Most Catholics of the Archdiocese of Washington have known or known about a very quiet man who packed a great amount of power as any Rector of a Cathedral would. Many would have known the man who hosted Presidents, a Pope, Supreme Court Chief Justices, Senators, Congressmen and Congresswomen, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Monsignors, Priests and Deacons as well as many Religious priests, brothers and sisters and countless laity. So "quiet," was Monsignor Lou Quinn that it was impossible to find a picture of the man even with the help of Google!!! The mosaic above of St. Matthew watches over the altar where Monsignor Quinn and many other good priests have brought the Eucharist to those who came to worship the Lord.
Shortly after 4:00 PM, today, March 18th, a day between the celebration of Sts. Patrick's and Joseph's feast days, Monsignor completed his mission on earth, his dedication to the Catholic Church in Baltimore and Washington. For the last several weeks a man who always gave time to visit, not just drop by, so many who were hospitalized, was himself the man who was visited by his brother priests and friends at Sibley Hospital.
I will put my law within them, I will write it on their hearts;
then shall I be their God, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 31:33
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
Let perpetual light shine upon him.
