Submitted by: Dan Rich
Rev. Joseph D. Barry CSC
Dec. 2, 1902 – Sept. 25, 1985
Rev. Joseph D. Barry CSC, 82, died early
today in Holy Cross House at Notre Dame. Rev. Barry had served at
Christ the King and St. Joseph parishes in South Bend, and at the
University of Notre Dame as prefect of religion, director of
student affairs, and prefect of discipline. He also was chaplain
at St. Joseph Hospital in South Bend from 1961 to 1963. He was
born Dec. 7, 1902 in Syracuse, N.Y., and professed his first vows
in the Congregation of Holy Cross Aug. 15, 1925. He was ordained
to the priesthood June 24, 1933, having completed his studies at
the University of Notre Dame and Holy Cross College, Washing DC.
He was a chaplain in the Army from 1941 to 1946.
He left South Bend in 1963 to become
chaplain at Archbishop Hoben High School in Akron, Ohio, where he
remained until 1982. He then returned to Holy Cross House where
he was in residence at the time of his death.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Sacred Heart Church with burial
in the Community Cemetery on the campus. Friends may call after
3:30 p.m. Thursday in Moreau Seminary where a prayer vigil will
be held at 7:30 p.m.