Former JRS director Fr Pierre Grech Marguerat dies aged 62<\/p>\n
Fr Pierre Grech Marguerat, a former director of the Jesuit Refugee Services, died in Pisa on Friday after a long illness. He was 62 years old.<\/p>\n
He had just returned to the Jesuit community house after a long hospital stay, the Jesuits community wrote on Facebook. <\/p>\n
From 1996 to 2007, he served as the director of the Jesuit Refugee Services office in Malta<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tributes poured in as news of his death spread on Friday. <\/p>\n “We will always remember Fr Pierre as a wonderful man with so many gifts,” JRS Malta said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n “A natural communicator, Fr Pierre shared with others his gifts of a deep faith, a heart for others, a life-giving spirit, and a passion for justice. All this with his great sense of humour… Fr Pierre was truly one of a kind in so many ways. We will never forget him, and we will be forever grateful for his friendship and unwavering support.”<\/p>\n The Maltese Diabetes Association described him as a “good friend” and supporter. <\/p>\n “May he rest in peace,” they said. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n