in Weston on November 2, 2018. Internationally acclaimed scholar and professor of Oriental Liturgy at the Oriental Institute in Rome. Cofounder of Ukrainian Catholic University of Lviv. Beloved son of the late Honorable James L. & Katherine (McGrath) Taft. Brother of Eleanor T. McSally of Narragansett, RI, David W. Taft of Cranston, RI, the late James L Taft, Jr. and Katherine T. Taft. Father Taft is also survived by many nieces and nephews who loved him and by his many Jesuit Brothers. Reposing at Campion Center, 319 Concord Rd., WESTON. Visiting Hours Sunday November 11 from 2-5 pm. with a prayer service at 4:30 pm. Funeral services according to the Russian Ecclesial Tradition will be celebrated in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Campion Center on Monday November 12 at 10 AM. Relatives and friends are invited. Interment will follow in Campion Center Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Jesuit Community, Campion Center 319 Concord Rd. Weston, MA. 02493 to support its ministry of care for elderly and infirm Jesuits.