Happy Birthday Fr Furtado!

A grand celebration was awaiting Fr Simon Furtado on 22 September when he celebrated his 93rd birthday. He was in great spirits. He waved his hands gleefully when the Novices sang a birthday song for him. He took extra time to squeak and blabber at his best friends, the Love birds in front of the cage. In the community Mass at 7.15 p.m. he broke the shell of reticence and recounted his past days - the time of his Baptism, his naming after St Moras, the first book he bought (on the life of St Moras), his brief stint in Nagaland, the call to be a co-worker with Jesus and the consolation he gets in his present retreat ministry. What is amazing and inspiring in Fr Furtado is that despite his advanced age, he doesn’t take the help of even a walking stick! He is actively involved in giving retreats. It seems that time takes a backfoot as he goes stronger and lively as the days pass. As Fr Furtado clears another milestone in his life, we wish him well and ask God to bless him abundantly.
"Our lives live on forever in the lives we touch."