Death of Gerard W Hughes SJ
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Published: 11/11/2014 |
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Fr. Gerry Hughes SJ, probably known to many readers, either personally for his social justice work in and beyond Scotland, as well as through his writings, died last week at the age of 90. Here is an appreciation by the order to which he gave he gave his life. It was certainly a life worth celebrating and he influenced many of us.
Gerard William Hughes was born on 22 March 1924 in Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1942. After studying at Heythrop College (at that time in Oxfordshire), Skt Georgen in Frankfurt and Campion Hall, Oxford, he was ordained in 1958, and made his final vows as a Jesuit at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, three years later. He taught at Stonyhurst for nine years before and after ordination.
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