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For immediate release
June 24, 2009 |
STATEMENT BY REV. JOHN LANGAN, S.J.
Rector, Georgetown University Jesuit Community
The Jesuit community at Georgetown mourns the sudden death of Fr. Thomas King, S.J., who died of a heart attack in his room yesterday afternoon around 5:30 PM. A native of Pittsburgh, he is survived by his brother, Fr. William King, also of the Jesuit community here at Georgetown, and by his sisters, Mrs. Martha Cox of Pittsburgh, PA and Mrs. Catherine Marie Tovey of Portland, OR.
Fr. King taught theology at Georgetown for over forty years and published widely on theological and spiritual topics. He was deeply interested in the thought of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the famous Jesuit paleontologist, and in the connections between religion and science. He was famous on campus for the impact of his "Problem of God" class and for his remarkable, late evening liturgies.
The funeral will be held at Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart on the Georgetown campus at 9:00 AM on Saturday, June 27. A wake will be held at Wolfington Hall, the Jesuit residence, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM and from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on Friday, June 26. In September, with the return of students and faculty a campus-wide memorial Mass will be celebrated for Fr. King.
