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<font style="font-size:16px;" face="Georgia"><font color="#0070c0"><b>October 4, 2014</b></font><br>
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may have heard: Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R., died shortly before
midnight.<br>
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We are so very grateful to the thousands of Cardinal Newman
Society members who responded to our call for prayers on Tuesday. Father had
fallen and was in great pain.<br>
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But today, he suffers no longer. On this Feast of Saint
Francis—a most important feast for a priest who devoted himself
wholeheartedly to the Franciscan spirituality, a radical commitment to living as
Jesus did—please pray with us that Father celebrates with the great Saint
himself.<br>
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Father Groeschel was extraordinarily dedicated to the mission
of The Cardinal Newman Society, desiring the renewal of faithful Catholic
education as key to the renewal of faithful Catholic life. He was thrilled
to write the foreword to <i>The Newman Guide</i> and invited me on his EWTN show
several times to celebrate the best in Catholic higher education.<br>
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He was also a friend and a father. He touched our lives
in a very personal way—in the way of Christ. He spent time with our
staff. He stayed at the home of one of our leaders, whose boys will never
forget his presence. My wife and children also had the opportunity to spend
time with him, including a brief encounter at one of his last public
appearances. We treasure these moments as we would time with a family
member—but even more, because we were touched by holiness.<br>
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When I last saw Father Groeschel, he was doubled over with
back pain, having slept most of his life on a hard floor with empathy for the very
poor. His decades of insightful preaching and his influential public
ministry ended abruptly with a statement for which he quickly apologized, but
which nevertheless stole the reputation of a man who never sought
reputation. His last years have been spent with his Franciscan Friars and
Sisters of the Renewal, who showed him the very same love and compassion that he
gave equally to the poor and the sinful.<br>
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May Father Groeschel rest from all his suffering in the loving
arms of his Father in Heaven! Please pray with me and the staff of The
Cardinal Newman Society for the happy repose of his soul:<br>
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<i>Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat
ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.</i><br>
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Eternal rest grant unto him, oh Lord; and let perpetual light
shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.<br>
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</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Sincerely yours in
Christ</span><font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Georgia">,<br>
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<font color="#0c0c0c">Patrick Reilly<br>
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