Support the register

National Catholic Register News https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jfks-last-rites-remembered

Print issue
Subscribe to our Print Edition

JFK's Last Rites Remembered

Joan Frawley Desmond Blogs

StoryCorps offers this brief account of President John Kennedy receiving his last rites after he was shot on  November 22, 1963. The scene at the hospital emergency room is recounted by Glenda Rike, the wife of Aubrey Rike, an ambulance driver who was there when the president was brought in.

Joan Frawley Desmond

Joan Frawley Desmond Joan Frawley Desmond is a Register senior editor. She is an award-winning journalist widely published in Catholic, ecumenical and secular media. A graduate of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies of Marriage and Family, she lives with her family in California.

Trending

Subscription Options

  • Subscriber Service CenterAlready a subscriber? Renew or manage your subscription here.

  • Subscribe and Save HALF OFF!Start your Register subscription today.

    Subscribe Now

  • Give a Gift SubscriptionBless friends, family or clergy with a gift of the Register.

    Order Now

  • Order Bulk SubscriptionsGet a discount on 6 or more copies sent to your parish, organization or school.

    Order Now

  • Sign-up for E-NewsletterGet Register Updates sent daily or weeklyto your inbox.

    Sign Up