Remembering and celebrating friends and supporters who have died

As we add to the history of the Denis Hurley Centre, we want to celebrate people who have been a key part of our journey and whom we have lost. This page will be updated with links to tributes and memorials of people who have been important in the life of the Denis Hurley Centre and who have passed from this life to a better place.

We are sad to say goodbye to those we have loved and we will miss their company.  But, as people of faith, we can give thanks to God for the service they gave and be confident that, in God’s mercy, they will receive their eternal reward.  With St Thomas More we can pray: "We may yet hereafter in heaven merrily all meet together, to our everlasting salvation.”

2017	Most Rev Barry Wood (1942-2017)	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban	Homily preached at his funeral
2018	Nomfundu Ntuli (1985-2018)	Member of Face2Face café team	Article in August 2018 news update
2018	Paddy Kearney (1942-2018)	Founder and chair of Trustees	Paddy Kearney pages
2021	Rt Rev Abel Gabuza (1995-2021)	Archbishop Co-Adjutor of Durban	Obituary in the Southern Cross
2021	Mgr Paul Nadal (1932-2021)	Trustee, Patron and Fundraiser	Paul Nadal pages
2021	Virushka Ganga (1984-2021)	Member of Face2Face café team	Article in February 2021 news update (to come)

We also mourn the passing of homeless people, refugees and drug users who have used our services and for whom the struggle to survive became too much.  Sometimes we know about their deaths, often we do not; sometimes we know their real names, sometimes we do not.  Often, in death as in life, they are not noticed by the world, but they are known to God and we believe will be welcomed home by the Father of us all.  A few of those whose names we know include:

"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” (Luke 6:20)