He was gifted with a keen awareness of the social conditions and heard the cry of the suffering humanity to respond to every need with compassion. He was restless when he saw children suffering. His far sightedness helped him to fight for the rights of children as early as in 19th century, to which the Indian government has started to give a serious thought, in recent years by implementing the ‘Child Rights’ and the Right to Education’ (RTE), that still have a long way to go. He wished to pave a path for the uneducated and unemployed youth by establishing good educational Institutions and technical training centres with Christian principles. He established a congregation of “Teaching Sisters’ giving special emphasis to educate the girl child which echoes as one of the slogans of our present government

As an educationist, he not only wanted to improve the standard but change the education system as a whole. With his cooperation, in 1863 a printing press was established at Ingenbohl. He published a ‘Brief Hand-Book on Education’ and on ‘Methods of Teaching for the use of Teachers in Training.’ Due to proverty when children were unable to go to school, he adopted a method of ‘earn and learn,’ which was later implemented by Gandhiji in India.

It was not an easy task to materialize as women and children working in the factories were paid meager wages. Hence, he stepped into business enterprises to fight for just wages of the workers against the greedy factory owners, who wanted to make maximum profit with minimum expense of labour. Fr. Theodosius was generous to hear the cries of orphans, widows, sick, suffering and the elderly whose number increased rapidly due to continuous civil wars. He soon realized that only charitable institutions can come to their rescue. Hence, he ventured into works of mercy by establishihng hospitals, orphanages, homes for the aged and so on. Father Theodosius was a wonderful person, able to exercise a personal influence in the social, intellectual, cultural and religious spheres. He was filled with a profound sense of God’s universal fatherhood and he saw every human person as his brother and sister.

With magnanimous personality and leadership qualities he becomes the vicar General of Chur. While training the scholastics he gained deep insight and emerged as a dynamic figure. With clarity of mind and heart he could see all the facete of a problem and apply his ingenious ideas and plans and translate into actions without any delay.

He was a sincere teacher who lived what he taught and preached what he practiced. He was a revolutionary, a social reformer and a philanthropist. With a wider outlook, he was a great visionary and missionary, He was a man of high calilber, optimistic, intelligent combined with practical knowledge. Above all, he was a man of deep convictions with boundless trust in God. His most comprehensive work “The Lives of the Saints” in four volumes, (Ingenbohl, 1861-1864) prove that he was not only an eloquent speaker and a voracious reader but also a writer who also compiled meticulously the constitutions of both the congregations. The Sound of the music of his life died down. The man who had aged long before his time, collapsed and groaned, Help me get up. His voice failed; stricken with cerebral paralysis he tried again and again with jerky movements to make the sign of the cross. Surrounded by a sobbing crowd and his own beloved sisters, he uttered his last words O my God, my God on 15th February 1865 at the age of 57. His tombstone bore the following inscription:

He, who did not allow himself to rest during his lifetime, is continuing his mission through his followers in diffent parts of the world even after his death. He inspires us to live in this 21st century with a vision, with hope and enthusiasm, to travel along the road of improvenment in our apostolate and mission. We need to be equipped to meet the needs of the time, to combat the challenges of our high-tech age. Let us challenge our own complacency, and come out of our comfort zone, and be awakened to compassion and responsibility.