R.I.P. Fr Joseph Collins

[joe17]

Dear all,
  In your charity, please remember the soul of Fr Joseph Collins in your prayers.
Fr passed away this morning near Albany, NY, having had a fatal illness.
He was well fortified with the sacraments leading up to this time. He was 66.
  He was ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1980 and was one of the 9 founders of the SSPV.  He was on his own since the mid-90's.
  He was a good, holy and knowledgeable priest whom I was honored to call friend.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord...

Joe
 
 

[Michael Wilson]

Fr. Collins was  a dear friend who I had the honor to meet when he would come and offer Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Miami; I would serve his Mass, then we would go out to eat at a Sambo's restaurant, where Fr. Loved to order grits. He liked them cooked a particular way, and they made them to his liking there. He was always kind and charitable to everyone and very interesting to talk to.
I will pray for the repose of his soul. 

[Josephine87]

 

[Elizabeth]

He was so incredibly kind to me and helpful when I really, really needed information and counsel.  He helped me make an important informed decision.  He was genuinely charitable toward his enemies. 

Thanks for letting us know, so we can pray for his soul.

[Michael Wilson]

Dear friends:

It is with heavy and hope filled heart that I bring the news that Father Joseph Francis Collins passed from this veil of tears just before noon today, April 27, 2019.

Father's final hour came quickly, but was well prepared. It appears that his hip broke as he was moving a short distance in his rectory. The fracture was probably from the spreading cancer. Immediately thereafter, he became unresponsive, and a short time later expired. A brother priest gave him final absolution, and recited the prayers for the dying. A visiting friend did what was possible for first aid, and the ambulance was summoned.

As I shared with you previously, Father Collins received Extreme Unction and the Apostolic Blessing shortly after the seriousness of his illness became evident. He also received Holy Communion as Viaticum on a daily basis, including today. Over the last three weeks, he had a resurgence of energy that allowed him to receive many visitors, and to make or receive a number of phone calls. Overall, there was a priestly spirit of prayer and regularity in the Rectory. The parting is not easy, but tempered by the sight of answers to so many prayers.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.

Yours in the Risen Savior,

- Fr. Daniel Ahern

[Bonaventure]

RIP.

I knew him and he was a friend.

[Michael Wilson]

 
I still pray for the repose of his soul daily, as well as Dear Father Carl Pulvermacher O.F.M.

[Guapo]