Fr. Harran, who passed away very recently, was my spiritual director in the 1990s. A scholar and friend of the Latin Mass, he was genuine “country pastor”, assigned to small rural parishes throughout his years of priestly service. He was of advanced age and always retained a very sharp intellect and a very warm heart.
For Purity and Tradition in Catholicism
PRAYER FOR A DECEASED PRIEST
O God, Thou didst raise Thy servant, James Harran,
to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ,
according to the Order of Melchisedech,
giving him the sublime power
to offer the Eternal Sacrifice,
to bring the Body and Blood of Thy Son Jesus Christ down upon the altar,
and to absolve the sins of men in Thine own Holy Name.
We beseech Thee to reward his faithfulness
and to forget his faults,
admitting him speedily into Thy Holy Presence,
there to enjoy forever the recompense of his labours.
This we ask through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord.
Amen.
Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine
Et lux perpetua luceat ei
Requiescat in pace
Amen
( 300 days indulgence when recited for the holy souls )
Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine
Et lux perpetua luceat ei
Requiescat in pace
Amen
Requiescat in pace/May his memory be eternal.
Father James E. Haran (1919-2012)
BUFFALO – Father James E. Haran, 92, of Buffalo, passed away Tuesday (Aug. 28, 2012) at the Mercy Skilled Nursing Facility at Our Lady of Victory, Lackawanna.
Born Nov. 28, 1919, he was a son of Joseph A. and Hannah (Duggan) Haran, both deceased.
Father Haran was ordained in Buffalo on Sept. 21, 1944, by Bishop Joseph A. Burke, and was a graduate of Little Seminary of St. Joseph and the Little Flower, of Buffalo, and St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester.
He was a member of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, the Knights of Columbus and the Ministers’ Ecumenical Group. In 1996, he was awarded the Certificate of Completion of Bioethics Course, Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome, Italy.
His first assignment was in 1944 at Prince of Peace, Niagara Falls, which was followed by many others, including St. Brigid, Buffalo; St. Margaret, Buffalo; St. Joseph, Gowanda; St. Nicholas, Buffalo; Nativity of Our Lord, Orchard Park; St. Mary, Cattaraugus; and St. Isidore, East Otto.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews.
A wake will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday (Aug. 31, 2012).
Funeral services will be held Saturday (Sept. 1, 2012) at St. Joseph Church, Main Street and Erie Avenue, Gowanda. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Gowanda. Bishop Edward M. Grosz, of Buffalo, will officiate.
Published in The Olean Times Herald on August 30, 2012
Thank you, Tom. Very much, indeed.
When I visited him in his private home in the village of Cattaraugus, NY, deep in wooded farmland, we would occasionally pause in our conversation to watch an Amish horse-drawn buggy pass along the road before his humble house.
I am glad to learn that Bp. Grosz, whom I’ve known as a friend since he was a deacon, “presided”, as they say nowadays, at Father’s funeral.