A strange morning around the church of Sinnai, the first Sunday without Don Alberto Pistolesi, who died in a tragic road accident in Quartu. In a surreal atmosphere, the almost lost people still stopped near the parish.
"Talking about Don Alberto today - reads the weekly leaflet of the parish community of Santa Barbara - is more difficult than ever. Everything has been said about our parish priest. When he came to us three years ago he said that he went in on tiptoe to observe and know our reality. He made himself known through his homilies, afterwards he managed to make everyone smile. Young people were his battlefield. But he did not neglect the elderly, the families, the sick, the Committees, the parish groups . He was proactive, he knew how to listen and encourage everyone, he always saw things from the glass half full. He joked and laughed, also making one think that he never had problems ".
“Instead - we still read in the parish leaflet - he had: a father who fell ill and then died seven months ago, a mother to be close to, a parish that was too large. In short, he had thoughts too, but he didn't let anything shine through. Someone, on social media, called him 'the priest of the Gospel of joy' ".
Extraordinary participation of the country in mourning for the funeral, celebrated yesterday : shutters lowered during the mass, they all stopped. The petrol stations, the builders, the shopkeepers. All closed during the funeral rite.
“I thank the town - said the mayor Tarcisio Anedda - this participation shows how extraordinarily appreciated was the journey of Don Alberto in his three years of mission in Sinnai”.
