Rev. REID, Derek SJ
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Birth in
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Father Derek Reid S.J.
(1927-1992)
R.I.P.
As reported in our last issue and also in the daily press,
Father Derek Reid SJ died in mysterious circumstances at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, on 29
November 1992.
Cardinal Wu was the chief concelebrant at a Requiem Mass attended by a packed church in
Causeway Bay on 5 December and burial followed immediately afterwards at Happy Valley.
Father Derek Reid was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 1 March 1927. He entered the Jesuit
novitiate in Emo, Ireland, on 7 September 1944, and went through what was then the normal
course of formation for Irish Jesuits.
After two years of novitiate, he studied for a B.A. degree at University College, Dublin,
a constituent college of the National University of Ireland. This was followed by three
years¡¦ study of philosophy in St. Stanislaus College, situated in the Irish midlands.
Father Reid came to Hong Kong in 1952. His first two years were spent in the study of
Cantonese. For the first year he stayed at the MEP House, 1 Battery Path. This building
was later used for law courts and now houses part of the Government Information Services.
In the second year, he transferred to the newly-acquired Xavier House in Cheung Chau.
From 1954-55, Father Reid, still a scholastic, spent one year teaching at Wah Yan College,
Hong Kong, then situated in Robinson Road.
He returned to Ireland in 1955 for four years of theology at Milltown Park, in Dublin, At
the end of the third year he was ordained priest on 31 July 1958. Theological studies were
followed by a final year of spiritual formation in Rathfarnham Castle, also in Dublin.
In 1960 Father Reid returned to Hong Kong where he was to spend the rest of his life and
went back to teaching in Wah Yan Hong Kong. The college had in the meantime moved to its
present site in Wanchai. During those first years he is listed as teaching religion,
history and English Language. He was also the spiritual director of the boys and in charge
of the night school (since discontinued).
In 1966, he became principal and supervisor of Wah Yan College in Waterloo Road, Kowloon.
He held this post for 12 years and was largely instrumental in maintaining the high
standards for the which the school is known.
In 1978 he returned to Wah Yan Hong Kong as a teacher in the ranks but in 1983 he was
appointed principal and supervisor of the college.
In 1985, he stepped down as principal but continued part-time teaching. In 1989 he became
superior of the Wah Yan Hong Kong Jesuit community, a post he held until this year, when
Father John Russell assumed the post.
During the Requiem Mass on 5 December, Father James Hurley SJ, assistant pastor at St
Vincent¡¦s Parish, Wongtaisin, and a contemporary of Father Reid, gave the homily in
Chinese.
Father Hurley pointed out that Father Reid was a man of all-round and exceptional ability.
This was recognised soon after he joined the Jesuits and, even before his ordination as a
priest, he had been given many responsibilities. After his return to Hong Kong his great
qualities were even more clearly seen.
Whatever work was entrusted to him, he took seriously, worked hard at it, did it
competently, undeterred by difficulties, and never gave up until it was completed.
He had a deep sense of responsibility and people naturally had great confidence in him, He
was always very ready to help people and Father Hurley gave examples of the help that had
been given to himself and others.
Father Reid made an outstanding contribution to the education of young people in Hong Kong
and one that was greatly appreciated. He not only encouraged students to study hard, he
urged them to take part in a wide range of extracurricular activities, to broaden their
outlook, and show their concern for people and for society.
He had great confidence in young people, and while some urged him to act with greater
caution, he proceeded to give great freedom to the students of Wah Yan Kowloon in
organizing and building up a Students¡¦ Association, something which they did very
successfully.
In a pastoral letter in 1989 Cardinal John Baptist Wu urged Catholic school authorities to
raise the level of education in democracy in schools. Father Reid had already anticipated
the Cardinal¡¦s recommendations more than a decade previously.
Father Reid had many interests. For example, he was a very good football player and, in
his later years, he regularly played tennis. Indeed, he had played a game on the day of
his death.
Besides his educational work Father Reid did a good deal of pastoral work both in school
and in the many churches where he regularly said Mass, preached and administered the
sacraments. He was not only a great headmaster, he was also a great priest, said Father
Hurley.
Father Reid was highly respected by those who had dealings with him, He had very many
friends. All of them, Jesuits, co-workers, students, Catholics and non-Catholics, will
miss him greatly.
¡§We shall never forget him,¡¨ said Father Hurley in conclusion.
18 December 1992
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