- ST. NORBERT ABBEY
- DE PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
- Rev.
Maurice J. Windt, O. Praem.
- b. Wednesday,
Apr. 13,
1904 – d. Thursday, Dec. 18, 1969
Our brother
Maurice Windt was born in Chicago in 1904. After just one week at the
Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz, Maurice traded for
St.
Norbert
College
. He joined the Order in 1926, and
in 1928 began teaching biology at the college; he was solemnly professed in
1931.
From
1933 to ’36 in addition to teaching, he was athletic director at the college
and during the summers of ’36 to ’38, taught biology and math at Marian
College
in Fond du Lac.
In
1939, Maurice was appointed pastor at Alverno.
After spending a short time in 1943 in West Vancouver, he was appointed pastor in Somonauk, Illionois from 1943 until 1947.
Maurice
spent 1952 as pastor in Valier, Montana, before returning to Somonauk in 1953,
where he remained until 1964, when he became
chaplain at Our Lady of Charity Convent. In
1967 he ministered to
St. Hubert
in Rosiere. Maurice died on
Thursday, December
18th, 1969 at the age of 65.
