KIRSTEN, S.J., Father Alex Frederick - June 5, 1947 - January 17, 2018
Father Alex Kirsten, Jesuit priest, died on January 17, 2018 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.
He was 70 years old and had been in the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits for 47 years.
Alex was born on June 5, 1947 in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, son of Alexander Edward Kirsten and Lilian Kathleen Veret.
He studied Zoology at the University of Guelph and later Theology at Regis College in Toronto.
He was ordained a priest on June 2, 1979 by Cardinal Carter.
Among the different positions Alex held was: President of St. Paul's High School in Winnipeg; Director of St. Martyr's Shrine in Midland, Ontario; Jesuit Treasurer and Director of the Rene Goupil Centre in Pickering, Ontario. He will be missed by his family, friends and his Jesuit companions.
Friends may visit on Sunday, January 21, 2018 from 7-9 p.m. at St. Ignatius Chapel, Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre, Liverpool Road North, Pickering, ON. A wake service will be held at 8 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ignatius Chapel Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre. Interment to be held at the Jesuit Cemetery, Guelph, Ontario at 2:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Jesuit Development Office would be appreciated as your expression of sympathy.