On This Date in Nativity History
20 January 2015
On this date, January 20, 2015, Nativity’s founding pastor, Father Frank Ready, died in INOVA Fairfax Hospital after a long illness. Only a little more than four months had passed since he had visited Nativity to participate in the groundbreaking for the Father Martin Center. After leaving Nativity in 1984, Father Ready served as founding pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Manassas, and as pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Annandale, where he served until 2005. From that year until his retirement in 2013, he served as the vicar general for pastoral services of the Arlington Diocese. Even after retirement, he continued to serve as coordinator of spiritual formation, moderator of the diocesan Peace and Social Justice Commission, member of the diocesan presbyterial council, chaplain to the diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and associate state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus. Following his funeral Mass at Holy Spirit on January 27, Father Ready was interred at Fairfax Memorial Park.
