From the Acts of the XIV Provincial Chapter, June 9-26, 1994
Appendix I
THE LIVES OF THE BRETHREN 1990 -- 1994
This section contains brief biographies of all the members of the Province who have
died since the Thirteenth Provincial Chapter in 1990. The following list in in
alphabetical order. Biographies are given in chronological order according to the dates
of death.
| Deceased Brothers |
Date of Death |
| CARLSON, Edward Sebastian |
October 9,1990 |
| DALEY, Colum Dennis Austin |
February 11,1994 |
| FORQUER, Joseph Patrick George |
October 30,1990 |
| FRUSTI, David Paul |
August 1,1991 |
| HARTUNG, Martin Lloyd John Francis |
December 23, 1990 |
| INGLING, Walter Joseph Francis Antoninus |
February 26,1992 |
| MALONE, John Dominic |
March 7,1993 |
| MARR, John Edmund |
May 29,1992 |
| SCHWIND, John Ephrem |
February 25,1993 |
EDWARD SEBASTIAN CARLSON
Edward Carlson was born in Enderlin, North Dakota, on July 27, 1910, one of the five
children (three sons, two daughters) of Wilhelm August Carlson and Anna Maria
Kreuter. By the time he started school, the family had moved to Minneapolis where he
attended Holy Rosary Parish School, 1916 to 1924, and De La Salle High School, 1924
to 1926. He completed his high school education at Aquinas College in Columbus,
Ohio, from 1926 to 1928. The next two years were spent at Providence College,
Providence, Rhode Island.
Edward entered the Dominican Order at age twenty and received the habit and
religious name of Sebastian on August 15,1930, at St. Rose Priory in Springfield,
Kentucky. Following first profession on August 16, 1931, he moved to the Dominican
House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and earned a B.A. in philosophy. He
continued with theological studies at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, 1934 to
1935, then at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., from 1935 to
1937.
He was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1937, at St. Dominic's Church in
Washington, D.C., by the Most Reverend Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore.
Father Carlson was then sent to continue theological studies at the Pontifical Institute
of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome where he received a doctorate in
theology in 1940.
From 1940 until 1962, Father Carlson taught philosophy, theology and biblical Greek
at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois. During that time he was
also a professor of apologetics and theology at Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois,
and lecturer at De Paul University and the Shiel School of Social Studies in Chicago.
Additional ministries during this period included his service as Master of Studies, 1946
to 1948; Regent of Studies and President of the Pontifical Faculty of St. Thomas
Aquinas, River Forest, Illinois,1948 to 1962; director of the University of Chicago
Chapter of the Dominican Third Order, 1941 to 1946; spiritual director of the Martin
de Porres Interracial Center, Chicago, 1941 to 1946; and lecturer for The Thomist
Association, 1942 to 1962. From 1960 to 1970, he served as the Secretary General of
The Thomist Association.
On November 5,1952, Father Emmanuel Suarez, Master General of the Order,
conferred the S.T.M. (Master of Sacred Theology) on Father Carlson. During the
course of his academic life, he had published a volume, entitled, The Virtue of
Humility (Dubuque, IA: Brown Publishing, 1952), several pamphlets, and numerous
articles in The New Catholic Encyclopedia, The Thomist, Cross and Crown (more
recently entitled Spirituality Today), The New World (Chicago Archdiocesan weekly),
and other journals. He also established and was the first Regional Secretary of the
Chicago Region of the College Theology Society, then known as the Society of
Catholic College Teachers of Sacred Doctrine (SCCTSD).
After a one-year sabbatical at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, 1962 to
1963, Father Carlson was invited to join the Angelicum faculty. Thus, from 1964 until
1973, Father Carlson commuted between Rome and Dubuque, Iowa, teaching
systematic theology for one semester each year at the Angelicum and systematic
theology and contemporary Protestant theology for one semester each year at Aquinas
Institute in Dubuque.
In 1973, at the age of sixty-three and in declining health, Father Carlson undertook a
new ministry as parish administrator of Sacred Heart Parish in Kinsman, Illinois,
where he served for seven years. From 1980 to 1984, he served as chaplain to the
Christian Brothers at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.
Following a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, Father Carlson was moved to the Priory of
St. Thomas Aquinas in River Forest, where he remained until his death from
pneumonia on October 9, 1990. The funeral Mass was celebrated on October 12 in the
Priory chapel, and Father Carlson was laid to rest with his Dominican brothers in All
Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
JOSEPH PATRICK GEORGE FORQUER
Born in New Lexington, Ohio, on October 9,1909, Joseph Patrick Forquer was the
second of the six children of Lydia Mary Berry and George Ambrose Forquer. He
attended St. Rose Grammar School in New Lexington, 1915 to 1923, and Mount St.
Mary's High School in Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1923 to 1927. In 1928 he enrolled in
the Office Training Business School in Columbus, Ohio, and later attended Mount St.
Mary's college in Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1933 to 1934, and Providence College,
Providence, Rhode Island,1934 to 1935.
On August 15, 1935, Joseph Patrick entered the Order, receiving the Dominican habit
and religious name of George at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky. First
profession was made on August 16, 1936, after which he moved to the Dominican
House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, to study philosophy and theology. When the
Province of St. Albert the Great was established in 1939, Brother George chose to
affiliate with the new Province. On June11,1942,he was ordained to the priesthood by
the Most Reverend Bernard Shiel, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, in the priory chapel in
River Forest. He then continued his theological studies for another year.
In 1943, Father Forquer was sent to St. Dominic's Church in Denver, Colorado, where
he served as assistant pastor and after 1951, as pastor. He also served the Dominican
community in Denver as procurator during this time. Following fourteen years in
Denver, in 1957, he was next assigned as assistant pastor at St. Pius V Church in
Chicago where he also became involved in the ministry of the Shrine of St. Jude
Thaddeus located there. In 1961, he was appointed Director of the Shrine and served in
this position for almost twenty years. In addition, he served the Dominican community
at St. Pius V Priory as subprior,1957 to 1964, and the Province as Economic
Administrator, 1966to 1968. After 1980, Father Forquer continued to serve the clients
of the Shrine of St. Jude on a more limited basis until ill health compelled him to retire
in 1989.
Shortly before his death, it had been found necessary to move Father Forquerinto a
nursing home; to place him closer to his family, he resided at Assumption Nursing
Home in Youngstown, Ohio, where he was able to enjoy the company of other
Dominicans from the Eastern Province as well. He died peacefully on the morning of
October 30,1990. Following a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated on Friday,
November 2, at St. Dominic's Church in Youngstown, he was buried in the Dominican
plot at Calvary Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.
A special Memorial Mass was celebrated at St. Pius V Church in Chicago on
November 8, 1990, to afford the brethren, the Shrine staff and the clients of St. Jude an
opportunity to honor the memory of Joseph George Forquer and his ministry at the
Shrine.
In May of 1987, Father Forquer was honored at a Mass of Thanksgiving for his forty-five years of priesthood and thirty years of ministry at the Shrine of St. Jude. Following
is an excerpt from the Shrine publication, The St. Jude Chronicle: "Father Forquer has
touched thousands of lives during forty-five years of ministry, thirty of them at the
Shrine. So many people are deeply grateful for what he has done for them by his care
and concern. The Dominicans of the Province of St. Albert the Great are grateful for
his years of dedication and service."
MARTIN LLOYD JOHN FRANCIS HARTUNG
Lloyd John Hartung was born in Dickeyville, Wisconsin, on August 28, 1916, the
second of nine children of Leonard John and Dorothy (Dora) Weber Hartung. He
attended Pleasant View Grammar School, Vinegar Hill, Galena, Illinois from 1922 to
1930, and received the Confirmation name, Francis, at St. Francis de Sales Church in
Hazel Green, Wisconsin in November, 1928. The next ten years were spent with his
family, working on the farm in Hazel Green. Between 1940 and 1952, he worked for
the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, both on their farm and as a maintenance man, "a real
handy man." For the next two years he worked in Dubuque, saved his earnings and in
the summer of 1954 took a trip to Rome before entering the Order.
Lloyd Hartung entered the Order as a novice cooperator brother on October 3, 1954, at
St. Peter Martyr Priory in Winona, Minnesota, and received the habit and his religious
name of Martin on April 5,1955. A year later he made first profession, then continued
in formation and maintenance duties at Winona until August of 1963 when he was
assigned to St. Dominic Priory in Oak Park, Illinois where he worked as janitor for
both the Priory and Fenwick High School.
Brother Martin was assigned to the Bolivian missions in August of 1964 and en route
was sent to the language school of the St. James Fathers in Lima to learn Spanish. He
wrote that his lack of education deterred him from learning the language well,
especially grammar, and later after several years in Bolivia, that he was still not very
proficient in Spanish but that "if a man can bring lots of get-up-in-the-morning-and-go,
and an interest in helping the people in a very simple way, more by example than by
word, he's bringing enough."
In May of 1972, Brother Martin returned to the States for a home visit and was then
asked to assist with the maintenance work at St. Rose Priory and Aquinas Institute in
Dubuque, Iowa. His work there included maintenance of the grounds and cars as well
as working with the other brothers on the maintenance and repair of the buildings. In
1981, when Aquinas Institute of Theology was moved to its present location at St.
Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, Martin remained in Dubuque as caretaker of
the facility until the property was sold to Emmaus Bible College in 1984. Once his
duties had been taken over by College personnel, he moved to the Priory of St. Thomas
Aquinas in River Forest, Illinois, to assist with the care of the grounds and physical
plant there.
In late December, 1990, Brother Martin went to Mexico on vacation. On December 23,
while touring the central plaza in Oaxaca, Mexico, he died of a massive heart attack.
Following the celebration of a Mass of Christian Burial at the Priory of St. Thomas
Aquinas in River Forest, Illinois, he was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints
Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, on December 29, 1990.
DAVID PAUL FRUSTI
On January 28,1950, in Hancock, Michigan, David Paul Frusti was born to Paul Emil
and Bertha Ylinen Frusti,the first of their five sons. In February, he was baptized into
the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church of his parents. He attended grammar school and
junior high in the Livonia public school system in Westland, Michigan, then Franklin
High School in Livonia, Michigan.
In 1968 he began studies at Monteith College at Wayne State University in Detroit,
majoring in philosophy and with some emphasis on business administration and social
sciences. During this time he also worked as a switchboard operator and secretary for
the University. In 1975, he obtained a Ph.B. David then moved on to Cambridge
(Boston), Massachusetts where he was employed as supervisor of the information
center at Harvard University from August, 1973 until June, 1980.
Always involved in church activities -- leader of a youth group, choir member,
financial assistant, counselor/cook at a church-sponsored underprivileged youth camp,
Sunday school teacher, acolyte -- he had seriously considered the Lutheran ministry as
early as high school. Later, he was introduced to a Swedish Lutheran monk, director of
St. Augustine's Retreat House in Oxford, Michigan, which had been established to
promote ecumenical dialogue between faiths; from 1971 to 1978, David was a member
of the St. Augustine's fellowship, struggling for direction in his life.
In 1972, he realized that he wanted to become a member of the Roman Catholic
Church, but hesitated because of the pain he might cause his parents. On Trinity
Sunday, May 25,1975, David was accepted into the Catholic Church at St. Clement's
Student Parish in Boston.
From 1974 to 1978, David was an active member of Dignity, seeing it as "a chance to
minister to other Christians," and working as spiritual development chairman, social
action chairman, and from 1977 to 1978 as director of the New England Region.
In an effort to increase his experience in the business world, David moved to Santa
Monica, California, to work as production manager in a mail service and print shop
from 1980 to 1982. Feeling this was not to be his career and given family needs, he
returned to the Midwest in 1983 and settled in Chicago, working at odd jobs until his
future in religious life could be decided. Over a period of twenty years and after
meeting many religious, David came to appreciate St. Dominic, the preaching
apostolate of the Dominican Order, and his own need for community life. Hence, in
March of 1983, at the age of thirty-three, he applied for admission to the Dominican
Order.
After completing his novitiate year in Denver, Brother David made first profession on
August 19, 1984, then moved to St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis, Missouri, for
theological studies at Aquinas Institute of Theology. In 1986, in addition to work on
his theological degree, David undertook studies at St. Louis University to achieve a
Master of Social Work. However, given ill health he was forced to withdraw from the
latter program in the summer of 1987.
When David's health did not improve, testing resulted in a diagnosis of AIDS. As his
health continued to decline, he was forced to desist from all study and moved to St.
Pius V Priory in Chicago, Illinois. There he began a ministry to other AIDS patients
and their families and travelled throughout the Province in an effort to educate others
about this ministry.
David spent the greater part of 1991 at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. He
died there on August 1, 1991. Following the celebration of a Mass of Christian Burial
at St. Pius V Church in Chicago he was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints
Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, on Saturday, August 3,1991.
WALTER JOSEPH FRANCIS ANTONINUS INGLING
Walter Joseph Ingling was born in Denver, Colorado, on June 22, 1929, the first of the
three children of Katherine Anna Haggerty and John J. Ingling. He attended St.
Dominic Grammar School in Denver, 1935 to 1943, and Cathedral High School,
1943to 1946, both in Denver. Having expressed interest in entering the Dominican
Order, he then spent two years studying at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
Walter formally entered the Order on June 24, 1948, receiving the Dominican habit
from Father John E. Marr at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in Fiver Forest, Illinois. He
was given the religious name of Antoninus. First profession was made on June 25,
1949, after which he continued studies in philosophy and theology at the Dominican
House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, receiving an M.A. in philosophy in 1952.
After a year of theology at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque, Iowa, Brother Antoninus was
sent to the Pontifical Institute of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome to
continue theological studies, with emphasis on moral theology. While in Rome, he was
ordained to the priesthood on December 18, 1954, at the General House of the Priests
of the Sacred Heart. He continued his theological studies, receiving the S.T.Lr.in 1956.
That summer he returned to the United States.
From Fall of 1956 through June of 1960, Father Ingling was assigned to teach
philosophy and theology at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and assumed
duties as chairman of that department as well In Fall of 1960, he became chairman and
professor of philosophy and theology at the College of St. Joseph in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. His next assignment was as Director of the Society for Vocational Support
from 1964 to 1966.
In June of 1966, he was awarded a one-year fellowship in religion and psychiatry at
The Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, and followed this with a two-year
period of clinical pastoral education there, also serving as acting chairman and
professor of theology at St. Mary College in Leavenworth, Kansas, from 1967 to 1969.
During this time he began a doctorate program in theology at the University of
Dubuque, Iowa. From 1969 to 1971, he served as clinical chaplain and supervisor at
Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka.
In 1971 Father Ingling was appointed assistant director of the Catholic Social Service
Office of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas. As part of his ministry, he founded
and directed the Religious Education and Activities for the Community Handicapped
(R.E.A.C.H.) Program, a ministry in which he remained involved even after leaving the
Kansas City area. He also served as a marriage and family counsellor for the
Archdiocese, as well as chaplain for Good Shepherd Manor, a residential care center
for developmentally disabled men. In addition to his varied ministries, he was elected
Prior of the Holy Name Community in Kansas City in 1972.
Walter's next assignment was to provincial administration. From 1975 until 1981, he
served in several capacities: Provincial Promoter of Continuing Education, Director of
the Provincial Aging and Limited Service Program, Personnel Development
Coordinator, and Vicar Provincial. He also became active in the National Organization
for Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy (NOCERCC). In 1981 he
responded to a call from the Master of the Order and served for two years as Assistant
to the Master for the Provinces in the United States and Malta. After a short sabbatical,
he assumed the positions of spiritual director and counsellor at St. Michael's Center in
St. Louis. In 1987, upon his election as Prior of the St. Dominic Community in Denver,
Colorado, he ministered as a hospital chaplain until 1989 when he was appointed
parochial vicar of St. Dominic Parish in Denver. When his term as Prior was
completed, Walt entered a full-time ministry of preaching, based first at St. Vincent
Ferrer Priory in River Forest, Illinois and, after 1991, at St. Pius V Priory in Chicago,
Illinois. In addition to his duties as preacher for the FOOD FOR THE POOR
organization, he served as Provincial Promoter of Social justice.
Several days after undergoing gall bladder surgery, Father Ingling returned to St. Pius
V Priory where he died early in the morning of February 26, 1992. A wake was held on
Friday, February 28, in the Priory chapel and a Memorial Mass was celebrated at St.
Pius V Church on February 29, after which he was moved to St. Dominic Church in
Denver. There, following an afternoon wake, a Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated on Sunday evening, March 1. Interment took place the following day in
Mount Olivet Cemetery outside of Denver, Colorado.
In addition to the foregoing ministries Walt, throughout his priestly life, served on
many provincial boards and committees, especially for admissions, formation, and
continuing education of his brothers. In perusing his file, the phrase, "I'm willing and
eager to try," appears continually in his letters. Walt was indeed a joyful friar. One of
the finest tributes to him was written by Father Damian Fandal, one of the Provincials
under whom he served as Vicar: "Walter has been a terribly strong support to me, as he
was to my predecessor, in his role as Vicar Provincial. He is a fine administrator and
an extremely hard worker. We shall miss him keenly..."
JOHN EDMUND MARR
John Marr was born in Cold Spring, New York, on August 30, 1906,the third of five
children born to Mary Frances McKenna and John Henry Marr. His sister, Anne
McGovern, of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, survives him. After completing grade school
at St. Leo Grammar School, Irvington, New York, he did high school studies at Seton
Hall Prep and Maryknoll Preparatory College, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. Two
years of college at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, preceded his entry
into the novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, in August of 1927.
Following his first profession of vows there on August 16,1928, he was sent to the
Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, where he received his A.B.
degree. His ordination to the priesthood on June 14, 1934, followed theological studies
at Somerset, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. After ordination he undertook further
theological studies at the Angelicum in Rome, where he received the S.T.L. and the
S.T.Lr. Conferral of the S.T.D. by the University of Fribourg in 1937 completed his
formal theological studies.
Following these studies Father Marr returned to the House of Studies in River Forest to
teach philosophy and theology, a position he held until 1952. During his years at the
house of Studies he also taught philosophy at De Paul University and served as
Assistant Student Master in the Province. In 1946, his Dominican brothers elected him
Prior of the House of Studies. Upon the completion of two terms as Prior he was
appointed Pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in New Orleans, where he also served
as Prior.
As a testimony to his years of teaching, the Dominican Order in 1952 conferred on him
its highest theological honor, the degree of Master in Sacred Theology. Honorary
degrees from Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, and St. Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois,
were a further tribute to his efforts to advance Catholic higher education.
In 1956, the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great chose him as Provincial, a
position he held for eight years. Following this he returned to parochial ministry as
associate pastor at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in River Forest, Illinois. He also served as
regional director of the St. Thomas Aquinas Foundation (STAF), in which position he
helped provide support for the efforts of scholars working to complete the Leonine
Edition, a critical text of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. As he grew older Father
Marr's ministry focused on the needs of the elderly, both within his Province and for
those who lived in nursing homes. He served his Province as the Director of the
Dominican Retirement Fund. Each Sunday he celebrated the Eucharist for the residents
of Woodbine Nursing Home.
On April 3, 1992, Father Marr suffered a severe stroke. After several weeks in Oak
Park Hospital he was moved to St. Patrick's Home, Naperville, Illinois, where he died
on May 29, 1992. After a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas
Priory, River Forest, he was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints Cemetery, Des
Plaines, Illinois.
JOHN EPHREM SCHWIND
Father John Schwind was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on April 28, 1931, of Harold
Patrick and Marian Edith (Murphy) Schwind. He attended Ascension Grade School
and Fenwick High School in Oak Park. After receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree
from St. Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota (1952) he entered the Dominican
Novitiate in Winona, where he made his first profession on August 31, 1953. He
completed his philosophical studies at the Pontifical Faculty of Philosophy, River
Forest, Illinois, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1956. After
completing his theological studies and receiving a Master of Divinity from Aquinas
Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, he was ordained to the priesthood on May 23,
1959, by Archbishop Leo Binz.
From 1960 to 1977 Father Schwind taught at Fenwick High School, serving as
instructor and chairman of the Department of History and Social Studies and also as
instructor and chairman of the Department of Religious Studies. While at Fenwick he
undertook further studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.,
where he was awarded the Master of Arts degree. In addition to his academic tasks
Father Schwind was Director of Alumni Activites and Development.
Two years of service as associate pastor, Holy Rosary Parish, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
was followed by two years as campus minister at Rosary College, River Forest.
Continuing his career in campus ministry, Father Schwind became campus minister at
St. John Student Parish, where he served from 1981 to 1987. The next two years found
him in a similar role at Aquinas Newman Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A year
of sabbatical studies prepared him to take up the post of campus minister at Barry
University, Miami Shores, Florida.
During the last two years Father Schwind had been associate pastor at San Marco
Parish, Marco Island, Florida. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack while jogging
Thursday, February 25,1993. He is survived by his brother, Harold A. Schwind, of
Edina, Minnesota, and sister, Mrs. Thomas E. Doyle of Burr Ridge, Illinois.
A wake and Mass were celebrated at San Marco Church on Sunday, February 28 and
Monday, March 1. The body was then brought to the chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas
Priory, River Forest, where it lay in state on Tuesday, March 2; a wake service was
held that evening. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday
morning, March 3, at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, River Forest, with burial following
in the Dominican plot in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
JOHN DOMINIC MALONE
Father John Dominic Malone was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 6,
1904. Both his parents were immigrants, his father, Thomas Malone, having been born
in London, and his mother, Emma McDermott, having come from Ireland. During his
grade school years at St. Malachy Parish, John served Mass for Dominicans who came
to the parish to preach, and it was not strange that he decided to pursue a Dominican
vocation. Consequently he attended St. Charles College, a seminary preparatory school
in Catonsville, Maryland. After two years at Providence College, he received the
Dominican habit and entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky.
After making his first profession there September 11, 1927, he moved to the
Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Illinois, for his philosophical studies. St.
Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies, Washington,
D.C., were the sites of his theological studies. Along with his theological studies in
Washington he earned the degree of M.A. in Economics from the Catholic University
of America.
After his ordination to the priesthood, June 17, 1933, and the completion of his
theological studies Father Malone served as chaplain and instructor of religion at
Edgewood High School, Madison, Wisconsin. Following this brief assignment he
moved to Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Illinois, to begin a twenty-eight-year career
as a teacher of economics, social sciences, religion, and church history. During the
time of his teaching Father Malone continued to take courses in his field to keep
abreast of current ideas.
In 1963, Father Malone was assigned to Holy Rosary Priory in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. In addition to parish ministry he began an extended career as Director of
the Holy Name Society for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. During his
tenure he was a regular contributor to The Vercellian News, the publication of the
Archdiocesan Holy Name Society. After completing a quarter of clinical pastoral
education at Lutheran Deaconess Hospital he served as chaplain in the same hospital.
During his teaching and pastoral careers, Father Malone received many honors. St.
Louis University recognized him for his research in the socio-economic doctrine of St.
Thomas Aquinas. In 1972 he received the Medallion Circle Award from the Holy
Name Society of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Three years later the National Office of the
Holy Name Society awarded him the Father McKenna Award, the highest award that
the Holy Name Society can bestow on a priest working for the Society. In 1988 Father
Malone received the Gregorian Award from the St. Paul and Minneapolis Holy Name
Society.
The year 1981 saw Father Malone's return to Chicago. The Provincial of the Province
of St. Albert the Great assigned him there to work with the Alumni Office of Fenwick
High School, since his long years of work at Fenwick had made him a familiar figure
to generations of Feiiwick students.
Father Malone celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood in
1983. He was looking to and planning the celebration of sixty years as a priest in June
of 1993,butthis was not to be. The spread of bone cancer forced first hospitalization
and then residence at Woodbine Convalescent Home in Oak Park, Illinois. He died
peacefully there on Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1993. After a wake service on March
10 and the Mass of Christian Burial on March 11 at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in
River Forest, he was interred in the Dominican plot at All Saints Cemetery in Des
Plaines, Illinois.
Two brothers preceded Father Malone in death. He is survived by his sister, Mrs.
Edward (Ellen) Diehl and nieces and nephews.
COLUM DENNIS AUSTIN DALEY
Dennis Austin Daley was born in Peoria, Illinois, on August 25, 1930, the only child of
Lawrence A. and Alfreda Zeller Daley. His primary education was taken at St. Mark
Catholic Grade School in Peoria, 1936to 1938, and Washington Public School in
Washington, Illinois,1938to 1944. He attended Spalding Insdtute in Peoria, 1944to
1948, for his seconadary education, then went on to Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa,
1948 to 1950.
In late Summer of 1950, he entered the Dominican Order, receiving the habit and his
religious name of Colum on August 30 of that year, at St. Peter Martyr Priory in
Winona, Minnesota. First profession was made on August 31, 1951, after which he
moved to the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, to study
philosophy, attaining the degree of B.Ph. in 1953. He then moved on to St. Rose Priory
and Aquinas Institute in Dubuque, Iowa for his theological studies. On May 25, 1957,
he was ordained to the priesthood in Dubuque, then completed another year of studies
there in theology.
Because he had carpentry and other practical skills, Father Daley was assigned to the
young Dominican mission in Nigeria, arriving in Kano on June 15, 1958. Over the
years he learned to speak the Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo languages. And over the years
he served not only as a pastoral minister, but as mechanic, engineer for the emergency
electric generator, and in many other practical capacities in mission life.
His first assignment was as associate pastor at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Gusau;in
addition to the main parish, the missionaries served several outstations, some of which
grew quickly and became parishes in their own right. Following his first home leave in
1961, he opened the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malumfashi, one of the outstations
of Gusau, while living in a mud but with a grass roof. In late April, 1964, he
established St. Martin de Porres Church in Katsina but had to leave it after the civil
riots of June, 1966, and thus went to serve at St. Dominic's Church in Yaba.
From 1968 to 1974, he helped establish the Dominican house and novitiate at Ibadan.
He returned to St. Dominic Parish in Yaba to serve as pastor and community superior
from 1975 to 1981, and worked at the Marriage Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Lagos
from 1979 to 1981.
In 1981, he once again moved to the Dominican Community in Ibadan where he
undertook the position of Officialis of the Dioceses of Lagos, Ibadan,and Ijebu-Ode, as
well as to continue working in Canon Law, preaching and writing. From 1984 to 1988
he served as Vicariate Councillor and as judicial Vicar for the Lagos Interdiocesan
Tribunal and the Diocese of Issele-Uku. In 1984, he was appointed a member of the
Canon Law Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), a
position which he held until his death.
When the Vice-Province of Nigeria was established by the Master of the Order (April
2, 1985), he elected to affiliate with the new Vice-Province. In addition to his duties
for the dioceses, he served as associate pastor at Agbor from 1985 to 1988, when he
was appointed pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Gusau, Sokota State, as well as
Promoter of Permanent Formation for the Vice-Province.
While on home leave in May of 1993, Father Daley had an operation to remove a
malignant growth. Although he was advised that he was in the terminal stages of
cancer and should stay in the States for the best medical treatment, he preferred to
return to his work in Nigeria.
Colum died shortly after midnight on February 11,1994, surrounded by six of the
brethren. Father Windbacher wrote:
"Colum's death came on quickly once his condition began to degenerate. They
could do nothing for him up at Gusau and so sent him to the hospital in Ibadan
.... They discovered that he needed blood and kept giving him blood
transfusions. That didn't help. Colum knew he was dying... and died a beautiful
death, a Dominican death, with the Fathers around him. He was anointed, the
Salve was sung, he received Viaticum. He called in the nurses and thanked
them for the good food. He called in the doctors and said, 'You have tried, but
you have failed ...I'm dying.' They began the rosary. At the fourth decade he
slumped over in his chair and slept in the Lord."
Father Windbacher added that Colum Daley lived his life in obedience according to his
vow. During his last moments on earth, he was full of life and courage, a challenge to
his Dominican brothers.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on February 15. Bishop A. O. Okogie was
the chief celebrant. Concelebrating with him were Bishop S.A. Sanusi, bishop emeritus
of Ijebu-Ode, Bishop A.O. Gbuji of Issele-Uku, Bishop A. Fasina of Ijebu-Ode, Bishop
Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P., of Ilorin, and over a hundred priests. Many religious sisters
and brothers, state dignitaries, and traditional chiefs from the various ethnic groups of
the country, as well as parishioners from Gusau, attended the funeral. Father Peter
Otillio delivered the homily. He spoke of Father Daley's great sense of humor, even
during his last hours, and said that none of us was created not to be in heaven, and that
heaven would not be complete without Father Colum Daley. Immediately after Mass,
priests carried the remains of Father Daley to his resting place in the Dominican
Community cemetery in Samonda, Ibadan.