Rev. DORIS, Seamus SJ
莊禮思神父

 

* Birth in Belfast (貝爾發斯特), Ireland (愛爾蘭): [27 July 1918]
* Enter Novitiate: [7 September 1937]
* Ordination
in Ireland: [31 July 1950]
* Arrival in Hong Kong: [1952]
* Death in Hong Kong: [23 March 1988]

# Information according to “Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond”


 

Death of Father Doris, S.J.
R.I.P.

Father Seamus Doris, SJ, assistant parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Kennedy Town, died in Queen Mary Hospital on Wednesday 23 March 1988, after a very brief illness, aged 70. He had dined at Wah Yan College, Wanchai, on the previous evening and seemed to be in excellent health. He felt unwell in the tram on his way back to Kennedy Town and collapsed soon after his return. He was brought to hospital, where he was able to receive the Sacrament of the Sick with full attention and was even able to chat a little on Wednesday morning. But he sank rapidly and died shortly after noon.

Father Doris was born in Ireland on 27 July 1918. He joined the Jesuits in 1937, was ordained priest in 1950, and came to Hong Kong in 1952.

After language study, he taught physics and chemistry to the higher forms in Wah Yan College, Kowloon. For about a quarter of a century, combining his educational tasks with zealous pastoral and apostolic work. About seven years ago he turned to whole-time pastoral work, serving in Macau, Cheung Chau and finally in Kennedy Town.

He was a man of conservative bent, and accepted liturgical and other changes stemming from Vatican II with reluctance, but never allowed that reluctance to hinder full acceptance of lawful change. He was an exceptionally devout priest, a very hard worker, and a good companion. A fellow priest in his last parish described him as a man who never said an unkind word about anyone and never said No to a request. That is his just and enviable epitaph.

1 April 1988

 

莊禮思神父
病逝瑪麗醫院

耶 穌 會 會 士 莊 禮 思 神 父於 一 九 八 八 年 三 月 廿 三 日 下 午 一 時 廿 五 分 , 病 逝 香 港 瑪 麗 醫 院 , 享 年 七 十 歲 。

莊 神 父 於 一 九 一 八 年 在 北 愛 爾 蘭 貝 爾 法 斯 特 出 生 , 一 九 三 七 年 進 入 耶 穌 會 初 學 院 , 一 九 五 0 年 晉 鐸 。 晉 鐸 後 兩 年 奉 命 來 港 傳 教 , 先 後 在 香 港 及 澳 門 三 間 中 學 任 教 逾 三 十 年 , 八 五 年 任 西 環 聖 母 玫 瑰 堂 助 理 司 鐸 迄 今 。

神 父 一 生 堅 信 上 主 、 憐 貧 恤 苦 , 足 跡 所 至 , 備 受 教 內 外 人 士 愛 戴 。 耶 穌 會 於 三 月 廿 六 日 下 午 二 時 , 假 香 港 銅 鑼 灣 聖 保 祿 醫 院 基 督 君 王 小 堂 舉 行 安 所 彌 撒 , 由 胡 振 中 主 教 主 禮 , 遺 體 隨 即 安 葬 跑 馬 地 天 主 教 墳 場 。
1988 年 4 月 1 日


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