[Oe List ...] Fred Hess

[Isobel & Jim Bishop]

Vale, dear Fred.
Isobel and Jim Bishop.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Terry Bergdall 
  To: Order Ecumenical Community 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:51 AM
  Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Fred Hess


    Does anyone remember where Fred was a Religious House prior when he made 
    a collegium report on the positive and negative aspects of RH life?  I 
    recall he had some profound insights. When he was finished, JWM said 
    something like "Fred, how did you get so smart?"  There were some deep 
    issues at that time.  Jim Baumbach
  At 01:34 01/02/2006, Hubert Fulkerson wrote:

    I think that at the time of this report Fred Hess was prior of the Oklahoma City  Religious House.

  The two years that Fred was in OKC RH were, primarily due to his leadership, very good ones.  Fred married Pam and I in 1971 during the middle of that assignment.  Golf, of all things, was the catalyst that brought us after a 30 year break.  It was our mutual concern about social change and our understanding of the transparency of the gospel, however, that remained at the heart of our connection.  We quickly established a tradition of going out for a drink and conversation after each round.  We had two wonderful afternoons with him, his wife, and his daughter during the past three weeks, even though he was becoming terribly frail.  Despite this, he continued to orchestrate enthralling discussion on a range of topics.  I'll miss him.  

  Terry 


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