Date of death: 03/04/2022
Saint Meinrad Class: O 1953
Reverend Robert C. Rosing passed away March 4, 2022 at his residence at St. Charles Community. Father Bob was 94 years old and was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Pauline Rosing; his sisters Rita Wigger (Robert), Pat Braun (Elmer) and brothers Frank and Paul. He is survived by his sister Pauline Holmes, sister-in-law Edith Rosing and numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Father Rosing began his seminary studies at Saint Meinrad Seminary in Indiana and completed at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was ordained a priest on May 30, 1953 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption by Bishop William Mulloy. He served as an assistant at the parishes of St. Boniface, Ludlow; St. Therese, Southgate; Mother of God, Covington; and Corpus Christi, Newport. While associate pastor at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption he had responsibility for Our Savior, which was a Covington mission at that time. He served as pastor of St. Barbara Church, Erlanger and St. Ann, West Covington. He also taught at Newport Catholic and St. Pius X Seminary. He was spiritual director at the seminary and for the Serra Club of Northern Kentucky and the Cursillo movement. He was involved in prison ministry at the Kenton County jail for 25 years and in his later years Father Bob served as a chaplain at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, and continued hospital ministry after his retirement in 1997. He also served as chaplain to the Sisters of Notre Dame in Park Hills. At the time of his retirement, Father Bob stated “I have enjoyed every assignment I had. I never wanted to leave any of them. If I have to find a common thread through all of this, to be a priest gives you an opportunity to be significant in the lives of other people in what I consider the most important dimension of human life; their relationship with God. I’d call the life of a priest adventurous and exciting and full.”