Argentina
July 18, 2012
Argentina: Father Augustíne Steigvilas MIC, passed away
Rome, July 18, 2012
N O T I F I C A T I O N
With great sorrow we notify our Confreres of the death of Father Augustíne Steigvilas, M.I.C., which occurred on July 15, 2012. He was a member of the Avellaneda religious house belonging to the Argentinean Vicariate of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province.
The Holy Mass Exequial was celebrated Monday, July 16th, at 8:30 a.m. in St. Casimir’s Parish, followed by the ceremony of Christian Burial in El Prado at 10:30 a.m.
We commend our Departed Confrere to God’s mercy. May the good Lord grant him eternal rest.
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