{"id":32066,"date":"2015-02-27T06:24:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T10:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=32066"},"modified":"2015-02-27T09:35:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T13:35:35","slug":"father-theodore-hesburgh-dies-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/father-theodore-hesburgh-dies-at-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Theodore Hesburgh dies at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/c3cafc88dbc5a7aba21970c41a12fb51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-32067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/c3cafc88dbc5a7aba21970c41a12fb51.jpg\" alt=\"Fr Ted Hesburgh\" width=\"236\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a>It was announced that the famed <a href=\"http:\/\/hesburgh.nd.edu\"><strong>Father\u00a0Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C<\/strong><\/a>., died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday (February 26, 2015) at Holy Cross House adjacent to the University of Notre Dame. Father Ted\u00a0was 97.<\/p>\n<p>We all know Father Ted as the president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. He was a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and known as a leader in Catholic\u00a0higher education. Father has been awarded the most honorary doctorates in US history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe mourn today a great man and faithful priest who transformed the University of Notre Dame and touched the lives of many,\u201d said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame\u2019s current president. \u201cWith his leadership, charisma and vision, he turned a relatively small Catholic college known for football into one of the nation\u2019s great institutions for higher learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his historic service to the nation, the Church and the world, he was a steadfast champion for human rights, the cause of peace and care for the poor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago I had the privilege to meet Father for a good hour of conversation. His eyesight was very poor but he was a great conversationalist. I am grateful for the time we spent talking to in the library named in his honor.<\/p>\n<p>May God be merciful to Father Ted and may he rest in rest from his labors. Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for your son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced that the famed Father\u00a0Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday (February 26, 2015) at Holy Cross House adjacent to the University of Notre Dame. Father Ted\u00a0was 97. We all know Father Ted as the president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. He was a priest of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/father-theodore-hesburgh-dies-at-97\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Father Theodore Hesburgh dies at 97<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32068,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066\/revisions\/32068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}