Fr. Raymond R. Luis SA

April 17, 2018

Father Raymond R. Luis, SA a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, entered into eternal life on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Fr. Luis was born on October 14, 1976 in Pamplona, Cagayan, Philippines. He attended elementary and high school in Pamplona, graduating from the Pamplona Institute in 1993. Fr. Luis attended Christ the King Mission Seminary in Quezon City, Philippines and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. He earned his Master of Divinity degree in 2007 from Regis College, Toronto, ON, Canada. Fr. Luis entered the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement in August 2001. He received the habit in 2002 and professed first vows in 2003. He professed final vows in 2006. Fr. Luis was ordained to the priesthood in March 2009 by Bishop Donald J. Reece at Graymoor in Garrison, NY. Fr. Luis was assigned to pastoral ministry for the post-novitiate formation program at the Paul Wattson Friary in Toronto in 2005 while studying for ordination. In August 2008, Fr. Luis was assigned to diaconal program ministry at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Richmond, BC, Canada. In June 2009, he was appointed Vocation Coordinator for the Friar’s Japan Region in Yokohama, Japan. He ministered in that role for three years before returning to St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Richmond in September 2012 as Assistant Pastor, a position he would hold for almost five years. In June 2017, Fr. Luis was appointed Associate Pastor at St. Joan of Arc Parish in Toronto. Due to failing health, he returned to the Friars’ motherhouse in Garrison, NY in November 2017. Fr. Luis died at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, NY where he had been in residence since January 2018. Fr. Luis was the son of the late Vicente Luis. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Rodrigues Luis, and sister, Josefina Cariaga, both of whom reside in the Philippines.