Father Gábor Kiss died at 11:30am on December 23rd at René Goupil House in Pickering, Ontario (Canada). He was in his 96th year, and was in religious life for 74 years. Gábor, the son of Gabriel Kiss and Rosalia Gonda, was born in Bekesszentandras, Hungary on October 30, 1924. He completed 6 grades of grade-school …
Father Larry Kroker died peacefully on October 6, 2019 at Rene Goupil House, Pickering. He was in his 80thth year and in religious life for 60 years. Larry, the son of Jacob Kroker and Margaret Doucette was born in Jellicoe, Ontario (Thunder Bay District). After high school he entered the Society at Guelph on 14 …
Father Julien NAUD, SJ, died in the infirmary of Richelieu, in the evening of April 8, 2019, at the age of 90, from colon cancer. Born in Deschambault (Portneuf County) on October 8, 1928, he completed his classical studies at the Séminaire de Trois-Rivières and entered the novitiate at Sault-au-Récollet (in Montreal) on August 14, …
Fr. Claude Roberge was born the eldest of five children in Saint-Ferdinand d’Halifax, Mégantic County (present-day Bernierville in Centre-du-Québec), Canada, on September 10, 1928, and was baptized there the very same day. His was the 9th generation in Canada of a Francophone family fervently loyal to their Catholic and cultural traditions. After graduating from secondary …
Father Chris Rupert died early on the morning of October 16, 2019, in the Supportive Care Unit at Lakeridge Hospital in Oshawa, Ontario. He was in his 83rd year and was a Jesuit for 60 years. He had suffered a stroke four months ago, and although he took on rehabilitation with determination, the last weeks …
Fr. Béla Somfai died on April 6, at René Goupil House, in Pickering, ON. He was 83 and a Jesuit for almost 63 years. Fr. Somfai was born in Hungary where he entered the Society on September 14, 1952. After regency, he began philosophy at the Gregorian University in Rome where he earned a licentiate. …
Bishop Attila Mikloshazy was born in Hungary in 1931, and entered the Society of Jesus there in 1949. He left Hungary during the revolution of 1956. He studied philosophy and theology in Budapest, Munich, and Toronto (at Regis College), and was ordained a priest in Toronto in 1961. He obtained the Doctor of Sacred Theology …
Agresti, Albert A. Jesuit Father Albert A. Agresti died Dec. 13, 2013. He was born in Boston on Aug. 5, 1949, the son of Michael and Evelyn Sera Agresti. The family home was in Quincy and Fr. Agresti attended local schools there, graduating from North Quincy High School. He studied history at the University of Massachusetts …
Aita, Mark C. Jesuit Father Mark C. Aita, physician, associate pastor and professor of medicine, died on January 11, 2017 at the age of 67. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 27, 1949. He graduated from La Salle High School in Philadelphia and entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of St. …
Alexander, John D. Jesuit Father John D. Alexander died on March 12, 2014, at Murray-Weigel Hall, in Bronx, N.Y. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on May 23, 1923, to William and Lena (Chesler) Alexander, he was 90 years old and a Jesuit for 72 years. He attended St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, N.J., graduating …