(25 June 1943 - 4 May 1975) (his death)
In 1940, Eddie met Catherine de Hueck at her Friendship House mission while doing a story on Harlem. Their friendship turned to romance, and they wed on June 25, 1943.
Meanwhile, the staff at Friendship House did not take well to Catherine's marriage to Eddie, and complained that Catherine no longer lived in celibacy as they were required to do. This and other differences eventually led to Eddie and Catherine moving to Combermere, Ontario, Canada and starting a new apostolate called Madonna House in 1947. Here they founded their own newspaper, Restoration, which has remained in continuous circulation.
In 1969, Eddie obtained permission to transfer from the Latin Rite to the Byzantine Rite Melkite Greek Catholic Church (which allows married men to become priests), and on August 15, 1969, Eddie was ordained a Catholic priest at the age of seventy-eight by Archbishop Joseph Raya.
In 1975, after a period of ill-health and surgery, Eddie slipped into a coma. He died the next day, on May 4, 1975. A simple wooden cross marks his grave, reading "All my words for the Word."