- Date Of Birth: September 22, 1935
- Date Of Death: January 28, 2022
- State: Indiana
Brother Paul Houston Kelly, C.S.C., age 86, died on January 28, 2022 at Columba Hall on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. He was born in McCordsville, Indiana, the third of six children of Thomas J. Kelly and Lena (Duzan) Kelly. He received all twelve years of schooling in a single building, McCordsville High School, graduating in a class of seven in 1953. Brother Paul joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1958, taking final vows in 1962. For sixty years, Brother Paul was a man of humble, kind and devoted service in the Midwest Province of Brothers. For a short time in the early 1960s, he was a high school teacher at Archbishop Hoban High School. Having completed an MBA at Notre Dame in 1968, in 1969, he began a career as business manager in several high schools in the province – often being assigned the task of putting things into order. He was a member of the provincial council for three different provincials. From 1991-96, he was president of Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio, and 2004-2005, the last administrator of Holy Cross High School in River Grove, IL. In 1975 and again in 1996, he participated in a renewal program at Sangre de Cristo Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and from 2009-2012, he was a member of their staff. He was also a member of the formation program at Pulte Hall, Holy Cross College – a discernment program for young men considering a vocation to the congregation. Brother Paul was noted for his knowledge of and delight in playing cards and other games, and for being an accomplished creator of delicious desserts.
