Father Delmée remembered in Jaffa kehilla

The memorial mass, attended by tens of faithful, including a handful of kehilla members who remembered him as a loving spiritual father and a faithful friend. Special guests included a number of Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition, who also knew Father Delmée well. The mass was celebrated by Father David, Vicar of the Hebrew speaking community in Israel, assisted by Father Apolinary, responsible for the kehilla in Jaffa, and Father Gregor, who lived and worked with Father Delmée (and whose memorial article can be read here).

The mass began with an evocative souvenir of the priest, his work and his spiritual heritage by his closest collaborator, Sister Miriam Nothmann. She lovingly described this great figure of our kehillot for the tens of faithful present who had not had the privilege of knowing him. She outlined his life but most especially his pastoral care for the Catholics, newly arrived in Israel. He is truly a model of a priest for our communities, in particular his attention to each and every person.May his memory indeed be a blessing!