Rev. FINNERAN, Patrick SJ
方學良神父

 

* Birth in Roscommon (羅斯康芒郡), Ireland (愛爾蘭): [23 January 1915]
* Enter Novitiate: [7 September 1934]
* Ordination
in Ireland: [28 July 1948]
* Arrival in Hong Kong: [1950]
* Death in Hong Kong: [1 October 1989]

# Information according to “Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond” / Pictorial memories of the Jesuits in Hong Kong 1926 to 2016


Death of Father Patrick Finneran SJ
R.I.P.

Father Patrick Finneran of Wah Yah College, Kowloon, died on 1 October 1989.

Father Finneran, who was still working last week, collapsed suddenly on the evening of Sunday, 1 October. He retained consciousness long enough to receive the Last Sacraments, but died very soon after that, aged 74.

Father Finneran was born in Roscommon, Ireland, on 23 January 1915. He was educated in Mungret College, Co. Limerick, where he showed himself an outstanding games player. He joined the Jesuits in 1934, was ordained priest in 1948 and came to Hong Kong in 1950.

The rest of his life was devoted mainly to his work as teacher and sports master in Wah Yan College, Kowloon. He took a deep interest in this work and in the students he was working for. He was happy to spend long hours training students in sports and showing by example how things should be done. For many years, under his direction, the tennis teams of Wah Yan, Kowloon, played a major part in schools tennis in Hong Kong, to his great satisfaction.

He had a special gift of a virtue much praised by the Apostles, hospitality. Visitors to Wah Yan, Kowloon, were made to feel that he was glad that they had come and that he hoped that they would stay.

His cheerful disposition won him many permanent friends both among Wah Yan students and among the people he met in the course of pastoral work. He will be missed by many.
1 October 1989

 

耶穌會方學良神父
在本港病逝

耶 穌 會 方 學 良 神 父 , 於 一 九 八 九 年 十 月 一 日 在 港 病 逝 。

方 學 良 神 父 在 愛 爾 蘭 出 生 , 一 九 三 四 年 加 入 耶 穌 會 , 一 九 四 八 年 晉 鐸 , 一 九 五 0 年 來 港 , 多 年 來 服 務 於 九 龍 華 仁 書 院 。 他 於 本 月 一 日 晚 突 然 昏 迷 , 甦 醒 後 隨 即 領 受 病 人 傅 油 聖 事 , 及 後 不 久 便 病 逝 , 享 年 七 十 四 歲 。

追 思 彌 撒 於 本 月 五 日 在 九 龍 華 仁 書 院 聖 依 納 爵 堂 舉 行 。
1989 年 10 月 13 日


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