{"id":3855,"date":"2021-04-15T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bkpdefunts.smainternational.info\/?p=3855"},"modified":"2024-04-13T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T14:56:58","slug":"rev-fr-herman-sommer-sma-hermanus-cornelius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=3855","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Herman SOMMER (Hermanus Cornelius)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rev. Fr. Herman Sommer, SMA (Hermanus Cornelius)<\/span><\/p>\n

1937-2021<\/p>\n

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Born <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>the <\/span>Diocese <\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span>Haarlem <\/span>– <\/span>Amsterdam <\/span><\/span>(<\/span>Schagen<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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03 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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04-1937<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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He <\/span>became <\/span><\/span>a <\/span>member <\/span>of <\/span>our <\/span>Society<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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15 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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07 <\/span>-1962<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ordained<\/span> <\/span>to <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>Priesthood<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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12<\/span> <\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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12 <\/span>-1962<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1963 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1964 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Tirocinium<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Winneba<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1964 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1968 <\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Sunyani<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Wenchi<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>assistant <\/span>priest <\/span><\/span>\/ <\/span>parish <\/span><\/span>priest<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1968 <\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1969 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Leeuwarden<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Eindhoven<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>NL<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>assistant <\/span>priest<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1969 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1970<\/span> <\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>Louvain <\/span>Catholic <\/span>University<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>B<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>study <\/span>liturgy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1970<\/span> <\/span>-1971<\/span> <\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Kumasi<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>chaplain <\/span><\/span>KNUST<\/span><\/p>\n

1971 <\/span><\/span>– <\/span>1972 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Duayaw <\/span>Nkwanta<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>hospital <\/span>chaplain<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1972 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1975 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Bechem<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>chaplain <\/span>TTC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1975 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1976 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>SMA <\/span>Winneba<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1976 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1980<\/span> <\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>Nijmegen<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>NL<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Catholic <\/span>University<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>secretary <\/span>catechetical <\/span><\/span>institute<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1980 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1982<\/span> <\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>SMA<\/span> <\/span>London<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>prefect <\/span>of <\/span>studies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1982 <\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1994<\/span> <\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>Richmond<\/span> <\/span>Fellowship<\/span> <\/span>College<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>UK<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>tutor <\/span><\/span>and <\/span>pastoral <\/span>supervision<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1994 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1997 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Leeuwarden<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>NL<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Parish <\/span><\/span>Priest<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1997 <\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1999 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>London<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>UK<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>the <\/span>Grail <\/span>community<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1999 <\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2006 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>De <\/span>Rijp<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>NL<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>parish <\/span>priest<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2006 <\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2014 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>De <\/span>Rijp<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>retired<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2014 <\/span>–<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2021 <\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Berkhout<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>retirement <\/span>home <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<\/span>de Berkenhof<\/span>‘<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Father <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>was <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>declining <\/span>health <\/span>for the <\/span>past <\/span>few <\/span><\/span>years<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He <\/span>pas<\/span>sed <\/span><\/span>away <\/span>peacefully <\/span>in <\/span>retirement <\/span>home <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<\/span>de <\/span>Berkenhof<\/span>‘, <\/span><\/span>Berkhout<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>on <\/span><\/span>April <\/span>15<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

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t <\/span><\/span>Eternal <\/span><\/span>rest <\/span>grant <\/span><\/span>unto <\/span>him <\/span>o <\/span>Lord <\/span><\/span>t<\/span><\/h2>\n

Antonio <\/span>Porcellato <\/span><\/span>SMA <\/span>Superior <\/span>General<\/span><\/h3>\n

De Eucharistieviering van afscheid zal in besloten kring plaats <\/span><\/i>vinden <\/span><\/i>in de Sint Bonifatius <\/span><\/span><\/i>Paroc<\/span><\/i>hiekerk<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>Rechtestraat <\/span><\/i>164 <\/span><\/i>in <\/span><\/i>De <\/span><\/i>Rijp<\/span><\/i>,<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>op <\/span><\/i>Woensdag 21 April <\/span><\/i>2021<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>waarna hij ter <\/span><\/i>ruste <\/span>zaf <\/span><\/span><\/i>worden <\/span><\/span><\/i>gelegd <\/span><\/span><\/i>in <\/span>het <\/span>priestergraf <\/span>van <\/span>het <\/span>parochiële <\/span>kerkhof <\/span>aldaar<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

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Afkomst<\/span><\/h4>\n

Herman<\/span> <\/span>Bommer,<\/span> <\/span>zoon<\/span> <\/span>van<\/span> <\/span>Petrus<\/span> <\/span>(Piet) <\/span><\/span>S<\/span>ommer <\/span><\/span>(t <\/span><\/span>1<\/span>9<\/span>49) <\/span>en <\/span>Maria <\/span>Hendrika <\/span>Bruin <\/span><\/span>(* <\/span><\/span>1911<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span><\/span>t <\/span><\/span>1998) is geboren in Schagen in <\/span>het <\/span>bisdom Haarlem op 3 april 1937 <\/span>en <\/span>daags erna <\/span>daar <\/span>gedoopt <\/span><\/span>in de Sint-Christophoruskerk met de doopnamen Hermanus Cornelius. <\/span>Na hem <\/span><\/span>worden <\/span>er nog enkele <\/span>jongens in dit <\/span>gezin geboren. <\/span>Volgens gegevens <\/span><\/span>is zijn <\/span>vader <\/span><\/span>‘<\/span>technician’. <\/span>Uit de eigen aantekeningen van Herman blijkt dat het <\/span>gezin <\/span>in 1938 in <\/span><\/span>Leeuwarden <\/span>woont en daarna naar Groningen verhuist. Hier ontvangt Herman op <\/span>15 jul<\/span>i <\/span><\/span>1947 <\/span>het sacrament <\/span><\/span>van <\/span>het <\/span>vormse<\/span>l <\/span>in <\/span>de parochiekerk <\/span><\/span>van <\/span>Sint<\/span>–<\/span>Joseph<\/span>, <\/span>de huidige <\/span><\/span>kathedraal <\/span>van het bisdom Groningen. Vader Bommer overlijdt op <\/span>19 <\/span>oktober 1949. Herman <\/span><\/span>i<\/span>s <\/span><\/span>dan <\/span><\/span>pas <\/span>12 <\/span>ja <\/span>r.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Opleiding<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Hoe hij in contact <\/span>gekomen <\/span>is met de Sociëteit <\/span>voor Afrikaanse Missiën <\/span>is <\/span>niet helemaal <\/span><\/span>duidelijk, <\/span>maar in <\/span>september <\/span>1950 begint Herman op 13-jarige <\/span>leeftijd in <\/span>Huize Nieuw <\/span>Herlaer in Sint-Michielsgest<\/span><\/span>el <\/span>aan zijn opleiding tot priestermissionaris. <\/span>Zoals destijds <\/span><\/span>gebruikelijk <\/span><\/span>volgt drie jaar later <\/span>de verhuizing naar het <\/span>missiecollege <\/span>in <\/span>Cadier en <\/span>Keer voor <\/span><\/span>het vervolg van zijn middelbare op<\/span>l<\/span>eid<\/span>i<\/span>ng en aansluitend in 1956 naar Aalbeek <\/span>voor <\/span>de <\/span><\/span>eigenlijke <\/span>priesteropleiding aa<\/span>n <\/span>het groo<\/span>t<\/span>seminarie van de S.M<\/span>.<\/span>A. <\/span>ln <\/span>1957 <\/span>treedt hij <\/span>officieel <\/span>toe <\/span><\/span>tot <\/span>de <\/span>S.M.A. <\/span>en <\/span>in 1962 <\/span>legt <\/span>hij <\/span>de <\/span>e<\/span>e<\/span>uwige <\/span>eed <\/span>af.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tijdens <\/span>de <\/span><\/span>studie <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>Cadier <\/span>e<\/span>n <\/span><\/span>Keer <\/span>en <\/span>Aa<\/span>l<\/span>beek blijkt <\/span>Herman <\/span>Bommer <\/span>geen <\/span>bolleboos <\/span><\/span>te <\/span>zijn. <\/span><\/span>Hij <\/span><\/span>is <\/span>wel <\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0nieuwsgierig, <\/span>volharden<\/span>d<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>werkzaam<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>eerlijk <\/span>en gedienstig<\/span>\u00ab\u00a0, <\/span><\/span>zoals <\/span>rapporten <\/span><\/span>uit <\/span><\/span>die tijd <\/span>hem omschrijven, maar hij  moet veel moeite doen om de <\/span>studie <\/span>goed af te  ronden. <\/span><\/span>l<\/span>n <\/span>persoonlijk <\/span>opzicht lukt het hem niet altijd om de juiste draai <\/span>in <\/span>een <\/span>groep <\/span>te <\/span>vinden. Een <\/span>probleem <\/span>dat ook in zijn late<\/span>r<\/span>e leven meermaals de kop op <\/span>steekt. Vlak voor <\/span>zijn wijding <\/span>i<\/span>s <\/span>er <\/span>grote <\/span>waardering voor het <\/span>f<\/span>eit <\/span>dat <\/span>H<\/span>erman hard gewerkt heeft om <\/span>zijn studie <\/span>toch <\/span>goed af <\/span>te <\/span><\/span>ronden<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Hij <\/span>wordt <\/span>dan <\/span>omschreven <\/span>ais <\/span>iemand <\/span>die <\/span>naar <\/span>de <\/span>missie <\/span>verlangt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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De uitzending naar Ghana komt nadat hij op <\/span>21 december 1962 in de <\/span>kapel van <\/span>het <\/span><\/span>ziekenhu<\/span>i<\/span>s <\/span>in <\/span><\/span>H<\/span>eerlen door <\/span>a<\/span>artsbisschop Mgr. John Ko<\/span>d<\/span>wo Amissah <\/span><\/span>van <\/span>Cape Coast <\/span>tot <\/span><\/span>priester is gewijd. Enkele maanden later vertrekt Herman Sommer naar Winneba om <\/span>daar <\/span>een <\/span>pastoraal jaar te volge<\/span>n<\/span>. <\/span>ln juni 1964 volgt z<\/span>i<\/span>jn benoeming tot kapelaan in het bisdom <\/span><\/span>Kumasi <\/span><\/span>(sinds <\/span>1<\/span>9<\/span>73 <\/span>in <\/span>het <\/span>bisdom <\/span>Sunyani) <\/span>in <\/span>het <\/span>midden <\/span>van <\/span>Ghana<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ln <\/span><\/span>februari 1968 komt Herman  op verlof terug naar Nederland<\/span>. <\/span>Dan blijkt dat  hij  grote <\/span><\/span>twijfels <\/span>heeft o<\/span>v<\/span>er zijn func<\/span>t<\/span>io<\/span>n<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>e<\/span>n <\/span>ais missionaris<\/span>. <\/span>Hij geeft te kennen het  liefst ais priester <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>Nederland actief te <\/span>willen zijn<\/span>. <\/span>ln brieven uit <\/span>die tijd valt te lezen dat hij dat tijdens <\/span>zijn <\/span><\/span>opleiding al wil<\/span>d<\/span>e, maar di<\/span>t n<\/span>iet ke<\/span>n<\/span>baar durfde te maken<\/span>. <\/span>Met <\/span>name het bezoeken van de <\/span><\/span>buitenstat<\/span>i<\/span>es<\/span>– <\/span><\/span>het zogeheten busht<\/span>r<\/span>ekken – <\/span>staat hem erg tegen. Hij wil graag in het bisdom <\/span><\/span>Groningen<\/span> <\/span>gaan<\/span> <\/span>werken<\/span> <\/span>en<\/span> <\/span>er<\/span> <\/span>wor<\/span>d<\/span>t<\/span> <\/span>ze<\/span>lf<\/span>s <\/span>een <\/span><\/span>p<\/span>rocedure <\/span>tot <\/span>incardinatie <\/span>in <\/span>gang <\/span>gezet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Het <\/span>bisdom <\/span>be<\/span>no<\/span>emt <\/span>hem <\/span>in <\/span>augustus <\/span>1<\/span>96<\/span>8 <\/span>in <\/span>een <\/span>parochie <\/span>in <\/span>Leeuwarden, <\/span>maar <\/span>al <\/span>na <\/span>een <\/span><\/span>paar <\/span>weke<\/span>n <\/span>sc<\/span>h<\/span>rijft <\/span>Herman <\/span>d<\/span>at hij vreselijk teleurges<\/span>t<\/span>eld is wat hij <\/span>in <\/span>de parochie <\/span>aantreft <\/span>en <\/span><\/span>toch <\/span>weer <\/span>li<\/span>e<\/span>ver <\/span>terugkeert <\/span>naar <\/span>de <\/span>S.M.A. <\/span><\/span>H<\/span>ij <\/span>heeft <\/span>het <\/span>gevoel <\/span>een <\/span>verkeerde <\/span>keuze <\/span>te<\/span><\/p>\n

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hebben<\/span> <\/span>gemaakt.<\/span> <\/span>Per<\/span> <\/span>1<\/span> <\/span>november<\/span> 1968<\/span> <\/span>geeft<\/span> <\/span>hij <\/span><\/span>zijn <\/span><\/span>benoeming <\/span><\/span>i<\/span>n <\/span>Leeuwarden <\/span>te<\/span>rug <\/span><\/span>aan <\/span><\/span>de <\/span><\/span>bisschop <\/span>van Groningen. <\/span>De S.M.A. <\/span>wil <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>dan <\/span>weer <\/span>graag uitzenden naar <\/span>Ghana<\/span>, <\/span>maar <\/span><\/span>er <\/span>doen zich <\/span>problemen <\/span>voor <\/span>met <\/span>de benoeming in het bisdom <\/span>Kumasi, waar <\/span>hij <\/span>in 1968 <\/span><\/span>eige<\/span>nlijk naartoe <\/span>zou gaan. <\/span>Daarom neemt hij in het <\/span>voorjaar van <\/span>1969 <\/span>een <\/span>tijdelijke <\/span>functie <\/span>aan <\/span>ais <\/span>priester<\/span>-a<\/span>ssistent <\/span>in <\/span><\/span>Eindhov<\/span>en.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Omdat <\/span>er <\/span>geen <\/span>duidelijke <\/span>beric<\/span>hten <\/span>uit Ghana <\/span>komen, begint <\/span>Herman Bommer in <\/span>overleg <\/span>met de <\/span>S<\/span>.M<\/span>.<\/span>A. in september 1969 <\/span>aa<\/span>n <\/span>een <\/span>tweejarige studie <\/span>liturgie <\/span>aan <\/span>de <\/span>Katholieke <\/span>Universiteit <\/span><\/span>in Leuven. Ais het<\/span> <\/span>eer<\/span>ste jaar voor<\/span>b<\/span>ij is <\/span>en hij dit<\/span> <\/span>met <\/span>goed gevolg heeft <\/span>afgerond, vraagt <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>of <\/span>hij <\/span>het <\/span>tweede <\/span>deel <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span><\/span>studie <\/span>– <\/span>het <\/span><\/span>schr<\/span>ijven <\/span><\/span>een <\/span>thesis <\/span>over <\/span>uitvaartrituelen in Afrika <\/span>– in Ghana mag doen<\/span>. <\/span>Het <\/span>S.M.A.-bestuur ziet in dat <\/span>Herman <\/span>geen <\/span>man is om lang <\/span>achter <\/span>de studieboeken <\/span>te <\/span>zitten <\/span>en <\/span>geeft <\/span>hem toestemming <\/span>om weer naar <\/span><\/span>Ghana te <\/span>gaan. <\/span>Hier <\/span>gaat <\/span><\/span>h<\/span>ij <\/span><\/span>aan <\/span>de <\/span>slag <\/span>ais <\/span>studentenmoderator <\/span>en <\/span>godsdienstleraar <\/span>op een <\/span>kweekschool <\/span>in <\/span><\/span>het <\/span><\/span>bisdom <\/span><\/span>Kumasi. <\/span>Daarna volgt <\/span>een jaar ais <\/span>ziekenhuispastor in Duayaw <\/span>Nkwanta <\/span>en drie jaar <\/span>ais leraar en chap<\/span>lain <\/span>aan het Teachers <\/span>Training College in <\/span><\/span>Bechem<\/span>. <\/span>Na <\/span>het<\/span> <\/span>over<\/span><\/span>li<\/span>jden<\/span> <\/span>van<\/span> <\/span>confrater<\/span> <\/span>K<\/span>ees<\/span> <\/span>Klaver <\/span>(16 <\/span><\/span>februari <\/span>1971) <\/span><\/span>is <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span><\/span>enige <\/span>tijd <\/span>chaplain <\/span>aan <\/span><\/span>de Kwame <\/span>Nkrumah <\/span>University <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>Science <\/span>& <\/span>Technology <\/span>(KNUST) in <\/span><\/span>Kumas<\/span>i, <\/span>waar hij zich <\/span>goed op z<\/span>ijn <\/span>plaats voelt. <\/span>Over <\/span>het <\/span>afronden <\/span>van zijn <\/span>eigen <\/span>studie wordt niet meer <\/span><\/span>gesproken.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uit <\/span>correspondentie uit <\/span>die tijd aan de provinciaal en <\/span>vice-provinciaal blijkt dat Sommer <\/span>veel <\/span><\/span>moeite <\/span>heeft met de ontwikkelingen binnen de <\/span>Kerk in <\/span>de <\/span>vroege <\/span>jaren <\/span>zeventig<\/span>, <\/span>zowel in de <\/span>bisdommen <\/span><\/span>in Ghana ais binnen de Nederlandse provincie <\/span>van de S<\/span>.<\/span>M<\/span>.<\/span>A<\/span>. <\/span>Hij trekt zich <\/span>veel <\/span>zaken <\/span>persoonlijk <\/span>aan <\/span>en <\/span>dat leidt regelmatig tot onvrede over <\/span>zijn woon<\/span>– <\/span>en werkomgeving <\/span>en<\/span> <\/span>tot <\/span>gevoelens <\/span>van <\/span>overspannenheid. <\/span><\/span>ln <\/span><\/span>die <\/span>jaren <\/span><\/span>komt <\/span>hij <\/span>elke <\/span><\/span>zomer <\/span><\/span>een <\/span><\/span>aantal <\/span>maanden <\/span><\/span>met <\/span>verlof naar Nederland<\/span>. <\/span>Herman voe<\/span>lt <\/span><\/span>zich een roepende <\/span>in <\/span>woestijn <\/span>en vraagt <\/span>zich af <\/span>of <\/span><\/span>hij <\/span>in <\/span>1968 <\/span>niet <\/span><\/span>had <\/span>moeten <\/span><\/span>volharden <\/span>in <\/span>zijn <\/span><\/span>overstap <\/span><\/span>naar <\/span>het <\/span><\/span>bisdom <\/span><\/span>Groningen<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uit alles <\/span>blijkt dat Herman Bommer niet lekker <\/span>in zijn vel zit. <\/span>Enerzijds <\/span>heeft hij <\/span>moeite <\/span>om in <\/span>een team <\/span>te werken <\/span>en <\/span>anderzijds heeft hij behoefte aan <\/span>sturing en bevestiging. <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Hij <\/span>wordt <\/span>makkelijk <\/span>ontmoedigd <\/span>door <\/span><\/span>tegenwerking <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>onbegrip <\/span>en <\/span>kan <\/span>moeilijk <\/span>over <\/span>dingen <\/span>heen <\/span>stappen,\u00a0\u00bb <\/span>concludeert een <\/span>confrater <\/span>in die jaren<\/span>. <\/span>Omdat hij <\/span><\/span>niet meer de <\/span>‘<\/span>peace of  mind<\/span>‘ <\/span><\/span>heeft om vruchtbaar actief <\/span>te <\/span>zijn op <\/span>de <\/span>school waar <\/span>hij <\/span><\/span>op <\/span>dat <\/span>moment werkt<\/span>, <\/span>geeft Herman <\/span>in het najaar van <\/span>1975 <\/span>zijn <\/span>opdracht terug. Hij keert terug <\/span>naar Nederland. Hij is <\/span>even <\/span>in <\/span>beeld voor <\/span>de functie <\/span>van <\/span>Missiesecretaris <\/span>van <\/span>het  bisdom Groningen<\/span>, <\/span>maar wordt in <\/span>februari<\/span> <\/span><\/span>1977<\/span> <\/span>benoemd<\/span> <\/span>tot<\/span> <\/span>assistent-secretaris<\/span> <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span><\/span>toenmalige <\/span><\/span>Nationale <\/span><\/span>Raad <\/span><\/span>voor<\/span><\/p>\n

Katechese <\/span>(vo<\/span>lgen<\/span>s <\/span><\/span>de <\/span><\/span>spe<\/span>llin<\/span>g <\/span>van <\/span><\/span>de <\/span><\/span>jaren <\/span>zeven<\/span>ti<\/span>g <\/span><\/span>met <\/span>een <\/span><\/span>k) <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>Nederlandse <\/span>kerkprovincie.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Hij <\/span><\/span>gaat <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>het <\/span>S.M.A.-provincialaat <\/span>De <\/span>Fest <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>Nijmegen <\/span><\/span>wonen<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Op <\/span><\/span>de <\/span>vakgebieden <\/span>catechese <\/span><\/span>en <\/span>l<\/span>iturgie wordt <\/span>Herman <\/span><\/span>ais zeer deskundig <\/span>omschreven <\/span><\/span>en <\/span><\/span>hij <\/span>lijkt bij de Nationale Raad <\/span>voor <\/span>Katechese op <\/span>zijn <\/span>plek te <\/span>zijn. <\/span>Maar ook <\/span>hier <\/span>gaat na enige <\/span>tijd <\/span>zijn <\/span>onge<\/span>durighe<\/span>id <\/span>weer <\/span><\/span>opspelen. <\/span>ln <\/span>1978 <\/span>wordt <\/span>hij <\/span><\/span>gepolst <\/span>voor <\/span>een <\/span>functie <\/span>op <\/span>het <\/span><\/span>generalaat <\/span><\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>S.M<\/span>.<\/span>A. in <\/span><\/span>Rome en in 1979 overweegt hij <\/span><\/span>weer <\/span>naar <\/span>Ghana <\/span>te <\/span><\/span>gaan om <\/span>daar ais <\/span><\/span>leraar en <\/span>studenten<\/span>pa<\/span>stor <\/span>aan de <\/span>slag <\/span>te <\/span>gaan. <\/span>Beide <\/span>plannen gaan niet door en <\/span>uiteindelijk<\/span> <\/span><\/span>gaat<\/span> <\/span>Herman<\/span> <\/span>in<\/span> <\/span>1980<\/span> <\/span>op<\/span> <\/span>eigen<\/span> <\/span>verzoek<\/span> <\/span>naar<\/span> <\/span>Landen<\/span> <\/span>om<\/span> <\/span>daar<\/span> <\/span>Human<\/span> <\/span>Relations<\/span> <\/span>te <\/span><\/span>studeren <\/span>en <\/span>tevens <\/span>om <\/span>de <\/span>Engelse provincie <\/span><\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>S.M<\/span>.<\/span>A. <\/span>te <\/span><\/span>ondersteunen <\/span>bij <\/span>het <\/span>begeleiden <\/span><\/span>van <\/span><\/span>studenten<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Zijn <\/span>eigen <\/span><\/span>studie <\/span><\/span>bij <\/span>het <\/span>Richmond <\/span><\/span>Fellowship <\/span>College <\/span>bevalt<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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prima, <\/span>maar <\/span>over de Engelse S.M.A. is hij <\/span>minder te <\/span><\/span>spreken<\/span>. <\/span>Die is naar zijn mening <\/span>te <\/span>ouderwets <\/span><\/span>en te <\/span>conservatief, waardoor de studenten in zijn ogen nauwelijks aansluiting <\/span><\/span>hebben <\/span><\/span>met <\/span>de <\/span>missionaire <\/span>praktijk <\/span>in <\/span>Afrika.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tech <\/span>heeft <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>het <\/span>in <\/span>Engeland <\/span>naar <\/span>zijn <\/span>zin <\/span>en <\/span><\/span>zal <\/span><\/span>hij <\/span>er <\/span><\/span>veertien <\/span><\/span>jaar <\/span>blijven. <\/span>Na <\/span><\/span>het <\/span>afronden <\/span><\/span>van zijn opleiding wordt <\/span>hij gevraagd <\/span>om ais leraar <\/span>en <\/span>supervisor <\/span><\/span>aan het <\/span>Richmond <\/span><\/span>Fellowship <\/span><\/span>College <\/span><\/span>verbonden <\/span><\/span>te <\/span>blijven. De relatie met de Engelse <\/span>S.M.A. <\/span>wordt <\/span><\/span>steeds <\/span>losser, <\/span>maar <\/span>hij <\/span>blijft aan het <\/span>Richmond Fellowship <\/span><\/span>voor <\/span>het werkveld <\/span>‘Pastoral Care and <\/span>Counseling’ <\/span><\/span>verbonden en hij <\/span>assisteert ook in parochies in <\/span>de omgeving. <\/span>ln <\/span>een <\/span>brief naar <\/span>Nederland <\/span><\/span>laat <\/span>hij <\/span>weten <\/span>nooit <\/span>meer <\/span>naar <\/span>Afrika <\/span>te <\/span><\/span>willen <\/span><\/span>gaan<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hoewel <\/span>Herman in Londen zijn plek gevonden lijkt te hebben<\/span>, <\/span>maakt <\/span>het <\/span>bestuur van de <\/span><\/span>Nederlandse <\/span><\/span>S.M.A. zich <\/span>toch <\/span>zorgen over zijn <\/span>afgezonderde <\/span>leven in <\/span><\/span>Engeland. <\/span>Hij <\/span><\/span>lijkt <\/span><\/span>wat <\/span>te vereenzamen. <\/span>Die <\/span>zorgen <\/span>zijn niet geheel onterecht, <\/span>want <\/span>begin <\/span>jaren <\/span>negentig <\/span>geeft <\/span>Herman <\/span><\/span>aan <\/span>graag <\/span>naar Nederland <\/span>terug <\/span>te <\/span><\/span>willen <\/span>keren <\/span><\/span>om <\/span><\/span>weer <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>het <\/span><\/span>parochiepastoraat <\/span><\/span>te kunnen werken<\/span>. <\/span>ln 1994 geeft het bisdom Groningen hem <\/span>opnieuw een <\/span>pastorale <\/span><\/span>benoeming <\/span>in <\/span>Leeuwarden. <\/span>Deze keer in <\/span>de nieuwe <\/span>fusieparochie <\/span>Titus Brandsma. <\/span>Herman <\/span><\/span>begint <\/span>hier enthousiast  aan, maar moet drie jaar later de benoeming <\/span>teruggeven omdat het <\/span>te <\/span>zwaar <\/span>voor <\/span><\/span>hem <\/span>is. <\/span>Hij <\/span>keert <\/span>dan <\/span><\/span>weer <\/span><\/span>terug <\/span>naar <\/span>Londen <\/span>om <\/span><\/span>daar <\/span>retraites <\/span>te <\/span>geven <\/span>en <\/span><\/span>ais <\/span><\/span>ziekenhuispastor <\/span><\/span>te <\/span><\/span>gaan <\/span>werken.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zijn gezondheid <\/span>begint ook langzaam achteruit te gaan. Hij heeft in <\/span>die jaren veel last van <\/span>jicht <\/span>en <\/span><\/span>gordelroos. <\/span>ln <\/span><\/span>1999 <\/span><\/span>keert <\/span>Herman <\/span>definitief <\/span>terug <\/span>naar <\/span><\/span>Nederland <\/span><\/span>om <\/span>opnieuw <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>het <\/span>parochiepastoraat <\/span>te <\/span>gaan <\/span>werken. <\/span>Deze keer <\/span>in <\/span>zijn geboortestreek in <\/span>het <\/span>bisdom Haarlem<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Hij <\/span>wordt <\/span><\/span>pastoor <\/span><\/span>van <\/span><\/span>de parochies <\/span>De <\/span>Rijp, Oosthuizen <\/span><\/span>en West-Beemster<\/span>, <\/span>met <\/span>ais <\/span>residentie <\/span>de pastorie in De Rijp<\/span>. <\/span>Hier lijkt Herman <\/span>uiteindelijk rust te vinden<\/span>. <\/span>Hij <\/span>blijft er ais <\/span>pastoor <\/span>actief tot hij op 1 <\/span>januari <\/span>2006 met emeritaat gaat<\/span>. <\/span>Oak <\/span>daarna <\/span>blijft hij <\/span>nog enkele <\/span>jaren <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>‘zijn’ <\/span><\/span>pastorie <\/span>in <\/span>De <\/span>Rijp <\/span><\/span>wonen <\/span><\/span>en <\/span><\/span>zijn <\/span><\/span>priesterlijke <\/span><\/span>diensten <\/span>aanbieden, <\/span><\/span>totdat <\/span><\/span>zijn <\/span>gezondheid <\/span><\/span>dit <\/span>niet <\/span>meer <\/span>toelaat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ln<\/span> <\/span>2014<\/span> <\/span>verhuist<\/span> <\/span>Herman<\/span> <\/span>Sommer<\/span> <\/span>naar<\/span> <\/span>zorgcentrum <\/span>De <\/span>Berkenhof <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>Berkhout. <\/span><\/span>Hij <\/span>lijdt <\/span><\/span>aan <\/span>dementie <\/span>en dit gaat hem steeds meer parten spelen. <\/span>Mevrouw llone Kok <\/span>uit De <\/span>Rijp <\/span>verzorgt <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>al <\/span>die <\/span>jaren <\/span>en <\/span><\/span>staat <\/span><\/span>hem <\/span>bij, <\/span>vooral <\/span>tijdens <\/span><\/span>zijn <\/span>moeilijke <\/span><\/span>laatste <\/span>jaren<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vanaf <\/span>december 2020 gaat zijn gezondheid <\/span>sterk <\/span>achteruit. Op <\/span>15 <\/span>april <\/span>2021<\/span>overlijdt <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>in de Berkenhof, waarna op 21 april de uitvaart <\/span>plaatsvindt in <\/span>de <\/span>parochiekerk <\/span>v<\/span>an <\/span>De <\/span>Rijp. ln zijn persoonlijk testament <\/span>schreef <\/span>Herman dat de <\/span>plaatselijke <\/span>pastoor <\/span>de uitvaart <\/span><\/span>zou <\/span>moeten <\/span>doen, zonder <\/span>conce<\/span>l<\/span>ebranten en al helemaal <\/span>zonder preek! <\/span>Aan <\/span>deze <\/span>wens <\/span>wordt <\/span>door de pastoor uit Brazilië voldaan. Hij <\/span>spreekt <\/span>alleen <\/span>zijn waardering voor <\/span>Herman <\/span><\/span>uit. <\/span>Aansluitend aan de uitvaartdienst wordt Herman begraven <\/span>in <\/span>het <\/span>priestergraf <\/span>op het <\/span><\/span>parochiekerkhof <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>De <\/span>Rijp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bij <\/span>de uitvaart is ook provinciaal <\/span>overste Jos Pijpers <\/span>aanwezig. <\/span>Aan <\/span>het <\/span><\/span>einde van <\/span>de <\/span>viering <\/span>zegt hij enkele <\/span><\/span>woorden, <\/span>waarin hij namens de S.M.A. zijn waardering <\/span>en <\/span>dank uitspreekt <\/span><\/span>voor <\/span><\/span>de <\/span>toewijding <\/span>en <\/span>de <\/span>inzet <\/span>van <\/span>llone <\/span><\/span>Kok <\/span>voor <\/span><\/span>Herman. <\/span>Vanwege <\/span>haar <\/span><\/span>inzet <\/span><\/span>en <\/span>haar <\/span><\/span>zorg <\/span>wordt<\/span> <\/span>zij<\/span> <\/span><\/span>voorgedragen<\/span> <\/span>ais <\/span>erelid <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>S.M.A. <\/span><\/span>Ook <\/span>confraters <\/span>Gerard <\/span>Noom en <\/span>Alan <\/span>de<\/span><\/p>\n

Guzman <\/span>zijn bij de uitvaart aanwezig. Aan deze <\/span>laatste <\/span>confrater uit de <\/span>Filipijnen wordt de <\/span>kelk <\/span>van <\/span><\/span>Herman <\/span>overhandigd<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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