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Obituaries

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Fr. Roger Arnold

MISSIONARY, PSYCHOLOGIST

Divine Word Missionary Father Roger Arnold, 75, a, psychologist and educator, died Aug. 12, in Techny.

Father Arnold, who lived on three continents, was many things to many people — a priest, a scholar, a professor, a clinical psychologist, a judo instructor and more.

Born in Pittsburgh, he was ordained a Divine Word priest in 1961. Father Arnold earned a licentiate in canon law from Gregorian University in Rome in 1963 and then moved to Illinois to teach canon law, moral theology and pastoral theology at the seminary at Techny. While teaching, he also completed a doctorate in the psychology of personality at Loyola University Chicago in 1976. He developed an interest in judo, becoming a black belt and teaching classes for children at the North Suburban YMCA in Northbrook and for adults at Elk Grove High School.

To gain clinical psychology training, Father Arnold worked as an assistant psychologist at a maximum-security prison in Ohio for one year. For another three years, he worked as a staff psychologist at the Mental Health Center in Fort Wayne, Ind.

In 1980, Father Arnold returned to Techny and founded the Center for Human Development, which integrated psychological counseling and religious experience.

From 1988 until 1994, Father Arnold taught at Missionary Institute London in England and the Lonergan Institute in Toronto, Canada. In 1994, he once again returned to Illinois, this time to serve as the SVD formation director at Divine Word Theologate in Chicago.

After nine years as formation director, he accepted an assignment to the SVD Postulancy House in Kabwe, Zambia. Most recently, he was in the United States visiting family and was preparing to go back to Africa.

Father Arnold is survived by his sister, Sister Ann Arnold.

Sr. Peter Mary Hettling

VOCATION DIRECTOR

Sister of St. Joseph Peter Mary (Regina) Hettling, 64, died Aug. 14 in LaGrange Park.

Sister Mary Peter was serving as director of the Chicago archdiocesan Vocation Association, for people discerning a call to become a religious priest, brother or sister; as part-time vicar for religious; and part-time director of the Office for Vocations in the archdiocese. In her 45 years of religious life, she ministered in education, administration and congregational leadership, with assignments at St. Attracta, Cicero; St. Mary, Riverside; the Alexine Learning Center; St. John Fisher; and at the Office of Catholic Schools.

She is survived by brothers Peter, Michael and Steven and a sister, Kathy, as well as three nieces.

Br. Joseph Urban

MISSIONARY

Divine Word Missionary Brother Joseph Urban, 72, died Aug. 17, in Techny.

A New Orleans native, Brother Joe moved to Techny in 1954. His first assignment took him to Marburg, Australia, in 1960. Following three years as a cook, tailor and maintenance engineer in Marburg and Epping, Australia, Brother Joe returned to the United States, where he served the communities of Techny; East Troy, Wis.; and Bay St. Louis, Miss. In 1973, Brother Joe spent six months in Rome studying moral theology, Old and New Testament, missiology and sociology as part of the SVDs’ spiritual renewal program.

Later, he accepted a transfer back to Techny and became guest master, chauffeur and kitchen director of the SVD residence.