Seeing 104, Saint, Scholar & Brother
February 7, 2008
Robert Cal Whiting cfc
I consider my life blessed by having been very colse to this man. He is one of those men who are our unknown Saints.
I got to know him at a time when I was very young, 12 & he was near death…
I have his letters written to me when he had been briefly in Australia. I shall be posting them in sequence in the coming days…also I intend to study his life in some detail here….
A great Man and a great Christian Brother.
Contrary to what people say, Brothers like him never wanted to convert anyone, neither did their students love them because of any homophilia on the formers’s sides.
I remain a Hindu and, I believe a firmer one at that, Because God deigned me to live with a Saint.
I was with him daily for over 3 years, every single day for at least 2 hours…
In fact, I suspect that the constellation of Brothers who were there in my schooldays were very holy…not symbolically, but just plain saintly — Bros. Jus Harrison, Jerome Kelly, Joel, Baptist Finn
Thanks Br Dominic Obbens for the photo.
February 12, 2008 at 5:41 am
great blog keep up the good posting
February 13, 2008 at 8:34 pm
There are such Saints living quietly among us all the time, usually unnoticed. Then when they pass away, the people feel an emptiness and can’t explain it. A fountain of love has left the world, and they did not drink from it while it was there.
Peace and Blessings!