Oblates bid farewell to dear Fr. Joe
• 20:43 PM Wed Dec 9, 2015
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Edwin O. Fernandez
Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, DD (center) Oblate priests and Cotabato clergy pose for the last time with the remains of Fr. Joe Ante, OMI before he was laid to rest in OMI cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Fr. Jonathan Domingi, OMI)
COTABATO CITY - Members of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines pose with the remains of Fr. Jose Ante, OMI at the Archbishop Mongeau Chapel after a concelebrated funeral mass presided over by Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI.His final journey immediately commenced from NDU grounds to his final resting place.Fr. Jose, the first Filipino OMI provincial superior, was laid to rest at OMI cemetery at Our Lady Lourdes Grotto, Tamontaka, Datu Odin Sinsuat, MaguindanaoWednesday morning.Testimonies and stories about the life of Fr. Joe were shared by Oblate priests, Oblates of Notre Dame, friends, and associatesduring the 5-day wake at the Mongeau chapel. sand//z-1-scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12316298_10207791490696138_6207241914497780997_n.jpg?oh=f018ffdf89cc7dbcafa38dc4b8af38b0andampoe=572163FB (Fellow Oblates take final look at the remains of Fr. Jose Ante, OMI as he was laid to rest - Photo from FB posts of Fr. Jun Mercado, OMI)