Thousands remember Wenceslaus Anthony on his Anniversary

Venkat Raman (Indian Newslink)
Chennai, India, July 24, 2018
Thousands of people from across the world paid their tributes to Wenceslaus Anthony, a New Zealand-based businessman, community worker and philanthropist, on the first Anniversary of his death on Monday, July 23, 2018.
Mass in Auckland
The tributes came as messages, emails, and Facebook postings to Indian Newslink, and members of the family of Mr Anthony.
Mr Anthony passed away in Chennai on July 23, 2017 after battling for life for four days following a multiple-organ failure at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai.
In Auckland, more than 300 people attended the First Year Memorial Eucharistic Celebration held on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at St John Vianney Church, 317 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough.
Service at the Symmetry
A small group of people, comprising the extended family of Mr Anthony and his close associates and friends attended a Special First Anniversary Prayer at his Tomb at the cemetery on the morning of July 23, 2018.
Among them were Mr Anthony’s wife Susan, their daughter Sneha and son Akash.
His brother, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces from Britain, Canada, Dubai, Chennai, Kolkata and Kerala and a few friends from Auckland were present at the Memorial Services led by Reverend Father Casimir Raj (Retired Director of the Loyola Institute of Business Administration), St Joseph’s College Principal Reverend Father Victor Lobo and others.
Mass at Loyola Church
Later in the evening, Most Reverend Peter Remigius, Bishop Emeritus of Kottar led the Mass, marking the first anniversary of the passing of Wenceslaus Anthony at a Special Service held at the Loyola College Chapel located at the Loyola College.
Father Casimir Raj and Father Victor Lobo were among those who conducted the Mass, attended by more than 300 people from all over the world.
The Reporter wrote in his earlier dispatch: “This day (July 23) last year (2017), he left us to be with our Maker. Dear God, Let Wenceslaus Anthony remain under your care and love forever because that is what he deserves; for he loved many and cared for many people when he was in this world. Today we cry near his Tomb in Chennai, India because his absence is causing us pain. But someday, we know that we will join you again forever.
Please God, relieve us from this separation and take me unto You, and unto him.
This is the First Anniversary of the Transition of Wenceslaus Anthony from a bitter world to a better world.”
Photo Caption:
1. The Tomb of Wenceslaus Anthony in the Chennai Cemetery
2. Susan Anthony (far right) with her immediate family at the Tomb
(Indian Newslink Pictures)
3. The Mass at Loyola College Chapel, Chennai
(Picture by Prabhu Rajan)