This document is an email correspondence about Rev. James Lienert (Padre Jaime), an American Catholic priest who passed away on January 4, 2010 at the age of 84. He had spent over 30 years serving remote communities in northern Mexico. Though the correspondents did not know him personally, they came to appreciate him through email exchanges where he would share stories, jokes, and PowerPoint presentations. One correspondent is translating one of Padre Jaime's last presentations about treasures from his childhood for others to read as a tribute to him.

1. IN MEMORIAM Rev. James Lienert MSF Padre Jaime (24 May 1925 – 4 Jan 2010) 28 January 2010 [email_address]

5. Hello, I address you [Father Treviño and everyone of his contacts], thanking you for your consideration in sending this news that certainly is of two meanings: one of joy because now he is in completeness with the Father, and one of human sadness for his parting. I sent word to Sierra Mojada, his beloved community where he served for so many years, and that allowed me to meet him in the Lasallian Missions since about 18 years ago. Furthermore, he was Confirmation godfather of one of my children. The last time that I heard from him was last September, when he appologized for not being able to attend the wedding of his godson, [...]

6. Yesterday, January 4th, 2010, Rev. James Lienert (Padre Jaime) died. He was an American priest that I never met in person but with whom I kept email-correspondence for several years. Captivating and pleasant story-teller, he was 84 years old and had turned into an expert cybernaut, with personal accounts in Google Earth Communiity and Panoramio, and was able to create Power Point presentations, inspite of never having used (in fact, perhaps not even having seen) a computer before his 75 years of age, after having completed his fruitful missionary labour of over three decades in the most remote confines of the Chihuahua Desert in Sierra Mojada and Ocampo, Coahuila, where he had arrived in the 1970s. Besides his excellent messages, often he would send jokes that, seemingly more in the style of Catón [newspaper columnist] than of a venerable priest, candidly reflected his sense of humor.

7. Hi Roberto, And so, you also did not get to meet him personally? My thanks to you, for having introduced us, [...] The last Power Point that Padre Jaime was working on – his Boyhood Treasure Chest – seemed to open up a multitude of stories that he could have told. I had just offered him a few suggestions and he had sent me his “version 2” (dated 9-Dec-2009) which I don’t know if he got to send out. I will translate it into Spanish and I will send it to the list of friends (that appear in the list of email addresses that came along the notice of his death). [...]

8. Hi William, That’s right, I also did not know him personally, but I got to appreciate him very much, as did the rest of my family with whom he also corresponded (he had something for everyone). I am extremely glad of having “introduced “ you, because I know that both you and your sister Carmen nourished a good and, particularly, a mutually enriching friendship with him; and the mere fact that you had the patience to teach him to create PP presentations speaks well of your appreciation of him. [...] Last night my sister Socorro made a posting to the MSF Mexico Missions web-page and I was impressed by her show of feelings [...]

11. BOYHOOD TREASURE CHEST Presentation created by Padre Jaime (1925-2010) 9 – December - 2009 Finishing touches by William K. Boone Canovas 28 Jan 2010 ♫ The Rose of Allendale ♫

33. A FRUIT BOWL MADE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WOOD SHOP

41. BOYHOOD TREASURE CHEST Presentation created by Padre Jaime (1925-2010) 9 – December - 2009 Finishing touches by William K. Boone Canovas 28 Jan 2010 ♫ The Rose of Allendale ♫ The End

42. Complement:

43. Some internet sites on Padre Jaime His images in Panoramio: http://www.panoramio.com/user/421018 Missions of the Order of the Sacred Family in Mexico: http://www.msf-america.org/mexico-mission-history/-vignette-introduction.html http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1260955 Monument that Padre Jaime dedicated to Ambrose Bierce in Coahuila: http://donswaim.com/bierce-lienert.html Tributes: http://myfox8.tributes.com/condolences/view_memories/87549862 Some of his stories and Power Point presentations (can be downloaded): http://www.slideshare.net/Wkboonec/tag/padre-jaime

44. 1954

45. May-Jun 2001- T i bet - A t 5,220 meters above sea level

46. May-Jun 2001 - Lhasa, Tíbet – With Profes s or Dr. Thomas Laudon

47. 24-May-2001 - Lhasa, T i bet – 76 th birthday

48. Jul y 2009 - Tennessee – With Mary Kurialcose

53. IN MEMORIAM Rev. James Lienert MSF Padre Jaime (24 May 1925 – 4 Jan 2010) 28 January 2010 [email_address]