Fordham University

Father Vincent Novak Was Famed Jesuit Religious Educator

August 15, 2012

Father Vincent M. Novak, S.J., famed Jesuit religious educator and the first dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, died Aug. 6 at Moses Montefiore Hospital, the Bronx. A Jesuit for 69 years, he had celebrated his 88th birthday just three days earlier. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he attended Xavier […]

Obituary – Father Vincent T. O’Keefe, S.J.

August 1, 2012

A funeral Mass was celebrated July 26 for Jesuit Father Vincent T. O’Keefe, who was the 27th president of the Fordham University, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Father O’Keefe, who headed the Jesuit-run university from 1963 until 1965, died July 22 after a long illness. He was 92. Burial was at the Jesuit […]