James A. Martin
James Aloysius Martin
Early life
James A. Martin was born on August 30, 1902, in
Martin was described as an accomplished youth athlete and was offered several college athletic
Martin received a
In the Philippines
From 1928 to 1931, Martin taught
He returned to the United States in 1931 to study theology at Woodstock College in Maryland from 1931 until 1934.[1]
Jesuits
James A. Martin was officially
Martin left St. Joseph's College after two years to serve as a chaplain for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[1] He served with the Army Air Forces in Italy, North Africa and France.[1] He remained in Europe after World War II to help raise money to rebuild damaged or destroyed Jesuit schools and churches.[1]
Martin returned to the United States in 1946. He worked as the
He moved to back Washington in 1949 where he became a
Martin became the founding director of the Loyola Retreat House, which overlooks the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, from 1955 to 1964.[1] He oversaw the planning and building of the retreat house, which sits on 235 acres (0.95 km2) of land.[1] He spent much of the rest of his priesthood conducting Jesuit led spiritual retreats and outreach programs.
Martin lived at the Jesuit residence on the campus of Georgetown University from 1974 until his death in 2007.[1] He worked as the director of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington's Apostleship of Prayer, which encourages daily prayer, from 1975 until 1983.[1] He also worked as a consultant for the Christian Family Movement.[1]
His last official assignment was as at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia, as a pastoral assistant in 1983. Martin retired in 1989.[1]
Martin, along with 41 other
Death
James A. Martin died of pneumonia at the Jesuit Residence at Georgetown University on October 1, 2007.[1] He was 105 years old.
Just two weeks before Martin's death, he was visited by Ateneo de Manila University president Bienvenido Nebres, who gave him a jacket of the Ateneo basketball team that he had coached some 70 years earlier.[3] Martin was said to have worn the jacket to the evening community Mass.[3]
References
- ^ Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ a b c Bienvenido Nebres, S.J. (2007-08-05). A Homily Delivered during the Sesquicentennial Launch (Speech). Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ a b c Bienvenido Nebres, S.J. (2007-10-03). "Fr. James A. Martin, SJ, 105". Ateneo de Manila University. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
External links
- Bienvenido Nebres, S.J. (2007-10-03). "Fr. James A. Martin, SJ, 105 (with photos of Fr. Martin circa September, 2007)". Ateneo de Manila University. Retrieved 2008-04-03.