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Thank you for your kind words, Eclipse. Here is the notice we got:
Rev. Joseph T. Durkin, S.J., professor emeritus of history at
Georgetown, died on Saturday, May 31, 2003. Fr. Durkin, who had recently celebrated his 100th birthday, was born in Philadelphia, PA, on May 17, 1903. At the age of seventeen, he entered the Society of Jesus; he was ordained a priest in 1933. Soon after completing his Ph. D. in history at Fordham University, Fr. Durkin came to Georgetown where he remained a beloved professor from 1944-1972. He was instrumental in establishing the program in American Studies. After his retirement, he continued giving tutorials and advising students until 1994.
The author of over 25 books, Fr. Durkin was working on two more books at the time of his death. In recent years his pastoral ministry included serving as honorary chaplain of Georgetown’s Army ROTC unit, visiting Alzheimer’s patients in nursing homes, and saying Mass for and hearing confessions of prisoners in detention facilities. Fr. Durkin was an institution at Georgetown, delighting in visits from former students and in attending University functions. His gracious presence and his dedication to scholarship and to his faith have been an inspiration to those he touched throughout the years.
Fr. Durkin’s wake will be in Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown University on Thursday, June 5, from 2:00-7:00 p.m. followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Trinity Church at 7:30 p.m. The burial service will begin on Friday at 9:00 a.m. in Dahlgren Chapel with interment in the Jesuit Cemetery at Georgetown.
Please contact Charlotte Daniel, Assistant to the Rector, Jesuit
Community at Georgetown University, with any questions at (202)687-4000.
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