Reverend Stanley T. Kennedy, M.S., 70, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, died on October 20, 2011. Father Kennedy was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 13, 1941, son of Stanislaus and Ethel (Smith) Kennedy. He attended schools in New York and in Nashua, NH before entering the La Salette Seminary high school in Hartford in 1955. Father Kennedy entered the La Salette Novitiate in Bloomfield in 1961 and professed first vows on July 2, 1962. He made perpetual profession on September 19, 1966 and was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1970 at the former La Salette Seminary in Ipswich, MA. His studies for the priesthood took place at La Salette Seminaries in Altamont, NY and Ipswich, MA as well as at the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. In 1976 Father Kennedy also completed studies for a Master's Degree in Pastoral Counseling at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY and a Ph.D. in religious studies at Boston University in 1992. In 1971 Father Kennedy was asked to become a member of the team directorate for scholastics and was elected to the local house council in Ipswich. In 1972 he was named Assistant Pastor at our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Hartford and the following year he was named to the team that shared pastoral responsibility at Our Lady of Sorrows. In 1975 he became an associate in the Renewal Center apostolate in Cheshire and he later ministered at the La Salette Counseling Center in Ipswich. In 1982 Father Kennedy's ministry included counseling, spiritual direction and Bible study sessions at the Christian Life Center in Cheshire. Father also held teaching positions at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH and later at St. Joseph College in West Hartford. In 1997 Father Kennedy and others began a Centering Prayer Group which continues to this day to meet twice a month. For several summers Father Kennedy assisted at St. Thomas Becket parish in Cheshire. He also offered adult education programs in the parish along with preaching novenas and holding parish renewals and retreats in parishes and retreat centers throughout New England. He spoke frequently about the work of the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) at parishes around the country. Father Kennedy resided with the La Salette Residence at 85 New Park Avenue in Hartford. In addition to his La Salette confreres, Father Kennedy is survived by a brother, James, of New York City, and two sisters, Jean Kennedy of Cooperstown, NY, and Mary O'Neill of Nashua, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Sorrows Church , 79 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. followed by burial at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield. Friends may call from at the La Salette Residence from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Sunday and on Monday at 9:00 a.m. before the Mass. Contributions may be made in Father Kennedy's memory to Missionaries of La Salette Retirement Fund, 915 Maple Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114-2330. To share a memory with the family, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com