A film called The Quiet Man was produced in 1952, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne as the quiet man. The film has aged well. If there was ever a quiet man in real life, it was Brother Pius. He was rarely known to shout or even raise his voice. He cut a popular figure at the St. Xavier's, Penang; St. Michael's, Ipoh and the St. Paul's Institution, Rangoon, Burma among the older generations of Old Boys at these schools.

I have to confess that I have been struggling for days to put up an article about Brother Cassian Pappu following his demise on 29 November, due not to the lack of materials. Rather, it is mainly due to a mental block possibly brought on by having to come to grip with the loss of two great Brothers, Lawrence and Cassian within a short span of time.