Frank Kacmarcik, OblSB (1920-2004)
Brother Oblate Frank died peacefully and unexpectedly in his sleep on Sunday morning, 22 February, the same date when Father Godfrey Diekmann OSB, had died two years previously. As editor of Worship, Father Godfrey had supported Frank in his first decade of making covers for the magazine.
Frank Kacmarcik was born on 15 March 1920 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, into a devout family with Slovak-Polish roots and a keen appreciation for both the visual arts and music. In 1938 he accepted a scholarship from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (then Minneapolis School of Art) where he came under the special influence of a young professor, Alexander Masley, who encouraged Frank's sense of design and bolstered confidence in his own intuitions. More from the obituary from Saint John's Abbey.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated for Brother Frank at 3 p.m. on Friday, 27 February, in Saint John's Abbey Church with interment in the abbey cemetery.
Funeral Homily by Abbot John Klassen OSB
Reflections by Charlotte Anne Zalot OSB