Brother M. Leo Brady, S.J. passed away at the Rouge Valley Hospital, November 6, 2015 in his 97th year of life and 68th of religious life.
Leo followed his
older brother, Brother Daniel Brady, S.J., into the Jesuit novitiate at Guelph.
After pronouncing
first vows in 1950, Brother Leo began his long stay at Guelph first as
carpenter and assistant gardener. Later, he took on the heavy responsibility of
the farm which consisted of a large herd of cattle and pigs housed in a huge
barn.
It was in 2001 that
Brother Leo ended his long tenure of 50 years serving the Guelph community and
moved to the Jesuit Infirmary in Pickering.
Visitation this
evening, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (with wake
service at 8:00 p.m.) in St. Ignatius Chapel, Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal
Centre, 2325 Liverpool Road North, Pickering, ON.
Mass of Christian
Burial at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the same St.
Ignatius Chapel. Burial in the Jesuit Cemetery Guelph Thursday, November 12th,
2:30 p.m.
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Father John Egli (Jack) O'Brien, S.J.
Father O’Brien died at René Goupil House (Jesuit Infirmary)
Pickering, ON on Saturday, November 7, 2015, in his 92nd year of life and 71st
in religious life.
Jack was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, attending
Loyola High School and Loyola College. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1945
and was ordained a priest in 1957.
After studies at the University of Southern California, he became
in 1965 the founding director of the Communication Studies Department at
Concordia University.
He will be sadly missed by his family, colleagues and Jesuit
confreres.
Evening Visitation will take place on Thursday, November 12,
2015 - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., with a Wake service at 8:00 p.m. in St. Ignatius
Chapel, Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre, Liverpool Road North,
Pickering, ON.
Additional Visitation will take place on Friday, November
13, 2015 – from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at
Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel, 467 Sherbourne Street (south of
Wellesley).
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday,
November 14, 2015 - 9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 560 Sherbourne St.,
Toronto, ON. Burial will follow the same day in the Jesuit Cemetery Guelph, ON
at 12:30 p.m.
There will also be a Memorial Mass on Saturday, November 28
at 10:30am at Loyola Campus of Montreal’s Concordia University in the Loyola College Chapel, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., with a reception to follow in the Jesuit Conference Centre.
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In memory of Brother
Brady and Father O’Brien, donations may be made to the Jesuit Development
Office, 43 Queen's Park Crescent East Toronto, ON M5S 2 C3
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