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REV. AUGUSTINE HORN OBITUARY Reprinted with Permission © Shawnee News Star
REV. AUGUSTINE HORN
1914 - 2003
SHAWNEE — The Rev. Augustine Horn, a monk of St . Gregory's Abbey, died Thursday after a brief illness. He was 89.He was born Sylvester Joseph Horn on November 28, 1914, in Cresco, Iowa, to Andrew and Anna Moravetz Horn.In 1938, he entered the novitiate of St . Gregory's Abbey, making his final profession as a Benedictine monk July 11, 1942. He was ordained as a priest March 17, 1945.Rev. Horn received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1941 from St . John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, and a master's degree in Latin from the University of Oklahoma in 1952.He began teaching foreign languages and medical technology at St . Gregory's High School and College in 1943, retiring in 1992.Rev. Horn was well known for guiding tours of the stained glass in the abbey church and dining room.Vigils will be 7:00 p.m. today in St . Gregory's Abbey Church.The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Abbey Church.Burial will follow in the St . Gregory's Abbey Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St . Gregory's Abbey or St. Gregory's University, 1900 W. MacArthur, Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804.
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