Brother Paul Desmarais died on 16 August at Rene Goupil House. He was in his 78th year and had been a brother for 59 years. He was born at Pointe-aux-Roches, near Windsor, Ontario. Paul entered the novitiate at Guelph on 18 March 1964. After first vows in 1966, he began agricultural studies at the University …
Fr. Rob Brennan, SJ passed peacefully on Saturday, September 2, at the Jesuit Infirmary, René Goupil House, in Pickering, ON. Fr. Brennan was 78 years old and about to celebrate his 53rd anniversary as a Jesuit. He entered the Jesuits on September 9, 1970, and was ordained a priest by Emmett Cardinal Carter on June …
Brother John Masterson died peacefully in the Lord on 5 April at Rene Goupil House, Pickering. He was in his 93rd year and in the 69th year of his Jesuit life. John, the son of William Masterson and Eva O’Neil was born in Chesterville, Eastern Ontario. John entered the Society at Guelph on 14 February, …
Father Jean-Guy Saint-Arnaud passed away on the morning of Friday, January 20, 2023at the Residence Notre-Dame de Richelieu, where he had been living since April 2020. He was 88 years old. He had been suffering from leukemia for several years. Jean-Guy was born on December 31, 1934, in Montreal. He did his high school and …
Father Denis PION passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022 at the Residence Notre-Dame de Richelieu, where he had been living since 2009. He was 88 years old. His memory loss, which he suffered from in his early years at Richelieu, was greatly accentuated following a road accident that caused him a violent cranial shock. …
Father André CHARBONNEAU died on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at the Jesuit residence in Ouanaminthe (Haiti), surrounded by members of the novitiate community who had watched over his health and cared for him during the last weeks of his life. He was 93 yearsold. André was born on May 6, 1929, in Montreal. He did …
Father Kawas François died at the Canapé-Vert Hospital in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) on the morning of October 23, 2022, following a stroke that occurred the day before, on Saturday, October 22. He was 68 years old and was beginning his 36th year of religious life. Kawas was born on March 14, 1954, in Margot, a commune …
Father François GENDRON died on Friday, August 26, 2022, in the infirmary of the Residence Notre-Dame de Richelieu as a result of pneumonia that he had contracted some time before. He had just turned 95 years old. François was born on August 22, 1927, in Montreal. He was the youngest of three boys. He had …
Father Claude Souffrant passed away at the Colombière Center (in Clarkson, Michigan), the infirmary of the Midwestern Province of the United States (UMI), very early on January 26, 2022. This is where he had been receiving care since 2018, after having to leave Haiti. He had contracted pneumonia a week earlier. Claude was born on …
Father Louis-Joseph Goulet passed away in Richelieu as a consequence of his advanced age, on the afternoon of December 13, 2021. He had been receiving care in the infirmary since 2017. In recent years, he had become unable to communicate verbally with those around him. Louis-Joseph was born on September 16, 1929, in Quebec City. …