- ST.
NORBERT ABBEY
- DE
PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
- Rev.
Joseph G. Regan, O. Praem.
- b. Saturday, June 14,
1913 – d. Friday, Oct. 26, 1990
Our brother
Joseph Regan was born in Whiting, Indiana in 1913.
After graduating from St.
Norbert High and a year at
Marquette University, he entered the Order in 1932 and was solemnly professed in 1937.
Having started his teaching career at Southeast Catholic in 1936, he was
transferred to Central Catholic in 1941, only to return to Southeast in 1947.
In
1951, Joe reported to Fort Slocum
for induction into the U.S.
Army as a 1st Lieutenant in the Chaplain Corps, after which he was
assigned to permanent duty at William Beaumont Army
Hospital
in El Paso, Texas.
From 1952 until 1954, he saw duty
in Korea.
Joe
returned to the college and in 1955 became Director of Public Relations until
1958, while also functioning as pastor at Immaculate Conception in Oneida.
In 1969, he was chaplain at Christ Community
Hospital
in Oak Lawn,
Illinois, while assisting at Our Lady of Loretto in Hometown.
In 1973, he was chaplain at
St. Mary Hospital
in Green Bay, and the following year at Our Lady of Charity Convent.
Joe
became a member of “Sunshine Priory” in Clearwater, Florida
in 1976, where he did pastoral ministry, as well as in Seminole.
During 1978, Joe was pastor of St. Joseph
in Madison, before retiring to the priory at the college in 1979, and then to the abbey.
Joe died on Friday, October 26th, 1990, at the age of 77.
