Submitted by: Dan Rich

Brother Vitus Schwartz CSC

Sept. 9, 1894 – Oct. 21, 1993

South Bend Tribune 10/24/1993

Brother Vitus Schwartz CSC, 99, died Thursday at Dujarie House after an illness. He entered the Congregation of Holy Cross July 6, 1912; made temporary profession on July 6, 1914; and took his final vows on June 27, 1920. He was born Sept. 9, 1894 in Massillon, Ohio. He was the oldest living Brother of the Congregation. He began his teaching ministry at Holy Cross College in New Orleans in 1920. He taught at Sacred Heart College, Watertown, Wis.; Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne; and St. Edward’s Military Academy, Austin, Texas. For 26 years he served as a canvasser  for the Ave Maria Press. Later he was assigned to assist at the Dujarie Press at Notre Dame. In 1968 he became a staff member of Columba Hall at Notre Dame. He retired in 1981, remaining at Columba Hall. In December 1991 he moved to Dujarie House.

Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Holy Cross Brothers Center. A mass of the resurrection will be at 7:30 p.m. with burial at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Cemetery at the Brothers Center.