Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Brother
August (Staf) Van de Velde
on Friday 5th October 2018 at Avondrust (Varsenare – Belgium)
at the 96 years, of which 75 years of missionary life
in Congo and in Belgium.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Download here the death announcement of Brother August Van de Velde
Milestones in Brother August Van de Velde’s life
August (Staf) was born on the 8th of May 1922 in Boechout, in the Diocese of Antwerpen (Belgium). He joined the Novitiate of the White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa) as a brother candidate on the 8th of September 1941 in Gits (Belgium) where he took his temporary Missionary Oath on the 8th of September 1942 and his final Oath on the 7th of September 1949.
| 10/09/1943 | Service | Gits | Belgique |
| 28/10/1949 | Directeur de la Menuiserie | Bunia,Lac Albert | Congo |
| 11/01/1952 | Fondation Ecole du Bois | Mudzi Maria | Congo |
| 27/05/1958 | Grande Retraite | Heverlee | Belgique |
| 30/07/1962 | Déménagement Ecole->C.E.C | Bunia | Congo |
| 08/12/1964 | Evacuation vers la Belgique | | Belgique |
| 01/07/1965 | Ecole=I.Pro. Alfasiri | Bunia,Nyakasanza | Zaïre Ituri |
| 01/01/1986 | | Bunia,Maison Rég. | Zaïre Ituri |
| 25/03/1987 | Cons.Tech.Dir.Inst. | Bunia,Procure | Zaïre Ituri |
| 25/09/1990 | Session-Retraite | Jérusalem/Rome | Israël |
| 28/10/1991 | Troubles>19.02.92 | | |
| 01/12/1991 | Stage Rebobineur moteur | | |
| 25/11/1996 | Evacué par Kampala-> | | Belgique |
| 09/04/1997 | Rencontre séniors | Rome | Italia |
| 01/10/1998 | Résidence | Antwerpen,Keizerstr. | Belgique |
| 15/10/1998 | Nommé Blg.(PE.98/10) | | |
| 19/10/2016 | Résidence | Varsenare,Avondrust | Belgique |
| 05/10/2018 | Retour auprès du Père | Varsenare,Avondrust | Belgique |