thanks bill for your post. it is indeed a heart-touching compilation of Fr. Watrin's funeral. you did hit the nail on the head by raising question about the loyalty of xaverian and/or godavarians. i tend to have this belief that they are loyal. i second lonely1 on most of his calls. for my 10 yrs. in Xaviers I never once thought that the christ on the classrooms were any more than being symbolic. I am grateful to all jesuits volunteers for their contribution towards making me what i am. [ which is not much but i am damn self-confident and proud of who i am]. fr. watrin, fr. coyne, fr. donnelly, fr. robins.and i could name so many whose teaching is impressed on my memory as well as heart. I respect them for their dedication and contribution to nepalese society as a whole. I would have to add that i am grateful that i got that opportunity to be part of that diversified education. nepalese society always looked at them with suspicion. people always asked me whether i converted or my family converted. was that the reason i was admitted.. so on and so forth. anyway bill pls. do not think this lack of response has anything to do with loyalty. its just ppl being indifferent. =================================================== but as always, [my unregisted trademark is not appropriate here]