Obituaries By Jorge Mora Reverend Franklin Tasker, O.Carm. The Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, Order of Carmelites, mourns the death of the Reverend Franklin Tasker, O.Carm., who died at the age of 81 on Sunday, November 8, 2009, in Venice, Florida. Visitation for Father Franklin was held Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at 9:30 AM, followed by a Memorial Mass at 11:00 AM at Saint Raphael Church in Englewood, Florida. On Monday, November 16, 2009, a visitation was held at 4:30 PM at Saint Matthew Parish in Glendale Heights, Illinois, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 7:00 PM. He was buried on Tuesday, November 17th at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Robert James Tasker was born to (the late) John Tasker and (the late) Mary E. (Calligan) Tasker on February 17, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. He is survived by his brother George Tasker and sister Irene Vitt, and was preceded in death by his brothers Jim and John Tasker, and his sister Marian. Robert attended Holy Rosary Grade School and Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Mount Carmel High School he continued on at Mount Carmel College in Niagara Falls, Ontario. On August 30, 1950, Robert professed simple vows to the Carmelites in the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, taking the religious name “Franklin.” On September 27, 1953, Franklin made his solemn profession with the Carmelites. After graduation from Mount Carmel, Franklin went to Olean, New York, where he studied philosophy at Saint Bonaventure University. On May 26, 1956, he was ordained a priest. He received an advanced degree in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, in 1961. Father Franklin began his ministry serving as a teacher at Mount Carmel High School in Houston, Texas. In 1966 he became the Director of the Society of the Little Flower in Canada and a teacher at Mount Carmel College in Niagara Falls, Ontario. In 1970 he returned to Houston to become the Associate Pastor of Saint Albert Parish. In 1975 Father Franklin was named Pastor of Saint Mary Carmelite Parish in Joliet, Illinois. In 1977 he was called back to Houston to help build Saint Bernadette Parish, of which he became Pastor. In Very Reverend Leo McCarthy, O.Carm. The Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, Order of Carmelites, mourns the death of the Very Reverend Leo McCarthy, O.Carm., who died at the age of 75 on November 18, 2009, in Sarasota, Florida. A wake and funeral Mass for Father McCarthy were held on Monday, November 23, 2009, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Osprey, Florida. In Peabody, Massachusetts, a wake was also held November 30, 2009, at the Carmelite Priory there. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated December 1, 2009, at the Discalced Carmelite Nuns’ Monastery Chapel in Danvers, Massacussetts. Burial was in Peabody. Henry Joseph McCarthy was born to (the late) Henry Joseph McCarthy and (the late) Rose (Cantin) McCarthy on August 29, 1934, in Salem, Massachusetts. He is survived by his two brothers, Robert and Stephen McCarthy. Henry attended Charter Street Grade School, Maple Street Grade School and Saint John Preparatory High School in Danvers, Massachusetts. After graduating in 1952 he continued on at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. In 1955 he joined the Carmelites and studied Philosophy at Mount Carmel College in Niagara Falls, Ontario. On August 22, 1957, Henry Joseph professed simple vows to the Carmelites in the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary at the Carmelite Novitiate in New Baltimore, Pennsylvania, taking the religious name “Leo.” After graduation at Mount Carmel in 1959 Leo went to Washington, DC, where he attended Whitefriars Hall. On August 22, 1960, Leo made his solemn profession with the Carmelites at Whitefriars Hall. On June 2, 1962, he was ordained a priest. He received advanced degrees in Religious Education from the Catholic University of America in 1968, and in Spirituality from the Weston School of Theology in 1977. Father Leo began his ministry in 1963 serving as a teacher at DeSales High School in Louisville, Kentucky. After a year there he became Assistant Principal and taught at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona. In 1969, he took a position of Campus Minister at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. In 1971, Father Leo moved to Arizona to become Associate Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Phoenix. While in Phoenix, he was also co-founder and Executive Director of the Kino Institute, as well as a member of the Priest Senate of the Diocese of Phoenix, and executive priest for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter in Phoenix. In 1976, Father Leo did his clinical pastoral education as a summer chaplain at Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, and afterwards took a year sabbatical at the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1977 Father Leo became Director of Theological Formation at Whitefriars Hall, while also working as Director of Educational Relations at Washington Theological Union in Washington, DC. During this time he became Provincial Councilor for the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure of Mary, and also served as Chaplain at Providence Hospital in Washington. In 1983, Father Leo was appointed National Vocation Director for the Province, as well as Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Tucson, Arizona, both positions he held for three years. In 1986, he moved to Salpointe Catholic High School in
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