Brother Rudolf
Feigl S.J. died on Thursday, January 8, 2015. He was 93 years old and in his 71st
year of religious life in the Society of Jesus.
Rudolf Feigl was
born on November 23, 1921 and entered the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Hungary
on September 5, 1944.
Having arrived
in Canada as an immigrant in 1954, Brother Feigl served in Hamilton for four years at
Saint Stephen Church, pronouncing his Final Vows as a Jesuit brother on
February 2, 1956.
From 1958 he
worked in Courtland, Ontario where the Hungarian Jesuits in exile had a
residence, serving at the community of Saint
Laszlo Church as Minister (manager of temporal matters), cook and pastoral
assistant for fifteen years.
In 1973, he
was sent to Toronto, where he served at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church. One
of his main duties was to organize the altar servers. He became “the Brother”
for the altar boys, who loved him dearly.
In 2007, he
retired to Hamilton and resided at Saint Elizabeth Villa there until his death.
The
funeral was celebrated at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Toronto, this
afternoon, Saturday, January 17 at 2 PM. His
remains will be interred in Courtland.
Requiescat in
pace.
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