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Thomas Dubay Obituary

66 years a Marist 60 years a Priest Marist Father Thomas Dubay fell asleep in the Lord Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was 88 years old. The results of a CT scan determined that he had an extensive amount of bleeding on the brain. Predeceased by his parents Elie and Leah Dubay and siblings Deacon Frank Dubay and Norma Schepers. Survived by his sisters, Vernanne Paquette (Minneapolis) and Marie Dubay (Australia) his brothers Elie (Minneapolis) and Alan (New Caledonia, Fiji Islands), nieces, nephews, and his religious community, the Marist Fathers and Brothers. A native of Minneapolis, he was born on December 30, 1921. A 1939 graduate of De La Salle High School he subsequently entered the minor seminary of the Marist Fathers at South Langhorne, PA and after his novitiate made his Marist profession on September 8, 1944. His philosophy and theology years were spent at Marist College, Washington, D.C. Marist Bishop Michael Keyes ordained him to the priesthood on June 8, 1950. Father Dubay received both a master's and a doctorate in Education from The Catholic University of America. His teaching assignments included positions at Marist School (Atlanta), Notre Dame Seminary (New Orleans), Saint Joseph's Manor (Bettendorf, Iowa), Russell College (Burlingame, CA) and Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia). For ten years he was in residence at the Little French Church of Saint Louis, King of France, Saint Paul, MN, a parish entrusted by Archbishop John Ireland to the pastoral care of the Marist Fathers in 1886. An internationally recognized spiritual director and a prolific author, he wrote articles in more than a dozen journals and periodicals and well over two dozen books. He assisted a number of sisters congregations in rewriting their constitutions, and gave retreats in the USA and overseas. Father Dubay was also a very popular televangelist and appeared on quite a number of EWTN series and programs. Funeral Mass and Burial in Washington, DC Thursday, October 7. Collins Funeral Home, Silver Spring, MD. 301-593-9500. A Memorial Mass will be offered at Saint Charles Borromeo Church, 2739 Stinson Blvd., St. Anthony, MN on Monday, October 25 at 6PM. Memorials preferred to the Church of Saint Louis, King of France 506 Cedar Street. Saint Paul MN 55101 or Marist Society 4408 Eighth St NE. Washington DC 20017 or to donor's choice.

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Published by Pioneer Press on Oct. 6, 2010.

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Patricia A. Maes

July 30, 2025

Father Dubay, pray for us please.

Michael

March 17, 2024

watching and listening to him on EWTN. He was very educated and dedicated. Father Thomas Dubay, pray for me.

Merica Petrella

June 4, 2023

I put on the tv to EWTN. They had Fr.Dubay on speaking in a Gospel glimpse. I hadn't seen him for a long time so I decided to look him up. I enjoyed watching him early in the morning after my husband would leave for work, this was years ago. I am sure Father is enjoying Eternal Happiness, he was truly a good and faithful priest.

April 7, 2011

Dear Father, today, I hope you are wandering through endless gardens of orchids. I will miss you very much!!! Michael - Hibbing, MN

November 1, 2010

Just this past weekend I heard Fr. Dubay preach a sermon on the virtue of poverty on EWTN, and it was one of the best sermons I'd heard, in fact the only sermon I'd think of as worth hearing (I am a lapsed or lost Catholic) in decades or more. I was moved to contact Fr. Dubay, hence my Google search which brought this sad (or joyous) news. Fr. Dubay has renewed my spirit. Thank you dear Fr. Dubay.

October 24, 2010

With gratitude for the wisdom in the books you have written, and thank you for such a faithful life - well done good and faithful servant. MD, Canada

Your friend in Christ.

October 6, 2010

Thank you for your witness to the universal call to contemplation and intimacy with God, here and now, and for eternity.

RC H

October 6, 2010

May your soul Rest in Peace Father...

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