Comments on: Much loved Otago priest farewelled in Wanaka https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/09/03/much-loved-otago-priest-farewelled-in-wanaka/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 By: Thea Grootenboer https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/09/03/much-loved-otago-priest-farewelled-in-wanaka/#comment-17497 Sat, 13 May 2017 21:12:43 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=8234#comment-17497 Dear Reader,
By coincidence I found the article on Brian Fentons death. I was so glad know about his death and especially to hear his dreams came to be true.
For years my husband and I, living in The Netherlands, Utrecht, wondered what had happened to our friend.
I got to know Brian in the late 70th and stayed in Wanaka for a week as I was in Newzealand on holiday with a friend who knew Brian well. I had great conversations with him as, being an artist I found him to be very interested in art, cathedrals and beauty in general. We had a great time. I got married and Brian stayed in the 80 th twice at our home during his European travels. We visited arboreta and musea in Holland together and we showed him around. We loved him. His sense of humor andthe depth of his engagement.
For years we exchanged Christmascards. We got every time an invitation to be his guests. This was impossible during my husband working life. So we never had the chance to visit his arboretum but did plan to do so and had hoped to visit Brian in 2014. However as there was no more Chrstmascard that year and no way to contact him we feared for the worst. We were very sad about not knowing what had happened and are glad to have found the article in the Wanaka newspaper..
We remember Brian as a loving, gentle, caring and remarkable person. We are greatful to have known him.
Frits van Nierop and Thea Grootenboer

Utrecht, the Netherlands

]]> By: Concepta Tobin https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2014/09/03/much-loved-otago-priest-farewelled-in-wanaka/#comment-15675 Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:30:41 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=8234#comment-15675 I am very sad to read of the death of Father Brian Fenton. We talked a lot about him only yesterday as a group of us reminisced about parish life in Corsham. Some number of years ago Father Brian supplied for our Parish Priest at St. Patrick’s Church, Corsham, Wiltshire . We loved him and kept in contact for a long time but for the past three years or so we hadn’t heard from him – now I know why! May he rest in peace
What a lovely tribute to Father Brian in the NZCatholic website

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