LEWISTON – Brother Paul A. Forgues, FMS, celebrated the golden anniversary of his religious profession at the Taylor Pond home of his sister, Louise, recently. Family, friends and neighbors joined in a Mass followed by a buffet.

The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Forgues of Lewiston and a graduate of St. Dominic High School, Forgues entered the Marist Brothers’ Novitiate at Tyngsboro, Mass., and earned his bachelor’s degree from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

After teaching in New York City and Lawrence, Mass., Forgues studied for his master of science in library science degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

He was assigned to Marist High School, Chicago, Ill., where he established the library and the audio-visual center in the school, which had just been founded in 1963. He remained in Chicago for 18 years until he was transferred to the Marist High School, Eugene, Ore. There he was a part-time teacher in the Fine Arts Department and studied pottery at the university.

Forgues returned to the Marist Chicago school where he taught pottery and French until 1997, when he was granted a sabbatical year, which was spent at the Nada Hermitage, Crestone, Colo., and in Jerusalem at the St. John’s University program.

He then returned to Chicago, where he is in charge of food services, menu maker, sacristan, maintenance caretaker and groundskeeper for the community.

The Marist Brothers’ Community in Chicago, together with friends and colleagues, anticipated his anniversary on May 14 with a concelebrated Mass and luncheon.

Forgues traveled to New York City on June 19 where the Marist Brothers of the United States gathered to honor the golden jubilee of eight brothers with a Mass and a banquet.

Present at the celebration were his sister, Louise, Anne Pontbriand, Lewiston, and Aimee Lajoie, Auburn.