Welcome to the online (unofficial) archive of Cardinal Avery Dulles, the first United States' theologian to be named to the college of Cardinals in the Catholic Church.
Here you will find a compilation of Dulles' articles, addresses, interviews and news we've found to be available online.
Here you will find a compilation of Dulles' articles, addresses, interviews and news we've found to be available online.
Avery Cardinal Dulles passed away at about 6:30 on the morning of December 12th, 2008 -- at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Jesuit infirmary, located at Fordham University, in Bronx, New York.
Funeral Plans have been announced by the New York Province of the Society of Jesus for Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, who died this morning at the Jesuit infirmary at Fordham University. There will be a Mass of the Holy Name of Jesus particularly for Jesuits in New York, and religious and clergy in New York, at Fordham's Chapel on Tuesday at 7:30 PM; a Mass of the Holy Eucharist for the Fordham community of students, faculty and staff on Wednesday at 7:30 PM; and a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Thursday at 2:00 PM, which will (most likely) be celebrated by a representative by the Vatican. -- Source: America Magazine
Obituaries In the News
Avery Dulles, 90; Prominent Catholic Cardinal, Theologian (Obituary) Washington Post December 14, 2008.
Remembering Cardinal Avery Dulles, by Michael Paulson. "Articles of Faith" Boston Globe December 13, 2008.
Cardinal Avery Dulles, Theologian, Is Dead at 90, by Robert D. McFadden. New York Times December 12, 2008.
Fordham Mourns the Death of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Fordham University.
Avery Dulles, 90; Prominent Catholic Cardinal, Theologian (Obituary) Washington Post December 14, 2008.
Remembering Cardinal Avery Dulles, by Michael Paulson. "Articles of Faith" Boston Globe December 13, 2008.
Cardinal Avery Dulles, Theologian, Is Dead at 90, by Robert D. McFadden. New York Times December 12, 2008.
Fordham Mourns the Death of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Fordham University.
Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., RIP, by John Allen, Jr. National Catholic Reporter
"Having learned with sadness of the death of Cardinal Avery Dulles, I offer you my heartfelt condolences, which I ask you to kindly convey to his family, his confreres in the Society of Jesus and the academic community of Fordham University. I join you in commending the late Cardinal's noble soul to God, the Father of Mercies, with immense gratitude for the deep learning, serene judgment and unfailing love of the Lord and his Church which marked his entire priestly ministry and his long years of teaching and theological research. At the same time I pray that his convincing personal testimony to the harmony of faith and reason will continue to bear fruit for the conversion of minds and hearts and the progress of the gospel for many years to come. To all who mourn him in the hope of the resurrection I cordially impart my apostolic blessing as a pledge of consolation and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ." - Pope Benedict XVI.
"Having learned with sadness of the death of Cardinal Avery Dulles, I offer you my heartfelt condolences, which I ask you to kindly convey to his family, his confreres in the Society of Jesus and the academic community of Fordham University. I join you in commending the late Cardinal's noble soul to God, the Father of Mercies, with immense gratitude for the deep learning, serene judgment and unfailing love of the Lord and his Church which marked his entire priestly ministry and his long years of teaching and theological research. At the same time I pray that his convincing personal testimony to the harmony of faith and reason will continue to bear fruit for the conversion of minds and hearts and the progress of the gospel for many years to come. To all who mourn him in the hope of the resurrection I cordially impart my apostolic blessing as a pledge of consolation and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ." - Pope Benedict XVI.
Personal Tributes
Pope Benedict XVI Notes Gratitude for Late Cardinal Dulles Zenit News Service. December 14, 2008.
The Very Model Of Lucidity, by George Weigel. Newsweek December 13, 2008.
Avery Cardinal Dulles - Remembrances by Fr. Robert Sirico The Acton Institute
Avery Dulles: Disciple of Jesus, by Drew Christiansen, SJ. America "In All Things" December 13, 2008.
Avery, friend and hero, by James Martin, SJ. America "In All Things" December 12, 2008.
President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Expresses Sadness over Death of Cardinal Avery Dulles, SJ United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. December 12, 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI Notes Gratitude for Late Cardinal Dulles Zenit News Service. December 14, 2008.
The Very Model Of Lucidity, by George Weigel. Newsweek December 13, 2008.
Avery Cardinal Dulles - Remembrances by Fr. Robert Sirico The Acton Institute
Avery Dulles: Disciple of Jesus, by Drew Christiansen, SJ. America "In All Things" December 13, 2008.
Avery, friend and hero, by James Martin, SJ. America "In All Things" December 12, 2008.
President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Expresses Sadness over Death of Cardinal Avery Dulles, SJ United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. December 12, 2008.
Collected Archives
Contributions to America Magazine.
Contributions to First Things
Avery Dulles: Fordam University's Videos-on-Demand - Including the McGinley Lectures and his creation as a Cardinal in Rome on February 21, 2001.
Contributions to America Magazine.
Contributions to First Things
Avery Dulles: Fordam University's Videos-on-Demand - Including the McGinley Lectures and his creation as a Cardinal in Rome on February 21, 2001.
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., is currently the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, a position he has held since 1988. An internationally known author and lecturer, he was born in Auburn, New York, on August 24, 1918, the son of John Foster Dulles and Janet Pomeroy Avery Dulles. He received his primary school education in New York City, and attended secondary schools in Switzerland and New England. After graduating from Harvard College in 1940, he spent a year and a half in Harvard Law School before serving in the United States Navy, emerging with the rank of lieutenant.
Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1946, Avery Dulles entered the Jesuit Order, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. After a year in Germany, he studied at the Gregorian University in Rome, and was awarded the doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1960. He was created a Cardinal of the Catholic Church in Rome on February 21, 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
Installation of Cardinal Avery Dulles
Cardinal Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974 and that of The Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988. He has been a visiting professor at: The Gregorian University (Rome), Weston School of Theology, Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Princeton Theological Seminary, Episcopal Seminary (Alexandria, Va.), Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg, Pa.), Boston College, Campion Hall (Oxford University), the University of Notre Dame, the Catholic University at Leuven, Yale University, and St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie.
Cardinal Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974 and that of The Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988. He has been a visiting professor at: The Gregorian University (Rome), Weston School of Theology, Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Princeton Theological Seminary, Episcopal Seminary (Alexandria, Va.), Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg, Pa.), Boston College, Campion Hall (Oxford University), the University of Notre Dame, the Catholic University at Leuven, Yale University, and St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie.
The author of over 700 articles on theological topics, Cardinal Dulles has published twenty-two books including Models of the Church (1974), Models of Revelation (1983), The Catholicity of the Church (1985), The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System (1992), The Assurance of Things Hoped For: A Theology of Christian Faith (1994), The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II (1999), The New World of Faith (2000), and Newman (2002). The fiftieth anniversary edition of his book, A Testimonial to Grace, was republished in 1996 by the original publishers, Sheed and Ward, with an afterword containing his reflections on the past fifty years.
Cardinal Dulles gives farewell speech as Fordham's McGinley professor, by Angelo Stagnaro. Catholic News Service. April 3, 2008.
Cardinal Dulles gives farewell speech as Fordham's McGinley professor, by Angelo Stagnaro. Catholic News Service. April 3, 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI pays a personal visit to Cardinal Avery Dulles during his U.S. apostolic visit (America "In All Things" May 16, 2008). The meeting took place in Cardinal Egan's suite in St. Joseph's Seminary, after the Pope's meeting with disabled children. The following account is taken from the New York Jesuits' newsletter, written by Anne Marie Kirmse, O.P., Cardinal
Dulles's longtime assistant:
"The Pope literally bounded into the room with a big smile on his face. He went directly to where Avery was sitting, saying, 'Eminenza, Eminenza, I recall the work you did for the International Theological Committee in the 1990's.' Avery kissed the papal ring and smiled back at the Pope. Then the Pope looked at the people in the room who had accompanied Avery to the Seminary: Fr. Tom Marciniak, who served as Cardinal Dulles's priest-chaplain for the meeting; Sr. Anne-Marie Kirmse, O.P.; and Francine Messiah and Oslyn Fergus of the [Jesuit infirmary's] medical staff. After this warm and friendly exchange of greetings, the Pope sat down next to Avery to hear the remarks that Avery had prepared and which were read for him by Fr. Tom Marciniak. During the presentation, Fr. Tom handed the Pope a copy of Avery's latest book, Church and Society: The Laurence J. McGinley Lectures, 1988-2007, which was published earlier this month by Fordham University Press. The Pope expressed great interest in the book, and even interrupted the reading of the remarks to ask again when the book had been published. He eagerly looked through it, and was touched by Avery's inscription to him. Before leaving, the Pope blessed Avery, assuring him of his prayers, and encouraging him in his sufferings. He then said good-bye in turn to each of the four persons who accompanied Avery."
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