Resquiescat in pace
Posted by admin on August 10th, 2009
We are sorry to record the deaths of the following faithful members.
Sister M. Joseph of the Carmelite monastery, Stillorgan, Republic of Ireland
Miss K.M. Pfister of Bloomesbury
Br. Francis Barker
May they rest in peace and rise in glory.
Br Francis Barker
Br Francis Barker was a member of the North West branch of the Society. Until ill health intervened, he attended our meetings. He was born in Ipswich in 1923 and was brought up as an Anglican. Educated at Stowe and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a Roman Catholic at the age of 32 and, twenty years later joined the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. He remained very ecumenically minded and never forgot the debt he owed to his Anglican roots.
Francis was a deeply cultured person and well-informed. He shared his gifts generously and befriended many. He will not be forgotten for the contribution that he made to the local society and the wider community. He died in Liverpool, aged 85.