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NOTES

[1] Novak, Mary Ann, conversations with Father Bob Malone at  Holy Cross Center, North Easton, MA, October 31-November 2, 2007, and with Father James Denn at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana, May 4-7, 2008

2 Novak, Mary Ann, conversations with Joe Skaff at Stonehill College Archives; with Father Dick Segreve at Holy Cross Center,; with Bill Braun and Father Bill Condon at Holy Cross Family Ministries, North Easton, MA, October 31-November 2, 2007

3 Novak, Richard J., C.S.C, letter to Rev. George S. DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial, 17 September, 1961

4 Novak, James J., BANGLADESH: REFLECTIONS ON THE WATER, 1993, Preface, page xiii

5 Zaccarelli, Brother Herman E., C.S.C., signed,  undated document on letterhead entitled Richard J. Novak, 1935-1964, to Mary Ann Novak, postmarked Orlando, FL, 01 May 2008

6 Novak, Richard James, Selective Service System Registration Certificate, August 3, 1953

7  Richard J. Novak, C.S.C., letter to Rev. George S. DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, 25 July 1958

8  O’Toole, Rev. Christopher J.,  C.S.C., Superior General, letter to Rev. George S. DePrizio, C.S.C., Provinical Superior, May 20, 1958

9 Novak, Richard, J., C.S.C., letter to Rev. George DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, August 25, 1958

10 Novak, Richard J., C.S.C, letter to Father George S. DePrizio, C.S.C.,  Provincial Superior, 8 October, 1958

11  Deveau, Pere Daniel, C.S.C., District Superior, District d’Acadie, letter to Mary Ann Novak, January 8, 2008

12 Novak, Richard, C.S.C., letter to Rev. George DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, 6 August 1960

13 Photo and identifications courtesy of Pere Daniel J. Deveau, C.S.C., Superior, District d’Acadie, CANADA

14 Persia, Rev. William, C.S.C., conversation with Mary Ann Novak, Holy Cross Family Ministries, November 1, 2007

15 Richard Novak with classmates in France, 1959, picture courtesy of Pere Daniel Deveau, C.S.C.

16 Photo courtesy of Notre Dame University Archives

17 MacPhaidin, Rev Bartley, C.S.C., “For Richard Novak My brother-priest in Holy Cross”, final verse, 1964

18 Novak, Rev. Richard , C.S.C. letter to Rev. George S. DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, 17 September 1961

19 DePrizio, Rev. George, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, letter to Father Richard Novak, C.S.C, September 29, 1961

20 Mazziotta, Rev. Richard, C.S.C., Sermon for the Memorial Liturgy: Father Richard J. Novak, C.S.C., given at the Chapel of Mary, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA, January 21, 1994

21 Fell, Rev. Arnold A., C.S.C., Director, Holy Cross Missions, letter to Rev. George DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, September 22, 1961

22 DePrizio, Rev. George, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, letter to Father Arnold Fell, C.S.C., Director, Holy Cross Missions, September 30, 1961

23 Fell, Rev. Arnold A., C.S.C., Director, Holy Cross Missions, letter to Rev. George DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, October 2, 1961

24 DePrizio, Rev. George, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, letter to Rev. Arnold A. Fell, C.S.C., Director, Holy Cross Missions, October 5, 1961

25 DePrizio, Rev. George, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, letter to Rev. Richard Novak, C.S.C., November 10, 1962

26 Novak, Father Richard, C.S.C, letter to Rev. Arnold Fell, C.S.C., Director, Holy Cross Missions, January 23, 1963

27 Pakistan Letters, undated

28 Novak, Irene, letters to Rev. George DePrizio, C.S.C., February 11th and to Rev. Robert McKee, February 15, 1964

29 Bishai, Wilson, letter to Father Richard Novak, C.S.C., October  8, 1962

30 Timm, Rev. Richard W., C.S.C., letter to Mary Ann Novak, February 6, 1966

31 Novak, Rev. Richard J., C.S.C., letter to Michael J and Irene Novak, 24 January 1963

32 Fell, Rev. Arnold A., C.S.C, Director, Holy Cross Missions, letter to Rev. Richard Novak, C.S.C., February 25, 1963

33 Novak, Rev. Richard, C.S.C., letter to Rev. Arnold Fell, C.S.C., Director, Holy Cross Missions, 17 June 1963

34 Novak, Rev. Richard, C.S.C., letter to Rev. George DePrizio, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, 21 August 1963

35 Ibid.

36 Timm, Richard W., C.S.C., 150 YEARS OF HOLY CROSS IN EAST BENGAL MISSION, Congregation of Holy Cross, Dhaka, 2003, pg  66

37 Quoted in the Organiser, August 17, 2003

38 McKee, Rev. Robert, C.S.C.,” Fr. Novak Case – His Contact with Holy  Family Hospital” as learned from Sister Lourdes, Superintendent of Holy Family Hospital, January 15th and 16th, 1964

39 Cody, Loretta, formerly Sister Mary Lourdes, Life’s A Story, An Autobiography, second edition, 2007, page 53

40 Sister Mary Angela, Holy Family Hospital, letter to Rev. Robert McKee, C.S.C., January 25, 1964

41 Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read) to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Pakistan, Vol. I, Memos, 11/63-5/64. Confidential

42 Cody, Loretta, formerly Sr. Mary Lourdes, conversations with Mary Ann Novak ,January 2, 2008,  and a document from Patricia Traveline, formerly Sr. Maria Goretti,  December 28, 2007

43 VandenBossche, Rev. John, C.S.C., conversations with Mary Ann Novak., Indiana Province Archives, May 5,2008

44 Novak, Mary Ann, conversations with Loretta Cody, op cit, confirmed by notes of Rev. McKee, undated, but reversing who Father Novak spoke to first in the ambulance that morning

45 VandenBossche, Rev. John, C.S.C., conversation with Mary Ann Novak, op cit

46 Notre Dame Chronicles, Vol III, Father Novak Search, 20 January 1964, Page One

47 Notre Dame Chronicles, Search Report – January 22, 1964, Sheet One

48 Ibid, Sheet One and Two

49 Ibid.

50 Notre Dame Chronicles, NOVAK CASE – Identification of his effects (29 January 1964), ibid

51 The Pakistan Observer, Dacca, “Father Novak Murder Case: FIVE TO DIE,” December 23, 1964

52 The Pakistan Observer, Dacca, “Father Novak Murder Case: One to Die, 4 get life term,” May 13, 1966

53 Novak, Father Richard, C.S.C, files, Eastern Province Archives, copy of invoice paid by Father McKee, Dacca

54 Bartell, Rev. Ernest J., C.S.C., conversation with Mary Ann Novak, Corby Hall, Notre Dame University, May 4, 2008, confirmed in an email to Mary Ann Novak,  May 20, 2008

55 Deveau, Pere Daniel, C.S.C., letter to Mary Ann Novak, dated January  8,2008

56 Deveau, Pere Daniel, C.S.C., letter to Mary Ann Novak, dated May 11, 2008

57 Dacono, Rev. Alfred F., C.S.C., PhD, “THE STORY OF FR. WILLIAM EVANS, C.S.C. MISSIONER AND MARTYR,”  pages 7, 33-34

58 Raymond, Rev. Wilfred J, C.S.C., National Director, Family Theater Productions, email to Mary Ann Novak, 8 November 2007

59 Thomas, Harry K., Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, now Director General of the Foreign Service, in an email to Joseph L. Novak,  May 20, 2008

60 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE, Memories of Father Richard J. Novak, C.S.C., in Blue and Gold dedicated to him, undated