Former Catholic Rural Life director Holy Cross Br. David Andrews dies
by Catholic News Service | Jan. 7, 2015
A funeral Mass was scheduled for Jan. 10 in Valatie for Holy Cross Br. David Andrews, who died Monday.
Andrews, who served for 12 years as executive director of Catholic Rural Life, was 70. He had retired from active ministry in 2014 to attend to health issues. He was receiving kidney dialysis at the time of his death.
Andrews, who also blogged for NCR, conceived of the "Eating Is a Moral Act" campaign of Catholic Rural Life, which had been known as the National Catholic Rural Life Conference during his tenure. "I think I've achieved a lot of the goals I've set for myself in the National Catholic Rural Life Conference," he told CNS in 2007. "The NCRLC got put back on the map, nationally as well as internationally. We have a fully professional staff. We have a good board, with four bishops on it."
After his time with Catholic Rural Life, he served as a senior representative for Food & Water Watch, which advocates for contaminant-free waterways, food production and distribution systems, until his retirement.
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