Recently Departed Carmelite Priests and Brothers (continued)
Rev. Aloysius Sieracki, O.Carm., died
at Loyola Hospital in Maywood, IL,
on Thursday, February 17 , 2005 at
the age of 75.
He was born in Chicago, on
Nov. 5, 1929 the son of the late
Peter and Mary (Kroll) Sieracki.
The family also included six brothers,
Norbert, Edward, Thomas,
Leonard, Peter and Joseph, along
with four sisters, Barbara, Helen,
Mary, and Louise.
Visitation for Rev. Aloysius Sieracki, O.Carm., took
place on Sunday, February 20, at the National Shrine of
St. Therese, in Darien, IL. A Mass of Christian Burial took
place Monday, February 21, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Church, also in Darien. The principal celebrant at mass was
the Very Reverend John F. Russell, O.Carm., S.T.D., Prior
Provincial. The Reverend Joseph McCarthy, O.Carm., was
the homilist. Internment immediately followed at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
A Chicago native, alumnus and former teacher at
Mount Carmel High School, in Chicago, Fr. Al was a
graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology and served in
the United States Army prior to entering the Carmelites.
He was a former Delegate to the Lay Carmelites. Fr. Al was
an avid Chicago Cubs fan and published poet.
Fr. Aloysius Sieracki, O.Carm., enjoyed a retired life at
The Carmelite Carefree Village retirement community, in
Darien, until shortly before his death. During his retirement
he still kept active, saying mass at St. Alphonsus’ Parish in
Lemont, IL, conducting pilgrimages to shrines and places
of interest and writing his collected volumes of poetry. |
