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70/8 Ranchi Jesuits, Sadbhavna P.B. - 4, Ranchi - 834001, Jharkhand AUGUST 2011

R.P. PROVINCIAL ’S PROGRAMME

AUGUST 20111 Rengarih [morning]2 Pakertoli [morning]3 Jharain4-5 St. Mary’s Samtoli6 Sogra7 St. Mary’s Samtoli - Exhortation8 Keondtanr10 Patrachauli [morning]12 PROVINCE CONSULT16 Lohardaga [morning)18 ATC Namkum [afternoon]19 ATC - Bagicha - Kishornagar20 Jharna/Ashirvad [evening]21 Jharna & ATC Bagicha K.Nagar - Exhortation [eve]25-27 St. Xavier’s College Ranchi29-30 Prabhat Tara Dhurwa

SEPTEMBER 20111 Dolda [morning]2 Sarwada [morning]3 Ranchi in the evening4 Sadbhavna - Meeting with Sr. Provincial, FC at 10.005-10 Manresa House12 Kochang [morning]13 Rumtukel [morning]14-15 St. Michael’s Khunti16 Maranghada [morning]

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17 Back to Ranchi19 PROVINCE CONSULT21 Vijaygiri [morning]22 Dorea [morning]23 St. Xavier’s Bundu [morning]24 Back to Ranchi26 Bingaon [morning]27 XISS [morning]30 ACFs Meeting at Jharna till 4 Oct.

INFORMA TION

l RETREAT for the Pastors by Fr. Tony Herbert, SJ from August 17 - 27 (Morn), 2011

l EPASA SOUTH ASIAN CONVENTION: 17th October - 20th October 2011

· PLACE: Post Graduate Block, JDV, Pune

· Date & Time of Expected Arrival: 17th October by 12.00 Noon.

· Date and Time of Expected Departure: 20th October by 4.00 P.M

l Kindly note the new address of Tezpur Jesuit House:

S.J Nirmal Chaya;

Rail Gate-Chandmari;

P.O Tezpur; Dt Soniptur -7 84001. ASSAM

MANRESA HOUSE, RANCHI“Lord, I have come to thee to take thy touch beforeI begin my day.” On this Tagorian note ManresaCommunity commenced the month of July. On 2nd wehad Community Mass presided over by Fr. Rector andconcelebrated by Fr. Dean Prabhat Kennedy and ournew minister Fr. Camil Kerketta. During the Eucharisticcelebration Rector officially welcomed all the newmembers of the community.

After summer vacation with the reopening of thecollege on 4th July, Manresa House was bustling with life.This year we have seven new collegians that total theirnumber twenty two.That same day, Fr. AntonyDoongdoong fell down from his bed and was admitted inMandar for some days. Br. Samuel Toppo lost his youngerbrother Tarcitius Toppo. The Manresa communityexpresses its sincere condolences to Br. Samu and all the

bereaved family members. Fr. Paul Terrens after regaininghis health returned to resume his mission at HolyFamily Hospital Mandar. Fr. Walter Pillen had a fall nearrefectory. He had a little injury on his head but his strongwill power healed it within no time. The flesh is weak butthe spirit is strong and vivacious and so he says, “Mazbutlakri hai, nahi tuta hai”. Br. Francis Bilung underwenta surgery on prostrate at the Guru Nanak Hospital on26th. He is recovering fast in Manresa house right now.We express our heartfelt thanks to the novices whoattended to him in the hospital. LIFE (Lievens’ Institute ofFilm and Electronics Media) began its classes on 18th Julywith eleven students. Thanks to Fr. Provincial for his kindinitiative that backed us to get our UID (Unique IdentityCard) ready without much hassle. The preparation ofthe Inigo day began with a community meeting at whichresponsibilities were assigned to various members. On 20th

we started the Novena to St. Ignatius led by the

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Collegians. It was a creative group effort of Collegians,which enabled us to reflect upon our charism based on thelife of Father Ignatius. On 29th Fr. Prem Xalxo gave apreparatory talk for the feast of St. Ignatius based oncommunity life followed by penitential service. 31st Julywas a memorable day as our talented Collegians preformedtheir best musical flair that led us to a meaningful HolyEucharistic celebration. Fr. Sanjay in his homily tried tostir the young hearts. As per the tradition a spectacularfootball match was played between the Manresascholastics and Fathers wherein the ageing Fathers stolethe show by defeating the scholastics by 4-1. None otherthan Fr. Peter Paul Ekka was declared man of the matchfor his stupendous performance. Fr. Walter Ekka kept onentertaining and amusing the spectators with his mirthfulrunning commentary.

Sanjay D. Ekka

ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE‘Ranchi traffic has become dangerous’ was theexperience of Fr. Emmanuel Barla. On Sunday 17th Julyat 11.00 a.m he met with an accident near Hatia when hewas coming back to the College after saying mass in aconvent at Hardag A drunkard motorcyclist, coming fromHatia Factory side hit Barla’s motorcycle. Both of themfell on the ground. Fr. Barla got injured on his head butwas able to phone to Fr. Nabor, who, along with Fr.Ephrem rushed to the spot. After First Aid in a nearbymedical shop Fr. Barla was taken to Sewa NilayaHospital, Ara Gate. After making sure that his head-injurywas not a serious one Fr. Barla came back to thecommunity on July 23.

This year, as 31st July was on Sunday, the solemnEucharistic celebration of Ignatius Feast was not held inthe Cathedral but it was held in the St. Xavier’s CollegeAuditorium with His Eminence Cardinal TelesphorP. Toppo as the main celebrant. Fr. Dilip Sanjay Ekkain his sermon exhorted the youth of today to havedetermination, fortitude and self-confidence to achieve theirgoal as St Ignatius did. After the Mass newly built ScienceResearch Centre in the first floor of the Science wing of

the College building was blessed by His Eminence whilefour class rooms and a lecture Hall on the newly built topfloor were blessed by Fr. Xavier Soreng, the Provincial.‘Next year M.Sc. in Bio-Technology will begin in theScience Research Centre and the rooms on top floor willbe utilized by the students of M.A. in Geography andPolitical Science which have already begun this year” toldFr. Nicholas Tete, the Principal of the College.

Fr. Ephrem Ba’a

RTC TARUNODAYTarunoday housed two batches of retreatants duringthe summer vacation but some repair works continuedto welcome its denizens – nine old timers (Deacons)and eleven freshmen from the central zone provincesincluding our own Ajit K. Kujur, Ravi Bhushan Xess andSuresh M. Aind. The first year students had a weeklongorientation program that helped them clarify their visionand motivation. An Ignatian retreat directed by Fr. BarryS.J. (HAZ) further invigorated them to dive into theirtheological studies with a serious motivation to have athorough contextual grasp of the faith while Br IsidoreEkka, our new Minister oversaw the material aspects.Anup and Rajesh, along with other second year students,were back to the RTC on 30th June. The academic yearwith its running theme “Adivasi Samaj aur Yuva Varg”(Adivasi Society and the Youth) reinvigorated everybody.A solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by theProvincial Fr Xavier Soreng intoned the theme well. Heelucidated the theme during his sermon throwing an openchallenge before all of us. A prominent speaker andthinker Mr. Benjamin Lakra, the former Principal AuditorGeneral, West Bengal as the chief guest of the dayenumerated the theme from his life experiences. Hiseloquence won the hearts of the youth who werespecially invited for the occasion. The audience includedthe recently elected Mukhiyas of the vicinity and the SarnaAdivasi youths. The inaugural talk itself was a perfectamalgam of socio-political, cultural, rational, spiritual, andemotional and kinesthetical insights.

Soon after the inaugural ceremony Fr. Henry Barlaleft for Assam to guide the Annual Retreat to our Province

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men there. After visiting some of our works there, he isback at home with enlivening experiences of the ChaiBagan. On 16th July the provincials of the centralzone provinces had their meeting with the student’srepresentatives. Many innovative measures weresuggested during meeting for our creative and committedfunctioning in order to cope up well with the changingtimes. Our Tarunoday ministries are already in place andthe Tuition program for the underprivileged studentswas inaugurated by Mukhiya Rajendra Munda on July 25,2011. Fr Francis Minj guided the triduum for theDaughters of St Anne at their Provincialate and also atKanke in preparation for their Feast. He also addresseda gathering of Jesuit communities at Namkom inpreparation for our Founder’s feast. Here at TarunodayFr. Peter Mahender Tigga enlivened us with his talk on“Ignatius and Adivasi Youth” on 28th eve. The nevergiving up spirit of a born fighter was the crux which hecomparatively portrayed in the life of Inigo and made usaware with of the multiple struggles faced by the AdivasiYouth today.

The celebration of St Ignatius’ feast drew quite alarge number of faithful to the Parish Church. A wellarranged liturgy, interspersed with melodious singing andinstrumentals captured the human hearts. After the usualswagat, all the faithful were given breakfast.

On the academic front, besides the usual classes,Dr. Jyoti Xess from RINPAS as the guest speakerenlightened us intellectually with her superb presentationon “Sex and Sexuality.” It was highly appreciated as itenabled us to understand our greatest gift and to live alife with full maturity. Both the present and formerProvincials of Hazaribag (Frs Tom Venad and FrancisKurien) are taking care of the academic needs of thestudents at Tarunoday. Fr Kurien is guiding the firstyear students on self-awareness and personal growthwhile Tom is teaching a course on the Acts of theApostles. In the meantime the fourth year students areengrossed in preparing themselves for the comprehensiveexam.

Sch. Anup Arvind Ekka, S.J.

MINOR SEMINAR Y RANCHIThe Pre-novices arrived a little late on account of JharkhandBandh. Therefore, the orientation programme started lateon 22nd June, with the celebration of St. Aloysius Gonzaga’sfeast. Fr. Michael Kerketta presided at the inauguralEucharist of the pre-novitiate. He focused on the relevanceof the life of our patron Saint.

There were 37 candidates who arrived on 3rd July.The following day the language school inaugurated itsacademic year with a solemn Holy Eucharist presidedover by Fr. Binod Toppo, Prefect, St. John’s HostelRanchi. Fr. James V. Dungdung, the director, andFr. Ferdinand Kullu concelebrated with him. He gave aspecial message along with the nostalgic experience ofhis past life at the Minor Seminary to the candidates inorder to cultivate a habit of learning language. We hadtwo days of orientation programme in which candidateswere motivated to inculcate a taste for English. The totalnumber of the candidates in the language school is 56.They belong to various congregations: 36 Ranchi JesuitSociety, 01 MAP Province, 07 Marianist, 03 CamillianSisters, 05 Don Bosco Secular Institute Sisters, and 04Christian Doctrine Fathers. We expect more candidatesfrom the Sisters of Jesus, the Eternal Priest, Morhabadiand St. Vincent de Paul, Kokar to join in August. Thisdelay is due to bad Matric and Intermediate results.

After a long summer vacation the first year 40Collegians arrived on 5th July. The Pre-novices startedtheir promotion test on 11th July in the College. After thetest, the Inter house football tournament began in whichLoyola team won by 4-2 against Xavier team. We hadnovena prayers and recollection in preparation forSt. Ignatius’ feast. The language school anticipated the feaston 30th July. The main celebrant was Fr. James assistedby Fr. Ferdinand. The celebrations were marked bycolourful cultural programmes.

Sch. Ashok Kandulna

ST IGNATIUS’ GUMLAFr. John Lakra gave four days of seminar on Tribal danceand spirituality to novices of Ursuline Convent Gumla

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from 5 – 8 July. As the rainy season started, a number ofApostolic and Hostel boys could not bear the change ofweather and fell sick. Sensing the severity of sickness, aone-day health awareness program was conducted forthem on 17th July as a precautionary measure. Sr. PhilicitaBeck, DSA was the resource person for the seminar.

July has been a very busy month for St. Ignatius’ H.S. Gumla. The Inaugural function of class XI was held in avery grand manner in the P.P. Van Nuffel Hall on 9th July.Mr. Benjamin Lakra was the chief guest for the occasion.In his speech he encouraged students to first set a goaland study. Fr. Xavier Soreng, the Provincial was with usfrom 23-27 July for the canonical visit. It was the time ofgrace, reenergizing and encouragement for us.

The feast of St. Ignatius’ of Loyola, the patronsaint of the school was celebrated throughout the month.As part of celebrations a weeklong Inter-House HostelFootball Tournament was organized. It was followed byFootball Tourney for Inter-College Section. On 25th JulyInter- House group dance and group singing competitionswere held. There is a revered tradition of staging a dramafor the occasion of the feast. This year apostolic boysstaged Yahan Bande Saste Milte hain for three daystowards the end of the month. It received lot of applauseand appreciation by the spectators. On 31st, the Feast ofSt. Ignatius was celebrated with much fervor and gaiety.Holy Mass was presided over by the Rt. Rev. Paul Lakrain the Gumla cathedral. The celebration continued withthe fancy football match between Jesuits and combinedteam of apostolic and hostel boys. Jesuits won the matchby 4-0. The feast day was concluded by a fellowshipdinner with guests from neighboring religiouscommunities.

On 28th July, Hon’ble Rajya Sabha Member MissMabel Rebello inaugurated the renovated computer labwith new computers in the high school. There was shortcultural program in her honour.

Fr. Florence Guria left for tertianship to Raia on29th July and Fr Alphonse shouldered his responsibility inhis absence. Fr. Anselm has initiated the jail ministry. We

look forward to many such good initiatives in the comingmonths.

Alphonse Aind

ST. MARY’S SAMTOLIAfter the admission of class XI, students were giventhree days of “Life Orientation” from 25 to 30th June.Rev. Fr. Paul Tirkey (the Redemptorist priest ofPandripani Parish), Mr. Benedict Minj (the Presidentof Old Saint Marian Association, OSMA) and hiswife were the resource persons who guided the studentsfor three days. Fr. Principal and the teaching staff ofthe Intermediate section were also given opportunity tointroduce themselves as well as to give short exhortationto the students. After the programme got over normalclasses started. This year 225 students have opted for Arts,139 for Commerce and 105 for Science. Thus the totalnumber, including High School, has gone up to 2200.

Month of July was a month of preparation forthe feast of St. Ignatius. Apostolic Director and Asst.Director were busy in teaching Cultural dance andOne Act Play -“The Magic of Love”. Fr. Irenius, (theHostel Prefect) composed a one act play - “KarwanGurgon Ka” - and directed it himself. Sandeep kepthimself busy preparing for the Cultural dance. Thecultural show started on 23rd and ended on 29th July,lasted for seven days for different group of spectators.Congratulations to Frs. Irenius, Ajit and Scho. Sandeepand Edwin. As 31st July was on Sunday so the Jesuitswere felicitated by the Staff and the students on 30th Julyitself. During the cultural programme the three toppers of2011 Matriculation, Intermediate Science, Arts andCommerce were awarded by the OSMA. And all thestudents were given snacks and teachers were givendelicious lunch. On 31st July, the solemn Eucharistwas presided over by Rt. Rev Bishop Vincent Barwa, andchoir was led by Fr. Irenius, Sandeep and Edwin. Soonafter the Holy Mass a short felicitation was accorded toall the Jesuits. In the evening many priests and religiousturned up for fellowship dinner in order to share our joydespite rain.

Fr. Philemon Ekka

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ATC NAMKUM The academic year 2011-12 of St. Joseph’s communitycollege began on 1st July and the second year ANMstudents went for holidays. The first year students hadtheir orientation programme for three days and begantheir regular classes. As the second year studentsresumed their classes after holidays, their first year annualexamination result was published. Our jesuit nurse traineeBr. Telesphore Horo performed well but he determines todo better.

Fr. Erenius conducted paddy transplantation on15-16 July by the help of ATC workers and trainees.Fr Erenius and Fr. Ignatius Minj accompaniedFr. Provincial on his canonical visit to our Jesuitcommunities in Bardih, Noadih, Tongo, Soso and Gumla.They went through the legal matters of the land papersand tried to explore the possibilities of how our landedproperties could be best utilized.

ATC, Ashirvad, Jharna, Bagaicha had a jointmeeting in preparation of the feast of St. Inigo. Fr. FrancisMinj gave recollection points to ATC and Jharna-Ashirvadcommunities on 27th July evening at Jharna. The Inigofeast was celebrated with a great solemnity with the laity.Fr. Samir Dungdung presided over the Holy Eucharist;Fr. Deepak Toppo gave an inspiring homily whichcertainly impressed the laity. Fr. Erenius conductedthe choir which created a devotional atmosphere toparticipate the ceremony. On this occasion the neighbouringreligious communities like St. Anne’s Generalate, St. Anne’sNovitiate Samlong, St. Anne’s Ulhatu and trainees joinedthe Eucharistic celebration. Mother Gerenral Linda Marygraced the celebration with her presence during the HolyEucharist. The guests were served breakfast and otherswere served tea and snacks followed by the culturalprogramme. The ANM trainees, Catholic Sabha, MahilSangh, Krusveer and the Youth came together to felicitateus. The customary football match between ATC campusand Kishor Nagar was organized and both the teams wonthe match without any goals. Finally the day ended withAGAPE festive meal for the staffs of Jharna, Ashirvad

and ATC at ATC followed by joyous group dance with thetrainees.

Fr. Erenius Toppo, S.J.

KISHOR NAGARIt has been a busy time since the boys came back after thesummer vacation. Fr. Isaac Tete left for Samtoli on the14th June to take up his new assignment. Fr. Ignatius Kujur,Asst. Director, arrived here on the 23rd June. Br. Blasius isbusy looking after the gardens and assisting theDirector in supervising the work in the fields and in thecowshed. Br. Mukul has a busy schedule – taking classes,giving singing practices and organizing the class footballtournament.

We are happy that our boys have done very well inthe matric examination. 49 out of 51 boys, who appearedfor the exam, have passed. 8 of them got admission in DonBosco Technical Institute in Kokar for the course of fitterand 4 took admission in the plus two courses.

12 boys completed the ITI course this July. 7 of them(from Sidrol ITI) are leaving for Chennai next week forapprenticeship training. Two old students of Kishor Nagar,working in Chennai, have made arrangementsfor this training. One boy, who completed his training inDon Bosco Technical, will go for apprenticeshiptraining in Trichi; this placement has been arranged bythe Don Bosco Institute. Unfortunately the 3 who didthe one year course of welder did not qualify forapprenticeship training as they are not yet 18 years old. Asthere is a lot of work in our workshop they will getexperience working in Kishor Nagar itself.

We have not been able to complete thetransplantation of the rice as there has not been enoughrain. We were not able to irrigate the field as the electricaltransformer in ATC campus has been out of order for along time.

The celebration of Ignatius Day started with aSolemn High Mass with special songs under the guidanceof Br. Mukul; at 10 a.m. there was a football match in

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Ashirvad, which ended in a draw. In the evening therewas a cultural programme, in which all the classes tookpart.

Louis Francken S.J

ST. XAVIER’S, BUNDUThe students devoted themselves to preparations forthe feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola throughout the month.Besides, the usual football tournaments among the housesin the school, Fr. James Toppo, the Principal, planneddifferent items meticulously, namely, 10 Kilometers cyclerace in Bundu-Sonahatu highway, treasure hunt up toHumta Pahar and Jharkhand Gyan wherein each housewas assigned to work and outshine on a particular topicrelated to Jharkhand. On the feast day itself, the studentsdisplayed their talents during the cultural events. This yearFr. Principal decided to instill some formative values in thestudents by making them sing and dance without using anyCD or cassette player.

On 27th July, in view of refining our apostolic vision,‘an evening with the Lord through St. Ignatius’ was spentjointly by the Jesuits of the three communities, namely,Bundu, Dorea and Vijaygiri. It was facilitated by Fr. VijayKamath from Manresa House. However, Br. Yacub Xalxomissed it as he had to rush home after hearing the sadnews of the sudden demise of Mrs. Josephine, hissister-in-law. Our heartfelt condolences to Br. Yacub andthe bereaved family!

On 21st July, an emergency managing committeemeeting was held to look into the matters with regard tothe retirement of Mr. Peter Ekka, the Bada Babu of theSchool, who rendered his services for the last 25 years.St. Xavier’s family is indebted to him an honest gratitudefor his committed services and the committee generouslyextends his service for 3 months seeing the need of thehour.

Ashok Sandil

DNC, PUNEThe month of July began with the exchange of offices forfirst semester. We thanked the outgoing office bearers for

their wonderful services to the community. We also wishedand assured our sincere co-operation to the new officebearers. On 3rd July, the Second year Philosophers andDeacons visited NDA (National Defense Academy) Pune.This visit was a boost to them as they saw the army cadetsand their disciplined lifestyle. Scholastics came backrejuvenated to start a new beginning.

Lokpal Bill in JDV? Yes; this was the theme of anextended lecture organized by the Students’ Council. On7th July, Fr. P.D. Mathew and Sr. Jesse Kurian spoke onthis national issue. They clarified the doubts regarding theLokpal Bill and challenged us to take a lead against anyform of corruption.

On 8th July, we had Living Group’s Faith sharingin order to support and encourage one another andthus to show fraternal care and concern for mutualgrowth in the community. The Students’ Council of theLiterary Wing organized the Inter-class FootballTournament which started on 18th July. The Second yearphilosophers’ team was led by Sch. Fuldeo. Under hisable captaincy the team succeeded to hold the Runner-upTrophy. Scholastics Fuldeo and Anuj won the titles Manof the Match and the Best Promising Player awardsrespectively. Congratulations to them!

Keeping the Ignatius’ feast in view, the communitystarted Novena Prayer Service from 22nd July. It wasvery creative and inspiring. Fr. Tony, Provincial of Goadelivered a talk on Obedience on 28th as our spiritualpreparation for the feast, followed by a penitentialservice.

We also received the unexpected sad news ofthe demise of Mr. Zacharias Kujur, the maternal uncleof Sch. Deonis. He passed away on 23rd July. MayGod grant him eternal peace. Yet another shockingnews rather unfortunate and sudden death of Br. RanaPratap Minj, MSFS (Missionaries of St. Francis De Sales),a student of the First year theology in JDV, whileundergoing a surgery for a minor shoulder injury.He developed malignant Hyperthermia as a reaction

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to anesthesia. He succumbed to death in the earlyhours on 30th July. The DNC community rescheduledsome of the programmes due to this unfortunateincident.

Sch. Bipin Lugun

SATYA NILA YAM, CHENNAIThe pathetic and critical situations of the state of Jharkhandat present needs rapid constructive change. Keeping inmind the idea of Francis Bacon - “Knowledge is power”and “ideas rule the world”- we the six vibrant andenergetic scholastics arrived at Satya Nilayam in themorning of 13th June. Two days of orientations given bythe community members and the Second year scholasticsand receiving the power of the Holy Spirit we commencedour classes on 16th June. On 18th, the First year’sscholastics had the ‘Chennai Darshan’.

July was very special and remarkable month forevery Jesuit precisely because we celebrated the feast dayof our founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. Compared to thelast year, this year the Novena prayer was very creative,inspirational and thought-provoking. The communitymembers were very pleased with the creative prayerswhich were led by different Living groups. The secondmajor event that took place in this month was the changeof old office bearers. Schs Ravi Hemant is the sacristan,James Peter refectorian and Rakesh Kerketta unfortunatelymissed out the opportunity to take any office since he washospitalized just those days.

Just after 31st July, we had two seminars of one dayeach. The first day of the seminar was held in the AsianCentre for Cross-Cultural Studies in Panayur, Chennaibased on the theme of Hindu Goddesses and VirginMary delivered by Prof. Francis X. Clooney who is aParkman professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity SchoolU.S.A. on Monday, 1st August. And we also had the in-ternational seminar on Tuesday 2nd August, on the themeof Challenges of Philosophical Research: AnEast-West Perspective at Satya Nilayam ResearchInstitute of Philosophy and Culture.

Finally, for your information now Sch. PradeepSoreng is our new coordinator and the province mobile iswith him.

Sch Rajesh Sandil

PREMAL JYOTI, AHMEDABADThe word of Jesus and the Motto of “Prasant,” the Centrefor Human Rights, Justice and Peace, “Let your lightshine…” led and inspired us throughout July. We went tovisit Prasant led by Frs. Antony Pichai and Fr. SuperiorVinayak Jadav. It was the first time for most of the PremalJyoti Scholastics to visit the Jesuit-run social centre. Thisvisit was informative and thought-provoking. We werefortunate enough to listen to Mr. Sanjeev Bhatt, an IPSofficer, the only person who pinpoints the violation ofHuman Rights by Modi’s government and its role in theGujarat pogrom of 2002, in which over 2,000 people weremurdered, over 150,000 rendered homeless, and hundredsof women raped and molested. We came to know aboutthe Vision and Mission of Prasant. Its vision is enshrinedin the preamble of Universal Declaration of Human Rightsand its mission is to promote Human Rights, Justice, Peaceand inter-religious dialogue.

The Premal Jyoti Scholastics, especially fromthe Central Zone rocked the St. Xavier’s College,Ahmedabad auditorium with Karam Dance on the 16th

July. We are selected for the Culfest scheduled to beheld in December 2011.The students and Staff liked itvery much. They could not believe their eyes to see thesimple but peculiar steps. “Brothers, would you teach usthe dance; we want to learn it,” speaks volumes of theircuriosity and appreciation for our tribal Karam dance. Ithas boosted us and made us proud of our tribal culture.It helped us understand that we the tribals have much tooffer to the world. We can offer the world the lesson ofeco-friendliness, co-operation, simplicity and togetherness.

Fr. Shekhar, the Novice Master of Gujarat JesuitProvince, accompanied us during our monthlyrecollection on 23rd July. His talks inspired us to beintegrated Jesuits. His talks included the History of

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ASHA NIWAS, KEONDTANRFr. Ignatius visited our village-unit schools in the firstweek of July to know their real situation. He met students,teachers, and members of the managing committees. Thushe got the first-hand picture of these schools. On 13th July,he visited the Bishop’s House Gumla where he met BishopPaul Lakra and the new V.G. Cyprian Kullu. He gave thema brief report about Keondtanr parish.

On 16th July, on the feast of Our Lady of MountCarmel, a solemn Eucharist was offered for the CMC sis-ters who generously collaborate in our parish ministries.In the schools Frs. Elvius and Rajenius are trying their levelbest to boost up the morale of the students and teachersfor better academic atmosphere. On 22th July, a meetingof parents and students was held in the middle School.Fr. Rajenius appealed to the parents to look after theirchildren well in order to provide them better education.On 28th July we had School Managing Committee’smeeting in which resolutions were taken that Fr. Rajenius

and Sister Mable will be appointed as assistant teachers inthe Middle School.

On 26th July, on the occasion of the feast ofSt. Joachim and St. Anne, Fr. Ignatius went to Mamarlaparish to share the joy with St. Anne’s Sisters. Aspreparation for the feast of St. Ignatius, parishioners hada day of prayer and recollection under the guidance ofFr. Rajenius on 29th July. The feast itself was celebrated asthe Parish Day with lot of joy and zeal which wasvisible in the colourful cultural programmes. On thisoccasion Fr. Elvius conducted a Football Tournamentfor both the boys and the girls. About 35 priests andreligious from the neighboring parishes and communitiesjoined us in our celebration of the feast.

Fr. Ignatius Tirkey

KANKEOne of my grand nephews, Vijay Bodra, a student ofSt. Stanislaus’ High School, Lohardaga, got drowned on

Jesuits and their wonderful and excellent work. A veryfewJesuits compared to the world population changed theworld. “Today we too are called to follow the same legacyof our forefathers” was the core point to reflect and live.

Our Founder Father’s Feast was celebratedwith great pomp and show. Our Premal Jyoti Communitywent to Sugad, the Gujrati Novitiate, to witness the FirstProfession of our four young Jesuits. One among themis from the Eastern African Province. Fr. Jerome waspresent to represent the Eastern African Province. We feltthe universality of the Society very much there. The eveningwas very colourful. The Scholastics and the Pre-novicesbrought cheers and smiles in the Community with theirsongs, dances and skits. We bid adieu to the celebrationwith the Nagpuri dance and song “Ae re mor Punam reshadi na hobe moir jabun….”

Sch. Valentine Sinduria

SSC, SITAGARHWe – Alok, Anil, Kuldeep, Lazarus and Pramod – reachedSSC Sitagarha on 30th June. We were accorded a

warm welcome by Fr. Patras Tirkey, Rector, Fr. Davidraj,Dean and other community members. This year we are25 juniors from 7 different provinces. We began ourJuniorate programme with two days of orientationprogramme. On 2nd July, we had inaugural Holy Massof the Holy Spirit celebrated by Fr. Francis Kurien,provincial of Hazaribag. The entire SSC family, - novices,juniors, tertians and the staff members - participatedin it.

As we began our courses, Fr. Bob Slattery gave ussome input on different dynamics of IPP programme aboutgroup studies. Fr. Michael Eather offered us a course for aweek on Communication Skills in English. On 20th July,we had an input session on Ecology by a tertian whoinspired us to be more eco-friendly. The impact wasthat we planted many saplings in our compound.St. Ignatius’ feast was celebrated in a grand way. The guestsfrom neighboring religious communities were invited forfellowship meal on this occasion.

Lazarus Basumatary

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July 17 at Koel River close to the Lohardaga railwaystation. He was 16 year old. After the Sunday Mass hehad gone with some of his friends to take bath in theKoel river. He was sucked into the whirlpool; hiscompanions could not rescue him. The following dayI joined the bereaved family and relatives for the funeralat his native village Konkeya, Dorma Parish. Fr. PatrickTete was operated upon for cataract of his right eye on20 July in Ranchi. After resting in Manresa for a coupleof days he returned on 29 July in order to be presentfor the Feast of St. Ignatius. 85 Kanke youth participatedin a career guidance seminar which had been organizedat Banhora on 17 July. They found it extremely helpful.Being a Sunday a big number of parishioners joined usfor the feast of St. Ignatius. Tarunoday theologians withtheir melodious singing made the Eucharist solemn andprayerful. After the Mass the parishioners put up a short“swagat” programme. They surprised us with a giftof second hand Maruti van. The Beck Family fromPrem Nagar has donated it for the common use of theparishioners.

Emmanuel Horo S.J.

PATRACHAULIOn July 1, Patrachauli gladly welcomed two SCJMsisters – Dayawanti and Jyoti. On 17th July St. Joseph’s

Middle School organized an eye check-up camp for thestudents and the people of the locality. An eye specialistdoctor was invited and about 150 people benefitted bythis programme. On the same day Patrachauli youthcommittee started khassi (he-goat) football tournamentwhich was concluded on 31st July. The response was quiteencouraging. 10 teams of boys and 8 teams of girls tookpart in the tourney.

On the feast of St. Ignatius graceful presence ofBishop Binay Kandulna doubled our joy. He was themain celebrant of the solemn festive Eucharist on theoccasion. He encouraged the parishioners andappreciated Fr. Lalit Tigga (PP) and his team fororganizing such a programme for the faithful. Footballmatches were attractions of the day. Mr. Bandhu Tirkey,local MLA and former HRD minister, Jharkhand, wasthe chief guest for the soccer tournament. He encouragedthe gathering to explore and promote local athletictalents for better future of the village youth. The winnerand runner-up teams were awarded one khassi each.The youth committee under the guidance of Fr. Lalitconducted the programme successfully. It brought theparishioners together and gave them a sense ofunity.

Fr. John Crus

ASSAM MISSION

BALIPARAFr. Xavier Lakra reached Tezpur / Balipara safely on4th July after his European tour along with Fr. Henry Barla.Fr Henry had an opportunity to meet the members ofour three communities namely Tezpur S.J. Nirmal Chaya,St. Xavier’s college Sonabheel and also the BaliparaJesuit Community members. On 6th July, we left for theannual retreat to Shillong Jesuit Novitiate. By evening,12 members out of 18 reached the Novitiate. In Assamwe had so much of heat and sweating but during theretreat we had really a wonderful weather which helpedus to pray and deepen our God experiences. Fr. HenryBarla was also very eager to share his deep and longexperiences, insights and biblical knowledge and lead

us on the deeper level of God experience. In his talks,sharing and guidance he challenged us to be frontier men,missionaries who are laying foundation for the cominggeneration. All of us were very grateful to Fr. Henry for hisguidance during our retreat. All of us were filled withgreater enthusiasm and zeal to work as pioneers andmissionaries in the Assam Mission. On 14th July eveningtogether with the novices we had a short felicitation forour two golden Jubilarians namely Frs. Severius Ekkaand James Lakra. On 15th morning, we left for ourrespective communities.

Fr. James and Sr. Pratibha H.C got busy inpreparing the people in different villages and tea gardens

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for the feast of St. Ignatius, preparing the youth withvarious dances and hymns for the liturgy. Fr. Theodorehas managed to put marble tiles for the floor in the newChurch. We had the solemn liturgical celebrationpresided over by the Mission Superior Xavier Lakraand homily preached by Fr. James Lakra, on the feast ofSt. Ignatius. The youth of the Balipara was fully involvedin preparing the feast of St. Ignatius and to show theirgratitude and love to us, Jesuits, by presenting a varietyentertainment programme for 2 hours, including a smallskit based on the life of Ignatius how he decided to workfor the greater glory of God. All the parishioners weregiven snacks and tea after the programme; and teachers,professors, Mahila Shakti and Gana Chetna Samajcollaborators were served festive meal. In the evening theBishop, priests and religious of nearby parishes andconvents were invited for the prayer cum supper to SJNirmal Chaya House Tezpur. Some 50 guests were thereto share our joy. Frs. George and Anupchand hadmeticulously prepared for the evening gathering at TezpurHouse. Meanwhile Scholastic Rosario was busy with hisbooks preparing for his M.A First year’ IGNOU Exams.In spite of heat and humidity he sat tight at his desk andprepared for the exams and finished well his first semesterexams on 31st July. Now he is busy looking after 104boarding boys of St. John’s School.

Tezpur House: Fr. Anupchand Minj has joined theAssam Mission on 17th June. Fr. George had been toTripura- Agartala to conduct 5 days of seminar onCapacity Building Programme for Para-legal Personnel;this project is supported by “Mensen met een Missie,” theNetherlands. In the first year 20 Para Legal personnelwill be trained. The same seminar was conducted at GanaChetna Samaj Tezpur. This is the network of the NorthEast Tribes. There were 20 participants cum 4 resourcepersonnel at Tripura where, as in Tezpur, there were 18participants and 4 resource personnel. Miss Annie hadcome to Assam and stayed with us from 16-23 July andshe helped Fr. Anupchand make the entries, and also afew men were called to clarify their accounts. Fr.Anupchand has kept himself busy with the entries of

various accounts of different communities of theMission.

Xavier Lakra

ST. XAVIER’S JUNIOR COLLEGE, SONABHEELOn 2nd July, the college conducted an elocution contest.The students expressed their ideas quite forcefully bothin English and Assamese languages. For co-curricularactivities many clubs have been formed. The speech clubconducted their competition. Miss Mira Brahma andPuja Devi bagged the first position in English andAssamese respectively. The admission for class XI isgoing on. The number of admission has doubled. This yearthe new admission in the college may cross 250. Thoughthe location of the college is in a village, the studentsfrom all walks of life are seeking admission in the college.Looking at the results of the new comers, the collegerealizes that most of the students have poor results inclass X.

The college will have to work hard to bring out asatisfactory result. Since the college has ample rooms,it is going to provide different facilities for the studentsto learn and thus improve their results. The college hasintroduced Computer learning, and Cooperativelearning method is used. For personal care and buildingup of trust and confidence between the students and staffmentoring system is introduced. To create interest inreading books and self study Library period isintroduced. The students are motivated to read somereference books. They should not confine to readingonly the text books.

On 3rd July, the college declared summer recessfor a month, but the college remained open for newadmissions for class – XI. As the Degree College willhave to wait for one more year, the Junior College willoccupy the whole building.

Under the Outreach Programme the college istrying to get in touch with the Open University system.Assam state has started K.K. Handique State OpenUniversity. It functions like Open University. It is meant

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for Assam; so besides other mediums Assamese mediumhas been introduced. The college is requesting the OpenUniversity to get a study center in the college. Allneighborhood people can enroll in K.K.H.S. OpenUniversity and try to get degrees and create a betterprospect for their future.

OutreachOn 1st July, an awareness programme for fight

for one’s rights was held at Sonabheel ground. All thecoordinators and volunteers for non-formal educationparticipated. They also took active part in the rally whichwas held at their block office. All the volunteers learntvery much about their rights. They have promised that theywould share their knowledge and experiences in theirrespective units.

The girls’ hockey team under the banner of SportsDevelopment Program played 3 friendly matches atAssam Valley School. Though the players were new tothe game, they did not allow their opponents to win. Theirenthusiasm has gone so high that they keep up theirpractice even in heavy rain.

On 17th July, the youth of the Parish gathered fortheir monthly meeting. After the mass during the meetingeach unit shared its experiences. Now the youth ismotivated to fight for their rights. Every unit is trying to getinformation about the govt. project like NREGA andPDS.

Through RTI the detailed information is sought.Through different tea board welfare departments’ youthare motivated to apply for some schemes. This willmake their economic status stable. For students manysources are available for scholarship. The youth aremade aware of these facilities. They are trying toparticipate actively in the celebration of St. Ignatius feast.By participating in these celebrations they are becomingaware of the charism and vision of St. Ignatius of Loyolaand the Society of Jesus.

Fr. James Lakra

KATHALGURIFr. Henry and Xavier visited Kathalguri on 16th July. Theconstruction work of the Sisters’ convent is gettingcomplete and also the Fathers’ residence, Boys’ hosteland HALL on top of the school building. Toilet block ofLoyola school is ready. At Jacobpur, the top two roomsare still to be finished. Fr. Jerome had been to Dumka toattend Santali Course from 1-16 May.

Fr. Lawrentus was chosen to represent NorthEast for IGSSS Projects for Analysis of BaselineSurveys of the area and Monitoring & EvaluationSystem for the annual meeting at Patna from 6-10 July.There were 22 participants namely cluster coordinatorsand IGSSS Staff. Due to this meeting Lawrentus didnot join the annual retreat at Shillong. Fr. Mukul hadbeen to Delhi to purchase the books for the SchoolLibrary.

Feast of St. Ignatius started with the Eucharist inthe morning with the faithful followed by a culturalprogramme. Catholic Sabha, Mahila Sangh, Youthleaders and Catechists joined for the meal with theFathers and the rest of the faithful were served snacks.St. Anne’s sisters from Damanpur joined us in theEucharist in the morning. In the evening guests from theneigbouring parishes were invited for dinner.

Fr. Mukul Lakra

MUSHALPURFr. Vital has been suffering from cold and cough formore than 2 weeks due to which he could not join thecommon annual retreat at Shillong. Now he is still weakbut day by day his health condition is improving. He isplanning to join the retreat of the Parish priests at Ranchi.Frs. Xavier and Henry visited Mushalpur on 15th July.Construction work of the Middle School is coming up fast.Fr. Pradeep wrote his M.A. exams towards the end ofJune and he had been to Dumka to meet his elder brother.Two Sisters attended the Boro course in BongaigaonDiocese from 1-16 July.

Fr. Vital Ekka

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MANAS BANSBARIThe family members wanted to celebrate the goldenjubilee of Fr. Severius Ekka in the village duringsummer. Therefore, Fr. Severius had been to Katkahi inthe month of May. The celebration was simple butmeaningful. Then Fr. Severius came to Ranchi and attendedthe Province days after many years and he was happythat he attended the Province days. Frs. Henry Barlaand Xavier visited Manas Bansbari on 18th July on theirway back to Tezpur. On this day there was a short goldenJubilee celebration of Fr. Severius along with the St. Anne’sSisters and Fathers from the Barpeta Road community.The construction work of St. Xavier’s school is coming toits completion. Meanwhile the construction of St. Anne’sConvent is coming up. The foundation is already laid.Fr. Ajay had been to Dumka and Ranchi for a shortbreak before the opening of the school on 2nd August.

Fr. Ajay Tirkey. S. J.

PENGREEFr. Beni had been to Ranchi for some urgent works andTelesphore was busy with land settlement of Bogapanidue to which they did not join our annual retreat. Theconstruction works for the time being has stopped dueto lack of funds, but the girls’ hostel is half done and alsothe garage for the vehicle. The first floor of St. Stanislaus’School Konapathar is not yet complete either.

Fr. Dominic Topno

ASSAM: A MISSION TO BIND US TOGETHERAfter some persistent request from Fr. Xavier Lakra,I had agreed to help out our men in the Assam Missionin their annual retreat at the Jesuit Novitiate, Shillong(July 7-14). The Novitiate itself is located on a smallhill, quite expansive and pollution-free place with lushgreen meadows and lovely pine trees. The atmosphereand hospitality were unbeatable, conducive, and extragenerous. (Fr. Richard Jarain the Superior cum NoviceDirector, and Fr. Yanlumo Yanthan the Administrator werestudents during my VJ Delhi years.) Our retreatantstotaled twelve (out of eighteen) among who were twogolden jubilarians in Society: Frs. Severius Ekka and JamesE. Lakra, who were duly but modestly felicitated.

The retreat itself, proved to be challenging perhapsmore for me than for the retreatants, because of the dailyincreasing realization I had in our prayers and sharings ofthe immense enterprise that our Province has acceptedfrom the Lord and missioned men who are pioneers in thelength and breadth of Assam (ca. 950 kms). They are theones who are laying the foundations at various points. Inthe later years, when fresh contingent arrives there, theywill reap where others will have laboured. I was unable tovisit Pengree, at the eastern end on the map. It’s only fouryears since our Province has officially taken over themission from the Kohima Region with whom very warmrelationship continues. And wherever our men are,despite all basic inconveniences, lots of infrastructures arecoming up, especially school buildings. (The universitycollege building is yet to start.) Except at Balipara, whichwas the launching pad, our Jesuits are housed in makeshifthuts. Kathalguri still remains without electricity, and theirdilapidated hut might collapse any moment. It’s leaninglike the famous Tower of Pisa! When a devastatingtornado rages at night, Fathers in their pyjamas orwhatever keep holding firmly the wooden supports of thehut, fearing it might be blown a few kms away any time.

St. Xavier’s Junior College (Sonabheel) and StXavier’s School (Mushalpur) have just shown the wayhow with a safe and loving atmosphere, along withsufficient encouragement, the students’ dreams can cometrue. Staff ties with students matter a lot. And if bondbetween them firms up, students will develop andcompete with their counterparts from any otherinstitutions. Srs. at Kathalguri, who collaborate withJesuits in schools, are convinced that regular attentionand personal interest from the staff and managementhave already begun to produce hopeful results. Therefore,keeping a sustained tab on the students appears to be aconditio sine qua non if our students can move fromscratch to success. And if we have learnt to work hardourselves, we can inculcate in our students the passion forworking harder day by day.

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The Assam Mission will be a successful one for it’sthe Lord’s vineyard and we have there the “servants ofChrist’s mission” labouring with him. The Lievens missionbegan with many birth pangs, but our pioneeringstalwarts didn’t count the cost of sacrifice and life, andworked shoulder to shoulder with one other. We Adivasisvalue our community life as the asset. But as we join theSJ, that quality sometimes gets derailed somewhere alongthe way, and our life and relationship become superficial,bureaucratic, and unsatisfactory with others in our Jesuitcommunities rather than communion, dialogue, mutualesteem, and trust (GC 35 D 2, n. 19). Consequently, ourmission suffers and individuals get burn out. So theunion of minds and hearts (GC 32 d. 11) will remainperennially valid for all of us, whether in Assam orRanchi.

In fine, my deep sentiments of gratitude go toFr. Xavier Lakra, who took me round to meet our menand mission. We covered two thousand plus kms in fivedays. My thanks also go to each of our Jesuit companionswhom I met after some years, and who welcomed useverywhere with open hearts. – Before signing off I wantto strongly affirm that the opinions and reflection expressedhere are very personal and nothing official about them.Nor have I aimed to cast any aspersions on any one. Amillion apologies, however, if it sounds “preachy” or even“motivated.”

Henry Barla

men at certain stages of formation for the Assam Mission.More needs to be done locally, perhaps by way oforganizing vocation camps in any one of our centres there.St. John’s School (Balipara) seems to me the best bet forhosting such camps. This also means we need a vocationpromoter in the mission who can travel and contact theprospective candidates. Preparing brochures containingour ministries is also imperative. All this goes to say thatwe can’t depend for long on personnel coming fromRanchi. Local vocations indicate Church’s roots have gonedeep and vice versa!

Finally, as Fr. Xavier Lakra and me duo moved fromplace to place, meeting our men and seeing the buildingworks and numerous apostolates going on (George’s GanaChetana Samaj and Laurentus’ Social Work are just twoexamples), I have been overwhelmed by the magnanimityof various funding agencies who have understood ourselfless commitment to the people’s welfare and continueto accept almost all the projects. Fr. Xavier leaves no stoneunturned in doing whatever he can in looking for funds: somuch concerned he is for the Assam Mission. I think, he isthe best “beggar” in the Province. – And, here is the keypoint that came to my mind so often during my briefsojourn there: Does each of our communities and centresexperience any solidarity with our men and mission inAssam? If yes, how do we express it? They are living onalms: they have no extra source of income. Besides ourfervent prayers is there any way to support them and theirwork despite our poverty? I am reminded of how theeconomically very poor communities of Macedonia andPhilippi generously gave money to Paul so that he couldhelp the churches, even the church of Jerusalem, that werehard up (2 Cor 8,1-9; Phil 4,14-20). Let me make aconcrete suggestion, one that hit my mind rather frequently.If law allows, when we make our annual budget, is itpossible to set aside a minimum of Rs 2,000.00 for ourbrethren and their apostolic works in the Assam Mission?Even if symbolic, that would be a concrete demonstrationof our active involvement and communion with ourbrethren. After all, the Assam Mission is ours, notaltogether theirs only.

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BRITISH PROVINCE, UNITED KINGDOMIt’s a summer holiday here in Great Britain. After a hecticacademic exercise or a tight professional schedulepeople here value the importance of ‘summer break’ wherefamilies of friends head towards some exotic locationsin Europe or elsewhere just to refresh themselves andrenew their family ties. We, the overseas students are aprivileged lot to enjoy somewhat similar opportunities.The British province is quite magnanimous in makingsure that we visit some of the neighbouring Europeancountries either for retreats, for learning foreign languagesor for a well deserved break. On 5th July, many of ouryoung theologians studying here went for the “ArrupeMonth” in Spain for a month-long shared reflection cumretreat. They were destined to have visited some of theplaces of historical significance for us Jesuits especiallyLoyola. They are expected to be back to London by thefirst week of August.

The end of June and the early July saw Wimbledonabuzz with fun and frolic. It felt as if Wimbledon had turnedinto a global village. The reason was that one of the fourmajor grand slam tournaments, and the most prestigiousone, Wimbledon happening in our own back yard. Yes,the famous Lawn Tennis Club is just about five minutes’walk from our Jesuit residence. There were unbelievablescenes of camaraderie, jostling crowds wanting to get inside the stadia, the great tradition of warmth andpleasantries and above all for the first time one could hearmany dialects and languages being spoken in theneighbourhood. It was such a refreshing change from arather quiet and solemnly pensive atmosphere that hasbecome so identical with Wimbledon village.

We extend our deep felt sorrow and heartycondolences to Fr Amar Bage on the sad demise of hisbeloved mother. He was extremely fortunate to have madein time for the funeral as he was visiting Ranchi to strengthenhis research plans. Our prayers are with him and his familyand look forward to seeing him back soon to complete hisresearch work.

Having completed his three-month stint at St.Beuno’s Spirituality Centre, Wales Fr Raymond is backto his original community at Manresa House, Birmingham.According to him his stay at Beuno’s has been extremelyrewarding and has reinvigorated his inner search andknowledge for Ignatian spirituality. Fr Vinod paid him ashort visit on 9-11 July and spent some quiet momentshimself at the centre.

Since many of our fellow Jesuits were either onholiday trips or attending some summer language schools,the Inigo day, 31st July here was a very low-key affair.Fr Raymond joined the novices for a quiet but a verymeaningful day at Birmingham. Fr Vinod joined hisfellow Jesuits of the other two houses for a very simplecelebration of the Eucharist at Sacred Heart Church,Wimbledon. They were joined by quite a sizeablenumber of parishioners, who were invited for a glassof wine and cake. Fr Tim Curtis, the Director ofJesuit Missions and the Superior of Xavier and FavreHouse arranged a barbecue for those still around inthe evening. It went off pretty well and everyone had agood time.

Vinod Sushil Soreng.

DIASPORA

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BIRTHDAYS

August September

01 Lakra James 02 Delporte Anthony

04 Ekka John 04 Kerketta Patrick

Toppo Suman Prabhat Xess Isayas

05 Ekka Juel 07 Ekka Severius

Barla Rajenius 08 Kadookunnel Anthony

Hassapurty Anuranjan Saras Ajit

10 Surin Willian Kullu Elias

Ekka Cyprian 10 Soreng Yacub

11 Toppo Hilarius Kujur Dharamsheel

12 Lakra Telesphore 12 Kerketta Elvius

13 Dungdung Linus 13 Kindo Beatus

Xalxo Prem 14 Tigga John Crus

14 Xalxo Yacub 15 Bara David

Tirkey Modestus 16 Ekka Patras

15 Toppo Samuel Tirkey Alexius

Kerketta George Ekka Anthony

18 Soreng Charles 21 Toppo Christopher Raju

21 Van Vinckel steve Bage Tej Mati

26 Xess Ajit Kumar Dang Edwin

28 Dungdung Emil 23 Kujur Linus

Ekka Sanjay Kujur Pingal

29 Jonckheere Florent 24 Tirkey Ignatius

30 Kullu Jayaprakash N. Mennini Piergiorgio

Kullu Pradeep

25 Baxla Tej Kumar

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY