Father Jean E. Egalite
August 26, 1947 — March 22, 2017
FATHER JEAN EGALITE
BORN AT DESMARATTES, CAP-ROUGE IN JACMEL VICINITY ON AUGUST 26, 1947 OF A DEVOTED FAMILY ANDRE AND MARIE DENAISE EGALITE. HE WAS DEDICATED TO BECOME A PRIEST. HIS PARENTS, AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE WITH NO CHILDREN WERE WORRIED OF BEING STERILE, PRAYED THAT THEIR FIRST BORN IF MALE TO BE COMMITTED TO THE LORD. JEAN THEREFORE WAS PUT TO A RELIGIOUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL; THE CHRISTIAN BROTHER SCHOOL OF JACMEL. FACING HARDSHIP DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE COUNTRY WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW UNTIL 1969. BUT NOURISHED BY HIS VOCATION AND DREAM, HE JOINED FATHER EDGARD DELOUIS’ COMMUNITY IN ORIANI NEAR FORET DES PINS, WHOM WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM AT HIS COMMUNITY AS A RELIGIOUS BROTHER, HE BECAME HIS RIGHT HAND, HE SPENT ABOUT 10 YEARS THERE BUT ON THE PURSUIT OF HIS VOCATION, HE WENT TO MARTINIQUE TO CONTINUE HIS ACADEMIC STUDY AND GET HIS HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE. WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE ENTERED THE GRAND SEMINARY NOTRE DAME OF CAZEAU AND TURGEAU TO COMPLETE HIS PHILOSOPHY STUDY. ONCE AGAIN HE EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES AND FAILED SHORT OF THE INSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS, BUT HIS VOCATION WAS STILL ALIVE. BLINDLY HE CHOSE TO REMAIN IN THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH AND WAS KNOWN AS THE ECONOMIST OF THE CENTER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IN DECEMBER 8TH 1995, HE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON AND ASKED TO BE A PERMANENT DEACON BUT HIS DEVOTION CONVINCED THE CHURCH TO ORDAIN HIM AS PRIEST IN 2000, FIVE YEARS LATER AT THE DISCRETION AND DECISION OF THE HIERARCHY. HE WAS THEN SENT TO LA GONAVE AS A FOUNDER OF A NEW PARISH, ST. AUGUSTIN AT GROS MANGLE. IN 2011, HE FELT SO TIRED AND ASKED HIS SUPERIOR FOR A YEAR OF SABATH. FOR HEALTH REASON HE COULD NOT BEAR TOO MUCH. IN 2014 HIS CONDITION WORSENED, REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL. HE WENT TO SOME INTENSE TREATMENTS AND FAILED ON MARCH 22, 2017.
FATHER JEAN ALTHOUGH PRIEST BUT ALSO WAS A FATHER FOR THE POORS AND DISADVANTAGED, HE NEVER GOT TIRED WITH THE HUNGRIES AND ALWAYS PROVED TO THEM HE FELT THEIR HUNGERS.
HE ALWAYS WOULD GO EXTRA MILES TO BRING THEM FOOD GOING DOOR TO DOOR AT NIGHT WHEN HE HEARD SOME POOR DYING OF STARVATION IN THE REGION OF GROSMANGLE, HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME RELIEF FROM CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (SECOURS CATHOLIC) AND FOOD FOR THE POOR SPONSORED BY MRS. POON AT DELMAS.
HE WAS WELL ADMIRED BY HIS PEOPLE PARTICULARLY OF; ORIANI (FORET DES PINS) GROS MANGLE (LAGONAVE).
FATHER JEAN IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MARIE DENAISE EGALITE; BROTHERS, PIERRE AND NOE; HIS SISTERS; ANIE, ECCLESIANA, LIVIA, PERFIESTA AND LOUINA; HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, YVETA AND LORMISE; HIS AUNTS, SEDNA AND ADENISE; HIS UNCLES, ALTIVERNE AND ALPHENISTE; HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, DIEUVA; HIS COUSINS, DAVID CARITAS; HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, JOHNY, DAVID, DAVIDSON, GREGORY, DIEULY, EMMANUEL, THEONIDE, KETIA, JOANE, ROSEMATE, FLORENCE, LOVETA, REBECCA, STEPHANIE ETC.
FATHER JEAN IS GOING BUT HIS MEMORY WILL LAST FOREVER.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT SCOBEE-COMBS-BOWDEN FUNERAL HOME, CORNER OF U.S. HWY. #1 AND N.E. 15TH AVENUE, BOYNTON BEACH ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WITH A PRAYER SERVICE TO BE HELD AT 7:00 PM. THE FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 12 NOON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017 AT HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1000 LANTANA ROAD, LANTANA, FLORIDA. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT BOYNTON BEACH MEMORIAL PARK.
JEAN ESMAEL EGALITE
NE A DESMARATTES, CAP-ROUGE NON LOIN DE JACMEL LE 25 AOUT 1947, D’UNE FAMILLE DEVOUEE DE: ANDRE ET MARIE DENAISE EGALITE. DES SA NAISSANCE, IL ETAIT DEDIE A DEVENIR PRETRE; SES PARENTS S’INQUITERENT D’ETRE STERILLE, PROMIRENT A DIEU QUE LEUR FILS AINE SERA OFFERT AU SEIGNEUR; IL FAISAIT SES ETUDES PRIMAIRES CHEZ LES FRERES DE L’INTRUCTION CHRETIENNES DE JACMEL (TI BATTERI). LES DIFFICULTES DU PAYS LUI FORCA DE CONNAITRE UN INTERRUPTION DANS SES ETUDES ET SA VOCATION, JUSQU’A 1969, IL ENTRA AU MONASTERE DE PERE EGARD DELOUIS DU COTE D’ORIANI PRES DES FOREST DES PINS D’OU IL FORMA UNE COMMUNAUTE RELIGIEUSE. IL Y RESTA POUR UNE PERIODE DE 10 ANS A PEU PRES ET DEVINT UNE FORCE ET LE BRAS DROIT DE PERE DELOUIS, QUI DES LORS, S’AVANCA EN AGE.
IL DEVAIT SE RENDRE EN MARTINIQUE PENDANT UNE AUTRE PERIODE POUR COMPLETER SES ETUDES SECONDAIRES, DES SON RETOUR, IL ENTRA AU GRAND SEMINAIRES NOTRE DAME DE CAZEAU ET DE TURGEAU A PORT-AU-PRINCE POUR DES FORMATIONS PHILOSOPHIQUES, IL CONNUT D’ AUTRES DIFFICULTES ET NE POUVAIT PAS SATISFAIRE LES REQUISITIONS ACADEMIQUES DE L’ INSTITUTION. IL FAISAIT, MALGRE TOUT, PREUVE DE SON DEVOUEMENT, ON LUI DONNA L’OPTION D’ETRE DIACRE PERMANENT ET RESTA AU SERVICE EXCLUSIF DU GRAND SEMINAIRE DE CAZEAU ET DE TURGEAU A TITRE D’ECONORME. IL FUT SACRE DIACRE LE 8 DECEMBRE 1995 ET DEVINT PRETRE 5 ANS PLUTARD A LA DISCRETION ET DECISION DE LA HIERARCHIE. IL FUT DONC ENVOYE A LA GONAVE COMME FONDATEUR D’UNE NOUVELLE PAROISSE DU COTE DE GROS MANGLE, PAROISSE ST. AUGUSTIN. EN 2011, IL DEMANDA A SON SUPERIEUR POUR UNE ANNEE DE SABATH PARCEQU’IL ETAIT FATIGUE ET POUR RAISON SANTE, IL S’EST RETRAITE. EN NOVEMBRE 2014 IL DEVAIT SUIVRE DES TRAITEMENTS INTENSIFS ET SUBIR DES INTERVENTIONS. PAR LA SUITE DE CETTE PENIBLE MALADIE. IL S’EST SURCOMBE LE 22 MARS 2017.
PERE JEAN ETAIT AMIS DES PAUVRES ET DES DESAVANTAGES, IL ETAIT INFATIGUABLE A VEC LES AFARMES EN LEUR FAISANT PREUVE QU’IL COMPRENAIT CE QU’EST LA FIN. (GRANGOU) SANS REPOS NI SE FAIRE DE SOUCI, IL ETAIT TOUJOURS A LA RECHERCHES DES ASSISTANCES ALIMENTAIRES DU COTE DE SECOURS CATHOLIQUE ET FOOD FOR THE POOR PATONNE PAR MADAME POON DU COTE DE D’ADMIRATION PAR SES GENS. EN PARTICULIER, CEUX D’ORIANI, GROS MANGLE ET DESMARATTES CAP-ROUTE, IL NE FAIT PAS DE DOUTE QU’ILS SERONT LES PLUS AFFECTES PAR SON DEPART. ILS SONT AUSSI EN DEUIL AVEC SA MERE MARIE DENAISE, SES FRERES; PIERRE ET NOE; SES SOEURS; MARIE ANIE, MARIE ECCLESIANA, LOUINA, LIVIA, PERFIESTA, SES BELLE-SOEURS; YVETA ET LORMISE; SES TANTES; SEDNA ET ADENISE; SES ONCLES; ALTIVERNE ET ALPHENISTE; SON BEAU-FRERE; JEAN DIEUVA; SON COUSIN ET COUSINES DAVID ET CARITAS; SES NEVEUX ET NIECES; JOHNY, DAVID, DAVIDSON, GREGORY, DIEULY, EMMANUEL, KETIA, THEONIDE JOANE, ROSEMATE, FLORENCE, LOVETA, REBECCA, STEPHANIE, MICA, MIA ETC.
PERE JEAN NOUS A QUITTE MAIS SON SOUVENIR SERA POUR TOUJOURS.
BORN AT DESMARATTES, CAP-ROUGE IN JACMEL VICINITY ON AUGUST 26, 1947 OF A DEVOTED FAMILY ANDRE AND MARIE DENAISE EGALITE. HE WAS DEDICATED TO BECOME A PRIEST. HIS PARENTS, AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE WITH NO CHILDREN WERE WORRIED OF BEING STERILE, PRAYED THAT THEIR FIRST BORN IF MALE TO BE COMMITTED TO THE LORD. JEAN THEREFORE WAS PUT TO A RELIGIOUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL; THE CHRISTIAN BROTHER SCHOOL OF JACMEL. FACING HARDSHIP DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE COUNTRY WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW UNTIL 1969. BUT NOURISHED BY HIS VOCATION AND DREAM, HE JOINED FATHER EDGARD DELOUIS’ COMMUNITY IN ORIANI NEAR FORET DES PINS, WHOM WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM AT HIS COMMUNITY AS A RELIGIOUS BROTHER, HE BECAME HIS RIGHT HAND, HE SPENT ABOUT 10 YEARS THERE BUT ON THE PURSUIT OF HIS VOCATION, HE WENT TO MARTINIQUE TO CONTINUE HIS ACADEMIC STUDY AND GET HIS HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE. WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE ENTERED THE GRAND SEMINARY NOTRE DAME OF CAZEAU AND TURGEAU TO COMPLETE HIS PHILOSOPHY STUDY. ONCE AGAIN HE EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES AND FAILED SHORT OF THE INSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS, BUT HIS VOCATION WAS STILL ALIVE. BLINDLY HE CHOSE TO REMAIN IN THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH AND WAS KNOWN AS THE ECONOMIST OF THE CENTER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IN DECEMBER 8TH 1995, HE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON AND ASKED TO BE A PERMANENT DEACON BUT HIS DEVOTION CONVINCED THE CHURCH TO ORDAIN HIM AS PRIEST IN 2000, FIVE YEARS LATER AT THE DISCRETION AND DECISION OF THE HIERARCHY. HE WAS THEN SENT TO LA GONAVE AS A FOUNDER OF A NEW PARISH, ST. AUGUSTIN AT GROS MANGLE. IN 2011, HE FELT SO TIRED AND ASKED HIS SUPERIOR FOR A YEAR OF SABATH. FOR HEALTH REASON HE COULD NOT BEAR TOO MUCH. IN 2014 HIS CONDITION WORSENED, REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL. HE WENT TO SOME INTENSE TREATMENTS AND FAILED ON MARCH 22, 2017.
FATHER JEAN ALTHOUGH PRIEST BUT ALSO WAS A FATHER FOR THE POORS AND DISADVANTAGED, HE NEVER GOT TIRED WITH THE HUNGRIES AND ALWAYS PROVED TO THEM HE FELT THEIR HUNGERS.
HE ALWAYS WOULD GO EXTRA MILES TO BRING THEM FOOD GOING DOOR TO DOOR AT NIGHT WHEN HE HEARD SOME POOR DYING OF STARVATION IN THE REGION OF GROSMANGLE, HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME RELIEF FROM CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (SECOURS CATHOLIC) AND FOOD FOR THE POOR SPONSORED BY MRS. POON AT DELMAS.
HE WAS WELL ADMIRED BY HIS PEOPLE PARTICULARLY OF; ORIANI (FORET DES PINS) GROS MANGLE (LAGONAVE).
FATHER JEAN IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MARIE DENAISE EGALITE; BROTHERS, PIERRE AND NOE; HIS SISTERS; ANIE, ECCLESIANA, LIVIA, PERFIESTA AND LOUINA; HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, YVETA AND LORMISE; HIS AUNTS, SEDNA AND ADENISE; HIS UNCLES, ALTIVERNE AND ALPHENISTE; HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, DIEUVA; HIS COUSINS, DAVID CARITAS; HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, JOHNY, DAVID, DAVIDSON, GREGORY, DIEULY, EMMANUEL, THEONIDE, KETIA, JOANE, ROSEMATE, FLORENCE, LOVETA, REBECCA, STEPHANIE ETC.
FATHER JEAN IS GOING BUT HIS MEMORY WILL LAST FOREVER.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT SCOBEE-COMBS-BOWDEN FUNERAL HOME, CORNER OF U.S. HWY. #1 AND N.E. 15TH AVENUE, BOYNTON BEACH ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WITH A PRAYER SERVICE TO BE HELD AT 7:00 PM. THE FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 12 NOON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017 AT HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1000 LANTANA ROAD, LANTANA, FLORIDA. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT BOYNTON BEACH MEMORIAL PARK.
JEAN ESMAEL EGALITE
NE A DESMARATTES, CAP-ROUGE NON LOIN DE JACMEL LE 25 AOUT 1947, D’UNE FAMILLE DEVOUEE DE: ANDRE ET MARIE DENAISE EGALITE. DES SA NAISSANCE, IL ETAIT DEDIE A DEVENIR PRETRE; SES PARENTS S’INQUITERENT D’ETRE STERILLE, PROMIRENT A DIEU QUE LEUR FILS AINE SERA OFFERT AU SEIGNEUR; IL FAISAIT SES ETUDES PRIMAIRES CHEZ LES FRERES DE L’INTRUCTION CHRETIENNES DE JACMEL (TI BATTERI). LES DIFFICULTES DU PAYS LUI FORCA DE CONNAITRE UN INTERRUPTION DANS SES ETUDES ET SA VOCATION, JUSQU’A 1969, IL ENTRA AU MONASTERE DE PERE EGARD DELOUIS DU COTE D’ORIANI PRES DES FOREST DES PINS D’OU IL FORMA UNE COMMUNAUTE RELIGIEUSE. IL Y RESTA POUR UNE PERIODE DE 10 ANS A PEU PRES ET DEVINT UNE FORCE ET LE BRAS DROIT DE PERE DELOUIS, QUI DES LORS, S’AVANCA EN AGE.
IL DEVAIT SE RENDRE EN MARTINIQUE PENDANT UNE AUTRE PERIODE POUR COMPLETER SES ETUDES SECONDAIRES, DES SON RETOUR, IL ENTRA AU GRAND SEMINAIRES NOTRE DAME DE CAZEAU ET DE TURGEAU A PORT-AU-PRINCE POUR DES FORMATIONS PHILOSOPHIQUES, IL CONNUT D’ AUTRES DIFFICULTES ET NE POUVAIT PAS SATISFAIRE LES REQUISITIONS ACADEMIQUES DE L’ INSTITUTION. IL FAISAIT, MALGRE TOUT, PREUVE DE SON DEVOUEMENT, ON LUI DONNA L’OPTION D’ETRE DIACRE PERMANENT ET RESTA AU SERVICE EXCLUSIF DU GRAND SEMINAIRE DE CAZEAU ET DE TURGEAU A TITRE D’ECONORME. IL FUT SACRE DIACRE LE 8 DECEMBRE 1995 ET DEVINT PRETRE 5 ANS PLUTARD A LA DISCRETION ET DECISION DE LA HIERARCHIE. IL FUT DONC ENVOYE A LA GONAVE COMME FONDATEUR D’UNE NOUVELLE PAROISSE DU COTE DE GROS MANGLE, PAROISSE ST. AUGUSTIN. EN 2011, IL DEMANDA A SON SUPERIEUR POUR UNE ANNEE DE SABATH PARCEQU’IL ETAIT FATIGUE ET POUR RAISON SANTE, IL S’EST RETRAITE. EN NOVEMBRE 2014 IL DEVAIT SUIVRE DES TRAITEMENTS INTENSIFS ET SUBIR DES INTERVENTIONS. PAR LA SUITE DE CETTE PENIBLE MALADIE. IL S’EST SURCOMBE LE 22 MARS 2017.
PERE JEAN ETAIT AMIS DES PAUVRES ET DES DESAVANTAGES, IL ETAIT INFATIGUABLE A VEC LES AFARMES EN LEUR FAISANT PREUVE QU’IL COMPRENAIT CE QU’EST LA FIN. (GRANGOU) SANS REPOS NI SE FAIRE DE SOUCI, IL ETAIT TOUJOURS A LA RECHERCHES DES ASSISTANCES ALIMENTAIRES DU COTE DE SECOURS CATHOLIQUE ET FOOD FOR THE POOR PATONNE PAR MADAME POON DU COTE DE D’ADMIRATION PAR SES GENS. EN PARTICULIER, CEUX D’ORIANI, GROS MANGLE ET DESMARATTES CAP-ROUTE, IL NE FAIT PAS DE DOUTE QU’ILS SERONT LES PLUS AFFECTES PAR SON DEPART. ILS SONT AUSSI EN DEUIL AVEC SA MERE MARIE DENAISE, SES FRERES; PIERRE ET NOE; SES SOEURS; MARIE ANIE, MARIE ECCLESIANA, LOUINA, LIVIA, PERFIESTA, SES BELLE-SOEURS; YVETA ET LORMISE; SES TANTES; SEDNA ET ADENISE; SES ONCLES; ALTIVERNE ET ALPHENISTE; SON BEAU-FRERE; JEAN DIEUVA; SON COUSIN ET COUSINES DAVID ET CARITAS; SES NEVEUX ET NIECES; JOHNY, DAVID, DAVIDSON, GREGORY, DIEULY, EMMANUEL, KETIA, THEONIDE JOANE, ROSEMATE, FLORENCE, LOVETA, REBECCA, STEPHANIE, MICA, MIA ETC.
PERE JEAN NOUS A QUITTE MAIS SON SOUVENIR SERA POUR TOUJOURS.
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