Peter mary rookey biography

Fr. Peter Mary Rookey, O.S.M. (October 12, 1916 - September 10, 2014) was a Servite Friar in the Catholic Church.^[1] Rookey was widely believed to have had the charism of healing, and spent a good part of his priesthood in that ministry.

Life

Born in Superior, Wisconsin, on October 12, 1916.

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Rookey grew up in a family of thirteen. At the age of eight he was blinded by a Fourth of July firework. After about a year, his sight gradually began to improve, which Rookey credited to his mother leading the family in praying the rosary each evening after dinner "until little Peter's eyesight returns".^[2] On September 8, 1930, at the age of thirteen, he entered the Servite seminary.

Rookey professed solemn vows on November 1, 1938, and was ordained a priest on May 17, 1941,^[3] at the Servite Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica in Chicago. It was then he adopted the middle name of "Mary".^[4] Rookey was fluent in seven languages.^{[ Biography – Fr Peter Mary Rookey – Servite Friar KONIJ}