When the poet Mary Oliver died last week at the age of 83, my social media feeds blossomed into a field of tributes. I was a bit surprised, especially by the posts from some academic poets, because Mary Oliver’s work is simple (at first glance), accessible and bestselling, the antithesis of much poetry written by […]
Obituary
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Bishop Howze, founding bishop of Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., dies at 95
BILOXI, Miss. (CNS) — Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi and the first black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. diocese, died Jan. 9. Bishop Howze was 95. “While we are saddened by the death of Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, we rejoice in his life,” said […]
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Art history’s favorite Catholic critic, Sister Wendy Beckett, dies at 88.
Sister Wendy Beckett, an art historian and critic who rose to prominence on TV late in life, has died. She was 88.
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Thomas Merton’s Obituary from 1969
I for one have never known a mind more brilliant, more beautiful, more serious, more playful. The energy behind it was immeasurable, and the capacity for love.
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Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Mr. Bush died shortly after 10 p.m., about eight months after the death of his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush, who died on April 17, 2018, at the age of 92. They were the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history.
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Trappist Father Keating, leading figure in centering prayer, dies at 95
A funeral Mass will be celebrated Nov. 3 at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer for Trappist Father Thomas Keating, a leading figure in the centering prayer movement that got its start in the 1970s. He died Oct. 25 at the abbey.
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A.W. Richard Sipe, researcher, expert on clergy sex abuse, dies at 85
Sipe’s research into celibacy and priestly sexual behavior helped guide the work of church leaders and others responding to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
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Paying our respects to Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle’s essays were filled with grace and unconcerned with grammar.
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Remembering Robert N. Bellah
John A. Coleman, S.J., pays tribute to his teacher, mentor and friend, who died one year ago on the Feast of St. Ignatius.
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Fay Vincent on George Hunt
Thanks to former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent for sending this remembrance of George W. Hunt, S.J.