According to Fr. Philippe Docq, Delegate Superior of South Africa, Martin heard of the death of his mother on Thursday morning the 5^th June. She had died the day before coming back from selling the family products at the local market. She was knocked by a motorbike meters from her home. She was buried on Friday morning and Martin is left for Burkina Faso today the 7^th June to mourn with the family. He will be back to South Africa after two weeks.

Let us pray for him and his family. May his mother rest in peace.