Br. Tim Murphy dies

Br. Tim Murphy, SCJ

Br. Timothy Murphy, SCJ, died July 12, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis..  He had been there since July 1st after suffering a seizure, and later, a heart attack.

Br. Tim was 74 years old. He professed his first vows in August, 1965, and his final vows in August, 1968.

His first assignments were in vocation ministry at the community”s high school seminaries, first at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Lenox, Mass., from 1965-1967, and then at Divine Heart Seminary in Donaldson, Ind., from 1968-1979.

In 1980, he moved to Raymondville, Texas, where he served on the parish team that ministered in the Rio Grande Valley, based out of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Raymondville.

In 1984 he began his longest ministry assignment, serving retired priests and brothers at the Sacred Heart Retirement Community in Pinellas Park, Fla.

In 2010 he moved to Franklin, Wis., first joining the Villa Maria community, and last year, moving with the community to Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake.

Funeral arrangements are pending.