Sinnai, pain at the funeral of Don Alberto Pistolesi: "His contagious enthusiasm has marked the lives of many"

Great emotion in Sinnai for the funeral of Don Alberto Pistolesi, the parish priest of Sinnai who died Wednesday afternoon due to an accident at the Poetto di Quartu .

This morning there was a first funeral rite celebrated by the archbishop of Cagliari Giuseppe Baturi in the parish church of Santa Barbara, full of faithful, while out in the churchyard many others listened to the ceremony from the coffers. In the front rows, her mother Lidia, her sister Valentina and her brother Francesco.

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THE CEREMONY - “Don Alberto had accustomed me to intervene from the altar on the occasion of ceremonies that concerned important aspects of the life of our community - said the mayor of Sinnai, Tarcisio Anedda, his voice broken by emotion -. I would never have imagined to intervene from this altar to address a thought to him and his family in such a tragic situation ".

"When one has advanced in years - he continued - one cannot conceive of a reality like this. That a child of ours can precede us. This is why it is difficult for me, today, to speak to our community. For me Don Alberto was a father, a spiritual father, a wise father. From the first meeting we talked as if we had always known each other. His extraordinary smile broke down every barrier ".

"The breakout of death always causes disturbance - the words of Monsignor Baturi -. Then when the sudden death of a friend and father, brother and son like Don Alberto, who has marked the lives of many with his contagious enthusiasm reaches us, then it is as if a part of us died ”.

"His was an overabundant educational passion - he added -. For the educator, it is not enough to love, he wants to introduce others to love. Don Alberto did it, and made everyone he met feel important".

"Sister Valentina said that Don Alberto was ready - he concluded -. We weren't. We weren't ready." Then the invocation: "Lord, help us to say our amen, so that we too can one day together with our loved ones deceased and to Don Alberto satiate us with your sweet presence ".

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A QUARTU - Flowers and songs also in Quartu, at the subsequent farewell mass for Don Alberto. Present the mayor of Quartu Graziano Milia, that of Sinnai Tarcisio Anedda and other administrators from all over the territory, the mass was lived in an atmosphere of strong, intense emotion.

It was celebrated in the church of Santo Stefano, in the presence of the priest's family members who listened in silence. Then the funeral procession to the cemetery for the burial of the body. Meanwhile, in Sinnai Don Guido, an old priest who has always collaborated with Don Pistolesi, celebrated the first Saturday mass without the parish priest.

Antonio Serreli

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Crowded church, hundreds in the churchyard (photo by Andrea Serreli):