Father Michael Stogre, S.J. (Jesuit) died unexpectedly on June 24, 2015 at the Jesuit house in Vancouver, BC.. He was in his 71st year of life and in religious life for 52 years. Michael Joseph Stogre was born in Summerside, PEI on June 28, 1944 and grew up in Toronto attending St. Michael’s College School, and then entered the Jesuits in 1962. He is the eldest of eight children of Winifred Quinn and Alexander Stogre. He was ordained on June 8, 1974. He did academic degrees in Classics, Philosophy, Theology, Medicine (M.D.) and Social Ethics (Ph.D.) He was a staff member of the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice. He lived and worked for many years (1990 – 2012) in the Espanola and Manitoulin regions and served the First Nations Peoples, particularly with develoing and research in local health services. He will be missed by his family – Dr. Rosemary Stogre (Dr. Richard Kondejewski), Peter, Paul, Mary Lou (Robert De Serres), Monica and Frank (Luvy), nephews and nieces Kick Kondejewski, Natasha Kondejewski (Brian Rudis) and Jonathan De Serres and many great-nephews and great-nieces. Also missed by many First Nations people and his Jesuit companions. The funeral and burial were held in Vancouver on July 30, 2015.
