Bro Jesudas briefly served as the Media Secretary at the Conference of Religious in India (CRI), New Delhi in 2020. Sadly, he passed away on April 10, 2023. Fr Joe Eruppakkatt shares about his remarkable life and his death.
Bro. Jesudas celebrated Easter joyfully with the Society of St. Paul community in Kochi. Sadly, he unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack later that night. However, he had spiritually prepared himself for the afterlife and now finds eternal peace, experiencing the fullness of Easter Joy in heaven.
Bro. Jesudas is known all over India, particularly in the North Eastern States, as a passionately committed, enthusiastic and zealous Religious Brother of the Society of St Paul who gave himself for the Mission of Christ in its fullest sense.
He was a man of action, organization and passion for the Mission of Christ. He was proud of his Pauline call and Religious Brotherhood. People found in him a true brother, mentor and counsellor as they approached him with their problems. He would receive them all with a smile and send them away as fully satisfied and happy persons. He brought the Pauline Mission to the peripheries as well as to the mainstream society. He was cheerful, enthusiastic, zealous and was always keen on spreading God’s Kingdom. He was fully familiar with the media technology and would utilize the media in its various forms for the Pauline Mission in season and out of season.
In the North Eastern States, Bro. Jesudas is remembered particularly for the PEACE CLUBS he had founded. In 2005, he had formed 175 Peace Clubs in 55 schools with 8000 students as members. This service to the North East students was noticed by the International Business Council and it conferred on him the INDIRA GANDHI SADBHAVANA AWARD FOR PEACE. He was also recognised and honoured by the then Chief Minister of Assam for his peace and educational initiatives.
Fr Joe Eruppakkatt SSP
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