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Father Thomas Burke, O.P., Reverend Robert Eaton
Father Thomas Burke, O.P., Reverend Robert Eaton
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This is a short biographical account of the English Dominican Fr. Robert Burke (1830-1883). Father Burke came from a modest Irish family and rose to become well known for his advocacy of the Irish in America, his zeal for preaching and teaching, his personal characteristics of humility, virtue, spirit of penance, and passion for saving souls.