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l nilc m o r ia m
JO H A NS T E N E K E R T
1 9 2 8 -2 0 0 3
sam etim e
p rio r o f th e h o u s e .In 1 9 & 4
he was e le c te d p r o v in c ia l s u p e rio r.I t
is o n lyo n e o f th e m a n yta s k st o w h ic h
h e w a s a s s ig n e d .D u rin g
th e G e n e ra l
C h a p te ro f 1 9 8 9h e w a se l e c t e da s v i c e -
g e n e ra l.D u rin g
h iss ta y inR om e,h e
w asa t th e s a m e tim ep rio r o f th e
G e n e ra la tec o m m u n ity .I n th is fu n c tio n
he w asknow nas an e x c e lle n th o s t.
W h e n h iste rm
w as o v e r in
1 9 9 5 h e
re tu m e dto th e N e th e rla n d sw h e reh e
becam eam em bero fo u r H e n g e lo c o m -
P le a s etu rn to n e x tp a g e@
T
a s tw e e k th e s a d n e w s re a c h e du s
l-:th a t
o u r c o n fre reJ o h a nS te n e k e r
h a dp a s s e da w a y la s tM a rc h 2 0a fte r a
lo n g a n d p a in fu l s ic k n e s sth a t e v e n tu -
a llyp a ra ly z e d h im . M any of us w ho
w e re p riv ile g e d to re m e m b e rh im
i n
g o o d h e a lth , re m e m b e r h im
as an
in te llig e n t,fr ie n d ly a n d v e ryconcem ed
p e rs o n .W h e n h e v is ite du s tw ic e in h is
fu n c tio n a s p r o v in c ia l s u p e rio r h e
s ta y e d n o t o n ly w ithu s ,h is b ro th e rs
a n d s is te rs in C a rm e l,but w ent a ls o
w ithu s to th e s q u a tte r-a re a s
o f M e tro
M a n ila . W ith u s , h e v is ite d th e s u g a r-
w o rk e rs in N e g ro s ,a n d th e fa rm e rsi n
A g u s a n .H i s h e a r t w e n to u tto th e p o o r
a n d th e p e o p le a t th e m a rg in ,a n dh e
w a n te d to b a c k u s u p{ n o u r o p tio nt o
b e
th e c h u rc h o f th e p o o r. T h e c a re o f
th e p o o r w a s fo r h im
a n e s s e n tia l
e x p r e s s i o n o f C a r m e l .
J o h a nw asb o rn in
H e e re v e e n ,
F r is ia ,N e th e rla n d s ,o nJ u n e 4 ,7 9 2 8 .
D u rin g
th e w ar h es tu d ie d a t th e
m in o r s e m in a r yo f Z e n d e re na n d w a s
g i v e n a r e s p o n s i b l et a s k i nre o rg a n iz -
in g
th e
fa c ilitie s
rig h t
a fte r th e w a r.
J o h a nw as
m u ltita le n te d .
H e
w as
a
g o o d s p o rts m a n ,a n d a t th e s a m e tim e
ag o o d m u s ic ia na n d
had ag o o d v o ic e .
P e o p lelik e d
h im
a s a s o los in g e r.O n
th e o th e r h a n d he w as a ls o a b le to c o n -
d u c t
a
c h o ir
of over4 0 p e o p le
fo r
p o ly p h o n cm u s ic .As as tu d e n t fria r h e
w as a s h a rp a n d w itty
p la y -w rite r
a n d
a
g o o d
a c to r. B e rn a rd
know s
m o re
a b o u t th iss in c e th e yw o rk e d
to g e th e r.
O n
to p
o f th is
h e
w as
a ls og o o d
a t
d ra w in g .S in c e h e was a g o o d s tu d e n t
h ew as g iv e nth e ta s k to s tu d y E n g lis h
a fte r h is
o rd in a tio n .
H is
firs ta s s ig n -
m e n t in
1 9 5 0 w a s ,h o w e v e r, n o t inth e
school buta ss e c re ta ry to th e p ro v in -
c ia l. In 1 9 6 3he w as e le c te d p rio r o f o u r
c o m m u n ity
i n
N ijm e g e n
a n d
a year
la te r h e w a s a ls o g iv e nth e ta s k o fc h a p -
la in
t o
m ig ra n t
p e o p le . H e
h a d
th is
trip le
ta s ku n til
1967 w hen
h e
tra n s -
fe rre dto H e n g e loa n d la te r to A lm e lo ,
w h e re
h e
fu n c tio n e d
a s r e lig io n -
te a c h e r, tro u b le
s h o o te r in
th es c h o o l,
le a d e r o f th e p a s to ra l te a m , a n d a t th e
F r.J o h a n S te n e k e r w ith
F ria rsd u in g
th ec o n v e n tio n n
1 9 8 8 , S c a l a , B a c o l o dC ity
1 //A ^ ti/^ 4 rZ '
O
J P IC U p d o iG s. . . . . . . . . . . . .t O
O
In tc rn o tio n o l
C o rm e litc
ilc c tin g s
of Nuns,
A s s is lo n lco n d R e lig io u s
S u p e rio rs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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