{"id":2938,"date":"2020-05-27T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:27:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:27:02","slug":"father-francis-morrisey-omi-requiescat-in-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/father-francis-morrisey-omi-requiescat-in-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Francis Morrisey, OMI- Requiescat in Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Father Francis G. Morrisey, OMI, Ph.D., JCD
(1936 – 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n

The death of my classmate, Father Francis Morrisey, on May 23, 2020 in Ottawa brings a stellar servant of the Gospel to the completion of a priestly ministry with an impact on the universal Church.<\/p>\n

From 1958-62 we studied theology and related subjects at St. Paul\u2019s Seminary in Ottawa. As an Oblate of Mary Immaculate in the French province, Frank was a scholastic while I was a seminarian for the diocesan priesthood. He was always a cheery presence in the breaks between class. He went on to study Canon Law in a faculty that included great professors like Father Germain Lesage, OMI. Frank and I studied the 1917 Codex Juris Canonici<\/em>, promulgated by Pope Benedict XV. In the preface to this Code, Cardinal Gaspari declared that it would endure until the end of time! However, Pope John XXIII convoked a commission to revise the Code; Father Morrissey was a contributor to this work that was promulgated in 1983. The vision of the Church as People of God in the New Covenant permeates the vision of the Law at the service of the faithful. The work of interpreting and applying the Gospel in delicate situations of tension within the Church and the wider society occupied Frank\u2019s attention for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

“In recognition of his generous use of…expertise on behalf of health care professionals in the U.S., Canada and the world,” Fr. Morrisey received Catholic Health Association’s (CHA) Lifetime Achievement Award on June 10, 2019. CHA commemorated this honor with the video below:<\/p>\n