Parents: John Ahly Kaelin and Pauline Mary Hauck.
His birth name was John A. Kaelin.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
KAELIN, FATHER WALTER, CP, 88, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2005, in Houston, TX. Father Kaelin was ordained a priest on August 10, 1942, and served in India for many years. He is survived by one sister, Pauline Eccles, brother-in-law, James Yunker, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1920 Newburg Rd., with burial in the Passionist Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Friday at the church, with a wake service at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fr. Walter Kaelin may be made to the Passionist Missions of India, 5700 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60631.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
THE REV. WALTER KAELIN, WHO FOUNDED MISSION IN INDIA, DIES.
The Rev. Walter Kaelin, a Louisville native and Roman Catholic priest who founded a mission in India at an age when most people are retiring, died Tuesday in Houston, he was 88. Kaelin suffered a heart attack Tuesday after battling pneumonia for two months, according to his order, the Congregation of the Passion. Born on Dec. 11, 1916, he was baptized at St. Agnes Church, the Louisville parish that will hold his funeral tomorrow. Kaelin entered the Passionist order in the 1930s and was ordained in 1942. He served as provincial, or top administrator, of his Holy Cross Province from 1959 to 1962. He also served as rector of several monasteries. In 1980, at age 64, Kaelin was sent to southwestern India to help found a mission in an abandoned lumberyard. The mission later opened a seminary, an elementary school, a retreat center, a prison ministery and other programs. After returning to the United States in 1993, he continued to raise money for the mission. He lived at Sacred Heart Monastery on Newburg Road until last fall, when he was assigned to Houston. Kaelin was "still going till just two months ago," said the Rev. Michael Higgins, provincial for Holy Cross province. "He was certainly a witness to what a man of deep faith can do if he responds to God's call."
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
His birth name was John A. Kaelin.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
KAELIN, FATHER WALTER, CP, 88, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2005, in Houston, TX. Father Kaelin was ordained a priest on August 10, 1942, and served in India for many years. He is survived by one sister, Pauline Eccles, brother-in-law, James Yunker, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1920 Newburg Rd., with burial in the Passionist Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Friday at the church, with a wake service at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fr. Walter Kaelin may be made to the Passionist Missions of India, 5700 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60631.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
THE REV. WALTER KAELIN, WHO FOUNDED MISSION IN INDIA, DIES.
The Rev. Walter Kaelin, a Louisville native and Roman Catholic priest who founded a mission in India at an age when most people are retiring, died Tuesday in Houston, he was 88. Kaelin suffered a heart attack Tuesday after battling pneumonia for two months, according to his order, the Congregation of the Passion. Born on Dec. 11, 1916, he was baptized at St. Agnes Church, the Louisville parish that will hold his funeral tomorrow. Kaelin entered the Passionist order in the 1930s and was ordained in 1942. He served as provincial, or top administrator, of his Holy Cross Province from 1959 to 1962. He also served as rector of several monasteries. In 1980, at age 64, Kaelin was sent to southwestern India to help found a mission in an abandoned lumberyard. The mission later opened a seminary, an elementary school, a retreat center, a prison ministery and other programs. After returning to the United States in 1993, he continued to raise money for the mission. He lived at Sacred Heart Monastery on Newburg Road until last fall, when he was assigned to Houston. Kaelin was "still going till just two months ago," said the Rev. Michael Higgins, provincial for Holy Cross province. "He was certainly a witness to what a man of deep faith can do if he responds to God's call."
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
Parents: John Ahly Kaelin and Pauline Mary Hauck.
His birth name was John A. Kaelin.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
KAELIN, FATHER WALTER, CP, 88, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2005, in Houston, TX. Father Kaelin was ordained a priest on August 10, 1942, and served in India for many years. He is survived by one sister, Pauline Eccles, brother-in-law, James Yunker, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1920 Newburg Rd., with burial in the Passionist Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Friday at the church, with a wake service at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fr. Walter Kaelin may be made to the Passionist Missions of India, 5700 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60631.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
THE REV. WALTER KAELIN, WHO FOUNDED MISSION IN INDIA, DIES.
The Rev. Walter Kaelin, a Louisville native and Roman Catholic priest who founded a mission in India at an age when most people are retiring, died Tuesday in Houston, he was 88. Kaelin suffered a heart attack Tuesday after battling pneumonia for two months, according to his order, the Congregation of the Passion. Born on Dec. 11, 1916, he was baptized at St. Agnes Church, the Louisville parish that will hold his funeral tomorrow. Kaelin entered the Passionist order in the 1930s and was ordained in 1942. He served as provincial, or top administrator, of his Holy Cross Province from 1959 to 1962. He also served as rector of several monasteries. In 1980, at age 64, Kaelin was sent to southwestern India to help found a mission in an abandoned lumberyard. The mission later opened a seminary, an elementary school, a retreat center, a prison ministery and other programs. After returning to the United States in 1993, he continued to raise money for the mission. He lived at Sacred Heart Monastery on Newburg Road until last fall, when he was assigned to Houston. Kaelin was "still going till just two months ago," said the Rev. Michael Higgins, provincial for Holy Cross province. "He was certainly a witness to what a man of deep faith can do if he responds to God's call."
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
His birth name was John A. Kaelin.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
KAELIN, FATHER WALTER, CP, 88, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2005, in Houston, TX. Father Kaelin was ordained a priest on August 10, 1942, and served in India for many years. He is survived by one sister, Pauline Eccles, brother-in-law, James Yunker, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1920 Newburg Rd., with burial in the Passionist Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Friday at the church, with a wake service at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fr. Walter Kaelin may be made to the Passionist Missions of India, 5700 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60631.
The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 1/20/2005.
THE REV. WALTER KAELIN, WHO FOUNDED MISSION IN INDIA, DIES.
The Rev. Walter Kaelin, a Louisville native and Roman Catholic priest who founded a mission in India at an age when most people are retiring, died Tuesday in Houston, he was 88. Kaelin suffered a heart attack Tuesday after battling pneumonia for two months, according to his order, the Congregation of the Passion. Born on Dec. 11, 1916, he was baptized at St. Agnes Church, the Louisville parish that will hold his funeral tomorrow. Kaelin entered the Passionist order in the 1930s and was ordained in 1942. He served as provincial, or top administrator, of his Holy Cross Province from 1959 to 1962. He also served as rector of several monasteries. In 1980, at age 64, Kaelin was sent to southwestern India to help found a mission in an abandoned lumberyard. The mission later opened a seminary, an elementary school, a retreat center, a prison ministery and other programs. After returning to the United States in 1993, he continued to raise money for the mission. He lived at Sacred Heart Monastery on Newburg Road until last fall, when he was assigned to Houston. Kaelin was "still going till just two months ago," said the Rev. Michael Higgins, provincial for Holy Cross province. "He was certainly a witness to what a man of deep faith can do if he responds to God's call."
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
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