USA, Stockbridge
January 4, 2014
USA: Fr. John Duoba, MIC, passed away
Stockbridge, January 4, 2014
N O T I F I C A T I O N
With sorrow, we notify our Confreres
that Father John (Jonas) Duoba, MIC,
a member of the Province of Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy,
a resident of the religious house in Thompson, CT,
passed away on January 2, 2014
at Matulaitis Nursing Home.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday, January 8, 2014
with a Mass of Christian burial
at 10:30 a.m. at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA
We commend our departed Confrere to God’s mercy.
May our merciful Lord and Savior grant him eternal rest.
May Our Immaculate Mother together
with the company of Angeles and Saints lead him into paradise.
Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC
Provincial
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