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74/8 Ranchi Jesuits, Sadbhavna P.B. - 4, Ranchi - 834001, Jharkhand AUGUST 2015

FR. PROVINCIAL ’S PROGRAMMEAUGUST 2015

3-4 : Khunti Visitation8-9 : Prabhat Tara & Saparom – Visitation10 : Central Zone Provincials’ Visitation –

RTC & BAGAICHA11 : Central Zone Provincials’ Visitation –

Hoffmann Law & Education Bureau12 : Central Zone Provincials’ Meet13 : Conference on Ecology -

LAUDATO SI’, XISS, Ranchi14 : PROVINCE CONSULT31-01 Sept : Off to Jharsuguda

SEPTEMBER 2015

01 : Jharsuguda – Keynote Address on “NegativeImpact of Mining & Our Response”

4-6 : Manresa House – visitation13-22 : China25 : PROVINCE CONSULT26 : St. Xavier’s Doranda – Visitation27-28 : St. John’s Ranchi – VisitationSept. 30: Patrachauli – Visitation

Joyful Celebration of Inigo Day in Ranchi

Like previous years, the month of July was concluded by the joyful celebration of the feast of St. Ignatius on 31st July.On this day, the Solemn Holy Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral was presided over by H.E Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo,

D.D. The theme of the Mass was Consecrated ReligiousLife for the Greater Glory of God. The Auxiliary BishopsTelesphore Bilung and Theodore Mascarenhas, BishopCharles Soreng (Emeritus) and the Provincial Fr. JosephMarianus Kujur, concelebrated with him at the altar. Beforethe Mass, Fr. Provincial welcomed all the faithful for thesolemn Eucharist. Fr. Erik Breye SJ gave an inspiring homily,highlighting St Ignatius’ zeal, his creative responses to thechallenges and his fidelity to the Church. The Choir, led byManresa House Scholastics and XAR (Xavier Associationof Religious), made the liturgy more solemn and festive.Beautiful entrance and offertory dances by the students of

St John’s Inter-College raised the festive spirit of the liturgy. At the end of the Mass, Fr. Vinod Bilung SJ gave a shortand sweet vote of thanks.



Announcement & Information:

Retreat for Jesuit Pastors and others who would like to join it:Dates: 23 – 31 August 2015 (inclusive)Place: Jharna Spirituality Centr e NamkumPreacher: Fr. Emile M. Coelho SJ

All the pastors are kindly requested to make adjustments to attend the Retreat.Kindly inform Fr. Deepak Toppo SJ, Director of Jharna, or Fr. Sudhir Kr. Minj SJ, Socius, about your attendance/ arrival.

On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of JDV Pune, an International Conference on Befriending the Other isbeing organized on 24-28 November 2015. All JDV alumni are invited to attend this conference. To registerplease mail to: [email protected] or contact Fr Selva Rathinam SJ or Fr Kuruvilla SJ ([email protected]);Tel: 91-9579959565; 91-9096872278; Fax: +91-2041036290

Manr esa House

A talk on Human Rights Violations was organized on4th July in Bulcke Hall by Fr. Ignatius Minj SJ in thewake of the Land Acquisition Ordinance of the CentralGovt. Frs. Stan Swamy SJ and Xavier Soreng SJhighlighted some serious issues confronting theAdivasis which need immediate attention andcollective response.

Fr. Pius Xalxo and Fr. Xavier Soreng went to attendan International Society of Jesuit Ecumenists 23rd

Congress, 2015 which took place at Kardinal KänigHaus, Vienna, Austria from 13th -19th July. The themeof the Congress was “The Thinking and Feeling withthe Churches”. In the beginning the number ofparticipants was 22 but later on it came down to 19 asa few left the Congress due to some other commitmentsthey had already made. In this Congress papers werepresented by the participants followed by response andcomments. On 19th July Fr. Xavier presented a paperentitled “Ecumenism- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrowwith special reference to the Churches at Ranchi/Jharkhand. Fr. Pius presented a paper Emerging IssuesLeading to Churches’ Collective Response with specialreference to ‘Nemha Bible’ and difficulties in writingand publishing on tribal matters. The Paperpresentations came off well and they were appreciatedby the participants. After this, they visited Brussels,Paris and Rome and saw places of importance whichbroadened the horizon of their knowledge andinformation. They came back to Ranchi on 30th July tocelebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius. Br. James Barla went

to Lonavla for Brothers’ Coordinators Meet to elect aBrother delegate who will take part in the forthcomingGC 36 from South Asian Assistancy. He was back tothe house on 25th July. The community appreciates theinitiative of Fr. Victor Surin who planted 14 mangosaplings in the campus. He also generously availedhimself in giving a triduum to the elderly Daughtersof St Anne’s community Loadih.

The month of July ended on a very happy note aswe celebrated the feast of St. Ignatius with great joyand zeal. The day began with the solemn Eucharistpresided over by H.E. Cardinal Telesphore P. ToppoD.D. After the Mass the customary football matchbetween the Staff and the Scholastics was played inthe Minor Seminary ground. The staff team won thematch by 8-2 in the penalty shoot-out. In the afternoon,many religious men and women, friends and relatives,collaborators, youth and children joined us for tea toshare our festive joy. In the evening both the AuxiliaryBishops with some superiors of the local religiouscommunities were present for the dinner.

Fr. Antony & Fr. Victor

St Ignatius, GumlaThe month of July began with a series of sad news. Fr.Erentius Minj lost his brother-in-law at Tukai (Basia -Kumhari) on 1st July. He went for the funeral the nextday. As if that was not enough, he lost another brother-in-law on 28th July. He was going to see him who wasin his death bed in Raipur. He got the news on the waywhile in a bus that the man had expired and the burialwould take place in Tapkara. So he returned from half

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way to Gumla and the next day went for the burial. Wewish him hearty condolences and pray for the bereavedfamilies and the departed souls.

A rare visitor to our Campus: a big monkey enteredour campus on 2nd July and was jumping around inbranches of the trees. Our hostel boys chased it; themonkey was much surprised to find that there weremany others “like him” around. So off it was from thecampus.

Inter House Football tournament in the School washeld in the school. It went on for more than a weekleaving the newcomers enthused very much. We havea good team of girls this time. It looks that the interJesuit football trophy this season is reserved for them.Time will tell when it comes!

Sharing our Teachers: Something very innovativeof St. Ignatius H. School and Intercollege! Four scienceand Maths teachers of ours used to go in the afternoonto Bardih H/S to give classes, because they had noteachers those days. They did it for a week during theHouse tournament in the school. This is the spirit ofsharing and cooperating with Ours! Greatlyappreciated!

Fr. Anil Tirkey, our missionary in Guyana, paid usa visit on 6th July with his sister Sraddha (nun). Oneday he addressed our Apostolic boys sharing about theGuyana Mission. It was liked much.

Fr. Thomas left for Tezpur (Assam Mission) for ashort visit on 9th July and was back on 16th after a brieftour of different places and getting to know about thework he will undertake over there. He had a mixedfeeling after his visit – mission in the periphery.Childline Project was started from 15th of July in theAROUSE as the Centre. It is a good service to children.

The Sarva Dharma Sadbhavna Manch held the EidMilan and Rath Yatra programme in the premises ofAROUSE on 18th July. The D.C. Dinesh ChandraMishra and the S.P., Mr. Bhimsen Tuti were ChiefGuest and Special Guest respectively. Many peoplecame for the celebration. However, a sad incidentdampened the spirit – five boys from the MuslimCommunity who were drowning in the Koel River,were rescued by the villages but one of them died allthe same. So, many Muslim brethren could not attendthe celebration. The news came just a little before theceremony started. We had a condolence message atthe end of the programme.

Supplementary Matirc exams were held in theschool from 21st July to 25th, for which we had tosuspend our classes except the Class X and InterCollege.

The House bought a new car – Maruti DZire - forthe School and Inter College. On 24th morning Fr.Rector blessed the new car and the Headmasterdistributed sweets on the occasion.

St. Anne’s hosted a big festive Dinner on 26th

evening; none of us absented from this dinner! Earlierin the morning some of us went to pray with themduring the solemn Mass in the Cathedral. The Feast ofSt Ignatius was celebrated with great joy, devotion, andfanfare. It was a rainy day but could not prevent thefootball enthusiasts between the staff and the students.Of course, the staff had to win. Add to it the Birth DayCake cut by Fr. Marc De Brouwer during the dinnerwith all our guests! He said, “This is the first 90 yearsof my life that I see”. This very day letters came in e-mail: Frs. Praful Ekka and Manohar Khoya have beenapproved by Rome for their final vows in the Society.Hurrah! Congratulations to both of them!

Fr. Christopher

St. Xavier’s School, DorandaThe month of July witnessed full of activities andcelebrations. There were Inter-School literary andsports and games competitions at the Zonal and Bihar-Jharkhand region. Practically in all the zonal levelcompetitions, our students got championships. MissNetali of class XII participated in Declamation Contestheld at St. Teresa’s School, Bhagalpur and was awardedwith the 3rd prize in the Senior Category. Quizzers inJunior and Senior categories participated in ICSE/ISCQuiz Contests held in Sacred Heart School, Hulhunduand got the first and the second prizes respectively.Creative writing Contest was held at McCluskigunjwhere Anant Maheswari and Sachin Sagar of ourschool won the first prize in both senior and juniorcategories. The school was awarded with the secondprize in the ICSE Painting Competition held also atMcCluskigunj. Raunak Prakash of class X wasdeclared the best debater in zonal as well as in FrankAnthony national debate competition. Raj ShekharHaldar was another debater who was declared the bestdebater in the Senior Category. Kudos to all these youngachievers, who bring baskets of laurels and glory tothe school. These winners will take part in the Regional



level competitions organized at different times bydifferent schools in the month of August. We wish themall the best.

The preparation for and celebration of the feast ofSt. Ignatius was the culmination of all events. Thepreparation began with the Novena to St. Ignatiusreflecting on the various Ignatian sub-themes underthe major Theme “Igniting Ignatian Values”. Theteachers and students creatively organized the prayerservice. On 25th the community members had aninspiring spiritual talk by Fr. Erik Breye who helpedus all in the meaningful preparation for the feast.

Fr. Francis Minj, the Dean of the RTC Tarunoday,ignited our senior students with the Ignatian Values on30th July. He challenged them by his inspiring talk onMagis, Excellence and Transformation. On thatoccasion, Fr. Principal briefed the students about theJesuits mission and vision in Ranchi and in the worldand projected the province documentary for thestudents. The same day the Inter House Quiz Contestwas held for the Junior Category students exclusivelyon Ignatius’s Life, on Ranchi Province, on the Schooland on the Society of Jesus at large. The studentsenjoyed the contest.The Feast of St Ignatius broughtshowers of blessings. Incessant rain and unfavorableweather could not stop the enthusiasm of students, theirparents, religious friends and our well wishers whoattended the Holy Eucharist in the morning. Fr. PremXalxo presided over the Eucharist and delivered aninspiring homily. After the Mass the teachers and thestudents felicitated the Jesuits. In the second half ofthe day we received a good number of guests in smallas well as in bigger groups. The sharing of joycontinued till late evening. In the evening, religiousmen and women from nearby communities gatheredfor the prayer service which was led beautifully by Sch.Navin. Thereafter they joined us in fellowship dinner.A one-day workshop on Creative Teaching was heldin the school conference hall on 24thJuly for theHeadmasters of different schools of the state. Fr. AjitKr. Xess, organized it with a resource person Mr.Rithish from Delhi.

Sch. Navin Tigga

St Mar y’s SamtoliTwo teachers Patrick Kerketta and Alphonse Dungdungretired from their teaching career. They were given a

grand farewell by the school. The cultural programmein their honour lasted more than three hours. The schoolacknowledged their dedicated service with gratitude.After the programme, meal was served in thecommunity for the staff.

Fr. Solomon Barwa SJ and his team from Gumlaconducted a three-day Jivan Pravesh Seminar for ClassX. The participants profited from it and seem to bequite happy. Similarly Fr. Linus Dungdung SJconducted a three-day Orientation Programme for theClass XI students of Ursuline Inter College. He focusedon self-awareness and self-knowledge in order toenable them set their goals. He sensed that manystudents found it difficult to grasp it.

Members of the Building Commission consistingof 11 Jesuits from Ranchi and Gumla with Frs.Provincial and Socius came to Samtoli to inspect thesite for the planned Degree College. They visited twoplaces –vegetable garden property and the property atKonmenjara village. They also visited the ApostolicSchool where the building has been started for theAROUSE and where the degree college can be startedin its initial stage. After lunch at 1.00 p.m. all sat downto share their opinions. Fr. Gilbert D’Souza, the newcommunity member, arrived in St. Mary’s Samtoli tostart the new Degree College. 5 Jesuits – Frs. K.C.Philip, Sikander, Binod, Brs. Patras and Stephen Kandirwith 5 lay people – from the ATC and AshirvadCommunity, accompanied Fr. Gilbert to Samtoli.

Fr. Anuranjan and Fr. Isaac Tete gave recollectionto the religious Sisters of the DSA in preparation forthe feast of St. Anne. Fr. Anuranjan went to Lachragarhfor the Sisters of Lachragarh-zone while Fr. Isaac gaveto the Sisters of Simdega-zone.

To make the Feast of St Ignatius a memorable one,two One-Act Plays – one in Hindi and the other inEnglish – were staged in the school hall. Plays werestaged 3 days for the school children and one day forthe outsiders. Together with the one-act plays therewere some cultural programmes too.

The hostellers and apostolic boys uprooted thepaddy seedlings on 26th& 27thJuly. The next day all thehostel boys of St. Mary’s and Apostolics, and hostelgirls from Ursuline, St. Anne’s Hostel and St. Joseph’sof Tarbs finished the work of transplantation in a shorttime. After the work was done all were given snacksand refreshments.



On 30th July, the Feast of St. Ignatius was celebratedwith joy and fervour in the school. Fr. Rector celebratedMass in the English Medium School. He was presentfor the felicitation programme in both the schools. Afterthe programme the staff was served festive dinner as amark of gratitude for their service. On the Feast Dayof St. Ignatius, Bishop Vincent Barwa presided overthe solemn Mass in the Cathedral. The choir was ledby Fr. Irenius and Schs. Sujit and Arvind. After theMass there was a short swagat followed by breakfastat St. Mary’s community. For lunch some guests wereinvited but nobody turned up because of rain. Somecame to wish us from far during the tea. The footballmatch was played on the parish ground between Fathersand staff members. Since there were no field goals,Fathers won by penalty shootout. In the evening thenearby communities were invited for dinner.

Fr. Anuranjan

PatrachauliFr. Alphonse Kullu has begun his work in the schoolwith full vigour and zeal. He celebrated his birthdayon 19th July for which Jesuits from Saparom andPrabhat Tara turned up for the celebration. It was anoccasion to celebrate our companionship with mutualjoy and sharing. Deacon Pradeep too joined thecommunity on 7th July after finishing his B.Th examsat RTC Tarunoday. He began diaconate ministry withhis visits to different villages.

As preparation for the feast of St. Ignatius theJharna-Ashirvad community had invited Fr. Emmanuelto give spiritual talk on the life and spirit of St. Ignatius.We too prepared ourselves spiritually by Novena toSt. Ignatius. On 31st July, a solemn Eucharist waspresided over by Fr. Ignatius while homily wasdelivered by Dn Pradeep. Fr. Alphonse and Dn Pradeephad prepared the choir well to make the Holy Eucharistmore devotional and participative. After the Mass,felicitation programme lasted for almost two hoursfollowed by fellowship meal for all the invited guests.Despite a rainy day, some religious guests, mostly fromDighia vicariate, turned up for the feast. In theafternoon, two football final matches – one of the girlsand the other of the boys – were played. The finalmatches signed off the Double Khassi FootballTournament which had a double purpose to bring theyouth together as well as to celebrate the feast of

Ignatius with the people meaningfully. Thus the InigoDay ended with a lot of joy and satisfaction.

Fr. Ignatius Kujur

St Stanislaus, LohardagaThe school management faced an unprecedented strikeand protest by the staff and the students. It created achaotic situation and a baffling task to handle. Timelysupport and guidance of Fr. Ajit Xess, SJ and Fr.Florence Kujur, SJ paved the way for the managementto resolve the issues and grievances. Fr. Provincial’svisit to Lohardaga Jesuit Community from 27th & 28th

July boosted the morale of his fellowmen byemphasizing more on community life and sharing. Heinvited all to convert the negative energy into positiveto focus on the mission entrusted.

The School campus was blessed with plenty ofmushrooms to relish the flavor of the season. ButScholastic Bimal Nag could not escape from typhoidand jaundice due to which he was compelled to fightback with medicine and bland diet. Br. Nico could notknow for sure what his ailment was because, aftertaking medicine, he felt dull and sleepy all the time.Fr. Alex and Fr. Ignas tried to beat higher sugar count,BP and weight by brisk walk around the footballground. But Fr. Ranjit, while shouldering theresponsibilities of the community, hostel, school andspiritual ministry, found his uric acid optimum. Fr.Sushil sometimes looked exhausted and bogged downbut kept on moving.

31st July, this year, was not celebrated with songsand dance, fun and frolic but football match duringthe day. The evening celebration, however, was markedby the presence of Priests, religious sisters and brothersfrom different religious communities in Lohardaga.

The AROUSE team is battling to keep women selfhelp groups (SHGs) steady and intact as some of themare lured away by the promise of grant assistance. Butthe team is geared to federate all the SHGs forsustainability and empowerment. At the same timesome of the farmers have been assisted to procure KisanCredit Cards (KCC) through Joint Liability Groups.Out of 24 Farmer clubs, being nurtured by AROUSE,six clubs of the remote and forest areas went throughbase level orientation and training programme so as tohelp them to tap the services and resources providedby different institutions and agencies.

Fr Sushil Tirkey



also experience some changes and newness. The firstyear theologians had their week-long orientationprogramme under the guidance of Frs. Gratian CarloSJ and Tony Andrade SJ enabling them to enter intothe world of theologizing.

The staff had their meaningful colloquium atShimla in the first week of July and in their absenceBeadle Rozario and Sub-beadle Anburaj took care ofthe house. On 11th July we had our communityorientation where Fr. Rector addressed the communityand thanked the outgoing Rector Fr. Joe Sebastian SJand administrator Br. Patras SJ for their service at VJ.The college reopened on 13th July with the solemnEucharist presided by the Archbishop of Delhi. Thedifferent ministries were also introduced to thestudents. Sch. Bipin opted for the parish ministry;Mukul and Justin for Tribal ministry. We also beganthe Ignatian Novena on 22nd July in preparation for thefeast of St. Ignatius. The Inigo feast was celebratedwith great joy where Fr. Rector was the main celebrant.The community also thanked Sch. Rozario Mosaharifor effectively completing his term as a beadle.

Sch. Rozario

Satya Nilayam, ChennaiThe month of July has been a special one for us. Wehad a very meaningful Novena prayer services to St.Ignatius prior to the actual feast of our founder. Firsteight days, all the living groups named after some veryprominent Jesuits like Xavier, Gonzaga, Britto, DeNobili, Beschi, Hurtado, Claver and Lievens took turnto conduct the prayer services highlighting the livesand missions of their patrons in the light of Ignatianspirituality and mission. The prayers were very creativeand meticulously planned. Decoration of the chapel,power point presentations, video presentations, one-act plays; besides readings and recitals from poems,anecdotes and writings of these great Jesuits were thespecial features of the novena that were insightful andinspiring. The ninth day of Novena was very wellconducted by the staff members. The feast of ourfounder St. Ignatius was celebrated with usual flair andfervour. Fr. BK Francis Xavier, the Parish Priest ofBesant Nagar, presided over the solemn Eucharist. Inhis homily, he appreciated the simplicity with whichwe celebrated our founder’s day. His homily centredon the theme, “With Christ we are Hero and without

Tarunoday, KankeThe second year theologians came back to Tarunodayon 2nd July after a month-long Pre-ordinationProgramme (POP) held at Woodcot Kurseong andanother month of summer ministry in the Assammission. By then the Deacons had left the place aftertheir comprehensive examinations, and the newcomerswere about to conclude their annual retreat under theguidance of Fr. Deepak Toppo. The inauguration ofthe new Academic Session took place on 4th July,Saturday, with its theme Consecrated Life in theAdivasi Tradition. The Provincial of Ranchi, Fr. JosephMarianus Kujur SJ delivered the key-note address. Agood number of participants from Kanke were presenton this occasion.

Classes resumed on 6th July for both the years. Fr.Francis Kurian, SJ, the Provincial of Hazaribag, gaveclasses to the First Years on Growth Dynamics andPersonal Growth. The Provincial of Ranchi came herefor visitation from 20th to 22nd July. It was his firstvisitation to us as Provincial.

As preparation for the feast of St. Ignatius,community had Novena Prayers and Triduum whichbegan on 20th July and concluded with an inspiring talkon the theme Consecrated Life given by Fr. Linus KujurSJ. On the feast of St. Anne’s and St Joachim, weprayed for the Daughters of St. Anne and doubled theirjoy by our presence for dinner. Thereafter the feast ofSt. Ignatius on 31st July was celebrated with zeal andfull gusto. Fr. Peter M. Tigga SJ enthused the faithfulby his inspiring homily. Of course, the combined choirof the St. Anne’s candidates and the Taruns made thewhole liturgy very devotional. Felicitations andswagats followed the liturgy and, of course, concludedwith a free Nasta with pork and entertainment for all.Fr. John Mundu had been to Morning Star Seminary,Kolkata for teaching.

Sch. Rajesh

Vidya Jyoti, DelhiAfter the refreshing summer holidays, all thescholastics returned with greater enthusiasm toVidyajyoti. This year Vidyajyoti is blessed with a newrector in the person of Fr. Michael T. Raj, SJ (JAM), anew administrator Fr. Mohan, SJ (KAR) and one morespiritual director Fr. Michael Alosanai, SJ (MDU).With the change of leadership in the community we



Christ we are Zero”. To mark the occasion we had avolleyball match between First Years and Second Yearsin which the ever enthusiastic first years got the betterof second years in straight sets. In the evening, we hada small prayer service with the religious of theneighbourhood, the parish priests of the city where ourBrothers go for pastoral ministry and a select group offriends and collaborators; it was then followed by avariety cultural programme and fellowship meal.

Loyola College Chennai organized the inter facultyBasketball, Volleyball and Football tournaments. Sincewe are recognized as the faculty of Philosophy, LoyolaCollege, Chennai, our teams competed in all the threeevents. We made it to the finals of all the three.However, to our bad luck, we had to be satisfied withthe runners-up medals of both volleyball and basketballtournaments whereas our team is yet to compete in thefootball finals. We are hoping that the equation wouldchange this time around and we would eventually havethe winners’ trophy in football. On 4th August soonafter having played an intense volleyball final, on theirway back to Satya Nilayam, three of our players werecaught by the railway police for mistakenly enteringinto the first class railway compartment. They werefortunately left free after a strict warning and ahandsome penalty. Sch. Pramod Bara was one of them.He has taken this incident in his stride, saying that itwas quite an experience getting a mouthful from thepolicemen on duty.

Sch. Libin Kerketta

Sanjeevan Nivas, VijaywadaThe month of July began with a prayerful mood. On11th July we had the recollection by Fr. Kiran SJ, theSocius to the Novice Master. Brothers startedparticipating in various sports in the College team thisyear. We had the Ignatian Novena from 22nd to 29th inour Community but on 30th we joined the CollegeCommunity as well as the hostellers to conclude thenovena by a procession with the Blessed Sacrament.We joyously celebrated the feast of St. Ignatius bytaking part in the solemn mass at the College chapeland sharing the high breakfast with both teaching andnon-teaching staff of the College. In the evening theReligious and the Clergy were invited for thecelebration.

Sch. Wilson Kandulna

Loyola College, ChennaiWe, the Tribal Jesuits and the Tribal students fromChotanagpur in Loyola College celebrated HolyEucharist on 12th July at Berchman’s Illam to receiveblessings from God for the new academic year. On thesame day, our spiritual father, Fr. M.J. Victor SJ (MDU)went missing from our community. He was going tocelebrate the Eucharist to his relative’s house. On theway to Central Railway Station, on the subway he hada massive heart attack and collapsed. The police carriedhim to the Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, Chennai wherehewas declared dead. The police could not identify himbecause he carried only the holy mass kit and not evenhis cell phone or any ID. He was kept unidentified inthe mortuary till he was identified by our three Jesuitsafter five days based on police information. The bodywas brought to Loyola campus on 19th July. A hugecongregation paid him last homage during the funeralmass followed by burial.

We got the result of the semester exams on 25th

July. We were delighted by our good performance.Berchman’s Illam organized a quiz competition on theSociety of Jesus and a grand cultural show in view ofthe feast of St. Ignatius on 26th July at Bertram hall forall the inmates of Loyola campus (Berchman’sIllam,Loyola Men’s Hostel, Loyola Women’s Hostel, LIBAHostel). This was a wonderful evening for us!

The Loyola Jesuit Community and Berchman’sIllam had the novena to St. Ignatius from 23rd to 30th

July. On the eve of the Inigo feast we spent the eveningin recollection. The feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola wascelebrated solemnly. Fr. M. Francis Jayapathy, SJ, theRector, presided over the mass and all other priestsconcelebrated with him. All the participants wereinvited for festive breakfast at Loyola Men’s HostelMess. Soon after breakfast Jesuits of Berchman’s Illamplayed basketball and football matches against LoyolaMen’s Hostel. They lost the trophy in basketball byonly one point but they bagged the trophy in the footballmatch by scoring two fantastic goals.

We Ranchians celebrated companionship at SatyaNilayam. Fr. Vinod Soreng and Fr. Erenius Toppocelebrated the Holy Eucharist. We prayed for all ourdeceased Jesuits of the current year and for the motherof Fr. Erenius who passed away on 25th May. We sharedthe fellowship meal with lot of humor and joy.

Fr. Erenius & Sch Saban



St. Xavier’s College, Sonabheel

The daily schedule of the people of Solabasti wasshoddily weighed down due to unexpected flood;nevertheless the college remained open with classesuninterrupted. The presence of Schs. Claber and Samiris gearing up with a beneficial milieu in the college asthey have quickly acclimatized themselves with thenature and demands here. College had summervacation from 1st July till 3rd August. On 20th July Fr.Ranjit Horo set off to attend a meeting in Patnaregarding administration in educational institutes. Fr.Florence is back here to look into some officialrequirements pertaining to Degree College. Thecommunity except Samir and Florence had gone toPhesama, Nagaland to make their annual retreat underthe guidance of Fr. Fabian Bhuiyan (JAM). Rechargedwith Ignatian spirit the community was back on 12th

July and was engrossed in preparation for the feast ofSt Ignatius which was celebrated in our place. Fr. Beneafter having treatment from the dentist is convalescingfrom his tooth-ache.

Fr. Ravi

Jesuit Bhavan,TezpurFr. Xavier returned to Tezpur from Europe on 2nd July,after visiting friends, benefactors and funding agencies.The next day 13 Jesuits of Assam Mission started theirtrip from Balipara, Sonabheel, Kathalguri, ManasBansbari and Mushalpur and Tezpur to Phesama(Nagaland) to make their annual retreat. In Dimapur 2more Jesuits from Pengaree joined the group. Thus 15Jesuits reached Phesama around 4.00 pm to start theannual retreat under the guidance of Fr. Fabian BhuiyanSJ (JAM). Fr. Jerome Veigas SJ (KHM) also joinedthe retreat. The atmosphere, weather and place werevery conducive for prayer and reflection.

Some areas of Assam had been affected by floodfrequently; even Balipara was on the verge of beingwashed away. Some of the parishes like Tetonbari andGohpur of Tezpur Diocese were very badly affectedby repeated floods. Fr. George Soreng SJ visitedTetonbari area for survey work. Meanwhile Fr.Anupchand was busy with getting the accounts ofAssam Mission audited from 23rd - 31st July with ateam of auditors headed by Fr. Vijay Manohar Tirkey,the Province Treasurer.

This year the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola wascelebrated in St. Xavier’s College, Sonabheel. Nearly140 invited guests, Priests, Sisters and friends had cometo share our joy in the evening.

Fr Xavier Lakra

Gana Chetana Samaj, TezpurOn 2nd July Fr. George Soreng SJ, Director of GanaChetna Samaj (GCS) along with two staff - Mary PaulEkka and Juspin Kerketta- went to Tetonbari andAmjharni Panchayat area which had been badlyaffected by the flood due to heavy rainfall and the rainwater flowing from Arunachal Pradesh causing damageto the existing Bandhs on 27th July. They approachedthe affected people and studied the basic problems andthe immediate help needed. The Parish Priest Fr.Pancratius Soreng and assistant Parish Priest Fr. RajuPaul Tirkey, of Tetonbari Parish also extended theirhelping hands in the survey work. The survey was doneunder two Panchayats: Tetonbari and Amjharni. Thesurvey included eight villages namely Jugibari,Karigarej, Balijan, Tetonbari, Puronigarej, Amjharni,Goroimari and Teton Pokhari.

On 14th July another heavy rainfall swept awaytwo little innocents. The same day Fr. George againwent to Tetonbari to meet the bereaved family and theflood affected people. Then the Director prepared areport and sent it to different foreign agencies seekingsome help for the flood affected people at Tetonbariarea.

GCS trained 95 farmers for the cultivation ofSystem of Rice Intensification (SRI). On 14th July SRIcultivation was demonstrated by a trained farmer calledAnil Oraon from Chapaguri village. Other farmers likeRajesh Kerketta, Amarlata Topno, Bimal Oraon,Musku Oraon, Bithu Oraon also went for SRIcultivation besides their normal cultivation.

A monthly meeting was held for the instructorsof the study centers on 6th July at the Conference Hallof GCS, Tezpur. The main objective of the meetingwas to review the performance of all the study centers.The monthly meeting helps to keep up to date eachcenter and share new information to the centers. It alsohelps instructors of the centers to learn and adoptappropriate measures for better functioning of thecenters.

ASSAM & ANDAMAN



A one-day financial literacy awareness programmewas held on 10th July at Multi-Purpose Communityhall Banadarhagi Pathar village under Dhekiajuli Blockof Sonitpur District (Assam). The programme wassupported by NABARD. The speakers were Mr. DilipKumar Das, AGM NABARD, Sonitpur, Mr. A.Mahanta, LDM, Sonitpur, Fr. George Soreng SJ, Fr.Thomas Barla SJ, Jharkhand, Dr. Terath Singh,Veterinary Officer, Ranagapara Dev. Block and RamaKanta Nath, Agriculture Development Officer,Dhekiajuli Dev. Block. It was also the foundation dayof NABARD. The programme was attended by 78participants.

A village-meeting was organized by GCS on 23rd

July at Chapaguri village. The main agendum of themeeting was to discuss about the forthcoming Karamcelebration. More than 40 people attended the meetingincluding men, women and youths from four villages,namely - Chapaguri, Vitar Panbari, Sessa Girja Lineand Dhekidol. During the meeting it was decided tocombine two-three villages together to organize Karamcelebration for three years. Another meeting on 30th

was held to form a committee to organize Karam forthree years.

During summer vacation many college studentsbenefitted from computer course in which they learnedMicrosoft Word, MS Excel, MS power points andInternet as a holiday Package. GCS has brought thenew computer soft skill training programme, which ishighly benefiting the students.

The flood relief distribution programme was doneon 29th July at St. Francis Xavier School Tetenbari fortwo Panchayats - Tetenbari and Amjharni. Mosquitonets were provided to 60 hostellers also. The floodrelief distribution programme was conducted by thestaffs of GCS and 30 volunteers. Fr. Pancratius Soreng,Parish Priest of St. Frances Xavier parish and Fr. RajuPaul Assistant Parish Priest were very helpful to us.They helped us to know the details about the affectedpeople. We are thankful to them and appreciate theircollaboration. We are very grateful to the missionprocurator, Fr. Klaus Vathrder SJ (Germany) for thegenerous support to the affected people. On 31st July,a foreign guest Fr. QuangVinh from France visited ourDemo Farm at Bhaitabhanga. Fr. George Soreng andsome staff members of GCS took him to the site.

Fr. George Soreng

PengareeThe school closed for summer vacation from 1st Julyto 31st August. Frs. Telesphore and Patrick went toNagaland for their annual retreat where theyjoined other Jesuits of the Assam Mission. After retreatwas over, Fr. Telesphore along with three other Jesuitsof the Assam Mission took part in a Seminar on SchoolManagement in Patna. Fr. Norbert and his teamprovided us some inputs and skills for better schooladministration and management. Indeed it wasinsightful and thought-provoking for 48 schoolPrincipals of North East India.

Fr. Mukul prepares himself for Guyana Mission.He is running up and down to Guwahati for thepassport. Fr. Alois Beck SJ has joined the communityas a new member. Welcome to Fr. Alois in this GreenLand of Assam.

The feast of St. Anne’s and Joachim on 26th

July was celebrated as St. Anne’s Day in the parish.The parishioners joyfully felicitated all the sisters. Onthe same day they also gave farewell to Fr. Mukul andwelcomed Fr. Alois as the new Parish Priest.

The Pengaree Mission mourned the loss of MissSuchita Barla, a loving motherly figure whoserved Pengaree Jesuit Community for 13 long yearsas a cheerful kitchen girl. She had a complaint of BreastCancer and was operated in Chennai in March.Unfortunately it was unsuccessful due to which herhealth deteriorated very fast. On Monday 27th July,both religious and faithful in a big number participatedin the funeral ceremony in Mohong. May her Soul Restin Peace!!!

Fr. Telesphore

RamnagarA seminar on Human Rights by Mithun Das and histeam was held on 7th July. Mr. Lalita, B.D.O. of Diglipurhighlighted the fundamental rights of every Indiancitizen given by the Constitution of India. She alsomentioned about the Govt. Schemes beneficial for thepeople. On 8th July, Bp. Alex Dias, SFX along with Fr.Selvaraj and two Jesuits, namely, Fr. George Beck,Spiritual Guide of the Diocese and Fr. Friedrich fromAustria visited Ramnagar.

The feast of Blessed Anne Marie, the foundress ofthe Cluny Sisters was celebrated by the parishionerson 12th July. After the mass, there was a felicitationprogramme in honor of the sisters. In order to share in



their joy, St. Anne Sisters from Magarnallah,Missionary of Charity Sisters from Diglipur and Frs.Edward and Alexander came here. Frs. Ajit Ekka andSebastian from Kalapahar parish also joined the group.The Eucharist was offered for the intentions of theCluny Sisters. Fr. Benedict was the main celebrant.All went back to their respective places after sharingthe festive dinner.

An awareness programme about Tuberculosis (TB)was arranged for the parishioners on 19th July by Mr.Rahul. The Doctor from Kalighat spoke about healthand hygiene. He gave information about variousdiseases and especially T.B. as there were some casesin Ramnagar. The Pradhan of Ramnagar Panchayatwas also present.

Parishioners celebrated St. Ignatius’ feast on 26th

July in the parish while the following day St. Anne’sSisters of Magarnallah celebrated the feast of St. Anneand St. Joachim. Frs. Benedict and Anil went there forthe feast. Fr. Alexander Tirkey was the main celebrant.After having the festive dinner all set off to theirrespective places.

Fr. Anil Kandulna

ProthrapurIn the parish, SSCs are very alive and active in differentvillages. The Annual SSC Day was celebrated on 5th

July. The diocesan SCC Coordinator, Fr. ZachariasBarla and the Diocesan Spiritual Director Fr. GeorgeBeck SJ (DUM) were present for the solemn Mass. Fr.Zacharias encouraged the faithful to live a life ofholiness and service. Melodious singing made theliturgy prayerful and devotional. Sisters of SJA,Diocesan SCC team, were the special invitees of theday.

It was our privilege to welcome an Austrian JesuitFather Friedrich along with the Bishop Alex Dias SFX.

In the evening Bishop Alex invited three of us, namely,Frs. David Bara, George Beck and Friedrich.

Later in the month’s feasts of the Sisters of St.Joseph’s of Cluny and of St. Ignatius were celebratedon 15th and 31st July respectively. St. Ignatius’ Feastwas celebrated in a simple way. Fr. George Beck SJwas the main celebrant. Liturgy was prepared well bythe youth. A good number of faithful was present forthe Mass. Festive dinner was hosted in the evening forthe Fathers and Sisters of the parish.

Fr. David

DiglipurMost Rev. Bishop Alex Dias, SFX together with Fr.George Beck SJ, Fr. Friedrich SJ (a Jesuit from Austria)and Fr. Selvaraj visited Diglipur Parish on 8th July. Theywere on their way to Radhanagar. The feasts of Sts.Anne and Joachim and of St. Ignatius were celebratedon 26th and 31st July respectively. As usually on thefeast day of St. Anne’s and Joachim, DSA sisters weregiven a warm felicitation, and the feast day of St.Ignatius was observed as the Parish Day. As its spiritualpreparation, the faithful had Novena to St. Ignatiuswhich concluded on 30th July with a half-dayrecollection. The same evening Jesuits of Ramnagarand Diglipur had a celebration of the Founder’s Feastin Diglipur. The Parish Day on 31st was celebrated withgreat zeal and fervor. The liturgy was well preparedunder the guidance of Fr. Alexander. Dancers of MahilaSangh solemnized the liturgy by their entrance dance.After the Mass Frs. Edward & Alexander were warmlyfelicitated by the parishioners through various songs,dance, and skit. After the programme all had festivemeal prepared by the Catholic Sabha. Thus, the ParishDay ended with a lot of joy and satisfaction.

Fr Alexander

DIASPORA

RomeIn July, Edwin Ritesh Dungdung and Ravi HemantKujur completed successfully one month of Italianlanguage course in Rome. Apart from learning thebasics of Italian language, they also seem to haveacclimatized themselves well to Roman life, cultureand weather. For the month of August, they will moveto Genova to continue their language course. The ItalianNovitiate atmosphere would definitely be more

conducive for them to grasp and deepen thefundamentals of Italian language. Sanjay Dilip joinedthe Radio Vatican officially on 1st July and with thehelp of Justin, he was quick to pick up the tricks andintricacies of writing news, editing, recording andpreparing the materials on time for the transmission.He is confident of sailing through the initial difficulttimes and of being expert in communications with eachpassing day. All four Ranchi men at present in Rome



celebrated the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Romanstyle. For Edwin, Ritesh, Ravi and Sanjay, thecelebrations lacked the vigor, large-scale participationand fanfare to which they were accustomed with theusual grand celebrations in and around Ranchi. In theevening, they participated in the solemn HolyEucharistic celebration in Gesù Church which waspresided over by R.P. General. On 1st August, IndianSection of Vatican Radio bade farewell to Justin. Ashis admissions in Marquette University for his doctoralstudies is still under process, he moved to Milan tocontinue his correspondence with the concernedauthorities.

From 1st July onwards, Edwin Dang seems to bewell settled in one of the northern Italian Parishes forhis summer ministry. Being alone in the Parish hasturned into a great boon as he practices freely andfearlessly whatever he has learnt in one year in Rome.A great plus point is that the people of that Parish arevery helpful and encouraging. He is confident ofmastering the spoken as well written language at theend of his two months’ summer ministry. During thefirst week of September, he plans to visit someimportant places related to Fr. Constant Lievens inBelgium.

During the month of July, Linus was fully busygiving regular classes in St. Albert’s College. Kulwantand myself landed in Ranchi almost together. On hisarrival, Kulwant was assigned an important job ofchecking and rewriting the data of each and everymember of Ranchi Jesuit Society. He goes everydayup and down from Manresa House to Sadbhavna tocarry out the assignment faithfully and diligently. Hehas already caught the attention of others with hisdedication to the work and his punctuality. He hopesto complete the assignment before going for a shorthome visit towards the end of August. I had to leavefor Bangalore on 16th July to participate in the PanAsian Conference on the theme “Doing CatholicTheological Ethics in a Cross-Cultural and Inter-religious Asian Context” from 17th to 20th July forwhich there were 100 participants from all over Asia.Immediately after the Conference, I lecturedanintensive course on “Communication Ethics in theAge of Diversity and the Clash of Civilizations” forthe L.Th. students of DVK, Bangalore. I came back toRanchi for the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Many

months before, Ajit Xess had already asked me topreside over the Eucharistic celebration in St. Xavier’sDoranda on the Feast of St. Ignatius. It was evidentthat the Jesuit Community and the staff hadmeticulously planned every aspect of celebration in atrue Xaverian style and spirit and executed the plan ina grand manner. All of us will be back to Rome duringthe first week of September.

Fr. Prem

JerusalemExperiencing Jesus is the main purpose of any Christiangroup coming to the Holy Land. And so it is for anyJesuit for that matter. July is specially given for theScholastics coming mainly from Gesu’, Rome. Thishas been a tradition since many years till now. To havea program for the scholastics at this stage of formationhas a special significance, namely, that, their study oftheology does not remain merely at the mind level butshould help them to deepen their personal relationshipwith Jesus by actually walking with Him here in theHoly Land. To this end this year ten scholastics camefor the programme from the Community of Gesu’. Br.Kulwant Minj could not join the group as his papersgot delayed. He waits for a chance in the near future.The scholastics hailed from various nationalities.Besides them four other Jesuits joined the programme:two Jesuit priests from India, one from Brazil and adeacon from Haiti. The programme started with theeight-day Spiritual Exercises. The dynamics of theExercises were not in keeping with the Weeks, but toget oneself immersed into the actual Holy Places ofJerusalem and thus to allow the places to speak forthemselves. Meanwhile they required to be watchfuland awake and absorbing them in the heart. The secondpart of their spiritual journey was in Galilee for sixdays. The programme was heavy and the weatherturned out to be hot and yet the whole journey gavethem a new experience. Some of them said, “We hadso many things to see and experience within such ashort time that we had no time “to stand and stare”.

The last week of July came as a moment of graceto revisit the places and deepen the experiences of thewhole month. The climax was the beautiful and homelyEucharistic Service celebrated in our garden on theauspicious occasion of the Feast of St. Ignatius. Thepriests, religious men and women and laity gathered



around the Table of the Lord by 18.45. The participantswere altogether about 150. Among them the FrenchConsul, the Delegate of the Nuncio and some Bishopsof other denominations were present. The scholasticshelped us to pray more devoutly by their beautiful,melodious singing at the Liturgy. The dinner was served

AUGUST

04 Ekka JohnToppo Suman Prabhat

05 Barla RajeniusHassapurty Anuranjan

10 Surin WilliamEkka Cyprian

11 Ekka Noel12 Lakra Telesphore13 Dungdung Linus

Xalxo Prem14 Xalxo Yacub

Tirkey Modestus15 Kerketta George16 Purty Florence Hassa18 Soreng Charles26 Xess Ajit Kr .28 Dungdung Emile29 Joncheere Florent30 Kullu Jayprakash N.31 Barla Ajay Roshan

SEPTEMBER

02 Delporte Antoon04 Kerketta Patrick

Xess Isayas07 Ekka Severius08 Kadookunnel Anthony

Saras AjitKullu Elias

10 Ekka Prakash12 Kerketta Elvius13 Kindo Beatus14 Tigga John Crus15 Bara David16 Ekka Patras

Tirkey Alexius21 Toppo Christopher Raju

Bage Tej MatiDang EdwinKandir Stephen

23 Kujur LinusKujur Pingal

24 Tirkey IgnatiusKullu Pradeep

25 Baxla Tej Kumar

WISHING YOU ALL

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

to all soon after the Eucharist. The menu was superband abounding in quantity. Everybody had a deliciousfestive meal which was so meticulously prepared byour co-workers.

Fr Camil Kerketta

Let Us Remember in Our Prayers:

Mrs. Teresa Kerketta (82), Sister-in-Law of Fr. Ferdinand Kullu SJ, passed away on 20th July 2015.

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