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Hudson Reporter Funeral services have taken place for John P. “Jack” Egan, 86. He died peacefully on Jan. 29 at the Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice in Fredon Township. Natural Burial services were held in Rosemont. Born and raised in North Bergen, Jack lived in Jersey City before moving to Highland Lakes in 2002. He was ordained a Diocesan Catholic priest in 1960 and served parishes in Lodi, Honduras and Panama. One of the most meaningful periods of his life was the nearly 20 years he spent in the St. Boniface parish in Jersey City, working with a mostly Latino community. He was an active member of the peace movement and engaged extensively in non-violent civil disobedience around peace and justice issues, for which he was arrested 30 times in Jersey City, Washington, DC and other places. After disassociating from the ordained priesthood in 1985, Jack worked for the Visiting Homemaker Service as a patient advocate, trainer and director of the Senior Community Indep ....
Remembering ‘El Padre Juan’ | Opinion Updated Feb 04, 2021; Facebook Share By Juan Cartagena John “Jack” Egan transitioned to the heavens last Friday night. He was 86 years young, vibrant, inspiring. He was a shining light to me, my family, and all of Puerto Rican, Latino, Jersey City when I was growing up. A (former) priest, pacifist, activist, author, humanist, Jack Egan had to constantly deal with his name in the community he served so well from St. Boniface Church. “It’s OK, but I’m no longer a priest,” he would have to repeat thousands of times to Latino parishioners who would say, “I will always call you ‘Padre Juan.’” ....