Father Ron Rolheiser: Writing your own obituary

“This can be a very helpful exercise for each of us to do, except that such a will is not done in a lawyer’s office, but in prayer, perhaps with a spiritual director, a counselor, or a confessor helping us.”

Obituary: Deacon Michael Keable

Deacon Michael Keable, 81, died Nov. 20 at the St. Cloud VA Hospital. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 30, in St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, with Bishop Donald Kettler, presiding. Burial will follow in the St. John’s Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. in the church.

Obituary: Benedictine Sister Phyllis (Dunstan) Plantenberg

Benedictine Sister Phyllis (Dunstan) Plantenberg, 95, died Oct. 10 at St. Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 15,  at the Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, with burial in the monastery cemetery.

Obituary: Benedictine Father Jerome Coller

Benedictine Father Jerome Thomas Coller, 90, died June 22 in the retirement center at St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, June 28, at 3:30 p.m. in St. John’s Abbey and University Church with interment in St. John’s Cemetery following the service.