On Sunday 29 September 2019, Pope Francis unveiled a monument to migration to mark the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees ANGELS UNAWARE by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz depicts 140 migrants and refugees travelling on a boat and includes indigenous people, the Virgin Mary and Joseph, Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and those from war-torn lands.
JANUARY
RELIGIOUS CALENDAR 2020
LECTIONARY: Sundays - Cycle A Weekdays - Year 2
JANUARY
1. WEDNESDAY SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD World Day of Peace POPE’S INTENTION: We pray that Christians, followers of other religions, and all people of goodwill may promote peace and justice in the world. MARIST HISTORY: 1818, Antoine Couturier, joined the La Valla community, becoming the fourth brother in the Institute. MORTUARY LIST: 1993 - Br Anacleti Kanyumbu, Malawi; 2006 - Br Abdon Nkhuwa, Zambia. BIRTHDAY: 1925 - Paul Nkhoma; 1986 - Sábado Valia 2. THURSDAY FOUNDATION DAY OF THE INSTITUTE (Suggested - “Marist Office”) Saints Basil the Great 379 and Gregory Nazianzen 390. Memorial Ps Week 1 MORTUARY LIST: All those in the list for January. MARIST HISTORY: 1817: On this day, Father Marcellin Champagnat took Jean-Marie Granjon and Jean-Baptiste Audras, two young men who had agreed to help him teach children, to live in the little house in Lavalla that became the “cradle” of the Institute. 1923 - Foundation in El Salvador. 2002 - The formal incorporation of the Sector of Angola into the Province of Southern Africa during a ceremony in Luanda. 3. FRIDAY Christmas Weekday
4. SATURDAY Christmas Weekday.
5. SUNDAY EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity MARIST HISTORY: 1970 - Foundation in Nicaragua. 6. MONDAY Christmas Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1960 - Foundation in Malaysia. MORTUARY LIST: 1992 - Br Conleath Dolan, South Africa. 7. TUESDAY Christmas Weekday St Raymond of Peñafort 1275 Ps Week 2 BIRTHDAYS: 1986 - Raymond Mbao; 1993 - Christopher Chagunda 8. WEDNESDAY Christmas Weekday BIRTHDAY: 1977 - Ebel Muteveri
3 JANUARY 9. THURSDAY Christmas Weekday St Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot, African saint. 710 MARIST HISTORY: 1863 - Approval of our Institute as the Marist Brothers of the Schools by Pope Pius IX. 10. FRIDAY Christmas Weekday Saint Melchiades (Miltiades) Bishop of Rome and second African Pope. 314 MARIST HISTORY: 1838 – Marist Fathers arrive in New Zealand with some Marist Brothers acting as their assistants. MORTUARY LIST: 2013 - Br Martin Whiteford, South Africa 11. SATURDAY Christmas Weekday
12. SUNDAY THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD MORTUARY LIST: 1995 - Br Pablo José Soarez Fernandez, Mozambique. MARIST HISTORY: 1993 - Foundation in Chad. 13. MONDAY First week of Ordinary Time Year 2 Psalter Week 1 Feast St Hilary, Bishop & Doctor 368 World Day of Migrants and Refugees
14. TUESDAY
15. WEDNESDAY St Arnold Jansen, founder of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) MARIST HISTORY: 1925 - Departure of the first Brothers for Venezuela 16. THURSDAY
17. FRIDAY St Anthony, Abbot, Desert Father in Egypt, 356.
18. SATURDAY First Day - Octave of prayer for Christian Unity 19. SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Year A
20. MONDAY Blessed Cyprian Tansi of Nigeria 1964 Psalter Week 2 Third Day - Octave of prayer for Christian Unity. BIRTHDAY: 1963 - Evaristus Kasambwe 21. TUESDAY St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr 304 Fourth Day - Octave of prayer for Christian Unity MARIST HISTORY: 1952 - Foundation in Rwanda; 1996 - Death of Br Basílio Rueda, b. Mexico 1924, ninth Superior-General (1967-1976 & 1976-1985). BIRTHDAY: 1995 - Benson Jackson Taonele
4 JANUARY 22. WEDNESDAY St Vincent Deacon & martyr 304. Fifth Day - Octave of prayer for Christian Unity MARIST HISTORY: 1991 - Pope John Paul II declares Br Alfano Vaser (Italy) to be “Venerable”. 23. THURSDAY Sixth Day - Octave of prayer for Christian Unity. MARIST HISTORY: 1939 - Marist Foundation in Zimbabwe; 1995 - Foundation in Cambodia. BIRTHDAY: 1977 - Reuben Banda 24. FRIDAY St Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 1622 Seventh Day - Octave of prayer for Christian Unity MARIST HISTORY: 1810 - Death of Marcellin’s mother, Marie-Thérèse. 25. SATURDAY THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL, THE APOSTLE. Feast Final Day of the Octave of prayer for Christian Unity MARIST HISTORY: 1923 - Foundation in El Salvador. 26. SUNDAY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Year C Psalter Wk 3 Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops 1st cent.
27. MONDAY St Angela Merici, Virgin, foundress of the Ursulines 1540 BIRTHDAY: 1994 - Sydney Moyenda 28. TUESDAY St Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor of the Church 1274 MARIST HISTORY: 1947 - Departure of the first Brothers for Portugal. f: 1962 - Alexander Damalekani 29. WEDNESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1826 - Seriously ill, Fr. Champagnat went to convalesce with Fr. Dervieux, parish priest of Saint Peter’s at Saint-Chamond. BIRTHDAY: 1978 – Maria Bobillo (Int. Comm.) 30. THURSDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1876 - Departure of the first Brothers for New Zealand. One of the founders, Br Sigismond, later worked and died in South Africa. 31. FRIDAY St John Bosco, priest, founder of the Salesians (SDB) 1888 MORTUARY LIST: 2009 - Br Alexandre Balko, not of our Province, but one of the pioneer researchers who deepened our understanding of the person of Marcellin.
5 FEBRUARY
1. SATURDAY Blessed Benedict Daswa, Martyr in South Africa, 1990. [Readings proper to the feast are available] POPE’S INTENTIONS: We pray that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered. MARIST HISTORY: 1856 - Departure of the first Brothers for Belgium. MORTUARY LIST: 1999 - Br Gerald Daly, South Africa 2. SUNDAY PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Feast. World Day for “Consecrated Life”. MORTUARY LIST: All those in the list for February. (Office of the Dead) 1997 - Br Gerard Pollard, South Africa. MARIST HISTORY: 1822 - Entry of Brother Stanislaus into the La Valla community; 1934 - Foundation in Uruguay. 3. MONDAY St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr 316 Psalter Week 4 MARIST HISTORY: 1874 - Br Marie Nizier, companion of St Peter Chanel, died in London. 1914 - Foundation in Germany. MORTUARY LIST: 2010 - Br Gilles Beauregard, Zimbabwe. BIRTHDAY: Cornélio Catumbela (nov. ad. 2019) 4. TUESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1911 - Foundation in Chile. MORTUARY LIST: 1998 - Br Ralph Labrie, Zimbabwe 5. WEDNESDAY St Agatha, Virgin and Martyr 251 MARIST HISTORY: 1872 - Death in St-Génis-Laval of Br Jean-Baptiste Furet, biographer of Marcellin and the first Brothers. MORTUARY LIST: (1) 1968 - Br Walstan Curtin, Zimbabwe (Pioneer in Kutama), South Africa; (2) 2009 - Br Marcel Legault, Zambia, Zimbabwe 6. THURSDAY St Paul Miki & Companions, Japanese martyrs, 1597. MORTUARY LIST: 2010 - Br Henrique Ramalle, Zimbabwe. 7. FRIDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1746 - Birth of Marie-Thérèse Chirat, Marcellin’s mother. 8. SATURDAY St Jerome Emiliani 1537; St Josephine Bakhita, a freed Sudanese slave who became a greatly loved Canossian Sister in Italy 1947. MARIST HISTORY: 1851 - Death of Br Lawrence, third Brother of the Institute and catechist in Le Bessat
6 FEBRUARY 9. SUNDAY FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MORTUARY LIST: 1893 - Br Antony Dougherty, South Africa (a pioneer to the Cape in 1867). BIRTHDAY: 1979 - Euclides Nangolo 10. MONDAY St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict 547. Psalter Week 1 MORTUARY LIST: 1991 - Br Henri Vermett, Zimbabwe 11. TUESDAY Our Lady of Lourdes World Day of the Sick 12. WEDNESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1867 - Departure of five Brothers from Toulon in France for the Cape Colony aboard a French gunboat. 13. THURSDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1790 - The Revolutionary Government in France suppresses religious congregations. Marcellin’s aunt takes refuge with the family. MORTUARY LIST: 2004 - Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI, South Africa, affiliated. 14. FRIDAY Saints Cyril, Monk 869 and Methodius, Bishop 885. BIRTHDAY: 1991 - Mugove Chibwenga 15. SATURDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1823 - Lost in a blinding snowstorm, Marcellin and Br Stanislaus recite the Memorare and then see the light of a farmer outside his dwelling. 1947 - Foundation in Portugal. MORTUARY LIST: 2003 - Brother Dominique Kagabo, Malawi, Zimbabwe. BIRTHDAY: 1970 - Frank Mwambucha 16. SUNDAY SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saint Gregory X, Pope, Confessor 1276 BIRTHDAY: 1974 - Felizardo Maceia 17 MONDAY Seven Holy Founders of the Servites, 13th century Psalter Week 2
18 TUESDAY St Simeon, Bishop of Jerusalem, martyr 107 MORTUARY LIST: (1) 2008 - Br Ezequiel Caetano Dias, Mozambique; (2) 2012 - Br Cyprien-Louis (Richard Gazaille), Zimbabwe, Malawi. MIC 19 WEDNESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1962 - Foundation in Costa Rica. BIRTHDAY: 1982 - Richard Chidothi 20 THURSDAY
21 FRIDAY St Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor 1072.
7 FEBRUARY MARIST HISTORY: 1775 - Marriage of Marcellin’s parents, Jean-Baptiste Champagnat and Marie-Thérèse Chirat. MORTUARY LIST: 2003 - Br José Pasa, Mozambique, Angola. BIRTHDAY: 1935 - Angel Mansoa Ayucar; 1961 - Br Ernesto Sánchez, Superior General 22 SATURDAY The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle, Feast MARIST HISTORY: 1881 - Death at the Hermitage of Brother François Gabriel Rivat, first Superior-General (1839-1860). 1957 - Foundation in Bolivia. BIRTHDAY: 1932 - Claude Audy 23 SUNDAY SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME St Polycarp, disciple of John the Apostle, Bishop and Martyr 155. MARIST HISTORY: 1942 - Death at St-Génis-Laval of Br Diogène Decuwe, 6th Superior-General (1920-1942). 24 MONDAY Psalter Week 3
25 TUESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1985 - Foundation in Haiti 26 WEDNESDAY ASH WEDNESDAY Psalter Week 4 St Alexander of Alexandria, African saint, 326.
27 THURSDAY after Ash Wednesday
28 FRIDAY after Ash Wednesday MARIST HISTORY: 1872 - Foundation in Australia. 1903 - Government Minister Combes outlaws religious life and closes religious schools in France. BIRTHDAY: 1987 - Moffat Phiri 29 SATURDAY after Ash Wednesday
1. SUNDAY FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT St. Gelasius, third African Pope 496. St David 589. POPE’S INTENTIONS: That the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity. MARIST HISTORY: 1858 - Pope Pius IX gives an audience to Brothers François and Louis-Marie prior to the approval of the Institute; 1943 - Death of Venerable Brother Alfano Vaser in Ventimiglia, Italy; 1954 - Foundation in Angola.
8 MARCH 2. MONDAY Lenten Weekday Psalter Week 1 MORTUARY LIST: All those in the list for March. (Office of the Dead); 2018 – Br Jacques Roux, South Africa, Zimbabwe. 3. TUESDAY Lenten Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1911 – Departure of the first Brothers for Sri Lanka. BIRTHDAY: 1958 - Tony Clark (Int. Comm.); 1986 - Tererai Gijima; 1991 - Raphael Kenneth Time 4. WEDNESDAY Lenten Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1840 - Marcellin begins to experience severe kidney pains that lasted until his death in June. 5. THURSDAY Lenten Weekday MORTUARY LIST: 2009 - Br Josaphat Bernard, South Africa 6. FRIDAY Lenten Weekday
7. SATURDAY Lenten Weekday Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs 203 MARIST HISTORY: 1851 - Br Antoine, 4th member of the Institute, died in Ampuis, France; 1926 - Death of Br Stratonique Usclard, aged 82 at Grugliasco (Italy), 5th Superior-General (1907-1920). MORTUARY LIST: 1870 - Br Chumald Descombes, South Africa (one of the pioneer Brothers to the Cape; the first Brother to die in Africa). BIRTHDAY: 1973 - Leonard Brito 8. SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT St John of God, founder of the Brothers Hospitallers 1550 MARIST HISTORY: 1891 - Foundation in China. 9. MONDAY Lenten Weekday St Frances of Rome 1440 Psalter Week 2
10. TUESDAY Lenten Weekday St Victor, first African Pope199 MARIST HISTORY: 1983 - Foundation in Ghana. MORTUARY LIST: 1990 - Br Gerard Boily, Zambia 11. WEDNESDAY Lenten Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1836 - The Marist Fathers are recognised as an international religious institute; 1891 - Foundation in Algeria; 2001 - Beatification of Francesco Castelló Aléu, Marist ex-student, martyred in Spain in 1936. BIRTHDAY: 1973 - Emmanuel Mwanalirenji 12. THURSDAY Lenten Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1808 - Birth of Gabriel Rivat (Br François) in Maisonnettes, near La Valla. MORTUARY LIST: 1994 - Br Lorenzo Tanguay, Malawi. BIRTHDAY: 1964 - José Antonio Pascual 13. FRIDAY Lenten Weekday HISTORY: 2013 - Election of Pope Francis. BIRTHDAY: 1984 – Dias José Gemusse 14. SATURDAY Lenten Weekday
9 MARCH 15. SUNDAY THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT St Louise de Marillac, foundress of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul 1660
16. MONDAY Lenten Weekday Psalter Week3
17. TUESDAY Saint Patrick ca.460 MARIST HISTORY: 1984 – Br. Charles Raphael (Jean Ergen), 8th Superior General (1958-1967), died in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium. 18. WEDNESDAY Psalter Week 2 St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 386
19. THURSDAY ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity
20. FRIDAY Lenten Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1924 - Exhumation and translation to the Hermitage chapel, of the remains of Br François. MORTUARY LIST: 2012 - Mr Hubert “Tubby” Teubes, South Africa, affiliated member. BIRTHDAY: 1974 - Francis Jumbe 21. SATURDAY Lenten Weekday MORTUARY LIST: 2017 – Br Adrien Beaudoin, Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique, MIC 22. SUNDAY FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARIST HISTORY: 1988 - The remains of Venerable Br Alfano Vaser were transferred to San Leone Magno Institute, Rome. MORTUARY LIST: 1949 - Br Patrick Veilleux, Zimbabwe, Malawi (Pioneer and Superior in Zimbabwe, Kutama 1939). 23. MONDAY Lenten Weekday St Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop 1606 Psalter Week 4
24. TUESDAY Saint Oscar Romero, Martyr in El Salvador. 1980
25. WEDNESDAY THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Solemnity MARIST HISTORY: 1911 - Foundation in Chile. BIRTHDAY: 1932 - James Langlois 26. THURSDAY Lenten Weekday MORTUARY LIST: (1) 1994 - Owen Cardinal McCann, Emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town, affiliate; (2) 1997 - Br Gaston St.-Cyr, Malawi 27. FRIDAY Lenten Weekday 23Statue Statue of of St St Joseph Joseph MARIST HISTORY: 1822 - Admission of the eight postulants brought to LaValla by a former De La Salle Brother. This event led to a rapid rise in the number of Brothers 28. SATURDAY Lenten Weekday
10 MARCH MARIST HISTORY: 1999 - Foundation in Hungary. MORTUARY LIST: 2000 - Br Roger Laverdure, Zimbabwe. BIRTHDAYS: 1961 - Nicholas Banda; 1990 - Golden Tati 29. SUNDAY FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARIST HISTORY: 1825 - Death of Br Jean-Pierre Martinol, the first Brother to die in the Institute. 1954 - Foundation in Zambia (Chassa) 30. MONDAY Lenten Weekday Psalter Week 1 MARIST HISTORY: 1817 - Jean-Marie Granjon & Jean-Baptiste Audras become the first Brothers to put on a habit. They were given the names of Jean-Marie and Louis. 31. TUESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1842 - Union of the Brothers of St-Paul-Trois-Châteaux with our Institute
1. WEDNESDAY Lenten Weekday POPE’S INTENTIONS: That those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied. MARIST HISTORY: 1819 - Opening of Marcellin’s school in La Valla under the directorship of Br Jean-Marie Granjon. 2. THURSDAY Lenten Weekday St Francis of Paola 1512 MORTUARY LIST: All those in the list for April. (Office of the Dead). 1999 - Br Rolando de Amorim, pioneer in Mozambique (at Beira in 1948), and in Angola (at Sá de Bandeira, now Lubango, in 1954). BIRTHDAY: 1982 - Witman Phiri 3. FRIDAY Lenten Weekday St Richard of Chichester 1253 MARIST HISTORY: 1903 - The French Government notified Marist leaders of the Decree banning the Institute in France, an action affecting about 600 schools. 4. SATURDAY Lenten Weekday St Isidore, Bishop & Doctor 636 BIRTHDAYS: 1972 - Evans Musakanya; 1989 - Ângelo Cassinda. 5. SUNDAY PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD BIRTHDAY: 1968 - Patrick Bushilya 6. MONDAY Monday of Holy Week Weekday Psalter Week 2 MARIST HISTORY: 1872 - Foundation in Australia. 7. TUESDAY Tuesday of Holy Week St John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1719
11 APRIL MARIST HISTORY: 1994 - Beginning of the genocide in Rwanda during which Brothers Fabien Bisengimana, Gaspard Gatali, Chris Mannion C.G., Canisius Nyilikindi, Joseph Rushigajiki, and Étienne Rwesa lost their lives. 8. WEDNESDAY Wednesday of Holy Week MARIST HISTORY: 1832 - Father Claude Colin decides to found the Brothers of Saint Joseph as aides to the Marist Fathers. 9. THURSDAY HOLY THURSDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1883 - Death, at the age of 44, in St-Génis-Laval, of Brother Nestor, our third Superior-General (1880-1883); 1999 - Assembly in Kutama to set up the Province of Southern Africa with Br. Charles Howard, delegate of the Superior General, and Br Richard Dunleavy, Secretary General, as facilitators. BIRTHDAY: 1935 - António Pisco 10. FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY)
11. SATURDAY HOLY SATURDAY St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr 1079 MARIST HISTORY: 1999 - Appointment of Br Jude Pieterse as the first Superior of the Province of Southern Africa. At that stage it included Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 2001, the General Council decided to add Angola to the Administrative Unit. Angola was formally added to the Province on 2 January 2002. 12. SUNDAY EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD. Solemnity St Zeno of Verona, African saint. 371 BIRTHDAY: 1969 - Patrick Bwalya 13. MONDAY within the Octave of Easter. St Martin I, Pope & Martyr 655. MARIST HISTORY: 1824 - Marcellin receives permission from the Archdiocese of Lyon to build the Hermitage. 14. TUESDAY within the Octave of Easter
15. WEDNESDAY within the Octave of Easter MARIST HISTORY: 1844 - Union of the Brothers of Viviers with the Marist Brothers. 16. THURSDAY within the Octave of Easter St Bernadette of Lourdes 1879 MARIST HISTORY: 1867 - Five Marist Brothers land at the Cape to set up the first Marist Brothers’ school outside of Europe. MORTUARY LIST: 2010 - Br Ignatius Khambi, Malawi. BIRTHDAY: 1927 - Birth of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. 17. FRIDAY within the Octave of Easter MARIST HISTORY: 1921 - Consecration of the Institute to St Joseph 18. SATURDAY within the Octave of Easter ZIMBABWE Independence Day (1980). MARIST HISTORY: 1907 - Death in Mataró, Spain, of Brother Théophane Duran, aged 82. 4th Superior-General (1883-1907);
12 APRIL 1999 - Canonisation of Marcellin Champagnat by Pope John Paul II. BIRTHDAY: 1993 - Pascoal Tchaculanda 19. SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY) MARIST HISTORY: 1805 - Shrine of the Virgin at Fourvière re-opened by Pope Pius VII after the French Revolution. MORTUARY LIST: 1998 - Br Anton Meis, South Africa. 20. MONDAY Easter Weekday St Marcellinus, Bishop, African Saint 374. Psalter Week 2
21. TUESDAY Easter Weekday St Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop, Doctor of the church, 1109 BIRTHDAY: 1966 - Auxensio Dickson
22. WEDNESDAY Easter Weekday MORTUARY LIST: 2002 - Mr Arthur Gibson, affiliated member, South Africa 23. THURSDAY Easter Weekday
24. FRIDAY Easter Weekday. St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, martyr, 1622 MORTUARY LIST: 2007 - Br Augustus Perreault, South Africa, Zimbabwe. BIRTHDAY: 1969 - Norbert Mwila 25. SATURDAY Easter Weekday St Mark, Evangelist, Feast MARIST HISTORY: 1932 - Foundation in Guatemala 26. SUNDAY THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER. St Cletus or Anacletus, third Bishop of Rome 92 MARIST HISTORY: 1862 - Foundation in Ireland. 27. MONDAY Easter Weekday Psalter Week 3 SOUTH AFRICA Freedom Day (1994) MARIST HISTORY: 1903 - Arrival of Marist Brothers from Aubenas in Belem, Brazil. 28. TUESDAY Easter Weekday St Peter Chanel, Marist Father, martyr, 1841; St Pius V, Pope 1572; Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, priest, 1716. MARIST HISTORY: 1841 - On the island of Futuna, Father Peter Chanel S.M. is killed while Marist Brother Marie Nizier was away baptising a child. 29. WEDNESDAY Easter Weekday St Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor of the Church 1380 MARIST HISTORY: 1836 - Pope Gregory XVI approved the priestly branch of the Society of Mary; 1937 - Foundation in Holland. MORTUARY LIST: 2004 - Br Kevin McGarry, South Africa 30. THURSDAY Easter Weekday. Our Lady, Mother of Africa, Feast MARIST HISTORY: 1965 - Foundation in Cameroon
13 MAY
1. FRIDAY Easter Weekday St Joseph the Worker POPE’S INTENTIONS: That deacons, faithful in their service to the Word and the poor, may be an invigorating symbol for the entire Church. MARIST HISTORY: 1825 - The La Valla community took up residence at l’Hermitage. Marcellin hires Claude Maisonneuve to instruct the young Brothers in teaching methods. There were 20 Brothers and 10 postulants at the time, and 22 other Brothers teaching in schools. 1974 - Foundation in India. BIRTHDAYS: 1987 - Godfrey Kadzuwa 2. SATURDAY Easter Weekday St Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 373 MORTUARY LIST: All those in the list for May. (Office of the Dead). MARIST HISTORY: 1818 - Br Bartholomew became the fifth member of the La Valla community; 1824 - Death of Sister Thérèse (Louise Champagnat), Marcellin’s aunt and teacher, at the age of 72. 3. SUNDAY FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Saints Philip and James, Apostles. MARIST HISTORY: 1840 – Our Founder celebrated Holy Mass for the last time. MORTUARY LIST: (1) 1983 - Br Ernest Ouellet b.Canada, Zimbabwe (pioneer in Kutama, 1939); (2) 1994 - Lucien Baillargeron (Charles-Salvator) Malawi, Zambia (Pioneer at Chassa 1954). BIRTHDAY: 1992 - Andrew Mandala 4. MONDAY Easter Weekday Psalter Week 4
5. TUESDAY Easter Weekday Blessed Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers 1844. MARIST HISTORY: 1873 - Foundation in New Caledonia. MORTUARY LIST: 2003 - Br Abel Pereira, Mozambique. 6. WEDNESDAY Easter Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1818 - The 10-year-old Gabriel Rivat entered the novitiate in La Valla; 1949 - Foundation in Hong Kong. BIRTHDAY: 1967 - Arthur Ganiza 7. THURSDAY Easter Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1871 - Foundation in Samoa. MORTUARY LIST: (1) 2004 - Br Manuel Silva Reis, Mozambique; (2) 2012 – Br Gérard-Paul Harvey, Malawi
14 MAY 8. FRIDAY Easter Weekday Blessed Pierre Claverie & 18 Companions, martyrs of Algeria who died between 1994 and 1996, including Brother Henri Vergès FMS & Sr. Paul Hélène who were killed on this day in 1994. MORTUARY LIST: 2013 - Br Vincent Chunga, Malawi. BIRTHDAY: 1936 - Jesus Sánchez Martín 9. SATURDAY Easter Weekday St Pachomius, Egyptian, founder of monasticism, 348 BIRTHDAY: 1984 - Victor Mwamba 10. SUNDAY FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER St Damien of Molokai, leper, priest, 1889 BIRTHDAY: 1956 - António Sanasana 11. MONDAY Easter Weekday Psalter Week 1 MARIST HISTORY: 1840 - Marcellin receives the Anointing of the Sick, twenty-six days before he died. BIRTHDAY: 1971 - Gilbert Zenda 12. TUESDAY Easter Weekday MARIST HISTORY: 1824 - Fr Courveille is asked by the Archbishop to aid Father Champagnat in Lavalla. Before long he considered himself the Superior-General of the Society. BIRTHDAY: 1964 - Deodato Magomero 13. WEDNESDAY Easter Weekday Our Lady of Fatima MARIST HISTORY: 1824 - Fathers Champagnat & Courveille buy the property on which the Hermitage was to be built 14. THURSDAY Easter Weekday St Matthias Apostle Feast MORTUARY LIST: 2011 - Br John Moss, Malawi.
15. FRIDAY Easter Weekday; St John Baptist de La Salle 1719 (The De La Salle Brothers celebrate their founder on this day); St Isidore, the farmer 1130 MARIST HISTORY: 1876 - Foundation in New Zealand. BIRTHDAY: 1975 - Kasongo Mwape 16. SATURDAY Easter Weekday
17. SUNDAY SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MORTUARY LIST: 2001 - Br Basil Meis, South Africa. BIRTHDAY: 1982 - Chrisantius Mwansa 18. MONDAY Easter Weekday Psalter Week 2 MARIST HISTORY: 1840 - Br Louis Marie reads out Marcellin’s Spiritual Testament. 19. TUESDAY Easter Weekday Pope St Celestine V 1296
20. WEDNESDAY Easter Weekday St Bernadine of Siena 1444 Psalter Week 1 MARIST HISTORY: 1789 - Birth of Marcellin Champagnat at La Rosey, Marlhes; 1967 - Blessing of the statue of Marcellin in the Basilica at Fatima, Portugal. BIRTHDAY: 1993 - Samuel Longenda
15 MAY 21. THURSDAY THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Solemnity (In some countries, this feast is transferred to the following Sunday) St Cristopher Magallenes, priest, & companions, martyrs, Mexico 1927 MARIST HISTORY: 1789 - Marcellin was baptised at the parish church in Marlhes, on the feast of the Ascension. 22. FRIDAY Easter Weekday St Rita of Cascia 1457 MARIST HISTORY: 1967 - The Church bestowed the title of Venerable on Br François 23. SATURDAY Easter Weekday MORTUARY LIST: 2006 - Br Maurice Bisson, Zimbabwe. BIRTHDAY: 1941 - Neil McGurk 24. SUNDAY SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER or THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians MARIST HISTORY: 1961 – Official transfer of the General House from St-Génis Laval to Rome. MORTUARY LIST: 2004 - Br Charles-Eugène Tremblay, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia. BIRTHDAY: 1994 – Peter Joseph. 25. MONDAY Easter Weekday St Bede the Venerable, Priest & Doctor of the Church 735; St Gregory VII Pope 1085; St Mary Magdalen de Pazzi 1607. Psalter Week 3 UNITED NATIONS AFRICA DAY. MARIST HISTORY: 1975 - Death of Br Léonida Garrigue, at Saint Paul Trois-Châteaux, 7th Superior-General (1946-1958). BIRTHDAYS: 1987 - Joseph Daka; 1991 - António Armando; 1992 - Yob Mathias 26. TUESDAY Easter Weekday St Philip Neri, priest 1595 BIRTHDAY 1986 – Juliana Fontoura (Int. Comm.) 27. WEDNESDAY Easter Weekday St Augustine of Canterbury 604
28. THURSDAY Easter Weekday NOVENA in preparation for CHAMPAGNAT DAY – Day 1. 29. FRIDAY Easter Weekday Blessed Joseph Gérard OMI, 1914, missionary in Lesotho. CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 2. MARIST HISTORY: 1955 - Beatification of Marcellin Champagnat by Pope Pius XII. 30. SATURDAY Easter Weekday St Joan of Arc 1431 CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 3. 31. SUNDAY PENTECOST SUNDAY Solemnity. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 4. BIRTHDAY: 1936 - Christopher Zimmermann
16 JUNE
1. MONDAY The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. Ninth week in Ordinary Time St Justin, Martyr, early Christian apologist 165. Psalter Week 1 CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 5. POPE’S INTENTIONS: That all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus. MARIST HISTORY: 1887 - Foundation in Spain. MORTUARY LIST: 1996 - Br Primo Armando Cordeiro Corbellini, Mozambique, Angola BIRTHDAY: 1972 – Br Lourenço Sapalo 2. TUESDAY Sts Marcellinus and Peter, Roman martyrs 304 CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 6. MORTUARY LIST: All those in the list for June. (Office of the Dead). 2008 - Br Othmar Weldon, South Africa MARIST HISTORY: 1791 - Marcellin’s father is nominated to become the mayor’s secretary in Marlhes. BIRTHDAY: 1994 – Anderson Kafatsa 3. WEDNESDAY Weekday St. Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs 1886, CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 7. MARIST HISTORY: 1949 - Departure of the first Brothers for Malaysia. BIRTHDAY: 1958 - Joseph Murakho 4. THURSDAY Weekday CHAMPAGNAT NOVENA Day 8. 5. FRIDAY Weekday St Boniface, apostle of Germany, martyr 755 Champagnat Office: First Vespers of the Founder BIRTHDAY: 1976 - Br Jacob Mutingwende 6. SATURDAY ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT Solemnity. (“Marist Office”) MARIST HISTORY: 1840 - Death of Father Champagnat at l’Hermitage during community morning prayers. 1949 - Foundation in Singapore; 1992 - Foundation in Tanzania. 7. SUNDAY THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Solemnity MORTUARY LIST: 2013 - Br Aidan Bridge, South Africa, Zimbabwe. 8. MONDAY of the 10th week in Ordinary Time Psalter Week 2 MARIST HISTORY: 1794 - Revolutionaries burn the Black Virgin of Le Puy; 1840 - Funeral rites for Father Champagnat at l’Hermitage in the presence of Fr Claude Colin,
17 JUNE other Marist Fathers, and several clergy. MORTUARY LIST: 2012 - Br Richard Chabot, South Africa 9. TUESDAY St Ephrem of Syria, composer of hymns 373. BIRTHDAYS: 1933 - Fernand Dostie; 1989 - Steven Chinsolo 10. WEDNESDAY MORTUARY LIST: (1) 1980 - Br Robert (John Luke) Lachance, one of the pioneers in Malawi; (2) 2005 - Br Baptist Faulkner, South Africa 11. THURSDAY St Barnabas, Apostle. Memorial MARIST HISTORY: 1852 - Our Common Rule was approved by the Vatican. MORTUARY LIST: 2002 - Br Valentin Kravos, Zambia. BIRTHDAYS: 1973 - Stephen Phiri 12. FRIDAY St Onuphrius, hermit, African saint c.400 WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR. MARIST HISTORY: 1954 - Canonisation of Marist Father Peter Chanel, first martyr of Oceania. BIRTHDAY: 1996 – Paul Chikaola 13. SATURDAY St Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor of the Church 1226 MARIST HISTORY: 1956 - The Brothers of Peter Claver of Nigeria join our Institute; 1804 - death of Jean-Baptiste Champagnat, Marcellin’s father, aged 49; 1827 - Monsignor de Pins blesses the Hermitage. The facilities were still so poor he had to eat with the curé at St-Chamond. MORTUARY LIST: 1872 - Br Anatolie Arsac, one of the pioneer Brothers to the Cape in 1867. BIRTHDAYS: 1964 - Bernard Chirombe; 1992 - António Muchima Kasombo 14. SUNDAY THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST. St Elijah, Old Testament prophet MORTUARY LIST: 1990 - Br Macartin Hagan, South Africa. BIRTHDAYS: 1958 - Simeon Banda; 1990 - Manuel Simão 15. MONDAY of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Psalter Week 3 MARIST HISTORY: 1946 - Departure of the first Brothers for Malawi (Mtendere) 16. TUESDAY
17. WEDNESDAY
18. THURSDAY BIRTHDAY: Joseph Chiotha (nov. ad. 2019) 19. FRIDAY THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Solemnity Romuald, Abbot, founder of the Camaldolese monks 1027
18 JUNE 20. SATURDAY The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial World Refugee Day MARIST HISTORY: 1851 - Decree of legal authorisation of the Marist Brothers by the French Government, for which Marcellin had striven so hard 21. SUNDAY TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME St Aloysius Gonzaga 1591
22. MONDAY Saint Paulinus of Nola 431; Sts. John Fisher, Bishop, & Thomas More, martyrs 1535. Psalter Week 4 MARIST HISTORY: 431 A.D. - Proclamation of Mary as Theótokos (Mother of God) by the Council of Ephesus. 23. TUESDAY MARIST HISTORY: 1815: Marcellin Champagnat, John Vianney, and Jean-Claude Colin were among a large group ordained as deacons; 1958 - Foundation in Central Africa. 24. WEDNESDAY NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Solemnity MORTUARY LIST: 2017- Br Brendan O’Shea. BIRTHDAY: 1992 - Blessed Vambe 25. THURSDAY MOZAMBIQUE Independence Day (1975). MARIST HISTORY: 1993 - Inauguration of the Marist Asia-Pacific Centre (MAPAC) in Manila, Philippines. BIRTHDAYS: 1983 - Peter Zulu; 1984 - Davy Mbasela 26. FRIDAY
27. SATURDAY St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 444 MARIST HISTORY: 1851 - Br François consecrates the Institute to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. 28. SUNDAY THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME St Irenaeus, first Bishop of Lyon, apologist, Church Father 202 MARIST HISTORY: 1882 - Death of Fr Matricon, our Founder’s assistant. Starting in 1835, he was a chaplain to the Brothers for 47 years; 1960 - The square in front of the General House in Rome is officially named “Piazzale Marcellino Champagnat” 29. MONDAY SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Solemnity
30. TUESDAY First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church MARIST HISTORY: 1858 - Death of Jeanne-Marie Chavoin, foundress of the Marist Sisters, in Jarnosse, France. BIRTHDAY: 1990 - Celestino Ngonjo
19 Mortuary List
MORTUARY LISTS - PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA The lists show native country, year of birth, and countries to which the Brother was appointed.
Mortuary List - January
1 Br Anaclet Kanyumbu b.Malawi 1932-1993 ap. Malawi 1 Br Abdon Nkhuwa b.Zambia 1935-2006 ap. Zambia 2 Br José Emilio Nunez b.Spain 1902-1982 ap. South Africa 3 Br Ralph Woolgar b.South Africa 1909-1983 ap. South Africa 4 Br Miguel Preciado b.Mexico 1918-1988 ap. Mexico, South Africa 6 Br Conleath Dolan b.Ireland 1913-1992 ap. France, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa 8 Br Austin Somers b.Ireland 1853-1939 ap. Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa; 8 Br Lucian Kelly b.Scotland 1903-1983 ap. Scotland, South Africa 10 Br Martin Whiteford b.South Africa 1936-2013 ap. South Africa 12 Br Urban Corrigan b.Australia 1895-1950 ap. Australia, South Africa 12 Br Pablo José Soarez Fernandez b.Spain 1915-1995 ap. Brazil, Mozambique 13 Br Michael Bailey b.South Africa 1901-1981 ap. South Africa 14 Br Charles Howard b.Australia 1924-2012. 10th Superior-General (1985-1993). 18 Br Henry Ahern b.Ireland 1865-1935 ap. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 21 Br Basilio Rueda, b.Mexico 1924-1996. 9th Superior-General (1967-1976 & 1976 - 1985) 24 Br Gilbert McMullen b.Scotland 1902-1962 ap. England, South Africa, Lesotho, Scotland 25 Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende b.Portugal 1906-1967 affiliate in Mozambique 29 Br Henry Julian b.France 1883-1952 ap. France, South Africa 31 Br Andrew Lucas b.Canada 1921-1980 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe
Mortuary List - February
1 Br Gerald Daly b.South Africa 1914-1999 ap.South Africa 2 Br Gerland Hittinger b.Alsace-Lorraine, France 1875-1905 ap.South Africa 2 Br Gerard Pollard b.South Africa 1927-1997 ap.South Africa
20 Mortuary List 3 Br Gilles Beauregard b.Canada 1949-2010 ap.Canada, Zaïre, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, General Administration 4 Br Ralph Labrie b.Canada 1912-1998 ap.USA, Zimbabwe 5 Br Marcel Legault b.Canada 1938-2009 ap.Canada, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe 6 Cardinal Teodósio Clemente de Gouveia b.Madeira 1889-1962 affiliate in Mozambique 6 Br Walstan Curtin b.Australia 1888-1968 ap.Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa 6 Br Oscar Valdomiro Jovtei b.Brazil 1930-1976 ap.Brazil, Mozambique 6 Br Henrique Ramalle b.Spain 1927-2010 ap.Spain, Zimbabwe 9 Br Antony Dougherty b.Ireland 1837-1893 ap.Belgium, Ireland, UK, South Africa (a pioneer to the Cape in 1867) 9 Br Florian Arnal b.France 1883-1966 ap.France, South Africa 9 Br Gabriel Page b.England 1893-1970 ap.South Africa 10 Br Aidan Allpass b.South Africa 1865-1929 ap.South Africa 10 Br Henri Vermett b.Canada 1911-1991 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe 13 Archbishop Denis Hurley O.M.I b.South Africa 1915-2004 affiliate in South Africa 14 Br Antinogène Roux b.France 1880-1930 ap.France, Algeria, South Africa 15 Br Sebastian McNulty b.Ireland 1848-1893 ap.UK, Ireland, South Africa 15 Br Dominique Kagabo b.Rwanda 1954-2003 ap.Rwanda, DRCongo, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Italy 18 Br Ezequiel Caetano Dias b.Portugal 1917-2008 ap.Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique 18 Br Cyprien-Louis Gazaille b.USA 1927-2012 ap.Canada, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya 20 Br Adalbaud Freytag b.Germany 1886-1958 ap.UK, Ireland, Australia, Samoa, South Africa 21 Br Leão José Pasa b.Brazil 1926-2003 ap.Mozambique, Angola 22 Br François Gabriel Rivat b.France 1808-1881. 1st Superior-General (1839-1860) 23 Br Diogène Henri Decuwe b.France1860-1942. 6th Sup.-General (1920-1932 & 1932-1942)
Mortuary List - March
2 Br Jacques Roux b.Canada 1923-2018 ap. Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe 3 Br Antoine Babin b.Canada 1905-1982 ap. Malawi, Congo Brazzaville, Zambia 5 Br Columbanus Brady A.G. b.Ireland 1863-1928 ap. UK, South Africa, General Administration 5 Br Josaphat Bernard b.Canada 1911-2009 ap. Canada, South Africa 7 Br Stratonique Usclard b.France 1843-1926. 5th Superior-General (1907-1920) 7 Br Chumald Descombes b.France 1832-1870 ap. France, Scotland, South Africa (A pioneer to the Cape in 1867. The first Brother to die in Africa.) 9 Marist Fr Emery de Klerk b.Holland 1985, affiliate RSA ap. Solomon Islands, Papua N-G, RSA 10 Br Gerard Boily b.Canada 1914-1990 ap. Canada, Cameroon, Zambia, New Caledonia 11 Br Regis Vallier b.France 1886-1946 ap. South Africa 11 Br Edmund MacDonald b.Scotland 1894-1969 ap. Italy, Aden, France, South Africa 12 Br Lorenzo Tanguay C.G. b.Canada 1904-1994 ap. Canada, Malawi, General Administration 15 Br Willibrord van der Moortel b.Belgium 1854-1916 ap. France, UK, South Africa
21 Mortuary List 16 Br Samuel Rousset b.France 1879-1934 ap. France, Algeria, South Africa 17 Br Leotus Cerf b.France 1844-1921 ap. France, UK, South Africa, Australia, Samoa 17 Br Charles Raphael (Jean Ergen) b.Belgium 1900-1984, 8th Superior-General (1958-1967). 19 Br Andrew Gildea b.Ireland 1886-1911 ap. UK, Lesotho, South Africa 20 Mr Hubert Teubes b.South Africa ,2012 affiliate 21 Br Adrien Beaudoin b.Canada 1918-2017 ap. Canada, USA, Malawi, Centre-Afrique, Rome (Gen. Admin.), Nairobi, Mozambique, South Africa, Haiti 22 Br Patrick Veilleux b.Canada 1881-1949 ap. Canada, USA, Zimbabwe (pioneer Superior in Kutama 1939) 23 Br Guimer Bonnaud b.France 1849-1902 ap. France, South Africa 24 Mr William Rice b.South Africa 1879-1939, affiliate 24 Br Bernard Perreault b.Canada 1909-1987 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe 25 Owen Cardinal McCann b.South Africa 1907-1994, affiliate 26 Br Gaston St.-Cyr b.Canada 1924-1997 ap. Canada, South Africa, Malawi 28 Br Roger Laverdure b.Canada 1921-2000 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe
Mortuary List - April
2 Br Rolando de Amorim b.Portugal 1905-1999 ap.Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola (a pioneer in both Mozambique at Beira 1948 and Angola at Sá de Bandeira (Lubango), 1954) 3 Br Leo Adrian Negre b.France 1904-1980 ap. South Africa 5 Br Adalbertus Freytag b.Germany 1876-1942 ap. South Africa 5 Br Paul Mailhot b.Canada 1907-1970 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi 6 Br Oswald Crawley b.Ireland 1844-1899 ap. South Africa 9 Br Nestor Granier b.France 1838-1883. 3rd Superior-General (1880-1883). 9 Br Leon Xavier Eydous b.France 1864-1887 ap. South Africa 9 Br Theonille Jolivet b.France 1869-1943 ap. France, Algeria, South Africa 9 Br Alexis Zgorecky b.Germany 1913-1959 ap. South Africa 9 Br John Emilian Callaghan b.South Africa 1906-1988 ap. Lebanon, South Africa, Malawi 15 Br Justinian Woods A.G. b.Scotland 1910-1984 ap. South Africa, General Administration 16 Br Ignatius Khambi b.Malawi 1977-2010 ap. Malawi 18 Br Théophane Duran b.France 1824-1907. 5thSuperior-General (1883-1907) 18 Br Eric Burke b.South Africa 1905-1936 ap. South Africa 19 Br Anton Meis b.Germany 1912-1998 ap. Germany, South Africa 19 Br Charles Devriendt b.Belgium 1927-1988 ap. Belgium, Zambia 20 Br Anthony Biedermann b.Germany 1880-1938 ap. Belgium, South Africa 21 Br John Michael Hempstead b.England 1895-1960 ap. South Africa 21 Br Ephrem Trudeau b.Canada 1906-1984 ap. New Caledonia, Australia, Zimbabwe 24 Br Augustus Perreault b.Canada 1918-2007 ap. Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe 28 Br Zenon Collier b.France 1852-1915 ap. France, South Africa, Lesotho 28 Br Probe Pigeyre b.France 1853-1933 ap. France, Algeria, South Africa
22 Mortuary List 29 Br Kevin McGarry b.Ireland 1927- 2004 ap. Ireland, UK, South Africa 30 Monsignor Abilio Esteves de Carvalho +1984 affiliate in Mozambique
Mortuary List - May
2 Br Juan Barral b.Spain 1927-1983 ap. Spain, South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Scotland 3 Br Ernest Ouellet b.Canada 1908-1983 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe (pioneer in Kutama, 1939) 3 Br Lucien Baillargeron b.Canada 1913-1994 ap. Canada, Malawi, Zambia (a pioneer in Zambia at Chassa in 1954) 4 Br Louis Luitprandt Fuchs b.France 1876-1923 ap. South Africa, Lesotho 5 Br Abel Pereira b.Portugal 1921-2003 ap. Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal 7 Br Manuel Silva Reis b.Portugal 1910-2004 ap.Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal 7 Br Gérard-Paul Harvey b.Canada 1919-2012 ap. Canada, Malawi, New Caledonia 8 Br Vincent Chunga b.Malawi 1964-2013 ap.Malawi, Kenya 9 Br Loman Armstrong b.Ireland 1842-1935 ap. Scotland, South Africa 10 Br Marcellin Igon b.France 1886-1952 ap. Lesotho, South Africa 11 Br Conall Murphy b.Ireland 1905-1970 ap. South Africa 14 Br John Moss b.Australia 1927-2011 ap. Australia, Malawi, Solomon Islands, Papua-New Guinea. 17 Br Basil Meis b.Germany 1914-2001 ap. Germany, South Africa 18 Br Sigismond Coustet b.France 1844-1909 ap. France, Ireland, Scotland, NZ, Australia, RSA 20 Br Celestine Sullivan b.Australia 1896-1967 ap. Australia, South Africa 21 Br Felix Garel b.France 1848-1910 ap. France, New Caledonia, Australia, RSA, Lesotho 21 Br Louis Adrien Dallard b.France 1877-1968 ap. France, South Africa 23 Br Maurice Bisson b.Canada 1926-2006 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe, Gen Admin 24 Br Charles-Eugène Tremblay b.Canada 1920-2004 ap. Canada, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia 25 Br Léonida Garrigue b.France 1886-1975. 7th Superior-General 1946-1958. 27 Br Anselm Carrigan b.Scotland 1844-1902 ap. South Africa 29 Br Gabriel Bonnefoy b.France 1886-1908 ap. France, South Africa
23 Mortuary List Mortuary List - June
1 Br Primo Armando Cordeiro Corbellini b.Brazil 1916-1996 ap. Brazil, Mozambique, Angola 2 Br Othmar Weldon b.Australia 1920-2008 ap. Australia, South Africa 3 Br Eusterius Kuntz b.France 1875-1954 ap. UK, South Africa 4 Br Owen Gallagher b.Scotland 1905-1965 ap. Italy, Seychelles, France, South Africa 7 Br Aidan Bridge b.South Africa 1936-2013 ap. South Africa, Zimbabwe 8 Br Richard Chabot b.Canada 1930-2012 ap. Canada, South Africa 10 Br Robert (John Luke) Lachance b.Canada 1918-1980 ap. Canada, USA, Malawi, Zambia (one of the pioneers in Malawi) 10 Br Baptist Faulkner b.Australia 1912-2005 ap. Australia, RSA, Papua-New Guinea, Pakistan 11 Br Bernard Perren b.Switzerland 1879-1949 ap. France, Scotland, South Africa 11 Br Valentin Kravos b.Yugoslavia 1925-2002 ap. Brazil, Zambia, Spain 12 Br Einard Stevens b.Belgium 1853-1878 ap. South Africa 13 Br Anatolie Arsac b.France 1843-1872 ap. France, South Africa (pioneer to the Cape in 1867) 14 Br Barthlomew Harkin b.Scotland 1914-1979 ap. South Africa 14 Br Macartin Hagan b.Ireland 1899-1990 ap. South Africa 16 Br Angelo Martin b.France 1880-1961 ap. France, South Africa 17 Br Edwin McGurk b.South Africa 1911-1965 ap. South Africa 17 Br Denis Poulin b.Canada 1907-1971 ap. Canada, Zimbabwe 19 Br Victor Ceysson b.France 1884-1958 ap. France, South Africa, Lesotho 21 Br Osmond Rice b.New Zealand 1871-1953 ap. Australia, South Africa 21 Br Vales Jones b.South Africa 1885-1964 ap. South Africa 22 Br Eduardo San Martin b.Spain 1903-1951 ap. South Africa 23 Br John Eusebius Maillet b.France 1862-1921 ap. France, South Africa 24 Br Odilo Kerschbaum b.Germany 1914-1979 ap. Germany, South Africa 24 Br Brendan O’Shea (Jeremiah) b.Ireland 1936-2017 ap. South Africa 26 Br Ambrose Bonnet b.France 1887-1950 ap. South Africa 26 Br Eugene Vincent Lambe b.Ireland 1905-1972 ap. South Africa 26 Br Alphonsus Raupach b.Germany 1899-1980 ap. Germany, South Africa 27 Br Marius Soulier b.France 1887-1946 ap. South Africa 27 Br Boniface Niehaus b.Germany 1914-1947 ap. South Africa
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