Tuesday
Feb222011
Memorial Mass for Fr. Dan Hurley, OFM, March 20
March 13 will mark one year since the passing of Fr. Dan Hurley. We will celebrate Mass in his honor on Sunday, March 20, and we invite you to join us if you can. Mass will begin at 11 a.m. with a dish-to-pass Sunday brunch to follow. We would love to have you stay for brunch and depending on the weather, perhaps a walk or hike afterwards.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 9:56PM
Reader Comments (5)
I have many fond memories of Father Dan -- simple ones really of just seeing his warm and kind smile as we passed each other on campus numerous times.
It's really hard to believe it's been a year. Hurles seems immortal in my memories -- so strange he's gone. I have been longing for The Mountain in my heart recently. Dreaming of that completeness that inner peace brings. I hope Hurles is experiencing that inner peace in Heaven. He's still in my heart, and I'm sure in the heart of many others.
Much love,
Jess Kawski (Hornbeck)
I think of Fr. Dan so often. Sad that he is not with us anymore ...but so happy to have known him all my life. He was and remains a wonderful example of God's grace and peace for me and for so many others.
It has been forever since I have been at the Mountain, but I am there every day in the life-long impression it has left on the person I have become. AS for Hurls... I have a great story that I do not know if it has ever been shared. In the winter of '92 I received a phone call that my father suffered a major brain aneurism. Though he lived, I spent many nights up at the mountain in prayer for his recovery. One morning I found Hurls sitting in one of those chairs overlooking the pond below. I was struggling. Without reservation, Hurls pulled out a Rosary and said he thought praying it would help. I took the Rosary out of the black leather pouch... it was broken half way around. I showed this to Hurls. With a smile (so typical of him) he said, "It's broken, but I think it still works." He hen said, "Return it when you are done." Nothing more said.
While praying the Rosary I noticed that a date was engraved on the cross. A few days late I returned the Rosary to Hurls. I asked him about the date. He smiled again and said, "My parents had the date I became a priest put on the back of it." To most, and probably to Dan, this Rosary was important. He gave it up freely and without pretense.
Thanks Hurls, for a great life lesson.
The entire Hurley family misses Father Dan very much. We were so fortunate to have someone in our lives like Father Dan. I think of him often as all of his relatives do.