Balsamão, Portugal
Jan 16, 2018
António dos Reis Fernandes, MIC, passed away
With great sorrow we inform our Confreres that on January 16, 2018, António dos Reis Fernandes MIC, a member of the Portuguese Vicariate and a resident of our Religious House in Balsamão, died at the age of 88.
The funeral solemnities will take place Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at the Shrine of Our Lady in Balsamão: At 11:00 am –Holy Mass of Christian funeral will be celebrated, after which the body of our Departed Confrere will be deposed at the cemetery in Balsamão.
We commend the Departed to the Divine Mercy:
Eternal rest grant onto him, O Lord, And let the eternal light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
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