On December 28, 1935, Father Robert Andrews Skinner, CSP, died in Washington, DC, at the age of 57 after 29 years in the Paulist priesthood. Born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on September 8, 1878, he was the older brother of Paulist student Albert Skinner. He entered the Paulist Society in 1900, was professed on June 11, 1905, and was ordained to the priesthood in New York on June 9, 1906.
Father Skinner's first assignments were on the Tennessee missions, and in 1913 he returned to Washington to serve as novice master at St. Thomas and St. Paul's College. When the novitiate moved to Connecticut and New Jersey in 1923 and 1924, he remained Director and educated an entire generation of Paulist leaders. During Fr Joseph McSorley's term as Superior General (1925-1929), Father Skinner served as Consultor and Treasurer of the community. In the last years of his life, he supervised the Paulist students living and working at the Apostolic Mission House.
An important and influential Paulist teacher, Father Skinner was widely admired as an ascetic, highly spiritual priest. Father John E. Burke, CSP, eulogized his friend and mentor in these words: "Father Skinner was a religious always. His poverty was attractive. There was something of pioneer simplicity in his makeup. His clothes were always the plainest but never shabby. His room contained necessities but nothing more. His tastes were refined. He liked good literature, good music, a good play, but never did he indulge himself to excess in these pleasures. The obedience of Father Skinner was admirable. Father Skinner will never be replaced."
Father Skinner's first assignments were on the Tennessee missions, and in 1913 he returned to Washington to serve as novice master at St. Thomas and St. Paul's College. When the novitiate moved to Connecticut and New Jersey in 1923 and 1924, he remained Director and educated an entire generation of Paulist leaders. During Fr Joseph McSorley's term as Superior General (1925-1929), Father Skinner served as Consultor and Treasurer of the community. In the last years of his life, he supervised the Paulist students living and working at the Apostolic Mission House.
An important and influential Paulist teacher, Father Skinner was widely admired as an ascetic, highly spiritual priest. Father John E. Burke, CSP, eulogized his friend and mentor in these words: "Father Skinner was a religious always. His poverty was attractive. There was something of pioneer simplicity in his makeup. His clothes were always the plainest but never shabby. His room contained necessities but nothing more. His tastes were refined. He liked good literature, good music, a good play, but never did he indulge himself to excess in these pleasures. The obedience of Father Skinner was admirable. Father Skinner will never be replaced."
On December 28, 1935, Father Robert Andrews Skinner, CSP, died in Washington, DC, at the age of 57 after 29 years in the Paulist priesthood. Born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on September 8, 1878, he was the older brother of Paulist student Albert Skinner. He entered the Paulist Society in 1900, was professed on June 11, 1905, and was ordained to the priesthood in New York on June 9, 1906.
Father Skinner's first assignments were on the Tennessee missions, and in 1913 he returned to Washington to serve as novice master at St. Thomas and St. Paul's College. When the novitiate moved to Connecticut and New Jersey in 1923 and 1924, he remained Director and educated an entire generation of Paulist leaders. During Fr Joseph McSorley's term as Superior General (1925-1929), Father Skinner served as Consultor and Treasurer of the community. In the last years of his life, he supervised the Paulist students living and working at the Apostolic Mission House.
An important and influential Paulist teacher, Father Skinner was widely admired as an ascetic, highly spiritual priest. Father John E. Burke, CSP, eulogized his friend and mentor in these words: "Father Skinner was a religious always. His poverty was attractive. There was something of pioneer simplicity in his makeup. His clothes were always the plainest but never shabby. His room contained necessities but nothing more. His tastes were refined. He liked good literature, good music, a good play, but never did he indulge himself to excess in these pleasures. The obedience of Father Skinner was admirable. Father Skinner will never be replaced."
Father Skinner's first assignments were on the Tennessee missions, and in 1913 he returned to Washington to serve as novice master at St. Thomas and St. Paul's College. When the novitiate moved to Connecticut and New Jersey in 1923 and 1924, he remained Director and educated an entire generation of Paulist leaders. During Fr Joseph McSorley's term as Superior General (1925-1929), Father Skinner served as Consultor and Treasurer of the community. In the last years of his life, he supervised the Paulist students living and working at the Apostolic Mission House.
An important and influential Paulist teacher, Father Skinner was widely admired as an ascetic, highly spiritual priest. Father John E. Burke, CSP, eulogized his friend and mentor in these words: "Father Skinner was a religious always. His poverty was attractive. There was something of pioneer simplicity in his makeup. His clothes were always the plainest but never shabby. His room contained necessities but nothing more. His tastes were refined. He liked good literature, good music, a good play, but never did he indulge himself to excess in these pleasures. The obedience of Father Skinner was admirable. Father Skinner will never be replaced."
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