Eileen Egan, the irenic, indomitable Catholic pacifist who first coined the term "seamless garment" to describe the unity of Catholic teaching on "life" issues, died in New York on October 7. She was eighty-eight. A modest, unassuming woman, often photographed wearing a scarf and glasses at the side of Mother Teresa or Dorothy Day, she was small of body but brilliant of mind. (...)
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Go in Peace
Remembering Eileen Egan
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