Rites said for Stefani, former pastor for Colfax Cuban school children

Rites for the Rev. Monsignor Cornelio Stefani, the priest who served at St. Patrick's Church here in the early 1960s when 62 Cuban children were brought here as part of the Pedro Pan project, were said Sept. 6, 2015, at Cristo Re Catholic Church in Pordenone, Italy. Father Stefani, who came to the United States from Italy in 1955, returned to Italy in 1972.

Msgr. Stefani died Sept. 3, 2015, in Italy, and members of St. Patrick's were informed of his death last week.

He served at St. Patrick's for nine years and during that time he was instrumental with the Colfax part of the Pedro Pan project....