A Memorial Mass for the Rev. Thomas Carten, CSC, will be celebrated at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Christ the King, located on North Street in Wilkes-Barre.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, anyone who wishes to attend should call the Office of Campus Ministry at 570-208-5890 to reserve a seat.
The Mass will be live-streamed at www.kings.edu/chapel-stream.
Father Carten died Dec. 24 at Holy Cross House, an infirmary at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He was 78.
A member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce, Carten founded the hour-long Radio Home Visitor show at WRKC, Kingâs Collegeâs radio station, to serve the blind, visually impaired and homebound as a student at Kingâs. The program has remained on the air since 1974. He later served in Campus Ministry and the Alumni Office at the college.