Recently Departed Carmelite Priests and Brothers (continued)
The Reverend Kurt Holderied, O.Carm., died in Venice, FL,
on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, where he was living in
retirement.
Visitation for Fr. Kurt Holderied, O.Carm., was held in
Venice, FL, on Sunday, October 31. A Memorial Mass was
held at St. John’s Church, in Leonia, NJ on Friday,
November 5. The Mass of Christian Burial was held at Santa
Maria Chapel at Epiphany Cathedral, in West Venice.
Interment followed at Venice Memorial Gardens, there.
Fr. Kurt Holderied, was born in Chicago Heights, IL, on
April 21, 1933, the son of the late Max and Helen (Horan)
Holderied. His family consisted of a brother Robert, and two
sisters, Mary Elizabeth and Joan.
He attended St. Ann School and then Mt. Carmel High
School in Chicago. After graduation, he enrolled at Mt.
Carmel Prep Seminary in Niagara Falls, Ont, to begin studies
for the priesthood in the Carmelite Order. He professed
vows to the Order in 1953 and was ordained a priest in
Chicago, on May 23, 1959.
Following ordination, Fr.
Holderied, was assigned to teach at
Catholic High in Joliet, IL. His other
teaching assignments included Mt.
Carmel College in Niagara Falls,
Ont, and Mt. Carmel High School in
Houston, TX. He also served as principal
at Salpointe Catholic High
School in Tucson, AZ. In the academia
level, Fr. Kurt served in administration
at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL, the University
of San Diego in CA, and at Marion College in Fond du Lac,
WI.
Fr. Kurt received his bachelors degree from St.
Bonaventure University in Olean, NY; a master’s degree
from the University of Notre Dame; and his doctorate in
Education from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.
Fr. Holderied served in the Carmelite parishes of St.
John’s in New Baltimore, PA, and in NJ, at St. John’s in
Leonia, Immaculate Conception in Norwood; Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel in Tenafly, and Our Lady of Peace in Niagara
Falls, Ont.
His other assignments included directing the
Kino Institute in Phoenix, AZ; being a staff member at
Carmel Retreat in Mahwah, NJ; Mt. Carmel Spiritual
Center in Niagara Falls, Ont, and Carmelite Chapel in
Peabody, MA.
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