Rev. Fr. Patrick Skaria O.S.A.

REV. FR. PATRICK SKARIA O.S.A. (1941 - 2011) It is with sadness we announce that Father Patrick Skaria, O.S.A. died on December 30, 2011 at Marylake Monastery, King City, Ontario. He is affiliated to the Philippine Province based in Spain. He was born in Kerala, India on February 13, 1941. He joined the Order of Saint Augustine in India and later went to the Philippines for his Novitiate in Manila in 1971. He professed his vows on April 30, 1972. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 28, 1975. In the mid eighties, he came to Canada and helped out at Sacred Parish in Delta, British Columbia for a few years living with the Augustinian community there. Later, he worked in several dioceses in British Columbia: Vancouver, Kamloops and Nelson for over twenty years. He was appointed pastor in April 2005 at Sacred Heart Parish, Kimberley, BC and stayed there until 2010. When he retired, he stayed at the rectory of Christ the Servant Parish in Cranbrook, BC. He came to Marylake Monastery late November 2011 while dealing with his illness and died at age seventy. His body will be brought to Marylake Shrine on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. for viewing. Prayer for the deceased will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Funeral mass on January 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Marylake Shrine. Following the mass, interment will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery, King City, Ontario.