Fr. Carlo Tarasi

REVEREND CARLO DI NATALE TARASI, 74, of Deerfield Beach, FL passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019 born in Harrisburg Pennsylvania on September 29, 1944.

Fr. Carlo was ordained a Priest by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros for the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles in St. Sebastian Church, Middletown, Connecticut on May 2, 1972. Fr. Carlo then moved to the Diocese of Charlotte in 1974 where he was incardinated and served at Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro and St. Vincent’s Church, Charlotte, and Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury as Associate Pastor. He also served as Pastor in Lincolnton where he became the founding Pastor of St. Dorothy’s Church in Denver and then to Annunciation Church in Albemarle, and Our Lady of Lourdes, in Monroe. Father then entered Health Care Ministry and served as Director of Pastoral Care at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania. Father then moved to Florida and served at St. Joan of Arc Church in Boca Raton, and became the first Chaplain at Food for the Poor, Inc. in Coconut Creek, Florida where he retired in 2018.

A visitation will be held at The Glick Family Funeral Home in Boca Raton, FL, on Thursday, June 20th, from 5-8pm, with a wake service at 7pm. The funeral mass will be celebrated the following day, Friday, June 21, at St Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton, FL at 9:30 am. The burial services will be immediately following the mass at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in West Palm Beach.

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