Remember, Lord, those who have died ... especially the Reverend Father Joseph Charles Linck, whom today you have called to you from this life ..."
Today, in Trumbull, Connecticut, the Church mourned the passing of Father Joseph
Linck, 43, who succumbed to cancer last week. The Most Reverend William Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport, celebrated the Sacrifice of the Mass with the Order of Christian Burial for Father Linck. About 125 priests concelebrated the Mass.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Linck and for the Diocese of Bridgeport. In your charity, please keep his parents and friends in prayer. Father Linck was a very kind man, talented and a man of the Church; from personal experience I can say he was a man of good humor and compassion for human nature. This summer, two young-ish priests died, Linck and Fitzpatrick, both good friends. So, a prayer for vocations would be good, too.
May his memory be eternal.
God bless Father Joe. I was priviledged to know him in Pittsburgh. My wife and I missed him terribly when he left for Bridgeport. In addition to patristics and American church history, Fr. Joe had a passion for Flannery O'Conner. I audited his class on O'Conner that he taught at the Oratory; it was thought provoking and insightful, exactly what you would expect from him.