The first time I met “Jary” (which is the way he introduced himself to me), was at the campus of Yale University the fall of 1989 when Phil was in Chaplain’s School in Newport, Rhode Island. He was exactly as I imagined him. A C.S. Lewis type fellow – tweed jacket … suede elbow patches and all! His office was full off books and papers; stacked high in every nook and cranny, in no particular order it seemed to me, reminiscent of Indiana Jones’ office in the movie, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” But he assured me that it all made perfect sense to him—and chuckled! We had an interesting lunch in the teacher’s lounge and spoke of family and theology and the future of our lives. It is a precious memory.
I meant to post a few words and this picture of him on the May 13th, which is the day of his repose but time got away from me—therefore I’m doing it today.
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (December 17, 1923–May 13, 2006)
May his memory be eternal!
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| Fr. Philip's cousin Jaroslav |
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