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DIMAPUR, India \u2014 The cemetery of the Salesian province of Dimapur in northeast India was the scene of a solemn remembrance May 15 marking the 25th anniversary of the killing of three Salesian members at a novitiate in neighboring Manipur state.<\/p>\n

Father Raphael Paliakara, the 46-year-old novitiate rector; Father Andreas Kindo, the 32-year-old newly appointed administrator; and 23-year-old Brother Shinu Joseph were shot dead at the Salesian novitiate at Ngarian Hills in Manipur on the night of May 15, 2001.<\/p>\n

Relatives pray during a memorial Mass honoring three Salesians killed in Manipur in 2001 at the Salesian provincial house in Dimapur, India, on May 15, 2026. | Credit: Anto Akkara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI remember the deep pain of May 15, 2001,\u201d recalled Father Joseph Pamplackal, Salesian provincial of Dimapur, presiding over the memorial Mass held at the cemetery with dozens of Salesian priests, including 10 who had been novices at the time and were present at the novitiate during the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we remember the beauty of Salesian missionary spirit. When Father Raphael was shot, Father Andreas rushed forward to protect him, and Brother Shinu too was shot. They died for the faith and inspired many to witness to the faith,\u201d Pamplackal said at the Mass.<\/p>\n

Twenty-eight relatives of the three slain Salesians traveled from the southern state of Kerala and from Jharkhand in eastern India for the occasion.<\/p>\n

\u2018Shepherds who did not flee\u2019<\/h2>\n

A memorial card distributed at the event described the three as \u201cshepherds who did not flee\u201d and summarized the events of 2001: \u201cThey laid down their lives for us \u2026 when armed militants stormed the novitiate demanding money and the novices’ lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMoney was handed over, but [they] refused to surrender any novice. They died as true shepherds standing between the wolf and the flock,\u201d the card said.<\/p>\n

Father Josekutty Madathiparambil, one of the 27 novices sheltered during the attack, told EWTN News on May 19 that the events of that night shaped his vocation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened that night influenced my life a lot. Their sacrifice has given a new meaning to life,\u201d said Madathiparambil, who is originally from Kerala and now serves in eastern Arunachal Pradesh state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe militants had asked the fathers to bring out the novices, separating them as \u2018locals\u2019 [from Manipur] and \u2018outsiders.\u2019 That would have been the end of our lives. But they fulfilled what Jesus has said: \u2018There is no greater love than laying down one\u02bcs life for others,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

After the memorial service, the Salesians \u2014 including 10 of the novices who went on to become priests \u2014 joined the family members of the slain Salesians in a two-hour gathering that included the screening of the documentary \u201cThey Laid Down Their Lives for Us\u201d<\/a> produced for the occasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we are celebrating the silver jubilee of their martyrdom, which has not gone in vain. We are the proof for that,\u201d said Father Anthony Kangba Rang in his testimony.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were heartbroken when we came here for the funeral 25 years ago,\u201d recalled John Paliakara, elder brother of Father Raphael, who brought eight members of the Paliakara family, including three siblings, from Kerala for the anniversary.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is no more a tragic memory. They saved the lives of 27 novices. We are proud of it,\u201d he told EWTN News.<\/p>\n

Ethnic tensions persist<\/h2>\n

As the Salesians prepared for the anniversary, they received a grim reminder of the continuing ethnic tensions in Manipur when two Salesian brothers were kidnapped on May 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very tense hearing about this, and that too round the jubilee time,\u201d said Father Shyjan Chemmaparappallil, another 2001 novice who was in Manipur that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur prayers were heard, and they were released unharmed the next night,\u201d he said during the jubilee commemoration.<\/p>\n

Relatives of three Salesians killed in Manipur in 2001 and members of the Salesian community gather at the provincial cemetery in Dimapur, India, for a 25th-anniversary memorial on May 15, 2026. | Credit: Anto Akkara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Father Suresh Innocent, from whose care the two ethnic Naga Salesian brothers were taken at an impromptu road checkpoint by Kuki groups, described the ordeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shattered. Because of their ethnic [Naga] identity, they were taken away. It is reported that it was a tit-for-tat kidnapping, as some ethnic Kukis had been kidnapped earlier in the day,\u201d Innocent told EWTN News on May 16 after bringing the brothers to the Dimapur provincial house.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to prayers and high-level interventions, they were released in 24 hours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The kidnapping took place on the same day that three Kuki Baptist pastors were killed in an ambush in Kangpokpi district, an attack that has further deepened the ethnic crisis in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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