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McIntyre, Thomas, 1926-2016, Jesuit priest
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- 麥健泰神父
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06 February 1926-04 August 2016
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Born: 06 February 1926, Knocksaxon, Balla, County Mayo
Entered: 08 September 1948, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 31 July 1959, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1966, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
Died: 04 August 2016, Ricci Hall, Hong Kong - Sinensis Province (CHN)
Transcribed HIB to HK: 03 December 1966
Son of James McIntyre ad Ellen Clarke.
by 1954 at Hong Kong - Regency
by 1962 at Roehampton London (ANG) studying
◆ Hong Kong Catholic Archives :
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Father Thomas McIntyre SJ died peacefully on 4 August 2016 at Ricci Hall, Hong Kong, at 2:30pm. Born in Knocksaxon, Balla, Country Mayo, Ireland, on 6 February 1926, Father McIntyre entered the Society Jesus at Emo Park, Portlaoise, Laoise, on 7 September 1948. He was ordained to the priesthood on the feast of St. Ignatius, 31 July 1959, in Milltown Park, Dublin, and professed his final Vows on 2 February 1966 at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. A requiem Mass was celebrated at Wah Yan College in Wan Chai on 13 August, followed by burial at Happy Valley Cemetery. May he rest in peace. Sunday Examiner Hong Kong - 21 August 2016
◆ Biographical Notes of the Jesuits in Hong Kong 1926-2000, by Frederick Hok-ming Cheung PhD, Wonder Press Company 2013 ISBN 978 9881223814 :
He entered the Society in 1948 and came to Hong Kong as a Regent in 1955, where he learned Cantonese in Cheung Chau.
He studied Theology at Milltown Park and was Ordained there in 1959.
He returned to Hong Kong in 1962 and was teaching at the Regional Seminary in Aberdeen. After that he taught Collegio Rici in Macau for 13 years, during which time he spent two years in Germany studying Catechetics. He eventually returned to Hong Kong and spent 6 years at Xavier House giving directed Retreats. He then moved to do the same work at Ricci Hall.
He is described as a careful and accurate man, keen on details and scrupulous about facts. He was very keen on social justice - inspired by “Rerum Novarum”, and worked hard for social change.
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- County Mayo » Balla » Knocksaxon
- County Laois (Queen's) » Emo » St Mary's (Emo)
- Hong Kong » Ricci Hall
- England » London » Roehampton » Manresa House (London)
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Sandford Road » Milltown Park
- Hong Kong » Wah Yan College (Hong Kong)
- Hong Kong » Cheung Chau
- Hong Kong » Aberdeen (Hong Kong) » Welfare Road » Holy Spirit Seminary
- Hong Kong » Happy Valley » St Michael's Catholic Cemetery (Happy Valley)
- China » Macau » Travessa de São Paulo » Colégio Mateus Ricci
- County Mayo » Castlebar » Garryduff (Castlebar) » Newport Road (Castlebar) » St Geralds College DLS
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