Father MacDonald OFM Cap.

Father Joseph MacDonald, OFM Cap., was born to Margaret (Hawkin) and Joseph MacDonald on June 1, 1933 in Glengarry County, Alexandria, Ontario and named Alastair Duncan Timothy Joseph MacDonald.

Fr. Joseph as he was commonly known, was a dear brother to Lorraine (Frank Mullin), and predeceased by his sisters, the late Eileen McCullouch, Bernice Barta and Audrey MacDonald. Fr. Joseph will be sadly missed by his many nieces, nephews and grand nieces and grand nephews.

Fr. Joseph began his religious life as a Capuchin Franciscan friar in June 1958 as a Postulant at St. Francis Minor Seminary in Blenheim ON, continuing to Novitiate at St. Conrad Friary in Annapolis Maryland, where he took the religious name, Joseph of Greenfield. On July 14, 1963 he made his Solemn Profession at St. Peter & Paul’s Monastery in Cumberland Maryland and two years following celebrated his Ordination by Bishop Francis Marrocco on October 23, 1965 at St Philip Neri Parish, Toronto.

Fr. Joseph was probably best known for his work with people suffering from chronic mental illness which lead to the establishment of Poverello Charity in 1969, a work for which Fr. Joseph’s was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2012.

Visitation at Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road, Weston on Sunday July 15, 2018 from 7–9 pm and at St Philip Neri Parish, 2100 Jane Street, Toronto on Monday July 16, 2018 from 7 – 9 pm and Tuesday July 17, 2018 from 9am – 11am followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00. Interment on Wednesday July 18, 2018 at the Capuchin Plots in Evergreen Cemetery in Blenheim ON at 1:00 PM.

A fuller biography for Fr, Joseph will follow on the Ward Funeral Home website. Please visit our Book of Memories at www.wardfuneralhome.com