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From: Jonathan Barker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
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Subject: [Oe List ...] FW: Death of Vivan Paul
From: Jonathan Barker [mailto:jkjmbarker@bigpond.com]
Sent: Saturday, 23 May 2015 7:58 PM
To: 'Jack Gilles'; 'Patricia Tuecke'
Cc: 'Marie Paul'
Subject: RE: [Oe List ...] Death of Vivan Paul
Sent: Saturday, 23 May 2015 7:58 PM
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Subject: RE: [Oe List ...] Death of Vivan Paul
We have very fond and abiding memories of Vivian.
We remember him as an imaginative pedagogue, dependable colleague, a refuter of nonsense and jovial story teller. He was inspired by the larger vision, but willingly paid attention to the often overlooked practicalities. He was tolerant of struggling colleagues, but was nobody’s fool and at times could be enraged at perceived injustices. Despite the rhetoric of the time, he was a dear and loyal friend and we are privileged to have known him. We also knew Indian better because of him.
As we recall, it was John and Robyn Hutchinson, Priors of the Hyderabad House (we called them Urban Ashrams at the time) who particularly encouraged Vivian and two other notable teachers at a prestigious Catholic school and their families to take the bold step of participating in the programs of EI/ICA. And it was the ITI in Bombay in 1973 (Bob Fishel was the Dean) which so excited Vivian to become more fully involved in the Movement/Order.
Yes, his military training may have deeply shaped him outwardly – but his inner shelf was marked by forbearance and gentleness.
We were delighted to meet Vivian again in 1995 at the Kemper Building when he took us to his favourite Indian restaurant and reminded us that he had lost none of his wit and sharpness of mind.
Farewell Vivian!
Jonathan and Janeen Barker
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Sent: Friday, 22 May 2015 2:57 PM
To: Patricia Tuecke
Cc: Tracy Longacre via OE; Marie Paul
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Vivan Paul
Sent: Friday, 22 May 2015 2:57 PM
To: Patricia Tuecke
Cc: Tracy Longacre via OE; Marie Paul
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Vivan Paul
I will miss Vivian very much. He was a soldier, through and through. He told stories of fighting the Chinese in the Himalayas. One of his disciplines was to take a cold bath every day at the Delhi House, no matter how cold it was. This came from that battle experience. He represented the best of our colleagues who came from the early days of the Movement in India. I presume he was a product of the work Raymond Spencer did in those early years. Journey on dear friend, journey on.
Jack
On May 21, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Patricia Tuecke via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:Dharma,I didn't know Vivian as well as Marie. She was one of the 4 or 5 women assigned to each accompany me for one week of a six week Global Women's Forum in the villages in Maharashtra. Actually she worked with me in one of the city forums, not sure which one. For all of the women I think it was the first time they had travelled outside their village or home without their husband or a male relative. It was unusual to do so at the time. I remember Vivian was somewhat naturally concerned for Marie but we had a great week together and no unpleasantness happened.Please let Marie know we hold her in our thoughts and prayers as she celebrates Vivian's completed life and begins her life without him at her side.Dear colleagues,Vivian Paul, who worked with us in Maliwada, the Delhi House and at Kemper, which were among his various assignments, died at 9.17 pm on Wednesday, the 20th of May.I just received the news from Marie Paul in San Antonio, Texas, where he has been living since moving out of Chicago years ago. He was being looked after by Marie and his children after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four months ago. He died during surgery.Dharma_______________________________________________
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