My Dad always spoke so highly about him, as does my Mom. Francis the reformer is rooted in Vatican II. for 26 years, retiring as Detective. Largely in response to the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council's call to religious orders for renewal, Keating and fellow Cistercian monks Fr. Show your support Send Flowers Send flowers or a gift to a service or family's home. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. A sacred word, Lord, perhaps, or Peace, would recall the mind to rest if it strayed. To download this photo, the file name must have less than 255 characters. UNIONVILLE, N.Y. - Thomas J. Keating Jr., a retired police detective for City of Middletown Police Department, died unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at his home in Unionville. But that was a treasure so immense and inexhaustible that, after a while, he could not bear to go on locking it up within himself. He taught me the value of silence and careful thinking." Some listeners thought this sounded like modern mindfuless, the stilling of thoughts to be simply in the moment. Something really resonated.". ", "He was not so much a conversationalist as he was a teacher, and he had definite opinions," Funk added. Keating also visited dying inmates in a Vacaville prison that had a hospice facility," Kelley said. I spent the next five to six years observing almost total silence.. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. He was also a member of the Coast Guard Reserve. You have funeral questions, we have answers. OBITUARY THOMAS F KEATING April 9, 1940 - January 26, 2011 IN THE CARE OF Kraeer Funeral Home & Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Arrangements under the direction of Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Pompano Beach, FL. The monastic life appealed to him, but it forced him to cut ties with his family, which caused many of them considerable pain, as he recounted in the documentary. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. He had a 42-year career as a teacher and principal with the Chicago Board of Education, including 17 years as a teacher at Harvard Elementary School at the start of his career and 17 years as principal of Mark Twain Elementary School at the end of his career. Treacy and Keating had been friends since 1975 when the Seattle archdiocesan priest traveled to St. Joseph's in Spencer to be tutored by the monk on centering prayer. Keating. Within his cell he had nothing but a bed, desk and chair; he owned not even his heavy white and black robes, only his thin-rimmed spectacles, his shoes and his washbag things. ", "Father Thomas could understandvery wellmy struggles, and my deep conviction in cultivating interfaith and interreligious practices, which he always encouraged," added Kurien. He expected to be drafted in World War II but received a deferment to enter the seminary. Tom Keating grew up on Avenue G on the Southeast Side of Chicago. He now shines his light from the heights and the depths of the heart of the Trinity.". Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. He was born Joseph Parker Kirlin Keating (and familiarly called Parker) on March 7, 1923, in Manhattan, one of four children of Cletus and Elizabeth (Kirlin) Keating. "My relationship with Father Thomas spans almost 40 years and we have shared many important moments in the growth and development of Contemplative Outreach, and it is hard to zero in on particulars," Fitzpatrick-Hopler emailed NCR. I came off that mountain as Carl the human being who happens to be a priest.". Add a Memory Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. He was born in Jersey City to the late Mary (nee: Guckian) and Patrick Keating and was a lifelong. He was a proud alumnus of Leo High School and Chicago Teachers College. Keating's observation that many, notably younger persons, were being attracted to Eastern meditation practices helped spur his work to recover Christian contemplative prayer. Thomas 'Tommy' S. Keating, age 64, of Woodstock, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2021. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline "Silence as Presence", Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents, The present focus of the war in Ukraine is merely a wasteland, The artists elder daughter, muse and expert on his work died on December 20th, aged 87, Pakistans former military leader died on February 5th, aged 79, Published since September 1843 to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.. Copyright 2023 Echovita Inc. All rights reserved. ", "With him in mind," Gamard wrote, "I later sent him some verses from Jalaluddin Rumi, the great 13th century Sufi Muslim poet, which I had translated from Persian such as, '(God said), "That calling out 'God!' Would you like to offer Thomas P. Keatings loved ones a condolence message? Arrangements were under the direction of Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc. Thomas P. Keating passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Jersey City Medical Center. He was a member of the City of Middletown Police Dept. He went west to St Benedicts in Snowmass, Colorado, a community he had helped to found in the late 1950s, and set up a centre for retreats and conferences. Miller-Ward Funeral Home 260 Bank St, Seymour, CT 06483, Chapel of the Miller-Ward Funeral Home 260 Bank St, Seymour, CT 06483. Basil Pennington (1931-2005), worked together in the 1970s to develop a contemplative prayer method that drew on ancient traditions but would be readily accessible to the modern world. FRIENDS MAY CALL IN THE MCGORRAY-HANNA FUNERAL HOME of LAKEWOOD, 14133 DETROIT AVE., FRIDAY 4-8PM, and SATURDAY AT CHURCH FROM 9:30 UNTIL MASS TIME. The family will receive friends from eleven oclock in the morning until the service hour on Saturday at the funeral home. Help tell the story of your loved ones unique life. During that trip, Fr. "Participants met on a very personal level, not wanting any publicity, and just shared their own religious experiences," said Boyle. Keating, we have not yet seen its limits. Love, Patty. Carmel Church in Middletown and the Middletown B.P.O.E.. THOMAS KEATING OBITUARY. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult time. It's something that's there. Roswell Funeral Home & Green Lawn Cemetery & Mausoleum, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. ", According to Mike Kelley, who has a long history of centering prayer ministry at Folsom and who invited Keating there, "Fr. My only communication was with two abbots, neither of whom could give you any friendship or equality. Dear Family of Thomas J. Keating, Sr. This led him, along with William Meninger and Basil Pennington, to develop the practice of centering prayer. ", At the same time, she said, Keating "really did extend himself one-on-one to many people during retreats and in his travels, extraordinarily so. St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts (Wikimedia Commons/John Phelan). Many of the texts spoke to my general state of mind and heart. ", Keating, Meninger wrote, "was also a much beloved teacher throughout the world and will be long remembered in the hearts of mystics and contemplatives.". He also visited me in Wisconsin a number of times. Thomas P. Keating passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Jersey City Medical Center. If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. ", In addition to Contemplative Outreach, Keating has also served as president of both the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue and the Temple of Understanding. Visitation was at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., on Wednesday, July 13, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Thursday in the chapel from 1 p.m. until religious service at 2 p.m., with the Rev. To plant trees in memory, please visit the, Dear family of Mr Keating, You will all be in my thoughts and prayers,, Neighbor Bill MacKenzie. (Once you sit down, the Spirit has got you.) There was no text to think about, as in the ancient Cistercian practice of lectio divina, for that would impose visualisations, memories and complications. As it was, thoughts could come and go; they would not be beaten back, but welcomed as inevitable, until they became simple background noise to a foreground of centring prayer. He is survived by : his parents, Thomas R. Keating and Diane Carlson Keating; his daughters, Megan and Hannah; his step-mother Paula Keating; his siblings, David Keating, Kellie Steeves (David) and Candace Straborny (Jeff); and his nieces, Alexa and Ava. During peak periods such as Valentines Day, Memorial Day and most holidays, florists are not always able to keep up to demand. OBITUARY THOMAS A KEATING November 16, 1943 - December 12, 2017. Tom was a devoted community man, along with coaching PAL Basketball and Little League, he was a volunteer for PeeWee Basketball for 20 years. THOMAS KEATING OBITUARY A former Minnesota teacher of the year died in a two-car collision on his way to work in Monticello this morning. He kept the bargain through Yale, gradually cutting out opera, movies, radio, dating or anything enjoyable, until he found himself one day sitting on a kerb outside the college chapel longing to die, because all he wanted to do was talk to God. ", According to the website, Meninger "quickly began teaching contemplative prayer according to The Cloud of Unknowing at the Abbey Retreat House. Such grace and openness in a spiritual elder made me feel so comfortable in his company, and I felt I could share openly with him about my personal struggles, as well as the unique interfaith practices in my own project, Maher. In Lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Every Link Matters https://everylinkmatters.org in honor of his great grandniece Emilee Ann Hunter. Benedictine Sr. Mary Margaret Funk evolved from a Keating student into a well-known practitioner and teacher of Christian contemplative prayer, notably lectio divina, a meditative approach to praying the Scriptures. 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