Submitted by: Dan Rich

Brother James Joseph Linscott CSC

April 14, 1926 - Oct. 10, 2003

South Bend Tribune 10/12/2003                                       

Brother James Joseph Linscott, CSC, 77, of the Midwest Province of the Brothers of the Holy Cross, was born on April 14, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wis., the son of Raymond and Margaret (Hogan) Linscott. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by two brothers, Robert of Florence, Wis., and John of Simi, Calif.; and by a sister, Mary Elizabeth Conarchy of Milwaukee.

Brother James received the habit of the Brothers of the Holy Cross on Aug. 15, 1946, pronounced his first vows on Feb. 2, 1948, and made his perpetual profession on Aug. 16, 1951.

His early life as a Brother of Holy Cross was dedicated to secondary school education, both as a teacher and as an administrator. He taught at Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Ind.; Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville, Ind.; St. Joseph High School, South Bend, Ind.; and Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, Ill. Brother James was the principal of St. Joseph High School from 1963 to 1973. After a sabbatical period in Cuernavaca, Mexico, from 1973 to 1974, Brother James devoted six years working with orphans in Mexico. He returned to the United States in 1980, and in 1981 he became the administrator of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Milford, Ind., and served the Spanish-speaking community in the area. He returned to Notre Dame in 1991 and lived at Columba Hall on the university campus until his health required him to take up residence in Dujarie House, the skilled-care center for the Brothers of Holy Cross in Holy Cross Village, where he died peacefully on Friday evening, Oct. 10.

Calling hours are from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in St. Joseph Chapel, Holy Cross Village, at Notre Dame. The funeral Mass will follow at 3 p.m., with burial at St. Joseph Cemetery.