Came back this evening from the funeral of Fr Pasala Jojappa, a novitiate batchmate of mine, who later joined the diocese of Nalgonda. He died under mysterious circumstances and things are too shady even for one to speculate. However, the good that happened today, at least for me, was that I got to meet my Gunadala aspirantate and novitiate batchmates. Most of them I am meeting after 20 to 23 years! It was great to meet them.
Of the batch of 14 novices, way back in 1995, five of us are Salesians (4 Priests and me), one already in heaven, one laid to rest today and the rest are all married and settled down in life. Today Anil, Shantha, Kasu and William were absent. The rest of us were all there: Anand, Kishore, Rayappa, Rajkumar and Thomas.
We stayed back after the funeral just to stand around and recall our days in Gunadala and Manoharabad. We still remembered our nicknames and pet names. Finally before leaving the village, we once again called on the family. Most of us were not in touch with the family but all the same they invited us inside the house when we informed that we were a batch once upon a time. We did spend some quality time with the mother, sister and a relative (a Priest). Some intimate details about his death and the circumstances around the same too were shared in this close-knit gathering.
If not in life, his death brought us together.
RIP: Pasala
Of the batch of 14 novices, way back in 1995, five of us are Salesians (4 Priests and me), one already in heaven, one laid to rest today and the rest are all married and settled down in life. Today Anil, Shantha, Kasu and William were absent. The rest of us were all there: Anand, Kishore, Rayappa, Rajkumar and Thomas.
We stayed back after the funeral just to stand around and recall our days in Gunadala and Manoharabad. We still remembered our nicknames and pet names. Finally before leaving the village, we once again called on the family. Most of us were not in touch with the family but all the same they invited us inside the house when we informed that we were a batch once upon a time. We did spend some quality time with the mother, sister and a relative (a Priest). Some intimate details about his death and the circumstances around the same too were shared in this close-knit gathering.
If not in life, his death brought us together.
RIP: Pasala
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