| CURIA GENERALIZIA MARIANISTI Death Notice No. 8 (To all Unit Administrations): April 18, 2006 The Province of Italy and the Community of the General Administration, recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother, DARIO TUCCI, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 20, 2006 in Rome, Italy in the 68th year of his age and the 51st year of his religious profession. Born in Supino(Frisone), Italy, on February 11, 1939, he entered the Marianist postulate at Giove on September 28, 1950, and later transferred to Brusasco in September of 1953. On July 20, 1954, Dario entered the novitiate at Giove concluding his time there with First Profession of Vows on August 15, 1955. From 1955 to 1959 he was at the scholasticate in Pallanza, Villa Castelli, attending Collegio Santa Maria and obtaining his diploma in Classics. He concluded his studies there in July of 1959. In August, 1959, he entered the community at Giove as prefect, teaching fine arts at the high school and he was also a student of literature at the University of Rome. On September 12, 1960, he professed Perpetual Vows. In September of 1962, Dario transferred to the community of Santa Maria at Rome to become prefect. In 1965 he obtained the British Diploma in Modern English from the British School. In 1966 he spent a year in Milan at the Marianist residence there. He returned, once again, to Santa Maria at Rome in 1967 to teach at the school. Dario obtained an advanced degree in Classical Letters in May of 1968 with a brilliant thesis about the painter from Verbania, Daniele Ranzoni. He spent the year 1968-69 in the community of Holy Name Parish in Rome. From 1969 until 1992 he was at Santa Maria di Pallanza, where he served as director from 1974-1980 (interrupted for a period in 1978-79 when he recuperated in the Marianum in Rome following a heart attack). Returning to Pallanza in 1980, he served as vice principal of the school and teacher of Italian and art. In 1992 he was recalled to Rome as a teacher of arts and literature at Santa Maria. In 1999 he was called to succeed Brother Ambrogio Albano as Archivist at the General Administration, but continued his activities at Santa Maria for another year. In 2000 he became full-time Archivist General. Stricken by various ailments which attacked his already precarious health, Dario died on March 20, 2006 at the age of 67. Having been hospitalized for a good portion of January, he underwent an operation in early February, 2006, for problems with his colon. In spite of the success of the operation itself, he suddenly fell into a deep coma from which he never recovered. He died on the 20th of March and his funeral was celebrated on the morning of Wednesday, March 22nd at the chapel of the General Administration. In the afternoon another Mass was celebrated in his home town of Supino, where, later, he was laid to rest in his family tomb. Dario spent the majority of his life as an educator and teacher. He was always someone who enjoyed history and classical culture, becoming an expert on the literary and artistic treasures of Italy. His intellectual training and his personal gifts, along with his propensity for attention to every small detail, made him the perfect person to assume, with generosity and competence, during his last years, the role of Archivist General of the Society of Mary. (AGMAR). This was a work to which he gave himself fully until his last days. As a religious, he always demonstrated admirable commitment and fidelity to the sacred commitment of his religious profession, by which, ever since his earliest childhood, he was linked to the Society of Mary. Very conscious of the
fragility of his health, he knew how to survive for many years with
numerous serious health problems. Over the last
two months, which he spent in the hospital, his family and relatives,
with whom he had maintained a strong affective bond, were often nearby,
along with his brothers of the General Administration Community, to
which he belonged, and many from the Province of Italy, particularly
those from the Community of Santa Maria at Rome. Also, a number of
his students, who maintained a great friendship with him, were present
during those days and still remember him with a great degree of gratitude
and affection.
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