Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Rev. Joseph H. Cavanaugh CSC

1917 – Nov. 11, 1954

 

South Bend Tribune 11/11/1954

Rev. Joseph H. Cavanaugh CSC, head of the department of religion at the University of Notre Dame, died early today in the Student Infirmary on the campus. Father Cavanaugh was rector of Mossissey Hall until he became ill last spring.

 

Born in Harpers Ferry, Iowa, in 1917, he entered the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1934 and made his final profession six years later. He was graduated from Notre Dame in 1940 and was ordained in Sacred Heart Church on the campus June 24, 1944. After his ordination, Father Cavanaugh studied at Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He joined the faculty of Notre Dame religion department in the fall of 1946, and in succeeding years many religious courses. He was named head of the department in 1952. He is the author of “Evidence for Our Faith”, published by the Notre Dame Press in 1949.

 

Father Cavanaugh is survived by two brothers and four sisters including Sister Joan Marie of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The office of the dead will be recited at 5 p.m. Sunday in Sacred Heart Church and the funeral will be held in the church at 9:30 a.m. Monday.

 

South Bend Tribune 11/12/1954

Funeral services for Rev. Joseph H. Cavanaugh CSC, head of the department of religion at the University of Notre Dame, who died Thursday will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Sacred Heat Church on the campus. Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC, university president will officiate and burial will be in Community Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today in Corby Hall on the campus.