- ST.
NORBERT ABBEY
- DE
PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
- Rev.
John B. Crielaers, O. Praem.
- b. Sunday, Dec.
29, 1872 – d. Thursday, Feb. 19, 1953
Our brother
John Crielaars was born in
Tilburg
,
Holland
in 1872. He joined Berne Abbey in
1892 and was solemnly professed at
Berne
in 1897.
John
arrived in the United States as a frat in 1898, along with Fathers Benedict
Schevers, AthanasiusVan Heertum, Frater
Lawrence
Hurkmans and Brother Gilbert Timmermans. He
joined Father Bernard Pennings and his confreres in Delwich.
After
being ordained with Frater Hurkmans by Bishop Messmer, at the Shrine of
St. Joseph
in 1898, he was appointed to the faculty at the college.
In
1906 John began to do missionary work until 1931, after which he did parish work
at
Hingham
,
Montana
. He retired to
Sacred
Heart
Hospital
chaplaincy in
Havre
,
Montana
in 1939 and remained there until 1951. He
died on
Thursday, Feb. 19, 1953, at the age
of 80.
