Father John M. Dowd

Father Dowd was my Religion teacher at Servite High school in 1974. He actually succeeded in making philosophy interesting. May he rest in peace.

Can't believe that it has already been 18 years since John's passing! As previously mentioned, I was a fellow Servite student with John. I would later go in a different direction and lost touch with him. In 2001 I would become an ordained Catholic Permanent Deacon. I mention him every day in my prayer list. If you who also knew him could do the same, it would be a great blessing. Thank you and God Bless.

I find that I still miss Father Dowd but his generosity of a loving spirit and a giving lives on.

I still miss Father Dowd. He had offered me great support in my mission to help the homeless.

Father Dowd was a special person who related well with his parishioners. He is still missed.

We were so saddened to hear of Father Dowd's passing when we went to Chicago this past weekend to visit and attend Mass. I attended Assumption from 2002-2005 when I lived in River North, one block from Assumption - in one of the first several Masses I attended, Father Dowd introduced himself and from that point forward, he always greeted me by name. I met my husband in Chicago and Father Dowd married us in 2004. In my 40+ years going to Catholic Mass, never have I met a finer priest. He...

My condolences to Father Dowd's family and to his brothers on the loss of your loved one. I had the pleasure of knowing Father as a teacher at Mundelein Seminary. I always looked forward to his class because he would usually tell us a story about his ministry as a priest. It was clear from his stories, and from the way he told them, that he loved being a priest and he loved the people God called him to serve. May he rest in the Lord's eternal peace. Amen.