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Death Notice

Father Philip Kaufman OSB, 96, monk, priest, author, ecumenist, and Catholic educator, died peacefully in St. Raphael Hall, the retirement center at Saint John's Abbey, on Tuesday, January 8, 2008.

Father Philip was born September 9, 1911, in Vicksburg, Tennessee. He professed vows as a Benedictine monk, July 11, 1941, and was ordained a priest, May 26, 1945.

The monks received the body of Father Philip at a Vigil Service on Friday, January 11, at 7 p.m. They celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, January 12, 2008, at 10 a.m. in the Abbey Church. Interment followed in Saint John's Abbey Cemetery.

Obituaries

2008
Father Philip Kaufman OSB, 1911-2008

2007
Father Angelo Zankl OSB, 1901-2007
Brother Linus Ascheman OSB, 1948-2007
Father Vincent Tegeder OSB, 1910-2007
Brother Placid Stuckenschneider OSB, 1926-2007
Brother Michael Robert Laux OSB, 1928-2007
Brother Andre John Bennett OSB, 1930-2007

2006
Father Bartholomew Letory Sayles OSB, 1918-2006
Father Landelin Robling OSB, 1925-2006
Father Gregory Sebastian OSB, 1920-2006
Father Mark Schneider OSB, 1914-2006

2005
Father Silvan Bromenshenkel OSB, 1915-2005
Father Melchior Freund OSB, 1930-2005
Father Henry Anderl OSB, 1918-2005
Brother Patrick Sullivan OSB, 1921-2005
Father Burkard Arnheiter OSB, 1907-2005

Deceased Abbots
VI. + Abbot Baldwin Dworschak OSB, 1906-1996
VII. + Abbot John Eidenschink OSB, 1914-2004
VIII. + Abbot Primate Jerome Theisen OSB, 1930-1995

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