IN MEMORIAM (Rev) Joe Hovarth: Larry Percell wrote on Dec 30, 2006: "I believe the Alumni Newsletter contained a notice about Joe Howarth's death. I don't know details. Joe was a priest of the diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. In 1987 when my wife, Joan, and I were visiting Washington D.C, we met Joe at Theological College. He was studying for the priesthood at that time. I think he was a Holy Cross Brother who was released from his vows so that he could be ordained a diocesan priest. I think he went on to earn a degree in Canon Law." Paul Page shares his memories of Joe via e-mail on Dec 31, 2006; " Thank you for the info about Joe Howarth. I last saw him in the Spring of 1972 when he stopped by to chat for a bit at an office where I was doing civil rights work on 1st and Mission in S.F. just before heading off to the East Coast in pursuit of his dreams. I remember we went out for a drink (Hey, it was 1972!) which I paid for. His last words to me were something to the effect that the next time we met, the treat was on him. For some odd reason I remember that random bit of info and have thought about it several times now and again over the past 35 years. (I also remember that he tried to teach me to speak some French, but I wasn't a very willing student.) I remember Joe as a young man who was really in love with the idea of priesthood. Why he took so long to pursue it or why that wasn't recognized by the various "authorities" he encountered over the years, I don't know. But I hope Larry is right in his understanding that Joe was finally ordained. He was a very generous young man, too, and spent a great deal of time assisting Bucky O'Connor in his last days--a challenge, to be sure, but one Joe took upon himself in his typically gracious manner. Requiescat in pace."