ITALY
FATHER ANTONIO CATTANEO
In the night of November 23rd, 2005, Fr. Antonio Cattaneo returned to the house of the Father, at the age of 74. He made his first profession in France, at Balarin, on September 29th, 1948. Ordained priest in Milan on June 4th, 1955, he had just celebrated his jubilee.
He graduated in physics and put all his energies into teaching, doing his best in the education of young generations.
Death took him by surprise in Albavilla on November 23rd. These days, the liturgy invites us to “stand erect, hold our heads high, because our liberation is near at hand” (Lk 21:28).
We entrust Fr. Antonio and all our departed to the mercy of the One who gives us true and eternal life.
At the end of the year, Fr. Ireneo fell suddenly ill, his health deteriorated rapidly. The Lord called him home, at dawn on January 2nd.
Born in 1927 in Cavaion (Province of Verona), he entered our religious Family in 1936, and pronounced the first vows in 1943.
He studied philosophy in Colico and completed the theo-logy courses in Albiate. Ordained priest in Milan in 1948, he did his ministry in Brazil for eight years. His whole life was deeply marked by this impassioned experience in Brazil. He felt ever since very close to the Betharramite mission in that country.
Back to Italy in 1956, he worked in different places: Albiate (1956-57), Lissone (1957-62), la Caravina (1962-64), Colico (1964-67), Monteporzio (1967-69), Bormio (1969-82). For the last 24 years, he dedicated himself to Hospital chaplaincy in Morbegno.
We entrust his work and his life to God, being certain that He, and He only, can give it back to him in abundance.
FRANCE
Mr. Pierre Capdevielle, the father of the secretary at the generalate house, died in an accident on December 19th in Saint-Girons. Our thoughts and prayers for Martine and her family.
Mr. Arnaud Oyhenart, father of the French Provincial, passed away on 21st December. “He was lucid and passed away without suffering at the age of 93, wrote Fr. Beñat. Also my mother saw the end coming like a passage or an Easter…” Let us share in the sorrow and the hope of his family, and assure Beñat of our fraternal friendship.
