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PANJIM: Well-known Jesuit priest, Fr Levis Gomes SJ, breathed his last in Margao on Monday, Jan. 24.
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Fr Lewis will be missed by his many friends in Goa, Ajra, Khanapur, Tanzania, and the Philippines where offered his life in selfless service to God and humanity during his 36 years in the Society of Jesus. He returned home to Margao to celebrate her mother’s birthday but did not realise that the Lord’s call would come to him at a young age of 58. The Goa Jesuit Province has lost a young and dynamic priest, a release said.
Levis was born in Mbale, Uganda, on March 24, 1964, to Maria and Aleixo Gomes. His parents brought him up with much care and affection, along with his siblings—Libby, Luis, and Luiza. Having experienced God’s love in and through his family, he decided to be a priest and entered the Society of Jesus on June 10, 1985. Levis studied Philosophy at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune and after three years of regency returned to Pune to complete his Theology.
Unfortunately, Levis met with a road accident in December, 2014. But gradually he was able to walk. Even while recuperating at Pedro Arrupe Institute, Raia, Levis would call up different people and offer them little messages of hope and courage.
