Fr. Rodolfo Malasmas, SJ just celebrated his 86th birthday last June 27. Six days after that, he suffered a heart attack. On July 11, Sunday, at 6:36 pm, he returned to the Lord. We will miss you, Fr. Rudy. 


Wake:
At the Jacinto campus chapel of Ateneo de Davao University.
Daily wake Masses are scheduled at 8 p.m. 

Funeral Mass:
On Thursday, 15 July at 8 a.m. in the Jacinto campus chapel of Ateneo de Davao University.

Interment:
Davao Catholic Cemetery, immediately following the Mass.

Eternal rest grant unto Rodolfo, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.


From the memo of Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Antonio Samson, SJ...

It is with sadness that I inform the University community that Fr. Rodolfo A. Malasmas, SJ peacefully passed away in the Lord in the early evening of 11 July. He had suffered a massive heart attack in the early morning of 03 July; he remained in a coma until death.

His remains are being waked at the University Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption. There will be daily evening Masses at eight o'clock. The funeral Mass will be at eight o'clock in the morning of Thursday, 15 July, followed by burial at the Davao Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to an Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) Scholarship Fund in honor and in memory of Fr. Malasmas will be greatly appreciated . Donations may be sent to the Rector of the Jesuit Community or to the President's office.

At his death, Fr. Malasmas was 86 years of age (born on 27 June 1924), 69 years a Jesuit (entered the Society of Jesus on 30 May 1941) and 56 years a priest (ordained a priest on 19 June 1954). 

Except for the years from 1962 to 1975, his assignments have all been at Ateneo de Davao. As a Jesuit scholastic in the High School, he was a member of the founding Jesuit community of Ateneo de Davao (1948-51). Returning after ordination (1956-62), he held various positions (Dean of Men in the College, College Dean, and professor of English, Philosophy, and Theology). From 1976 until his death, he served the ADDU as Grade School Headmaster, High School Supervisor at Compostela Annex, Assistant University Chaplain, and as an important part of various social work initiatives.

From 1962-64, he was House Minister and Juniorate teacher at Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, Quezon City; from 1964-75, he was Grade School headmaster at Ateneo de Manila University.

May his soul rest in God's peace.