{"id":28953,"date":"2015-01-10T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=28953"},"modified":"2015-01-10T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T21:04:57","slug":"passing-of-john-melloh-s-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/10\/passing-of-john-melloh-s-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing of John Melloh, S.M."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/melloh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28954\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/melloh.jpg\" alt=\"melloh\" width=\"150\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We regret to share the sad news of the passing of Rev. John Melloh, S.M., PhD, \u00a0a friend, mentor and colleague of so many. John passed away in late December while visiting family in Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #002b5b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John was a member of the Society of Mary (Marianists). He received an A.B. in Philosophy and Mathematics along with a B.S. in Education at the University of Dayton. An M.A. in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame was followed by a Ph.D. from St. Louis University in Historical Theology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #002b5b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John was past president of the Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics (CATH) and a charter member of the international homiletics society\u00a0<em>Societas Homiletica<\/em>. With William Storey, he served as co-editor of\u00a0<em>Praise God in Song: Ecumenical Daily Prayer<\/em>\u00a0and also\u00a0<em>PGIS: Night Prayer<\/em>. \u00a0He\u00a0lectured widely in the U.S., Canada, England, and Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #002b5b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He served on the faculty of the\u00a0Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as director of the then Center for Pastoral Liturgy from 1979-1984. Later, he founded the Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics. He retired in 2008.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #002b5b;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Funeral services are planned for this coming week\u00a0at the Chapel of the Marianist Community in Mineola, NY.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We regret to share the sad news of the passing of Rev. John Melloh, S.M., PhD,  a friend, mentor and colleague of so many. 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