Father John Andrew Henry was born in Monett, Missouri, on May 12, 1912. His early education was received at St. Joseph's School in Monett and Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended St. Mary's College in Kansas and Regis College in Denver and graduated from Rockhurst College in Kansas City in 1934.
To fulfill the Latin requirement for entering the Dominican Order, he attended Providence College and then entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he made profession on August 16, 1938. All of his studies for the priesthood were pursued in River Forest where he was ordained on June 8, 1944.
Father Henry was assigned successively to a variety of apostolates: Fenwick High School; St. Pius Parish, Chicago; Holy Rosary, Minneapolis; St. Vincent Ferrer, River Forest; Holy Rosary, Houston. During this time he was frequently impeded in his work by illness which plagued him throughout his priestly life.
In 1961, he was assigned to St. Rose in Dubuque where he collaborated in the publication work of the Priory Press for eight years. His last assignment was to St. Anthony Priory in New Orleans where he lived while serving as chaplain and professor at Dominican College. He died suddenly in Mercy Hospital in New Orleans on August 17, 1971. Following services at St. Anthony's, his body was sent for burial in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
To fulfill the Latin requirement for entering the Dominican Order, he attended Providence College and then entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he made profession on August 16, 1938. All of his studies for the priesthood were pursued in River Forest where he was ordained on June 8, 1944.
Father Henry was assigned successively to a variety of apostolates: Fenwick High School; St. Pius Parish, Chicago; Holy Rosary, Minneapolis; St. Vincent Ferrer, River Forest; Holy Rosary, Houston. During this time he was frequently impeded in his work by illness which plagued him throughout his priestly life.
In 1961, he was assigned to St. Rose in Dubuque where he collaborated in the publication work of the Priory Press for eight years. His last assignment was to St. Anthony Priory in New Orleans where he lived while serving as chaplain and professor at Dominican College. He died suddenly in Mercy Hospital in New Orleans on August 17, 1971. Following services at St. Anthony's, his body was sent for burial in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Father John Andrew Henry was born in Monett, Missouri, on May 12, 1912. His early education was received at St. Joseph's School in Monett and Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended St. Mary's College in Kansas and Regis College in Denver and graduated from Rockhurst College in Kansas City in 1934.
To fulfill the Latin requirement for entering the Dominican Order, he attended Providence College and then entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he made profession on August 16, 1938. All of his studies for the priesthood were pursued in River Forest where he was ordained on June 8, 1944.
Father Henry was assigned successively to a variety of apostolates: Fenwick High School; St. Pius Parish, Chicago; Holy Rosary, Minneapolis; St. Vincent Ferrer, River Forest; Holy Rosary, Houston. During this time he was frequently impeded in his work by illness which plagued him throughout his priestly life.
In 1961, he was assigned to St. Rose in Dubuque where he collaborated in the publication work of the Priory Press for eight years. His last assignment was to St. Anthony Priory in New Orleans where he lived while serving as chaplain and professor at Dominican College. He died suddenly in Mercy Hospital in New Orleans on August 17, 1971. Following services at St. Anthony's, his body was sent for burial in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
To fulfill the Latin requirement for entering the Dominican Order, he attended Providence College and then entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he made profession on August 16, 1938. All of his studies for the priesthood were pursued in River Forest where he was ordained on June 8, 1944.
Father Henry was assigned successively to a variety of apostolates: Fenwick High School; St. Pius Parish, Chicago; Holy Rosary, Minneapolis; St. Vincent Ferrer, River Forest; Holy Rosary, Houston. During this time he was frequently impeded in his work by illness which plagued him throughout his priestly life.
In 1961, he was assigned to St. Rose in Dubuque where he collaborated in the publication work of the Priory Press for eight years. His last assignment was to St. Anthony Priory in New Orleans where he lived while serving as chaplain and professor at Dominican College. He died suddenly in Mercy Hospital in New Orleans on August 17, 1971. Following services at St. Anthony's, his body was sent for burial in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
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