{"id":4245,"date":"2014-01-09T07:39:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T05:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2014-01-09T07:39:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T05:39:11","slug":"obituary-sebastien-ndrutsomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/obituary-sebastien-ndrutsomi\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary – S\u00e9bastien Ndrutsomi"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"S\u00e9bastien<\/a>Very early on Sunday 5th<\/sup> of January, Father S\u00e9bastien left the parish station of Kamhlushwa – a huge location situated in the triangle between Swaziland, Mozambique and the Kruger Park – to assist a friend who was in trouble with his own car. Normally, Father S\u00e9bastien would have gone from there to serve the Christian Communities that he had been assigned to for that day. But somewhere along the way and for a reason that is not known, Father S\u00e9bastien lost control of his car, which rolled over several times outside the road. It took some time for the police to be alerted and for an ambulance to reach the scene. Father S\u00e9bastien was eventually taken to Tonga Hospital but passed away on arrival. His two companions, back in the parish station, Father Chrispin Vungwa and Brother Samuel Affoumane, had a very stressful morning as the first news they got let them believe that Father S\u00e9bastien had only been hurt, and when they did not meet him at the emergency ward, they wanted to verify at the mortuary, but nobody was there to let them in.<\/i><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Father S\u00e9bastien Ndrutsomi was a Missionary of Africa, a Catholic Missionary Society that has been very active in planting the Church in many countries of Africa. He was born in North East Congo (DRC) some 37 years ago. He had done his pastoral training in the region of Siyabuswa (Pretoria) before finishing his 4 years of theological training and being ordained a priest some three and a half years ago. After his ordination, he came back to South Africa and was appointed as curate in the area of Kamhlushwa, known in the Diocese of Witbank as Lebombo Parish.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
S\u00e9bastien was a very dynamic, convinced, bold missionary, who was very fluent in the Zulu \/ Swathi language. He obviously had the fire – like the one of Pentecost – in his heart and in his life. He always said the truth with a smile, but never compromised. He was loved by the people he served and will be dearly missed.\u00a0On Friday\u00a0evening the 10th<\/sup>, the parishioners will spend the night in a vigil of thanksgiving and prayer for our brother S\u00e9bastien and, early\u00a0on Saturday morning the 11th<\/sup>, they will accompany his body to Lydenburg where a solemn mass of funeral will be presided by Right Reverend Bishop Giuseppe (Joe) Sandri MCCJ assisted by Father Christopher Chileshe M.Afr, Provincial Superior of the Missionaries of Africa. Father S\u00e9bastien will be laid to rest in the cemetery of Maria Trost, where many priests and religious of Witbank Diocese were buried. We are expecting many priests and religious from the diocese who had come to know and appreciate Father S\u00e9bastien. Together with his brothers from the Missionaries of Africa and the parishioners of Lebombo Parish, they will thank God for the short but intensive missionary life of Father S\u00e9bastien.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Go well my brother, hamba kahle.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Philippe Docq, M.Afr<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n
Delegate Superior for South Africa<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Photos de l’ordination Sacerdotale de S\u00e9bastien<\/span>\u00a0Ndrutso<\/span><\/a>mi<\/a> le 21 septembre 2010 \u00e0 Bunia, en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9 par Mgr Dieudonn\u00e9 Uringi, \u00e9v\u00eaque du dioc\u00e8se de Bunia.<\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
See the Profile of Father S\u00e9bastien on this PDF file<\/strong><\/a><\/address>\n
Voir la note n\u00e9crologique du P\u00e8re S\u00e9bastien sur ce fichier PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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