Fr. Allard is very ill

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Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on earth as it as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.
Amen

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women,and
blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us now, and
at the hour of our death.
Amen

Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, as is and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,save us from the fires of Hell,
lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy.
Amen

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,
implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins,
my Mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions,
but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.

I add prayers as well for the intercession of St. Lydwine of Schiedham. patroness of the chronically ill and those afflicted with prolonged suffering, Servant of God Fr Nelson Baker and St. Bernadine of Siena, patroness of those afflicted with lung problems.
 
On Tuesday, April 13th , a little after midnight , Father Georges-Étienne Allard , OSM , was called home to the Father’s loving embrace.

It was my wish that everyone could have known a little sooner , but there was so much time spent accompanying him 12 of those last 13 days he spent on earth, I’d become a little worn down. I further hoped to be able to point people to an obituary link, but the two french language newspapers here (*La Presse *and Journal de Montréal) don’t supply a link to the exact page - only to their website. The obituary was the same in both, one site however contained a pic.

For those of us who like to fish here are the links to the french language Montreal newspaper websites , and (for search purposes) there are three different terms that are used to denote obituary sections or columns - décès , obituaires, or nécrologie

lejournaldemontreal.vitevitevite.ca/cgi-bin/recherche/index.cgi

necrologie.cyberpresse.ca/resultatrecherche.php

For easier reading , I copied the pic and french obituary and posted it below , directly after which I roughly translated (in green) the notable parts of Father Allard’s service - taken from the obituary. After that, I posted another pic I had of him.

FROM FATHER ALLARD’S OBITUARY

ALLARD, Georges-Etienne M. o.s.m. 1926 - 2010 À l’Institut universitaire gériatrique, Montréal, est décédé f. Georges-Etienne-M. Allard, prêtre et religieux dans l’Ordre des Servites de Marie, à l’âge de 84 ans, 64 ans de vie servite. Il était fils de Alonzo Allard et de Yvonne Lavergne. Il laisse dans le deuil ses frères et ses belles-soeurs Jean-Jacques (Yolande Therrien), Yvon (Madeleine Lacasse) et Liliane Urbain (feu Guy Allard), neveux et nièces, cousins et cousines, parents et amis. Missionnaire au Swaziland,Afrique du Sud (1956-1974), en service dans la paroisse de Saint-Donat (1974-1976) et enfin en dévouement auprès des personnes atteintes de maladie mentale. Durant 20 ans, il fut professeur de musique. Il sera exposé au Salon le jeudi 15 avril de 14 h à 19 h 30. Translation ce même soir à 19 h 30 à l’église Saint-Donat (angle Arcand et de Marseille). Les funérailles auront lieu vendredi 16 avril à 10 h 30 au même endroit. L’inhumation suivra au cimetière Notre-Dame des Servites, Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.



Father Allard:
  • Deceased at the age of 84.
  • He was a member of the Order of Servites (Servites de Marie) for 64 years.
  • He served as a missionary in Swaziland, South Africa from 1956-1974.
  • He served at Saint Donat’s parish in Montreal from 1974-1976.
  • For 20 years he devoted his service to those suffering from mental illness.
  • He was a music teacher for 20 years.
The obituary fails to mention that while in Swaziland, Father Allard also taught english.

Also missing from the obituary are any details about his ministry during his ten years plus receiving long-term care at the “Institut”… the years during which I had the privilege of assisting him, while he also assisted me in the capacity of spiritual director , confessor , mentor, and overall dear friend.

To give you an idea, it is important for anyone in long-term care to do whatever they are able to do physically…in order to preserve their autonomy. So in the beginning ( when he first came to the Institut - around January, 2000), Father Allard kept his own Mass Register. As things progressed, I would help him in this area. By 2005, Father Allard’s one working hand no longer had the ability to write, so the Mass Register became my total responsibility.

I wanted to give his superior an idea of just how active Father Allard was as a priest during his protracted illness despite the daunting disablities which constantly threatened to overtake him. So I reviewed his Mass Registers from the year 2005 onwards.

We can safely say that in his 10 years in long-term care , Father Allard celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass over 2000 times (both presiding and concelebrating) ; this, based on what appears in his Mass Registers from 2005-2010 :

From January 1, 2005 to April 1, 2010 , Father Georges-Étienne Allard, OSM offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 1, 366 times.

It has to be more than fotuitous that the last Mass Father Allard would celebrate was the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on April 1st, 2010 - the Mass for priests.

Here’s a pic of Father Allard in early November 2008



Father Allard’s funeral will be held on Friday, April 16th , at 10:30 am EST .

Thanks everyone for the prayers.

:grouphug:

… I believe in the Communion of Saints…

Our Father , who art in Heaven
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us , this day, our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary , full of grace.
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory be to the Father , to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be
world without end.
Amen
 
Thankyou for posting the info NeedsImprovement. It really is nice to see a photo of the man/priest that we have been praying for.

Eternal Rest grant unto Father Allard, O Lord. And may Your Perpetual Light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
Amen.
 
May Father Allard rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon him. :crossrc:
 
May Fr. Allard’s soul rest in peace. Thank you for all the updates and for sharing his life with us. See post #598 for photos of Fr. George Allard.

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee
blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus
Holy Mary Mother of God
pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

May God bless each one of you for praying.
 
Eternal Rest grant unto Father Allard, O Lord. And may Your Perpetual Light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
Amen.

Our Father , who art in Heaven
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us , this day, our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
 
NeedImprovement said:
On Tuesday, April 13th , a little after midnight , Father Georges-Étienne Allard , OSM , was called home to the Father’s loving embrace.

It was my wish that everyone could have known a little sooner , but there was so much time spent accompanying him 12 of those last 13 days he spent on earth, I’d become a little worn down. I further hoped to be able to point people to an obituary link, but the two french language newspapers here (*La Presse *and Journal de Montréal) don’t supply a link to the exact page - only to their website. The obituary was the same in both, one site however contained a pic.

For those of us who like to fish here are the links to the french language Montreal newspaper websites , and (for search purposes) there are three different terms that are used to denote obituary sections or columns - décès , obituaires, or nécrologie

lejournaldemontreal.vitevitevite.ca/cgi-bin/recherche/index.cgi

necrologie.cyberpresse.ca/resultatrecherche.php

For easier reading , I copied the pic and french obituary and posted it below , directly after which I roughly translated (in green) the notable parts of Father Allard’s service - taken from the obituary. After that, I posted another pic I had of him.

FROM FATHER ALLARD’S OBITUARY

ALLARD, Georges-Etienne M. o.s.m. 1926 - 2010 À l’Institut universitaire gériatrique, Montréal, est décédé f. Georges-Etienne-M. Allard, prêtre et religieux dans l’Ordre des Servites de Marie, à l’âge de 84 ans, 64 ans de vie servite. Il était fils de Alonzo Allard et de Yvonne Lavergne. Il laisse dans le deuil ses frères et ses belles-soeurs Jean-Jacques (Yolande Therrien), Yvon (Madeleine Lacasse) et Liliane Urbain (feu Guy Allard), neveux et nièces, cousins et cousines, parents et amis. Missionnaire au Swaziland,Afrique du Sud (1956-1974), en service dans la paroisse de Saint-Donat (1974-1976) et enfin en dévouement auprès des personnes atteintes de maladie mentale. Durant 20 ans, il fut professeur de musique. Il sera exposé au Salon le jeudi 15 avril de 14 h à 19 h 30. Translation ce même soir à 19 h 30 à l’église Saint-Donat (angle Arcand et de Marseille). Les funérailles auront lieu vendredi 16 avril à 10 h 30 au même endroit. L’inhumation suivra au cimetière Notre-Dame des Servites, Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr47/Artickleate/PreAllardBW-1.png

Father Allard:
  • Deceased at the age of 84.
  • He was a member of the Order of Servites (Servites de Marie) for 64 years.
  • He served as a missionary in Swaziland, South Africa from 1956-1974.
  • He served at Saint Donat’s parish in Montreal from 1974-1976.
  • For 20 years he devoted his service to those suffering from mental illness.
  • He was a music teacher for 20 years.
The obituary fails to mention that while in Swaziland, Father Allard also taught english.

Also missing from the obituary are any details about his ministry during his ten years plus receiving long-term care at the “Institut”… the years during which I had the privilege of assisting him, while he also assisted me in the capacity of spiritual director , confessor , mentor, and overall dear friend.

To give you an idea, it is important for anyone in long-term care to do whatever they are able to do physically…in order to preserve their autonomy. So in the beginning ( when he first came to the Institut - around January, 2000), Father Allard kept his own Mass Register. As things progressed, I would help him in this area. By 2005, Father Allard’s one working hand no longer had the ability to write, so the Mass Register became my total responsibility.

I wanted to give his superior an idea of just how active Father Allard was as a priest during his protracted illness despite the daunting disablities which constantly threatened to overtake him. So I reviewed his Mass Registers from the year 2005 onwards.

We can safely say that in his 10 years in long-term care , Father Allard celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass over 2000 times (both presiding and concelebrating) ; this, based on what appears in his Mass Registers from 2005-2010 :

From January 1, 2005 to April 1, 2010 , Father Georges-Étienne Allard, OSM offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 1, 366 times.

It has to be more than fotuitous that the last Mass Father Allard would celebrate was the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on April 1st, 2010 - the Mass for priests.

Here’s a pic of Father Allard in early November 2008

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr47/Artickleate/PreGeorges-tienneAllardOSM-1.png

Father Allard’s funeral will be held on Friday, April 16th , at 10:30 am EST .

Thanks everyone for the prayers.

:grouphug:

… I believe in the Communion of Saints…

Our Father , who art in Heaven
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us , this day, our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary , full of grace.
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory be to the Father , to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be
world without end.
Amen
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Amen.
 
  • Praying for the repose of dear Fr Allard’s soul. May he rest in peace with Jesus.
Our Father , who art in Heaven
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us , this day, our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary , full of grace.
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory be to the Father , to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be
world without end.
Amen*
 
Thank you side54. vHe’s still in my prayers too.

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among women
and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus
Holy Mary Mother of God
pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
Dear Father in Heaven, your servant has come Home. Please allow Fr. Allard eternal rest in Your Kingdom, Heavenly Father. Let Fr. Allard continue to fulfill Your will in Your Heavenly Kingdom.

Our Father who art in Heaven
hallowed by Thy Name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily Bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.

Amen

Hail Mary full of Grace
the Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death

Amen.

Glory be to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning
is now and ever shall be
world without end

Amen
 
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