REV. HENRY ERHART

I met Father Erhart at Wernersvile at the Jesuit Retreat Center.Father had recently retired there,and we encountered when I helped him with some
spilled coffee.
The conversations I had with him and the wonderful insights he had have always stayed with me.
He had a devilish sense of humor,an incredible mind,and a sense of caring that emanated from him.
He made me laugh with some of his stories.
He loved the group Abba,and quoted some of their lyrics. He recommended a book which...

I will always remember Father Erhart's kindness to me and my newborn baby when he visited us at GBMC back in 1988. I had had an emergency C-section and the baby was premature and spent the first month of his life in the neonatal intensive-care unit. I'll never forget Father Erhart walking into the unit one day to introduce hiimself to us and to bless our baby. He loved the fact that we had named our son John Paul. JP will be 26 years old this month. Thank you, Father Erhart for the way...

My recollections are very similar to Mr. Boyle. I only had one semester with Father teaching us( or trying to) the Theology of the Church via Vatican II.
His passion was always clear and today my views on the Church are always checked against what I learned in his class.

Rest in peace.

Ray Keefe UofS '71

As a student at the University of Scranton, I was in one of his Theology courses---and had a well deserved reputation for demanding rigorous study habits if you aspired for a B or A grade---think his nickname, mentioned previously was "Hammering Hank".
Together with other of his Jesuit colleagues---like Bernie Suppe--had very high standards and later in life I reflected if they had done that to better train and prepare us young men of northeastern Pennsylvania for the stout challenges...

You were a very good man, Father Erhart, and a great teacher. Rest in peace.

I think I had Father for two years, second year only one semester. I graduated in 1966. He was very exacting, if not demanding. Hours memorization was unpleasant, but remarkably I didn't resent it, because he was a faithful & sincere man despite saying he keep his heart in a jar in the Jesuit House. Several years after graduating I had ocassion to dine with him as he befriended a couple who were friends. He was delightful. Rest in Peace Farher.

Chuck Boyle, LCSW, BCD University...

My first encounter with Father Erhart was in Theology class. His first lecture got everybody's attention as he quite colofully told us we could forget all we learned in Catholic education up till then. I learned quite a bit abouut my faith in that first class which has stayed with me until this day. As others have said he was tough but a great teacher who had everyone's best interet at heart. May God welcome this wonderful man home.

Angelo Vergnetti 1963 UofS

In 1960 he was quietly referred to as Hammerin Hank (Theology class, UofS) and he sure made an impact on my thinking for the rest of my life. Tough, fair and very hard working. I remember Spring break where he went home and with his brother, they painted their parents home. He said "Vacation is doing something different; it's not sitting sround doing nothing". That stuck with me

John 1962 UofS

I met Father Erhart in 2007 when I made a sojourn of some ten days at the Jesuit Spiritual Center in Wernersville where he was living in retirement. He was a good man, a wise spiritualk guide, and a delightful dinner companion. He counseled me on prayer and on fiction writing. When I told him that I had prayed for many years for the happiness and well-being of an old friend I had fallen out of touch with, only to find that his life had been anything but easy and joy-filled, Father Henry told...