- ST.
NORBERT ABBEY
- DE
PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
- Rev.
Alan D. Scheible, O. Praem.
- b. Sunday, Jan. 10,
1943 – d. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000
Our brother
Alan Scheible was born in Racine,
Wisconsin
in 1943, joined the Order in 1961 and professed solemn vows in 1966.
That same year he began theological studies at Heythrop
College
in
England
and ten years later, at Chicago
Theological Seminary where he received his S.T.L.
Known
for his sensitive pastoral ability to merge and close parishes, as pastor he
closed St. Willibrord and St. Francis de Paola in Chicago.
Alan also ministered to AIDS patients in Chicago and served on the faculty of the college. In
1998 he became the director of the Norbertine
Center for Spirituality, where he initiated many social issue programs.
A
brilliant, multi-interest and talented person, Alan died of a brain tumor on
Sunday, January 30th, 2000 at the age of 57.
