Submitted by: Dan Rich
1917 – Nov. 11, 1954
South Bend Tribune 11/11/1954
Rev. Joseph H. Cavanaugh CSC, head of
the department of religion at the University of Notre Dame, died
early today in the Student Infirmary on the campus. Father
Cavanaugh was rector of Mossissey Hall until he became ill last
spring.
Born in Harpers Ferry, Iowa, in 1917, he
entered the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1934 and made his
final profession six years later. He was graduated from Notre
Dame in 1940 and was ordained in Sacred Heart Church on the
campus June 24, 1944. After his ordination, Father Cavanaugh
studied at Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He
joined the faculty of Notre Dame religion department in the fall
of 1946, and in succeeding years many religious courses. He was
named head of the department in 1952. He is the author of “Evidence
for Our Faith”, published by the Notre Dame Press in 1949.
Father Cavanaugh is survived by two brothers
and four sisters including Sister Joan Marie of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. The office of the dead will be recited at 5 p.m.
Sunday in Sacred Heart Church and the funeral will be held in the
church at 9:30 a.m. Monday.
South Bend Tribune 11/12/1954
Funeral services for Rev. Joseph H.
Cavanaugh CSC, head of the department of religion at the
University of Notre Dame, who died Thursday will be held at 9:30
a.m. Monday in Sacred Heat Church on the campus. Rev. Theodore M.
Hesburgh CSC, university president will officiate and burial will
be in Community Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today in
Corby Hall on the campus.