his time between St. Timothy’s and Our Lady of Guadalupe until the new Archbishop names his replacement.

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Gloria Burns
A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.

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7 COMMENTS

  1. Very blessed to have known him as a priest & will miss him very much may the lord grant his family & love ones peace & tranquility. May soul Rest In Peace & surely he’s enjoying the presence of our lord & savior. He will be missed!

  2. Monsignior Tomas Marín was my favorite priest at St Augustine. It was because of him that I started attending mass again. I will miss him very much. He was an excellent server of the Lord and a light among us. May he Rest In Peace in his true home.

  3. He will be missed, as a Priest he was the greatest very devoted, humble,and loving to his parishioners, we were sorry to see him leave St. Timothy. We will always remember him with lots of love and affection our prayers are
    will always be with him. I know Our Lord has a beautiful place for him. Glad I saw him just yesterday evening. Even though he was not alert but I thank God I was able to visit him at the hospital and see him for the last time. Thank you dear God

  4. So sorry for Monsignor Tomas Passing; please keep his elderly mother on your prayers, that God grants Mrs Marin strength and comfort in this difficult time.

  5. Having been out of the city for the holidays – A man-saint has left us! I am sorry and sad! God, give him rest and comfortant and also to us who will miss him!

  6. Tight shoes and needs for personal and sole attention make complainers speak loudly and incorrectly – Tomas Marin is a good man, is the complainer?

  7. Tomas Marin is a phony and a fraud. He has no time for the church or the people, much less to be principal of a school. Pray he never lands in your parish.

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