ROBERT L. MACDOUGALL,

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ROBERT L. MACDOUGALL, Rev., S.J. At Pickering, ON, on Sunday, December 26, 2004, in his 81st year and in the 55th year as a member of the Society of Jesus. Son of Ralph MacDougall and May Webb, both deceased. He leaves behind his brothers, Lorne of Truro, NS, and Ian of Brampton, ON; and his sisters, Betty Colford and Margaret Boudreau of Halifax, NS. Predeceased by his brother Bill; and his sisters, Jean Mosher and Lois Kennedy. Commissioned as an officer in the R.C.A.F. during the Second World War and shot down over the English Channel, he was captured and imprisoned by the enemy in Denmark. As the senior allied officer in that country in 1945, he received the surrender of the Germans there. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by King George VI. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1950 and was ordained as a priest in 1961. He was Director of the Catholic Rehabilitation Centre in Toronto from 1962 to 1964, and from 1967 to 1970 at St. Mary's University, Halifax; he was successively Vice President and Rector. From 1970 to 1974, he was Chaplain at Stoney Mountain Penitentiary in Manitoba, after which he was co-director and Chaplain of the John Bosco Residence for Boys in Orillia, ON. In 1975 he was assigned to St. Ignatius Parish in Winnipeg. From 1977 to 2000, he worked in the Charismatic Apostolate, first on the 100 Huntley Street television show, then after 1984 as the Director and Host of the Food for Life TV Ministry for six years. With his health deteriorating, he retired to Rene Goupil House, Pickering, in November 2000 where he spent the last years of his life. In memory of Father MacDougall, donations may be made to the Jesuit Development Office, 1335 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5R 2C4.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 29, 2004