In Memoriam
Father Laurence Dunn
Pastor of St. Patrick, 2004 – 2017
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our former pastor, Father Laurence Dunn.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
Funeral arrangements
Saturday, October 3, at St. Patrick.
Father Dunn will lie in state at St. Patrick from 9:00 until 11:00 in the morning, with the funeral Mass following at 11:00. Burial will be at Ascension after the Mass, and lunch will be served at St. Patrick.
- Lying in state
- 9:00 – 11:00 amSaturday, October 3
- Funeral Mass
- 11:00 amSt. Patrick, Lake Forest
- Burial
- Ascension CemeteryFollowing the Mass
- Lunch
- At St. PatrickAll are welcome
“I am the Resurrection and the Life; whoever believes in me will never die.”John 11:25–26
His life and ministry
Father Dunn was born in Waukegan and attended the School of St. Mary, Lake Forest, Quigley Preparatory Seminary, and the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary.
He was associate pastor of St. Philip the Apostle from 1968 to 1972 and its pastor from 1985 to 2003; associate pastor at Holy Cross, Deerfield, from 2003 to 2004; and pastor of St. Patrick, Lake Forest, from 2004 to 2017.
He also served on the faculty at Niles College from 1972 to 1985, as a counselor for the Catholic Family Consultation Service from 1975 to 1985, and as an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Mary of the Lake from 2004 to 2015. He had been a resident priest at the Catholic Community of Northbrook since 2017.
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