FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BROTHER TIMOTHY WENTWORTH, F.S.C., FORMER PROVINCIAL AND MANHATTAN COLLEGE TRUSTEE, DEAD AT 68

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Brother Timothy Wentworth, F.S.C., former provincial and former member of the board of trustees at Manhattan College, died Sunday, March 28, 2004, of cancer.  Most recently, Br. Tim was a staff member of the College’s counseling center but spent the majority of his professional life as a director of novices and as provincial.  He was 68 years of age and resided at the Christian Brothers Center in Riverdale, N.Y.

Br. Tim, born Paul Jerome Wentworth in upstate New York, was invested with the religious habit of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in September of 1955.  He made his final profession in 1961.  Br. Tim completed a bachelor’s degree in English and graduated cum laude from The Catholic University of America in 1959.  He went on to earn his master’s degree in religious education also from The Catholic University of America.  He spent his early years as a Brother teaching sixth grade at St. John’s Elementary School in the Bronx and teaching English and music at the Juniorate in Barrytown. 

Br. Tim spent a number of years in high school administration as vice principal and principal before being appointed in 1980 to director of novices at the Christian Brothers Novitiate in Skaneateles, N.Y., which closed in 1999.  In 1984, Br. Tim was named provincial for the Christian Brothers La Salle Provincialate in Lincroft, N.J., and held this office for the next six years.  Also in 1984, the College elected Br. Tim to its board of trustees where he served as a member of the executive and the academic affairs committees.

In 1990, Br. Tim returned to the novitiate in Skaneateles, N.Y., as director of novices.  During this time, he completed a Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of Rochester.  Br. Tim arrived at Manhattan College in 2002 to recover from his illness.  He spent his last years sharing and working with the College’s students.

Br. Tim is survived by two brothers, Frank and Jack.  His brother, Raymond, died in 1998.  A wake for Br. Tim was held on March 30 and March 31 at the Christian Brothers Center.  The Mass of Christian Burial was held on March 31 in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers located on the College’s campus.

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