Robert Joseph Fox

1927

Robert J. Fox (born December 25, 1927 -) is a priest and a prolific author of religious books for members of the Roman Catholic Church. As well as his writings, Fox has worked as a priest in a number of rural towns in South Dakota. He is currently the Director of the national Fatima Family Apostolate and Youth for Fatima Pilgrimages as well as the editor of the Immaculate Heart Messenger and has written frequently for a number of Catholic publications in the US. The Fatima Family Apostolate organises the national Annual Marian Congress attended by thousands of people annually. Life and career He was born in Watertown, South Dakota in 1927. His father, Aloysius Fox, was a farmer. Fox was raised in a religious family and developed a vocation at an early age. After graduating from Watertown High School Fox studied at St John's University, an all-male Benedictine liberal arts college in rural Minnesota between 1947 and 1950. Fox graduated from the St Paul Seminary in 1955. After being ordained, Fox served as an Associate Pastor in several congregations where some of his supervisors suggested that he start working as a writer. He started sending in letters and articles to Catholic publications and they were published. He eventually became a weekly columnist for the National Catholic Register and has written regularly for a number of other publications. Fox became the pastor of St Anthony's parish based in Bristol, South Dakota in 1962. He was the pastor in a number of parishes in

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