John Francis Connell, O.P., Death, 1971-06-02
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal materials relating to friars after they have left the order, passed away, or transferred to another province. Each friar's file contents are mostly limited to their novitiate records, canonical assignments, historically important correspondence, and a small number of personal items if desired upon their passing. Within the broader collection, each Friar is sorted as a series.
Friars with particuarly substantial historically important papers or items outside of the scope of the Personal Files are placed within a dedicated collection under their name.
This collection is a work in progress and any use of these files requires the explicit permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist to discuss access or inquire about friars that may not been cataloged yet.
Dates
- Creation: Death, 1971-06-02
Conditions Governing Access
Requires explicit permission from Provincial to access any records. Contact the Archivist for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Can only be accessed upon written permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist for further details.
Biographical / Historical
Father John Francis Connell died of cancer on June 29, 1971 in Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Until late 1970 he had been a missionary in Africa where he taught philosophy and theology in the diocesan seminary at Hammanskraal, Transval, South Africa and in the seminary at Ibadan, Nigeria for a total of six years.
Father Connell was born in Whiting, Indiana on August 24, 1912. He received his early education at Sacred Heart School in Whiting and
subsequent training at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He entered the Dominican Order in 1932 at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky and pursued studies for the priesthood in River Forest, Illinois,
Somerset, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. He was ordained in Somerset on May 17, 1939.
His first assignment was to the parish in Hammond, Louisiana; from there he was sent to St. Dominic's in Denver for a period of five years. He served for a year as a chaplain in the
U.S. Navy and then went to Rome for graduate studies, concluding with a doctorate in theology. When he returned to the States, he taught for a year at Rosary College in River Forest and Mundelein College in Chicago. In the fall of 1951, he was appointed Student Master and professor of liturgy in the newly instituted House of Theology at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque, Iowa. After five years he was sent to the novitiate in Winona, Minnesota as Novice Master. In 1961 he began his teaching assignment in Africa.
Funeral services for Father Connell were held at St. Pius Church in Chicago with burial in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois on June 2, 1971.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Province of St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60608 United States
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