John Coburn died on June 29, 2001, at Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center in New Orleans, a facility co-sponsored by the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres.
Val A. McInnes, Prior of St. Dominic's, New Orleans, presided at John's wake service and Msgr. Charles E. Duke, formerly at St. Ann's Parish in Metairie with John, gave the eulogy. For the Mass of Christian Burial on July 3, the Prior Provincial, Alberto Rodríguez, presided and Father Val McInnes delivered the sermon. Later that day, John was buried at the Dominican Cemetery in Rosaryville, Louisiana.
John was born in New Orleans on November 22, 1918, to Ruth Durel and Albert Coburn, who had been married at St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Orleans by Fr. Casimir Municha OP., He had one sister, Ruth, who later became Sr. Thomas Aquinas as a Houston Dominican. Albert grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and began his preparation for ordained ministry at St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte, Texas, and later at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. His Dominican formation in St. Albert's Province, was primarily at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in River Forest. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1948.
Coburn began parish ministry at Holy Rosary Parish, Minneapolis, an extremely cold location for a young Dominican from the hot and humid Gulf Coast. From 1964 until 1969, he was pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Houston, Texas. Much later, he was associate pastor at St. Ann Parish, Metairie, Louisiana from 1981 till 1982, and between 1986 and 1994. He also served at the Mater Dolorosa Parish, Independence and St. Joseph Parish, Ponchatoula.
Perhaps John's greatest love in ministry was preaching, usually on Dominican mission bands: Minneapolis, New Orleans, Irving, River Forest and Dallas. In 1979, he joined the new Province of St. Martin de Porres.
Besides his dedication to preaching, he had a great concern for the sick and the suffering. As a result, in 1968, he founded the Catholic Chaplain Corps of St. Martin de Porres at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and Galveston, as a ministry of the Galveston-Houston Diocese. He continued as director of this Chaplain Corps until 1976.
While at St. Joseph Parish in Ponchatoula, John's health declined and he suffered a number of strokes. In 1995, he went to Wynhoven Health Care Center in Marrero, Louisiana, and in January 2000, he moved to Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center where he died peacefully at age 82.
Val A. McInnes, Prior of St. Dominic's, New Orleans, presided at John's wake service and Msgr. Charles E. Duke, formerly at St. Ann's Parish in Metairie with John, gave the eulogy. For the Mass of Christian Burial on July 3, the Prior Provincial, Alberto Rodríguez, presided and Father Val McInnes delivered the sermon. Later that day, John was buried at the Dominican Cemetery in Rosaryville, Louisiana.
John was born in New Orleans on November 22, 1918, to Ruth Durel and Albert Coburn, who had been married at St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Orleans by Fr. Casimir Municha OP., He had one sister, Ruth, who later became Sr. Thomas Aquinas as a Houston Dominican. Albert grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and began his preparation for ordained ministry at St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte, Texas, and later at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. His Dominican formation in St. Albert's Province, was primarily at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in River Forest. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1948.
Coburn began parish ministry at Holy Rosary Parish, Minneapolis, an extremely cold location for a young Dominican from the hot and humid Gulf Coast. From 1964 until 1969, he was pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Houston, Texas. Much later, he was associate pastor at St. Ann Parish, Metairie, Louisiana from 1981 till 1982, and between 1986 and 1994. He also served at the Mater Dolorosa Parish, Independence and St. Joseph Parish, Ponchatoula.
Perhaps John's greatest love in ministry was preaching, usually on Dominican mission bands: Minneapolis, New Orleans, Irving, River Forest and Dallas. In 1979, he joined the new Province of St. Martin de Porres.
Besides his dedication to preaching, he had a great concern for the sick and the suffering. As a result, in 1968, he founded the Catholic Chaplain Corps of St. Martin de Porres at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and Galveston, as a ministry of the Galveston-Houston Diocese. He continued as director of this Chaplain Corps until 1976.
While at St. Joseph Parish in Ponchatoula, John's health declined and he suffered a number of strokes. In 1995, he went to Wynhoven Health Care Center in Marrero, Louisiana, and in January 2000, he moved to Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center where he died peacefully at age 82.
John Coburn died on June 29, 2001, at Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center in New Orleans, a facility co-sponsored by the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres.
Val A. McInnes, Prior of St. Dominic's, New Orleans, presided at John's wake service and Msgr. Charles E. Duke, formerly at St. Ann's Parish in Metairie with John, gave the eulogy. For the Mass of Christian Burial on July 3, the Prior Provincial, Alberto Rodríguez, presided and Father Val McInnes delivered the sermon. Later that day, John was buried at the Dominican Cemetery in Rosaryville, Louisiana.
John was born in New Orleans on November 22, 1918, to Ruth Durel and Albert Coburn, who had been married at St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Orleans by Fr. Casimir Municha OP., He had one sister, Ruth, who later became Sr. Thomas Aquinas as a Houston Dominican. Albert grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and began his preparation for ordained ministry at St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte, Texas, and later at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. His Dominican formation in St. Albert's Province, was primarily at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in River Forest. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1948.
Coburn began parish ministry at Holy Rosary Parish, Minneapolis, an extremely cold location for a young Dominican from the hot and humid Gulf Coast. From 1964 until 1969, he was pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Houston, Texas. Much later, he was associate pastor at St. Ann Parish, Metairie, Louisiana from 1981 till 1982, and between 1986 and 1994. He also served at the Mater Dolorosa Parish, Independence and St. Joseph Parish, Ponchatoula.
Perhaps John's greatest love in ministry was preaching, usually on Dominican mission bands: Minneapolis, New Orleans, Irving, River Forest and Dallas. In 1979, he joined the new Province of St. Martin de Porres.
Besides his dedication to preaching, he had a great concern for the sick and the suffering. As a result, in 1968, he founded the Catholic Chaplain Corps of St. Martin de Porres at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and Galveston, as a ministry of the Galveston-Houston Diocese. He continued as director of this Chaplain Corps until 1976.
While at St. Joseph Parish in Ponchatoula, John's health declined and he suffered a number of strokes. In 1995, he went to Wynhoven Health Care Center in Marrero, Louisiana, and in January 2000, he moved to Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center where he died peacefully at age 82.
Val A. McInnes, Prior of St. Dominic's, New Orleans, presided at John's wake service and Msgr. Charles E. Duke, formerly at St. Ann's Parish in Metairie with John, gave the eulogy. For the Mass of Christian Burial on July 3, the Prior Provincial, Alberto Rodríguez, presided and Father Val McInnes delivered the sermon. Later that day, John was buried at the Dominican Cemetery in Rosaryville, Louisiana.
John was born in New Orleans on November 22, 1918, to Ruth Durel and Albert Coburn, who had been married at St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Orleans by Fr. Casimir Municha OP., He had one sister, Ruth, who later became Sr. Thomas Aquinas as a Houston Dominican. Albert grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and began his preparation for ordained ministry at St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte, Texas, and later at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. His Dominican formation in St. Albert's Province, was primarily at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in River Forest. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1948.
Coburn began parish ministry at Holy Rosary Parish, Minneapolis, an extremely cold location for a young Dominican from the hot and humid Gulf Coast. From 1964 until 1969, he was pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Houston, Texas. Much later, he was associate pastor at St. Ann Parish, Metairie, Louisiana from 1981 till 1982, and between 1986 and 1994. He also served at the Mater Dolorosa Parish, Independence and St. Joseph Parish, Ponchatoula.
Perhaps John's greatest love in ministry was preaching, usually on Dominican mission bands: Minneapolis, New Orleans, Irving, River Forest and Dallas. In 1979, he joined the new Province of St. Martin de Porres.
Besides his dedication to preaching, he had a great concern for the sick and the suffering. As a result, in 1968, he founded the Catholic Chaplain Corps of St. Martin de Porres at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and Galveston, as a ministry of the Galveston-Houston Diocese. He continued as director of this Chaplain Corps until 1976.
While at St. Joseph Parish in Ponchatoula, John's health declined and he suffered a number of strokes. In 1995, he went to Wynhoven Health Care Center in Marrero, Louisiana, and in January 2000, he moved to Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center where he died peacefully at age 82.
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