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Fr. Benny took charge of shepherding our batch. He did his
best possible to make us what we are today. His advices never
carried the stories of the best. He never inspired us taking the
name of brothers who performed excellent but he always spoke
of them who fought well, who worked hard and explained to us
the vast reach of hard work which was in fact nothing but the

secret of his own life. He
never wrote anyone off;
he cared most the last
and the least. The weak-
er we were the luckier,
were we to receive his
guidance. The love and
support he extended to

us are not replaceable.
After the Plus One stud-
ies our batch of 12 broth-
ers left home for vaca-
tion. As we returned in
the same number, nei-
ther less nor more than
12, our surprised Hindi
sir surprisingly said “it
is the first time since I
started teaching here that a batch returns in same number”. It
just happened, and it tells all what Father was.

He could never hurt anyone, neither brothers nor his co-work-
ers. He could not imagine even in his wildest dreams of losing
the vocation of one of his formees. Yes! He was all love. When
having done Plus Two studies under another formation team,