Friar Amedeo Nardone, O.F.M. passed into eternal life on Saturday, February 20, 2021, at the age of 78 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Roman Province of San Bonaventura.
Friar Amedeo was born in Cassino, Italy, and entered the Collegio Serafico in 1955. He began his novitiate in 1959 and was ordained a priest on July 1, 1968. After working in his home province, he arrived in Toronto in 1977. He served as assistant pastor at Immaculate Conception Church in Toronto, and then served as pastor for fifteen years, before becoming pastor of St. Jane Frances Church in 2003. He retire from his pastorate in 2018 after celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood.
Funeral Arrangements
St. Jane Frances Church
2747 Jane Street,
North York, ON M3L 2E8, CANADA. 416.741.1463
Viewing: Tuesday-Wednesday, February 23-24, 9:30 AM- 8:00 PM
Thursday, February 25, 9:30 AM- 6:00 PM.
Funeral Liturgy for Friars ONLY: Thursday, 7:00 PM.
Private Funeral Mass Friday, February 26, 10:00 AM
Interment Holy Cross Cemetery Friars Plot after Mass
“Friars must remember to offer suffrages for every deceased friar of the province, professed or novice. In particular, each priest shall offer the Eucharist twice. When news of the death of a friar is received, a concelebrated Mass in his memory should be scheduled in the friars of the province and the foundations. On the thirtieth day after and on the first anniversary of the death of a confrere, professed or novice, the Eucharist shall be celebrated for him in the house to which he was assigned at the time of death.” (PS 8, 1-3