{"id":90835,"date":"2013-04-21T13:17:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T17:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=90835"},"modified":"2013-04-22T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T14:29:02","slug":"national-football-team-attends-memorial-service-for-deceased-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/national-football-team-attends-memorial-service-for-deceased-members\/","title":{"rendered":"National football team attends memorial service for deceased members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90837\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90837\" alt=\"Members of national football team at memorial service\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/National-Team-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/National-Team-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/National-Team-642x481.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/National-Team-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of national football team at memorial service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Members of the Dominica National team gathered at the St. Alphonsus church in Goodwill on Sunday April 21, for a memorial mass for national coach, Kirt Hector and player Norran Jno Hope who died in tragic accident on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Parish priest, Fr. Eustace Thomas, who delivered the homily, called on the team to &#8220;pray and be united&#8221; inspite of the grief suffered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Man proposes but God disposes..they were determined to bring home the cup to Dominica but God had other plans,&#8221; Fr Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>He told them that &#8220;there was hope&#8221; and that the men &#8220;died in the national interest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to what he described as &#8220;tongue lashing&#8221; in the media and\u00a0 said that like the St Peter and Paul, God calls everyone by their names. &#8220;Watch what you say&#8230;God will call each of us by name and we have to be ready and prepared,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Thomas encouraged the footballers not to allow the death of the two men &#8220;to destroy them&#8221; and urged them to pray and continue on their journey.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Dominica Football Association (DFA), Glen Etienne, PRO Gerald George, Secretary Ericson Degallaire Treasurer, Phillip White and other board members attended the service, along with sports Minister Justina Charles.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90841\" alt=\"DFA Offcials\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DFA-Offcials-642x481.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DFA-Offcials-642x481.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DFA-Offcials-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/DFA-Offcials-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the Dominica National team gathered at the St. Alphonsus church in Goodwill on Sunday April 21, for a memorial mass for national coach, Kirt Hector and player Norran Jno Hope who died in tragic accident on Friday. 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