By C M Paul
Kolkata, Feb 26, 2022: A Salesian Brother who reached out to all irrespective of their religions died in Kolkata, eastern India.
Brother Sushanto Biswas died of cardiac arrest at 3.40 pm February 25 at Kolkata’s Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences.
He was 76.
A communication from Kolkata Salesian Provincial informs that Requiem Mass will be celebrated at the Provincial House at 7 pm on February 26.
The funeral is scheduled at 2 pm on February 28 at Bandel Basilica.
Meanwhile the Salesian Kolkata WhatsApp group is being flooded with reminiscences of Bother Biswas as a great human being who reached out to people of all faiths.
Salesian Father Jude Sebastian writes, “Bro. Sushanto was a genuinely good and gentle human being, serene and without guile, with a sweet persistence for the Lord’s work. A happy Salesian, a passionate evangelizer, and most enthusiastic about and supportive of vocations.”
Respectful farewell to Brother Sushanto Biswas. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord and let your perpetual light shine upon the departed soul.