Bro. MAHER,
Ralph FMS
馬 和修士
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1915 年 9
月 6
日在中國上海
(Shanghai) 出生 |
Death of Marist Brother, F.M.S.
R.I.P.
The death occurred on Sunday, 12 December 1976
at Caritas Hospital of Brother Ralph Maher, a member of the Marist Brothers’ community of
St. Francis Xavier’s College, Kowloon.
Brother Ralph was born in Shanghai in 1915, a member of a large family, and was educated
by the Marist Brothers at St. Francis Xavier’s College, Shanghai. After his secondary
education he was employed for some years in a bank. He entered the Novitiate of the Marist
Brothers at St. Genis Laval, France, in 1939 and made his religious profession in 1940.
Later he returned to Shanghai where he worked as a missionary teacher at St. Francis
Xavier’s College. He came to Hong Kong in 1953 where, apart from a visit to Europe for his
second Novitiate and one to the United States, he taught for more than twenty years. Owing
to ill- health, Brother Ralph was obliged to give up active work in the classroom and for
his last four years he acted as supervisor in the college library and sacristan in the
community chapel. Despite continued ill health, borne with great patience and fortitude,
he retained his interest in school activities, especially among the ex-students, many of
whom visited him and corresponded with him. His health gradually deteriorated and he was
called to his reward on Sunday, 12 December in the thirty-sixth year of his religious
life. Requiem Mass, which was attended by the whole student body and staff, was celebrated
at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi and the Funeral Mass at Kowloon Funeral Parlours on
Wednesday, 15 December. Mass was followed by the burial at the Marist portion of the
Cheung Sha Wan Cemetery.
24 December 1976
聖母小昆仲會
馬和修士安息
本 港 聖 母 小 昆 仲 會 馬 和 修 士 ， 於 一 九 七 六 年 十 二 月 十 二 日 在 明 愛 醫 院 病 逝 ， 享 年 六 十 一 歲 。 馬 修 士 在 一 九 一 五 年 生 於 上 海 ， 曾 就 讀 於 上 海 聖 芳 濟 書 院 。 畢 業 後 矢 志 獻 身 修 會 及 教 育 ， 故 於 一 九 三 九 年 赴 歐 接 受 修 士 訓 練 ， 後 來 重 返 上 海 任 教 ， 一 九 五 三 年 來 港 。 馬 修 士 在 港 擔 任 教 育 工 作 達 二 十 多 年 ， 近 年 老 多 病 ， 暫 停 教 學 ， 但 仍 負 責 聖 芳 濟 書 院 圖 書 管 理 工 作 。
聖 母 昆 仲 會 於 上 週 三 上 午 十 一 時 ， 在 聖 方
濟 各 堂 為 馬 修 士 舉 行 追 思 彌 撒 ， 同 日 下 午 三 時 在 九
龍 殯 儀 館 大 殮 ， 隨 即 安 葬 長 沙 灣 天 主 教 墳 場 。
1976 年 12 月 24 日
