Prayers
From the SociusI am sorry to notify you of the death of Fr Peter (“Bertie”) Granger-Banyard SJ.Bertie died peacefully just before 3.00am this morning (Tuesday 7th August 2018) in the St Aloysius community in Glasgow. Dermot Preston and Ted Coyle were with him. Bertie had been unwell for some time. He was 87 years old, and had been a Jesuit for almost 70 years.Bertie was born in Birmingham on 6th February 1931. After attending schools in Ipswich, West Norwood, and at Belmont Abbey, he joined the...
Jim died peacefully at around 5.00am on Wednesday 4th April 2018 in the Cardiac Care Unit of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. He had been in hospital for some time, being treated for endocarditis, and his condition had taken a turn for the worse. He was 77 years old, and had been a Jesuit for 57 years.Jim was born on 22nd January 1941 in Glasgow. He attended St Mary’s Junior Secondary School in the city, and then worked in a tailoring factory. In January 1960 he joined the...
Your prayers are asked for the repose of the soul of Mr Francis Mack, who has died recently at the age of 92. He was a member of the Province between 1948 and 1957, and subsequently taught Latin at Campion School, Hornchurch, until his retirement. He is survived by his widow Noreen. His funeral will take place at 12.30pm this Thursday, 1st February, at the church of Christ the Eternal High Priest, 410 Brentwood Road, Gidea Park, Romford, RM2 6DH. Members of the Province are welcome to attend....
A number of requests for prayers have been received recently:For the repose of the soul of Mary Crosby, eldest sister of Paul Fletcher SJ, who died on the evening of 14th January. She was aged 72, and had been suffering from cancer for some years. For Gerry O'Mahony SJ, recovering in Preston after surgery on 10th January to remove a large tumour in his abdomen.For Doreen Birchall, the mother of David Birchall SJ, who is in hospital in Liverpool, having had to have both legs amputated after...
Your prayers are asked for the repose of the soul of Fr Kennedy O’Brien SJ, of the Irish Province, who died suddenly yesterday in his room. Kennedy, who was aged 61, was known to many in the British Province from the time he spent in the Jesuit novitiate in Birmingham while he was a scholastic in the 1980s. At the time of his death he was a teacher at Gonzaga College in Dublin, and was Minister in the community there. Another Jesuit in the community, Fr Joe Brennan SJ, who was 88, died on the...
Hugh Kearney, former student at SFX College in Liverpool, has died at the age of 93.His obituary in the Guardian said he was a:"Historian who challenged readers to view the pasts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as inseparable....Through his book The British Isles: A History of Four Nations, he sought to alter the way the islands’ occupants viewed their past. Before its publication, in 1989, the writing of the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales had tended to be...
Congratulations to Bernard Hall, the senior member of the Province, who on Tuesday 17th October celebrates his 96th birthday. Bernard is currently spiritual father of the Peter Canisius community, the infirmary next door to the Curia in Rome. He celebrated 70 years as a Jesuit last year, and has held many distiguished posts in the Society, including Provincial of the English Province between 1970 and 1976, Rector of the Bellarmino between 1976 and 1982, and Fr General's Assistant for the...
Kevin Fox asks for prayers for the repose of the soul of Henry Broadbent.Henry was 72 years old, and died from cancer that was diagnosed earlier this year. He was the father of Hal Broadbent, our former Finance Officer, and both were of a family whose connection with Mount St Mary's College went back to its foundation in 1842.Henry was a surveyor who did much valuable work for the Province, notably in the restoration of Barlborough Hall in the 1980s and in the purchase and disposal of houses in...
We have had news from the Irish Province of the death of Mario D'Souza. Mario was a scholastic there in the early 1980's, and well-known to a number of members of this Province. Some time after he left the Society, he joined the Basilian Fathers, but kept in touch with Tom Layden, the former Irish Provincial. Tom writes: "Mario D'Souza CSB died in Toronto on September 26 after a short illness. He was diagnosed with a virulent and aggressive form of cancer in late July. I visited him on August...
Prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of John Holden, husband of Rita, and a longstanding and dedicated parishioner of St Peters', Stonyhurst with St Joseph's and living in Hurst Green, who died on Sunday, October 1st. He will be well-known to many who have attended Jesuit Parish gatherings in recent years. He will be buried from St Peter's, Stonyhurst on Saturday, October 7th at 11.00am. May he rest in peace.