Brother Anthony Joe Dass, SJ
Born: 13 March 1963, Taiping
Entered: 18 March 1989, Singapore
Died: 5 May 2020, Jasper Lodge, Petaling Jaya
Anthony Dass Joe was born on 13 March 1963 in Taiping, Perak. From January 1987 to December 1988, he was a student of Good Shepherd Catholic Seminary in Melaka. He entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Singapore on 18 March 1989 and took his First Vows as a Brother on 19 March 1991.
From 1991 to 1993, he did theological courses in the Philippines which included a pastoral renewal course. From 1994 to 1996 he did his regency in Assumption Church in Petaling Jaya where he was in the Tamil Apostolate. From 1996 to 2001 he did a degree in Religious Education and Teachers’ Training in Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia.
He was in the Myanmar Mission at Payaphyu, Taunggyi, from September 2001 to September 2004. After that, he was a member of Arrupe House Jesuit Community, Johor. He worked in the Catechetical Commission of the Diocese of Melaka-Johor where he conducted catechetical training programme for the laity. He was also involved in the migrant ministry.
Between 2011 and 2016, he did further studies in Ateneo de Davao, the Philippines where he obtained a Master’s degree in Religious Studies and Theology. He was also involved in the campus ministry in Ateneo de Davao.
On 19 August 2016, he had his first stroke in Malaysia which affected his right brain. On 9 December 2017 he had his second stroke in Singapore which affected his left brain and he was admitted at National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. On 15 February 2018 he was transferred by ambulance service from NUH to University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On 19 April 2018 he was transferred from UMMC to Jasper Lodge (Nursing Home), Petaling Jaya and passed away there on 5 May 2020.