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Funeral for Fr. William Stout, S.J.

March 22, 2018 @ 3:00 am - 4:30 am

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Fr. William Stout, S.J. (1933 – 2018)

The funeral Mass for Fr. Stout will be celebrated on Thursday, March 22nd at 10am at Our Lady of Peace Church.

Private wake & vigil (Jesuits only)
Public funeral Mass on March 22nd at 10am at Our Lady of Peace
Public potluck reception to immediately follow funeral Mass.
Private burial

If you have pictures of Fr. Stout that you would like to contribute to the slideshow or archive, please send them to olopshrine@gmail.com

Donations/Volunteers:

Pictures of Fr. Stout should be sent to olopshrine@gmail.com
Flower donations should be sent to Our Lady of Peace.
Food donations for the reception should be brought to the Family Learning Center either before the funeral or at the reception.
Monetary donations for reception: checks should made to Our Lady of Peace with a note for Fr. Stout’s reception.
Volunteers are appreciated for set up and take down for the reception.

Donations in memory of Fr. Stout may be made to the Jesuits West Province of the Society of Jesus, P.O. Box 68, Los Gatos, CA 95031 or through the Province’s secure donation site at www.jesuitscalifornia.org/donation-form-page online.
Cards of Condolence can be sent to: Father John Privett, S.J., Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, PO Box 128, Los Gatos, CA 95031
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We ask that you offer prayers for Fr. William Stout who has passed away and to offer your rosaries for the peaceful repose of his soul. All of us are very grateful for the gifts of his life and service to the Universal Church, especially here at Our Lady of Peace where he helped out in so many ways for the past 50 years.

Fr. Stout was a holy, selfless, and generous priest, and a role model for all who had the blessing of knowing him. He was also a humble and generous disciple of Jesus Christ, and a faithful son of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today our local Church lost a saintly priest and a holy shepherd. Join us in praying that Fr. Stout’s soul will soon be welcomed into the company of heaven.

May God grant him eternal joy and peace, and may the example of his life lead others to the freedom of Christian discipleship.
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Father William John Stout, SJ, longtime teacher, chaplain, and parish priest, entered into God’s peace March 14, 2018 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, Calif., after a brief illness. He was 85, a member of the Society of Jesus for 66 years and an ordained Catholic priest for 53 years.

Born at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on January 27th, 1933, Father Stout attended St. Mary’s Church and School and Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. He entered the Society of Jesus at Sacred Heart Novitiate in 1951 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. Over the years Fr. Stout served the people of Santa Clara Valley in many ways.

During regency, he taught at Loyola High School in Los Angeles where one of his algebra students, Michael Reagan, was the son of then-Governor and late President Ronald Reagan. Father Stout served for 14 years as pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Alviso. In his time as a priest, he has also served as the Catholic chaplain at Agnews Developmental Center and as assistant chaplain at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, often seeing 50-60 patients a day during his rounds. Father Stout began serving as the San Jose Fire Department Chaplain in 1973 and provided spiritual guidance and support to their members, and presided annually over the Firefighter’s Memorial Mass.

Always working quietly and effectively out of the limelight, Fr. Stout will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Cards of Condolence can be sent to:
Father John Privett, S.J.
Sacred Heart Jesuit Center
PO Box 128
Los Gatos, CA 95031

Details

Date:
March 22, 2018
Time:
3:00 am - 4:30 am
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Organizer

Our Lady of Peace Church
Phone:
(408)988-4585
Email:
info@olop-shrine.org
Website:
www.olop-shrine.org

Venue

Our Lady of Peace Church
2800 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054 United States
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Phone:
(408)988-4585
Website:
www.olop-shrine.org