The boys returned to the Orchard Street Cemetery in Dover where on a snowy day last winter they held the funeral and burial of the stillborn found one year ago among recyclables in a Mine Hill recycling center. Along with Benedictine Father Hilary O'Leary, who led a burial rite Dec. 18, the Delbarton students gathered around the coffin to sing “Silent Night” — fitting in marking the Christmas season and in marking the peaceful closure of the short life and tragic death of the baby boy whom they named Anthony Mary. 8. The baby was found thrown away and abandoned in a Mine Hill recycling center in October. A donation of $300 minimum (check payable to St. Mary's Abbey ) is required for the use of the Abbey Church. Please contact Father Hilary at (973) 538-3231, ext. Manahan and Gannon, along with Jack Townshend, a junior, and Andrew Madonna, proclaimed the Scripture readings and led prayers. He said, “Though the circumstances surrounding Anthony’s death are very tragic, we recognize that his life, like all human lives, are gifts from God and something to celebrate.” “We recognize that his mother is probably scared, heartbroken and distraught. "It makes me feel close to my faith as well.". Hilary began teaching Religion at Delbarton School. 4. 2019, or at hilary@delbarton.org, to arrange the date and time of the funeral and to plan liturgical rites and music. 1. It leads to more of an appreciation of any life that is no longer with us on Earth," Townsend said. Another student, John Paciga, led a choir that sang hymns of praise for the liturgy, said Elizabeth Mainardi, Wave 4 Life adviser and Delbarton science teacher. Mainardi said the mother is welcome to visit. We are doing this out of respect and love for this human being. They included: Toby Bizub, owner of Bizub-Parker Funeral Home in Little Falls, whose son, Thomas, attends Delbarton, who donated his services, including the hearse that took the baby's body to the church and cemetery; the burial plot from the cemetery’s trustees; and the excavation and covering of the grave from John Sperry, owner of G. Sperry & Sons in Dover, said Mainardi, who has five children. Delbarton School is founded on the 1500-year tradition of Benedictine learning which, in the Catholic liberal arts tradition, seeks to develop the whole person, both as an individual creature of mind, body, and spirit, and as a member of a community. "It's obviously great we were able to bury him last year but part of our ministry is that you don't forget those who have passed in any manner.