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CONYERS--Father Joachim Tierney, OCSO, one of the founders of the Monastery
of the Holy Spirit, died Friday, May 21 after a long illness. He was 86.
Father Joachim, whose baptismal name was John, was born Oct. 10, 1912 in St.
Louis, Mo. He entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky on Aug. 15, 1932 and
professed his solemn vows on Nov. 1, 1937. On March 9, 1940, Father Joachim was
ordained a priest.
Father Joachim was one of the original founders of the Conyers monastery
sent from Gethsemani to Georgia in 1944. He served as the prior of the
community for over 20 years, during which time much of the pioneering work of
the community and the construction of the monastery went on.
He was noted for devotion to the Blessed Mother and provided spiritual
support to many lay people outside the monastery as well as to his brother
monks.
Father Joachim is survived by a sister, Maxine Adler, and a brother, James,
both of St. Louis. He was predeceased by his oldest sister, Helen, who was a
Carmelite nun in St. Louis.
The wake service for Father Joachim was to be held Wednesday, May 26 from
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the abbey church and the funeral Mass was to be held
Thursday, May 27 at 10 a.m. with burial to follow in the monks cemetery. In
addition to the abbot, Dom Bernard Johnson, OCSO, Archbishop John F. Donoghue
and Msgr. Elmer Behrmann of St. Louis, a former classmate of Father Joachim,
were expected to take part in the funeral Mass.
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