tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post1454303379430848724..comments2023-09-04T08:51:16.091-06:00Comments on Hermano Juancito: Fr. Dean Brackley has fallen asleep in the LordJohn (Juancito) Donaghyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-5066114139591290802011-10-20T20:09:42.490-06:002011-10-20T20:09:42.490-06:00Thanks for introducing his writing to me, John. He...Thanks for introducing his writing to me, John. He's one man I am sorry not to have met on this side of the veil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-62498956443035982552011-10-17T16:21:02.618-06:002011-10-17T16:21:02.618-06:00Another article on Dean: http://www.ncronline.org/...Another article on Dean: <a rel="nofollow">http://www.ncronline.org/news/jesuit-who-replaced-slain-salvadoran-priests-dies</a>John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-14743640009125186472011-10-16T19:18:30.625-06:002011-10-16T19:18:30.625-06:00Here are a few excerpts from an e-mail I just got ...Here are a few excerpts from an e-mail I just got from Gene Palumbo:<br /><br /><i>This morning Father Jose María “Chema” Tojeira called to say that Dean had grown much weaker. My wife, Guadalupe, and I went to see him immediately. When we got to his room, we found him surrounded by brother Jesuits -- Chema, Jon Sobrino, Rafael de Sivatte, Mauricio Gaborit and Vicente Espinoza – and his doctor, Miny Romero. We took turns sitting beside him, holding his hand and whispering in his ear. His breathing continued to slow, and shortly after 11 a.m., he died.<br /><br />As you know, Dean came to El Salvador to help replace the six Jesuits murdered in 1989. Today, his life as a Jesuit ended in the place where their lives as Jesuits began: the Santa Tecla residence, where they did their two-year novitiate.<br /><br />One of my tasks, in my role as Dean’s “secretary” in these last months, was to check his email. I don’t know why, but it occurred to me to check it again before sending you this note. I’m so glad I did that, because I found something that had just arrived: a note from Rafael de Sivatte. He’s another of the six Jesuits who came here to take the places of their murdered brothers. He, too, has been keeping a list of people abreast of how Dean has been doing. He copied Dean on those emails, and so it was that this turned up in Dean’s inbox just now: <br /><br />I write to give you the painful and joyful news that God, Father and Mother, has taken to his side our brother, friend, father, and companion in solidarity, Dean. I can tell you that he died so peacefully that those of us who were with him at that moment felt filled with peace ourselves. I send you a fraternal embrace, united with you in prayer and in the commitment to the Kingdom for which he worked and continues to work."</i>John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-74498144309137877412011-10-16T18:55:36.949-06:002011-10-16T18:55:36.949-06:00Here is another memorial for Dean:
http://luteran...Here is another memorial for Dean:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://luterano.blogspot.com/2011/10/fr-dean-brackley-presente.html</a>John (Juancito) Donaghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.com