Dear Brethren,

Last Friday, the 13th August, Fr. Cor Spruit C.P. died in the peace of Christ. Sunday morning the 8th August he was found in his room; he had a brain haemorrhage. After he was taken to the hospital it was clear he would not recover. He died the day after he arrived in a hospice near our monastery.

Born: the 3rd November 1935
Profession: the 4th September 1956
Ordination to the priesthood: the 5th May 1962
Died: the 13th August 2021

The photograph attached is of him at his 40th anniversary of his ordination, in 2002.