Recently Departed Carmelite Priests and Brothers (continued)
The Reverend Lambert Yore, O.Carm.,
died in Washington, DC, on
Monday, October 11, 2004, where
he was living in retirement.
Two Memorial Masses were held
for Fr. Lambert, one in Peabody,
MA, and the other at Whitefriars
Hall in Washington, DC. The Mass
of Christian Burial was held at the
National Shrine of St. Therese in
Darien, IL, on Saturday, November
13. Interment followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in Chicago.
Francis was born in Chicago, on January 31, 1926, the
fourth of seven children to the late John and Anna (Berg)
Yore. The family included three brothers John, Lawrence,
and William, and three sisters Patricia, Anna and Rosemary.
After graduation from St. Rita’s school, he enrolled at Mt.
Carmel Prep Seminary in Niagara Falls, Ont., to begin studies
for the priesthood in the Carmelite Order. He professed
his vows to the Carmelite Order in 1939. On May 20, 1945,
Fr. Lambert was ordained to the priesthood in Chicago.
Assigned to the faculty at the Carmelite Junior Seminary
in Hamilton, Mass., Fr. Lambert taught Latin and
Mathematics. In 1956, he was appointed Director of the
Carmel Retreat House there, and also established the Family
Vacation Retreats on seminary grounds during the summer.
Fr. Lambert was very well known and thought of because of
these retreats, and was still meeting with families well after
his retirement.
In 1970, when the Carmelite Junior Seminary was sold,
Fr. Lambert moved to Our Lady of the Scapular Priory in
Peabody, Mass., and continued his retreat and counseling
work at the Therese Chapel of the North Shore Shopping
Center and other facilities in the area for the next six years.
After a short respite, he served as pastor at Our Lady of
Peace parish in Niagara Falls, Ont., and then retired to the
Carmelite Community at Whitefriars Hall in Washington, D.C.
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