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JAMSHEDPUR JESUITS

LOYOLA NIWAS, SAKCHI, JAMSHEDPUR, INDIAVol. 61, No. 03 MARCH 2014

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Fr Bernhard Bürgler Provincial of the Austrian Province (ASR).

Fr Ivan Bresciani Provincial of the Slovenia Province (SVN).

Fr Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal (VEN), Delegate for the International Houses in Rome.

Fr Gianfranco Matarazzo Provincial of the Italian Province (ITA).

Alex Mascarenhas - Teacher, St. Xavier's Inter College, Lupungutu.

Alex Misquith - Acting Superior, (PP), St. Xavier's School, Basahatu.

Benjamin Lakra - Minister & Treasurer, St. Paul Miki's, Bordor.

Bernard Bodra - Acting Superior, (PP), St. Ignatius' Rengra.

Francis Bodra - Headmaster, St. John's School, Tepasai

Jayaprakash D'Souza - Teacher, St. Xavier's School, Tundi.

John Sumbrui - Coordinator, (PP), St. Paul Miki's, Bordor.

Niranjan Minj - Province Coordinator for Vocations, Divya Bharati, Chaibasa.

Sushil Jojo - Acting Superior, (PP), St. John's, Tepasai.

Alfred Bodra: Teacher, Minister, Director of Hostel, Rutungia

Arockia Das: Assigned to XIMB & XU; Minister & Treasurer Xavier Residence, XIMB.

Benedict Kujur: Pastoral outreach, Sambalpur Diocese

Bhincent Bhengra: Guided Pastoral Ministry, Rutungia

Bipin Kujur: Teacher, Minister & Treasurer St. Joseph's School, Kendrapara

Blacius Ekka: Director, HLC, Puri

Charlie Pereira: LES Treasurer (Additional Responsibility)

Henry Albert: Guided Diaconate Ministry,

Tumudibandha

Johnson Lakra: Regency, St. Xavier's School, Rutungia

Joseph Anthony: Acting Superior & Teacher, St Xavier's Rutungia

Jyoti Ranjan Sanga: Secretary, Minister, Treasurer & Director of Hostel, Pajikeri

Mukti Clarence: Guided Pastoral Ministry, Minister & Treasurer, Tangrain

Praful Barla: Coordinator, Pajikeri (Additional Responsibility)

Renny Abraham: Director, Sahavikas, Phulbani, & VRO Project.

Vincent Vinod Fernandes: Asst. Headmaster (Additional Responsibility)

APPOINTMENTS BY THE HOLY FATHER

Consultants of the Congregation for Oriental Churches:

Fr. Massimo Pampaloni (ITA), Fr. Philippe Luisier (HEL),

Fr. Michael Kuchera (MAR), Fr. Georges Ruyssen (BSE).

APPOINTMENTS BY FATHER GENERAL

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PROVINCIAL

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MISSION SUPERIOR

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ORDINATION:

Fr. Deepak Sanjay Ekka

ORDINATION:

Fr. Anil Ajay Kerketta

ORDINATION:

Fr. Mukti Clarence

ORDINATION:

Fr. Bhincent Bhengra

AMDA: Growing from Strength to

Strength

BORDOR: Bordor Beyond Borders

DHYAN ASHRAM, KOLKATA: Sky’s the Limit - Never Give Up!

DNC, PUNE: Porob Phenomena

DNS, DIGWADIH: United We Stand

Together

GURUKUL: Give Peace a Chance

INIGO NIWAS: Formation Unlimited

JESU BHAVAN: Returning to the

Roots

LCE, JSR: Learning Beyond

Classrooms

LENTEN MESSAGE FROM POPE

FRANCIS

LOYOLA SCHOOL, JSR: Loyola’s Teaching Methodology Reaches

Vietnam

RETIRING WITH GRACE

LUPUNGUTU: Walking Hand in Hand

RTC, RANCHI: Walk the Talk with

Nature

RUTUNGIA: Defining Moments

TRTC: Vibrant and Forward Looking

TUMUDIBANDHA: Cooperation is the

Name of the Game

TUNDI: Opening the Third Innings

XITE: A Health(y) Reach Out

XLRI: Cent-per-Cent

CRI -SPECIAL REPORT: The Emerging Indian Scenario and the Response of

the Religious

ANNOUNCEMENT: Vocation Camp

ANNOUNCEMENT: Education Commission

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JAMSHEDPUR JESUITS02 MARCH 2014

PROVINCIAL'S PROGRAMME MARCH 2014

01� - Competency Development Workshop for Young Priests, XLRI, JSR.

02 � - Young Priests Forum Meeting, Loyola Jamshedpur.

04 � - Governing Board Meeting , Loyola, Jamshedpur.

05� - Governing Board Meeting, LCE, Jamshedpur.

07 - 08� - Extended Consult, Upasasana, Mango.

09 � - Canonical Consult on Terna.

10 - 11 � - Visitation: Chaira and Rerua.

12 � - Diocesan Consult, Jamshedpur.

13 � - Governing Body Meeting, De, Nobili, Digwadih.

16 a.m. - Finance Commission Meeting, Jamshedpur.

p.m. - Province Consult.17� - Meeting with SJT

Provincial, Jamshedpur.

18 � - TATA Steel CSR Advisory Council Meeting, Jamshedpur.

19� - Governing Board Meetings of Xaviers Chaibasa and TRTC, Lupungutu.

20� - Governing Board Meeting, XITE, Jamshedpur.

21� - Governing Board Meeting, CSWC, Amda.

22� - Board of Governors' Meeting and Convocation, XLRI, Jamshedpur.

24� - Governing Board Meetings of OJS and LES, Bhubaneswar.

25� - Board of Governors' Meeting and Convocation, XIM, Bhubaneswar.

Sanjay Ekka was ordained a priest on 28 January 2014 by Most Rev. Paul Lakra, DD, Bishop of Gumla Diocese in Deogaon parish. The parishioners carried the Bishop and Sanjay on a 'Palki' with the traditional beat of

the Nagara up to the parish. The school girls at the entrance were ready to take over for the entrance dance. There were nearly 40 priests including 17 Jesuits priests of our province to witness his ordination. During the Mass , the Bishop quoted the words of Saint John Marie Vianney in his sermon and said – 'Leave a parish for twenty years without a priest and they will end by worshiping the beasts there for a priest is not a priest for himself but he is a priest for you...' Deogaon parish along with his far and near relatives were overjoyed to see their son at the altar. The school children and youth linked their hands together to make the day a memorable one. The choir sang with their hearts on their tongue while the dances added color to the event. Whereas the members of Mahila Sang were active serving the guests throughout the day, Alok and Neelam were there with their camera to capture the event on their lenses.

Soon after the Ordination Mass, Sanjay's family and relatives honored Most Rev. Bishop by presenting the traditional tribal 'Gamcha'.

Then the newly ordained priest was felicitated by the villagers and well wishers. The villagers put up a beautiful skit for Sanjay. The Jamshedpur Jesuits took every one by surprise by singing a scintillating 'Ho' song to wish Sanjay. Fr. Joe Surin, the Delegate of the Provincial, presented a framed photo of Sanjay as a memento to the family, and said ‘We are taking Sanjay with us, but he will be with you always in and through this framed photo.' And in his speech he welcomed and coaxed many young men like Sanjay to join Jamshedpur Province. Banners were displayed and leaflets were distributed to the young men to encourage more youngmen to join the priesthood and religious life from this parish.

O n t h e e v e o f 2 7 January, the Jesuits from J a m s h e d p u r w e r e welcomed to Sanjay's family with traditional drum 'dhank baza' and ' s h a h n a i ' . T h e t w o Sisters from Rengra were welcomed as well. Sanjay introduced his family members to the guests in what we call

such an evening as “meet and greet”. Soon after that he went to the parish to prepare himself spiritually. His uncle, Amrit Kujur, popularly known as 'father mamu' was there to help Sanjay.

- Neelam Sanjeev Kerketta

Anil Ajay Kerketta was ordained a priest on 30 January by Rt. Rev. Bishop Vincent Barwa DD, Bishop of Simdega Diocese, in the presence of about 50 priests at Sa langapose in the p r e m i s e s o f Salangapose primary school. The campus was adorned exquisitely for this auspicious occasion. The ordination ceremony began at 9:00 am where Anil Ajay's brother and sister-in-law

accompanied him to the altar to labour for the Lord's vineyard forever… a p r i e s t f o r e v e r according to the order of M e l c h i s e d e c k . T h e D e l e g a t e o f F r . Provincial, Fr. Joseph S u r i n , p r e s e n t e d Deacon Anil Ajay to the Bishop to be ordained. Anil Ajay surrendered and o ffered h imsel f

before the altar that had the caption “You did not choose me but I chose you” Jn. 15:16.

PRIESTLY ORDINATION OF FR. ANIL AJAY KERKETTA

PRIESTLY ORDINATION OF FR. DEEPAK SANJAY EKKA

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15 February 2014 will be remembered as a red letter day not only for the province of Jamshedpur but also for Mukti Clarence, as for the first time ever that Jamshedpur Province has had any vocation from Bihar for Jamshedpur. Mukti was ordained a priest in his own home parish of Chuhri of Bettia Diocese on that day. It was a solemn occasion as the Archbishop of Patna, Most Rev. William D'Souza, (needless to mention that he once was the parish priest of the same parish himself was there to ordain Deacon Mukti a priest in the presence of a good n u m b e r o f P a t n a Jesuits, most of whom were related to Mukti, and diocesan and other p r i e s t s n u m b e r i n g about 40. Jamshedpur P rov ince was we l l represented for the auspicious occasion by the Provincial, Fr Mike T. Raj h imsel f , the

Mission Superior, Fr Tony S Raj, PCF, Fr Joe Surin, the Assistant PP of Tangrain Parish, Fr Alfred Bodra, Fr George Thana and two of our RTC Ranchi theologians Ranjit Minj and Rethesh.

The whole of Chuhri Parish pitched in to make the day a solemn

occasion and a great success. The whole program was an amalgamation of the Bihar and Jharkhand culture. Prior to the ordination the whole Basti (inhabitants of Mukti's village) of Mukti led him to the parish (which is just a stone's throw away distance from his house) dancing with the music and 'shahnaai' as “Barat”

When the time came for the family to hand over their son Mukti to the Bishop, his mother, brother and sister-in-law led Mukti to the altar placing before him the “Dalia” (bamboo basket)

After briefly explaining to the deacon the nobility of the call to the priesthood the Bishop laid his hands on Anil and anointed him a priest and, thereafter, Anil had the 'good feeling' of

having all the priests present lay their hands on his head in blessing.At the end of the priestly ordination, the priests who came all the way from Jamshedpur, greeted and congratulated the newly ordained priest. The Delegate, Fr. Joseph Surin, thanked the entire family and parish for offering Anil to Jamshedpur Province. On the eve of the ordination, the PCF and the other priests from Jamshedpur were warmly welcomed to Anil's home. Our Jam priests witnessed the

people's joy over the ordination of Anil as they welcomed him and the entire contingent of priests with Nagada, Mandar, dance and singing. As is the custom , the feet of the guests are washed but due to the biting cold, their hands only were washed. The entire family was introduced to us . Fr. Joseph Surin , representing the Provincial, draped a shawl over Anil's brother and his wife and presented a memento of Anil to remind them that while the

Province was accepting their gift of Anil to work in the vineyard in Jamshedpur Diocese, the Provincial was leaving behind a large framed picture of Anil for them to recall their supreme sacrifice of Anil to labour as a priest.

- Ignatius Dungdung

PRIESTLY ORDINATION OF FR. MUKTI CLARENCE

MISSION SUPERIOR'S PROGRAMME MARCH 2014

2� - �Budget Meeting & Mission Consult

5� -�GB Meeting of HLC, Bhubaneswar

7 - 9� - Extended and Canonical Consult, Jamshedpur

10� - Vocation Promoters Meeting, Rutungia

11� - Contact Visit - Rutungia

12 - Minjaponka - Contact Visit

16� - Finance Commission Meeting & Province Consult

24� -�GB Meeting of OJS & LES

25 � -�GB Meeting & Convocation – XIMB, Bhubaneswar

28� - Contact Visit – Tumudibandha

29-30� - Contact Visit - Pajikeri

Fr. Paul Mathew has been granted by Fr. Superior General, Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, the requested indult of exclaustration valid for a period of three years, starting from 10 February 2014.

Sch S Anthony Bodra left the Society on 08 February 2014.

STATUS

GOOD BYE

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OPPOSITION TO THE BRIEF OF SUPPRESSION

The letter of the Archbishop of P a r i s , C h r i s t o p h e r d e Beaumont, to the Holy Father dated April 24, 1774, opposing the Suppression:

[Continuation of the letter from the previous issue]

“In any case, Holy Father, it is

impossible for me to ask the clergy

to accept the Brief; for in the first

place, I would not be listened to,

were I unfortunate enough to lend

the aid of my ministry to its

acceptance. [...]

Moreover, if it is true that the

Order is to be condemned under

the specious pretext of the

impossibility of peace, as long as

the Society exists, why not try it on

those bodies which are jealous of

the Society? [...]

“For what is that peace which is

incompatible with this Society?

The question is startling in the

reflection it evokes; for we fail to

understand how such a motive had

the power to induce Your Holiness

to adopt a measure which is so

hazardous, so dangerous, and so

prejudicial. Most assuredly the

peace which is irreconcilable with

the existence of the Society is the

peace which Jesus Christ calls

insidious, false, deceitful. In a

word what the Brief designates as

peace is not peace; Pax, pax et non

erat pax. It is the peace which vice

and libertinism adopt; it is the

peace which cannot ally itself with

virtue, but which on the contrary

has always been the principal

enemy of virtue.“It is precisely that peace against which the piety of the Jesuits in the four quarters of the world have declared an active, a vigorous, a bloody warfare; which they have carried to the limit and in which they have achieved the greatest success. To put an end to that peace, they have devoted their talents; have undergone pain and

to put his feet into to walk till the altar. Another touching symbolic gesture was Mukti washing the feet of the relatives and lay people of the parish before the ordination symbolizing that a priest is at the service of the Church, the spouse of Christ. It was indeed a touching gesture for all.

The crowd was mind blowing which included the boys and girls of the parish who also took care of all the dances, Bible dance and offertory, as it happens in Ranchi area. The choir was excellent with the priest and religious candidates leading the choir with their voices

lifting up our hearts and spirits. After the ordination a grand felicitation program was arranged by the parishioners and the school children. The parish members and the school boys and girls put up a spectacular show to the amazement of the large gathering The whole program ended with the fellowship meal “Agape” for all, which, of course, was the climax and indication of a well organized religious gathering. No wonder all went back with the feeling of déjà vu.

- Joseph Surin

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SUPPRESSION and

RESTORATION (No. 8)

The priestly ordination of Dn. Bhincent Bhengra, to remember, was record breaking, indeed. An exaggeration, of course, but also

a genuine expression of my mood at that time. Dn. Bhincent was ordained a priest by the most reverend Bp Kishore Kumar Kujur, DD, Bishop of R o u r k e l a i n t h e c o u r t y a r d o f S t . M a r y ' s C a t h o l i c Church, Sundargarh on 22 February 2014. D n B h i n c e n t B h e n g r a , t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n o f priests numbering about 45 (17 from Jamshedpur) and the Rev. Bp Kishore were led to the altar in a procession, with more than a hundred ladies, girls and little girls dressed in all colours possible, dancing. Frs. Mike T Raj, the Provincial, S Tony, the Mission Superior, were on either side of the ordaining prelate. Our Provincial, Fr Mike T Raj, as usual presented Dn Bhincent to the Bishop as he was brought to the altar with an Adivasi ritual. The encouraging and inspiring homily of Most Rev. Bp Kishore then began, where he explained the inner meaning of the sacrament and the demand of responsibility and accountab i l i ty for i t . Woolsie, Gyanprakash, Oscar Horo, Donald D'Silva and Praful Barla were some of those who formed the Jamshedpur contingent. Fr. Mike T Raj took charge of the proposing the vote of

thanks before the f inal b lessing. He expressed gratitude to the Bishop and Bhincent's family, and all the faithful present, for the generous gif t of Bhincent to Jamshedpur Province and Diocese. He also spelt out his feeling of perceiving the absence of younger men in the congregation with an obvious hint that they are too following the footsteps of Bhincent in the near future.

The previous evening with Bhincent's family was a memorable one for us. After the customary washing of hands, Ajit Soreng introduced us all to the family and villagers present. In turn, the family too was introduced to us. In the beautiful prayer before the banquet by Oscar Horo who prayed for Dn Bhincent, his parents, family, village and

villagers and all that we could think of. Finally, the Provincial blessed Bhincent and then honoured his p a r e n t s w i t h tradit ional shawls. Surely the Society accepted the gift of their son to work in the Lord's vineyard, b u t w e w e r e attempting to fill the void in their hearts with a framed picture

of their son - for them to remember their generous offering of Bhincent to the Society.

- Niranjan Minj

PRIESTLY ORDINATION OF FR. BHINCENT BHENGRA

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suffering. By their zeal and their eloquence they have striven to block every avenue of approach, by which this false peace might enter and rend the bosom of the Church; they have set the souls of men free from its thralldom, and they have pursued it to its innermost lair, making light of the danger and expecting no other reward for their daring, than the hatred of the licentious and the persecution of the ungodly.

“An infinite number of splendid illustrations of their courage might be adduced in the long succession of memorable achievements which have never been interrupted from the first moment of the Society's existence until the fatal day when the Church saw it die. If that peace cannot co-exist with the Society, and if the re-establishment of this pernicious peace is the motive of the destruction of the Jesuits, then the victims are crowned with glory and they end their career like the Apostles and Martyrs; but honest men are dismayed by this holocaust of piety and virtue.

“In this letter I am not constituting myself an apologist of the Jesuits; but I am placing before the eyes of Your Holiness the reasons which, in the present case, excuse us from obeying. I will not mention place or time, as it is an easy thing for Your Holiness to convince yourself of the truth of my utterance. Your Holiness is not ignorant of them. […]

“In a word, most Holy Father, the clergy of France, which is the most learned and most illustrious of Holy Church, and which has no other aim than to promote the glory of the Church, does now judge after deep reflection that the reception of the Brief of Your Holiness will cast a shadow on the glory of the clergy of France; and it does not propose to consent to a measure which, in ages to come, will tarnish its glory. By rejecting the Brief and by an active resistance to it our clergy will transmit to posterity a splendid example of integrity and of zeal for the Cathol ic Fa i th , fo r the prosperity of the Church and particularly for the honor of its Visible Head”

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Excerpts from: THOMAS CAMMPBELL, SJ, THE JESUITS (1534-1921): A History of the Society of Jesus from Its Foundation to the Present Time, NEW YORK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA PRESS, 1921. Pp 591-594.

O n 2 7 J a n u a r y, 2 0 1 4 D r. P. Krishnamurthy (President, DFIT), Dr. M. Shivakumar (Secretary, DFIT) and Dr. Luc Combhaire from Belgium came down to St. Peter Claver RCS and Referral Leprosy Hospital, Amda, to give the final say to the upcoming project of a 12-bed- hospital with a Lab.�The previous patients were discharged today, 30 January 2014, after the discharge forms were filled out by the physiotherapist and signed by the doctor.�On 14 February, Balaram Mahato went to Ranchi to attend the meeting with the State

Leprosy Officer.

Panneer came back from Chennai on 16 February 2014 after attending the

Project Holders meeting.

We had an important guest in the person of Most Rev. Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J. on the evening

of 22 February. He stayed overnight and proceeded to Siadih next morning for the

Silver Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration of Sr. Anasthasia Lakra, F.C. on 23 February. Both Panneer and I from Claver Bhavan also concelebrated in the Silver Jubilee Mass.

- Vijay Kachhap

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SUPPRESSION and

RESTORATION

Newly-ordained-Priest Benjamin Lakra, accompanied by his brother and sister-in-law, came back to Bordor from home on 31 January. The St. Paul Miki parishioners were eagerly waiting for him and welcomed him in the church on 2 February. He offered his first and solemn Ho Mass for the faithful. The same day, we had the anticipated feast day celebration of St. Paul Miki and the Annual Sports Day of the school. For the sports day, Mr. Rohit Rajpal, the D i r e c t o r o f E d u c a r e , Jamshedpur was the Chief Guest and Gregory D'Silva, the Guest of Honour. The children took part in the various events with lots of enthusiasm and allowed their latent talents to come through.

Oscar Horo's elder sister Miss Susana who is in Mandar, donated a 5 KVA. generator to Bordor. It was through Oscar's intervention that we got what was a crying need for all of us. We sincerely thank Miss Susana and the family

members for their generosity.

Niranjan says that the harvest is plenty so we need to go out. With this

idea he went out for vocation promotion for a week. Meanwhile, he also went to attend Deacon Bhincent's s Priestly Ordination. To better our level of competency with regard to accounts Benjamin and Niranjan went to Jamshedpur to attend the Workshop arranged by the Province Treasurer, K. M. Joseph. In

Loyola on 23 February.

Bene, after his almost three months stay in Jamshedpur for

the treatment of his sickness, came back to Bordor on 24 February. He says that he is alright now.

In the midst of Mage Porob, the students of St. Paul Miki are single mindedly waiting for their annual exams which are to begin from 4 March .The question papers are in the press.

- James Samad

The month of February was busy for the Juniors. Overall the classes are very intensive as the Juniorate studies are slowly approaching the last days of the final term. On

2 February, all the Juniors visited the Science City. It was a day of fun as well as acquiring visual knowledge of our universe. Just after two days, we had a chance to see all varieties of books at the International Book Fair. On 8 we had a community picnic at the p i c tu re pe r fec t su r round ings o f the

Sundarbans. We spent the whole day in a large motor boat relaxing and entertaining ourselves with different games, music, etc. On

19 both the Provincial, Mike T Raj, and the PCF, Joseph Surin, made their annual v is i tat ion to Dhyan Ashram. It was a happy moment in which they encouraged us to

'never give up' in our endeavour to put our whole heart and mind to do well in our studies.

- David Kullu

It has been a phenomenal month for us in which we witnessed a variety of happenings that took our breath away!

On 5 February evening, DNC community had the rare opportunity to listen and interact with Fr. Jose Gabriel Funes SJ, the d i r e c t o r o f t h e V a t i c a n Observatory, Rome. His highly intelligent and informative talk on “Jesuit Mission at the Vatican Observatory” was much appreciated by all.

Then came the most awaited event of this

academic year the 'DIAKONIA'. rdTen of our 3 Year scholastics

were confer red Diaconate Ordination by Most Rev. Valerian

D'Souza, Bishop Emeritus of Pune, on 8 February, in the Papal Seminary Hall. They

were ordained Deacons along with 25 other Holy Cross and the Diocesan brothers. Due to some

unavoidable circumstances this year we could not have the DIAKONIA at DNC. However, our deacons were given a special felicitation in the community later in the afternoon. At the

Bordor Beyond Borders

Sky’s Limit - Never Give Up!

Porob Phenomena

BORDOR

AMDA

DHYAN ASHRAM, KOLKATA

DNC, PUNE

NEWS FROM OUR HOUSES AND AROUND

Growing from Strength to Strength

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JDV level, the 'Diakonia Day' ended with a glittering ceremony to honour the newly ordained deacons. To honour them, in the evening, JDV in collaboration with 'Kalahrdaya' presented a 'Bharatnatyam' on Biblical and traditional themes in the Papal Seminary Hall. Fr. Saju George SJ and his troupe from Kolkata with their heart-throbbing 'Nritya-Sandhya' made their explosive p r e s e n c e f e l t w i t h t h e i r mesmerizing performances. It

was indeed a wonderful treat to watch their splendid performance.

As part of Santal apostolate on 16 February we had a grand celebration of 'Baha Porob” organized by the DNC tribal brothers. More than 400 Santals from Mumbai and Pune city joined us for the occasion. It was an opportune forum both for the Christian and non-Christian Santals to be able to celebrate the feast with such joy. Around the same time we had in our midst several of our pastors from our own province. Along with George Antony they were here for a three-day

JEPASA meeting. On 19 evening the DNC community hosted a sumptuous dinner in honour of all the pastors of all the provinces.

On 16 February, John Karuvelil along with his elder brother George SJ, went to Bangalore to see his cousin, Sr. Gracy Karuvelil (of Satya Seva Sisters) who was admitted in the ICU of St. Martha's Hospital, Bangalore. She was in critical condition suffering from 'Air Embolism'. Your prayers for her speedy recovery will be much appreciated.

- Antony S. Soreng

Around 150 teaching staff of the school made a trip to the Temple City of Bhubaneswar and spent two days. We are grateful to Pius Fernandes, the Principal and the Maxi, the Minister for their warm welcome and for making our stay cum visit a memorable one.

The Annual Exams began on 8 February. On the same day, the DSE called for a meeting of all the Principal's of the private schools of Dhanbad to discuss issues relating to the RTE Act 2009, fee hike and other related issues. In the meeting, the DC asked the schools to submit three years

aud i t repo r t and fee s t r u c t u r e . A f t e r t h e meeting, Victor, James, Sunny, Gerry, Sr. Margaret Mary, AC, and Sr. Angela, from Carmel Schools Dhanbad and Digwadih held a closed door meeting to chalk out a plan to reply to the series of demands made in the meeting. On 17 February evening, DSE and his deputy themselves arrived at our DNS Digwadih office and we appraised him through a memorandum the stand of our minority institutions in relation to the applicability of the RTE Act 2009 and other matters.

James, the local CRI President attended the Annual AGM of the CRI at Catholic Charities on 8 and 9 February.

26 girls and 69 boys of the ISC batch began their Board Exams on 25 February and 146 boys of the ICSE will be giving their Board

Exams from 3 March. Tony Bara, our Headmaster reports that 39 students from

the Hindi School have started their Board Exams on 21 February. This year, the admissions to the Hindi School seems to be on the rise as nearly 90 children have given their admission test for various classes to enroll themselves in the school.

The school gave farewell to Michael Jennings and Ajit Singh after their dedicated service to the institution for 35 and 13 years respectively. The school is going to miss their services as our best wishes go with them for their future.

Our PP, Amrit Kujur, attended JEPASA meeting held at JDV campus in Pune from 18 to 20 February. As the financial year is nearing its end, Gerry is busy with the budgets and plans for the new financial year

- Gerry D'Souza

Several organizations joined together to celebrate the World Day of Peace and Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January. After Fr. Ambrose D'Souza, the R e c t o r o f t h e C a t h e d r a l welcomed all and Fr. Dominic Savio, the Vicar General, gave a short explanation of the Day, Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High court, delivered a very meaningful message in the Cathedral church of Chandigarh. I led a short prayer for peace. The Chief Justice along with Mr. Justice Surya Kant, Mr. Sandeep Hans P.C.S., the Director of

Higher Education, Chd. and Mrs. Ninette Vaz Sharma, wife of the Advisor to the Governor, flagged off the peace march. Over 1000 students and teachers from 22 schools walked from the Church to a Sikh Gurudwara , then to a Hindu temple and finally to a Muslim Masjid where Mr. H.C. Kalyan, the Mayor of Chandigarh, concluded the programme, honouring the religious leaders.

We had a meeting of PAIFF (Pakistan and India Friendship Forum) in ISI Delhi on 10 February. Thereafter Klaus Vathroder S.J., Director of the German Mission Office and Toni Kurmann S.J., Director of Switzerland Mission office, met me. They appreciated much the pioneering work of PAIFF.

On 11, I participated in the conference of Christian-Muslim relationship during which I gave a talk about Pakistan And India

Friendship Forum, in the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi which organized by ISA (Islamic Study Association).

The Dialogue commission adopted two villages of Ajrowar parish, Dist. Patiala, to make them model villages as 'communal riot free' and 'police free' villages, by eradicating all crimes from the two villages.

In March a youth group from Pakistan is expected to visit Ferozepur and Jalandhar in Punjab. While trying to make arrangements for their visit, I came across a 'Basti' in Jalandhar city where there are more than 1500 families of people displaced from Pakistan in 1947, who are very happy to know that Pakistan And India Friendship Forum is being initiated by the Catholic Church. It is very tough and challenging, but very, very fulfilling.

- Joe Kalathil

The Third Year candidates seemed to have used Fevicol to glue themselves to their benches and desks to prepare themselves for the Board Exam from 22 February. At the same time the Second Year collegians have

now become the senior brothers in St. Xavier's Inter College as the new academic year classes resumed from the beginning of February. On 15 February our newly ordained priest from Bordor community, Benjamin Lakra, nourished our candidates spiritually. He also stressed on how to make better use of the opportunities given by the Society. Neelam keeps himself busy taking care of the

c a n d i d a t e s i n m a n y o r d i n a r y a n d extraordinary ways.

Somy went for a week to Bhopal to attend a meeting arranged for the Jesuit Directors of Candidate Houses of the Central Zone. After the meeting, Somy seems to have acquired better skills of counseling which indeed would be of great help for our candidates in formation. We hope we will be the fortunate

United We Stand Together

Give Peace a Chance

Formation Unlimited

DNS DIGWADIH

GURUKUL

INIGO NIWAS, LUPUNGUTU

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ones to profit from his recent experiences. He also visited three of our candidates at Campian School in Bhopal. On 21 February Somy went to attend the ordination of Bhincent Bhengra in Sundargarh. Soon after that he rushed to Jamshedpur to attend three days of intensive Tally program at

Loyola School, that was thoughtfully arranged by the Provincial and executed by Sushil Balmuchu in which the Province Treasurer, K. M. Joseph also attended.

- Neelam Sanjeev Kerketta

We began this month with the birth day celebration of six of our community members including Superior George Anthony'. 7 February being the First Friday of the month, Fr. Master gave a recollection on the theme “Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ignatian spirituality”. We concluded the day's r e c o l l e c t i o n w i t h t h e Sacrament of Reconciliation and by consecrating our community to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. On 7 evening Sylvester Ekka - Socius to the Novice Master - left for Patna to attend Formation Personnel's course. On 15, George Anthony, our Superior, left for Pune to attend the Jesuit Pastors' Convention. On Sunday 16 February Jerry Kujur, our Minister, suffered severe body ache and was unable to

move about. In the following week with sheer will power and a soothing massage given by our cook, Mr. Dayal, Jerry

impr oved a lot. However, at the request of Jerry, Emile Coelho drove him to the province infirmary for a much-needed rest and treatment on 22 February. Fr. Shekar of Delhi Jesuit

Province chose to make his annual retreat here at Jesu Bhavan in order to get back into the spirit of the Long

Retreat he made here as a novice. “Jesu Bhavan is a power house. Indeed” says he. These days our novices are having classes on the Spiritual Exercises, Discernment and General Congregations.

- R. Antony Raj

On 1 February, Tony P Raj led a group of 29 Civics Method students on an educational Tour to Delhi, Jaipur, Fatehpur Sikri and Agra. It was a week-long packed tour. The group enjoyed each phase of the trip. Kuru accompanied the History Method group up to Bhubaneswar, then stayed at XIM and visited his good old place, Kendrapara, to look for his foot prints that he left there when he was Principal. The Science Method group went to Kolkata.

Tony led 27 students of Civics Method for village exposure to Tepasai - where they interacted with the students of St. John's School, with Munda of nearby village and f ina l ly w i th the hoste l children, which ended in a cultural show. The B. Ed trainees were generous to gift an ampli-speaker to the hostel worth Rs 5800/- The History Method group visited Nirmal Hriday, the Science Method to PKS and Hurlung village. These programme are organized to sensitize our students to the social needs of others.

Kuru at tended the TOT programme conducted by Resource persons from Tata Institute of Social Sciences at Graduate College along with Emile Coelho on 1 and 2 February. Kuru went to New Delhi on 18 February. to attend a Seminar on Interfaith Dialogue organized by All India Association for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE) and returned on 23 February. He visited the World Book Fair and purchased some books for the library.

Benji, with his mouth-watering recipe, impressed the invitees of his birthday celebration on 9 February. The first time ever in the history of LCE did we have such a large

turnout of guests for a fellowship meal where we could comfortably sit in the renovated dining room of the

community. He had a repeat show of the celebration with the teachers on 10 February. Bishop's House was invited to celebrate the birthday of Fr. Anjan on 18 February and Bishop Felix Toppo, celebrated the Holy Eucharist for the community. Science Day was celebrated on Friday 28 February. where the Chief Guest was Dr. S.K. Sinha, Dean of Humanities, Kolhan University.

Mike T. Raj, our Provincial made his visitation of the college and community on 11 February where he addressed the students, staff and

the community apart from meeting individual Jesuits.

LCE received an official notification from KU stating

that the centralised admission for B.Ed for 2014-15 will be common with counselling procedure as against our rights outlined in Minority Certificate backed by Court Order in 2002. We have lodged a protest letter with KU.

Going for an Interview? A day session was organized to help the incumbent batch on how to prepare and face interviews and was conducted by Mrs. Sangeeta Sinha on 13 February. Mr. Dinkar Sharma conducted a workshop on Story Telling through mime on 14 February.

The CRI members of Jamshedpur, Dhanbad and Chaibasa Deaneries members met at Catholic Charity, Sundernager. About 105 of were there. Dr. Fr. Prakash Louis SJ, a social activist, was the resource person and animated the gathering with his single and simple agenda of accompanying the least and last. His extensive input helped us to understand the struggle of our people. In an

Election for the post of CRI President, the members elected To n y P a s P r e s i d e n t o f Jamshedpur CRI for a term of 3 years. Sr. Sunita Udumala, JMJ as Secretary and Sr. Mariam SJT as Treasurer. The three-some have taken up the awesome task and thanked the congregation for their vote of confidence in them. Fr. C. R. Prabhu, who presided over the Holy Eucharist exhorted the gathering with his inspiring homily stressing the need to be salt and light of the weak and meek in Jharkhand.

Blood Donation Camp was arranged in which 16 students were found eligible to donate their blood for a noble cause. The same day, a campus interview was conducted.

- Tony P

Returning to the Roots

Learning Beyond Classrooms

JESU BHAVAN

LCE, JAMSHEDPUR

He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich

(cf. 2 Cor 8:9)

Dear brothers and sisters, may this Lenten season find the whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in material, moral and spiritual destitution the Gospel message of the merciful love of God our Father, who is ready to embrace everyone in Christ. We can do this to the extent that we imitate Christ who became poor and enriched us by his poverty. Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.May the Holy Spirit, through whom we are "as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything" (2 Cor 6:10), sustain us in our resolutions and increase our concern and responsibility for human destitution, so that we can become merciful and act with mercy. In expressing this hope, I likewise pray that each individual member of the faithful and every Church community will undertake a fruitful Lenten journey. I ask all of you to pray for me. May the Lord bless you and Our Lady keep you safe.

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The ISC Board Examination started on 11 February 2014. Loyola has 134 boys and 84 girls appearing for the ISC Board Examination. The ICSE Board Examination will commence from 3 March 2014. Loyola has 165 boys and 76 girls taking the ICSE Board Examination.Ms Jayanthi Sheshadri, one of our English teachers, was selected by the British Council to go to Vietnam to conduct a workshop for teachers and heads of 30 schools in Vietnam. She shared the best practices of Loyola School and the activity-based teaching methodology prevalent at Loyola School. She has been appointed Master Trainer by the British Council.Timothy, the Headmaster of Loyola Hindi School, took all the teachers to St Xavier's School, Basahatu, to show them our rural school and have an interaction with the teachers and students. It was a wonder fu l l ea rn ing

experience for all the teachers. The Board Examination for the Class X students of Loyola Hindi School will begin on 10 March 2014. There are 52 students appearing for the Board Examination through the National Institute of Open School (NIOS).Stan Kujur went to Pune to attend the silver jubilee celebrations of JEPASA. There were 116 pastors from different provinces. They had a two-and-a-half day intense workshop. The theme of the workshop was “Alert to the Spirit, Alive to the World.” Sushil Balmuchu and Mr, Sreedhar organised a three day training programme on the accounting package “Tally” for the Treasurers of our communities. There

w e r e 1 5 pa r t i c i pan ts including KM Joseph , our

Province Treasurer. It was highly appreciated by all. On the second day, we had a special Eucharistic celebration. The chief celebrant was newly-ordained Benjamin Lakra. He gave an inspiring homily. Congratulations Benji! After Mass, Amal put out an excellent dinner for the participants of the training programme.Abe made his annual retreat here. We saw him only on his arrival and departure. He was totally confined to his room which he says is ideal for prayer, fast and penance. All are welcome to use that quiet and isolated cave like that of Manresa for their retreat!

- C L George

“Bhartia Saṁvidhan......... Amar Rahe!, Amar Rahe!” and with many other slogans, the voice of students of Lupungutu echoed through campus on 26 January. Inspi te i t being a Sunday, students enthusiastically came to school in large numbers to salute the “Tiranga”. They expressed their love, respect and feelings for the country through patriotic songs, poems and speeches both in Hindi and English. The Chief Guest of the day, Mukhiya Miss Alma Sundi, gave a short but a beautiful message to the students saying that they were the future of the country. So, they n e e d t o b e b r i l l i a n t a n d disciplined through hard work. After having celebrated the Anual Sports Day on 19 January, the Principal Paul Hembrom was generous enough, to allow the Middle School to use the ground

and many other types of equipment for their Annual Sports Day on 2 February. It was the first time that Middle School dared to take up the challenge of organising it apart from the High School. Under the leadership of Sr. Saleth Mary, all the Sisters and teachers put their hands together and made it a grand success.Most of our community members enjoyed grace-filled moments in various priestly ordinations. Oscar, Kishore, and Br. Pascal witnessed the Priestly Ordination of Benjamin and put their hands upon him in blessing him and his future work. Anselem Dungdung, after finishing his three- day program of trainers training on Jesuit Legacies in Hazaribag, joined Benjamin's first Mass in Banabira. Paul, Neelam and Alok witnessed the joyful and grand priestly ordination of Sanjay on 28 January. Paul was happy to bless Sanjay while Neelam and Alok enjoyed capturing every event on the camera. They displayed banners and distributed the pamphlets for vocation promotion.Oscar and Somy participated in Bhincent's Priestly Ordination on 22 February. They

visited Gangpur Mission in Khesramal Parish and stayed overnight at Tangrain while

returning.A test was conducted on 9 February for those who are aspiring to join our 7th Class at St. Xavier's High School LPG. 440 forms were sold; out of which 420 candidates appeared for the test. The admission process is going on. On 12 February Br. Paul Marla left for Pune to take part in the marriage of his niece. He returned to Lupungutu on 18 and arranged a programme at home in Tepasai on 19 February in the name of his niece. Oscar, Kishore, Neelam and Alok went for this short family programme. From 15 to 18 February community meeting was held to discuss Budget 2014 – 2015. Everyone in the community actively took part in the discussion. The building work is in progress. However from 23 to 24 February the work was stopped due to 'Bodobhunji Puja'. Now, in another two days the tie-beam will be ready. Hence forth the building work will speed up.

- Alok Minj

The month of February was a challenge for us to find meaning in the ordinariness of life. We are

trying to carry out our daily chores in an unassuming manner in the spirit of AMDG. The month began with the Community Cycle Picnic on the very first day of the month. All of us went to the same spot, Birsa

Agricul ture Universi ty (BAU) forestry by cycle, except John Mundu. He

preferred to walk the talk with the nature. In the monthly recollection on 15 February, once again we reflected on the under currents of the

LOYOLA SCHOOL, JAMSHEDPUR

Walk the Talk with NatureRTC, RANCHI

Loyola’s Teaching Methodology Reaches Vietnam

Walking Hand in HandLUPUNGUTU

RETIRING WITH GRACE

Mr. Ram Prasad, whom every Jamshedpur Jesuit will know, retired on 14 February after 27 years of service as Watchman of Loyola School, Jamshedpur. At the Assembly, the students stood open-mouthed to hear that his son graduated from Loyola as Mr. Loyola and is now an NGO himself. Br. Amalraj, the Administrator, presented a bouquet to Ram Prasad as a token of appreciation for his services.

Jai Loyola! Jai Ram!

JAMSHEDPUR JESUITSMARCH 2014 09

Parish: The Archbishop. Most Rev. John Barwa, SVD, was welcomed by the faithful about a kilometer away from our

mission, and brought in procession with dancing and singing on the evening of 19 February. He was escorted by the faithful riding bikes from the Dolabali ghat. It was a blessing to have the Archbishop and the Mission Superior, S. Tony Raj, with us. The new Church inauguration and confirmation of 76 faithful were held on 20 February. Our Archbishop, John Barwa, SVD, inaugurated the new church and confirmed the faithful at the Eucharistic celebration. He beautifully exhorted the gathering to strengthen social harmony, rel igious freedom and the development of Kandhamal region. He invited the newly confirmed faithful to metanoia, change of heart and to become true followers of Christ. The new church was opened by key and blessed by Tony Raj. This great event was celebrated by a large gathering of faithful who came from every nook and corner of our par ish and

neighboring parishes. A good number of priests, m e n a n d w o m e n

religious as well as the local dignitaries graced the occasion and multiplied our joy and happiness. It was a defining moment for the parish priest, Ajit Soreng, who welcomed the dignitaries at the beginning of the Mass. The choir, directed by Mahesh Nayak and Vinod Fernandes sang melodiously and solefully during the Eucharistic celebration The Bishop was felicitated after the Eucharistic celebration with a traditional Kondo musical instrument a Changu and a

cock. The FCC Sisters took care of the prayer dances and the decoration of the altar. A sumptuous meal for the dignitaries and guests was organized by Jyoti, Vinod and Sr. Jyotis.On this auspicious occasion, a grand cultural program was held in the evening with songs, dances and a drama “Nari Ankhire Niyan (Fire in a Woman's Eye). The drama was directed and staged by the faithful of our parish. School and Hostel: Republic Day was celebrated with due pomp and splendour at the school and Rutungia panchayat level. Our children performed extremely well in the

pa rade and cu l t u ra l program. Kudos to the Headmaster, Isidore Minj, and his team. 43 Tenth Class students were given farewell from the school and the hostel. They were given a moving send-off by their juniors with songs, flowers and gifts. They began board exams on 25 February. In the first week of February, Bene Kujur went to Jamshedpur to get the approval of the Provincial for the appointment of the Managing Committee members.Community: Isidore went home to visit his old and ailing mother. Santosh was down with double malaria and typhoid. He

bravely fought both and is in recovery mode. Along with the Archbishop, we had S. Tony Raj, Gregory Xaxa, Blacius Ekka and Mahesh Nayak on our guest list for February.

It is a good piece of news f o r T R T C . W e succeeded in getting some projects from the Government of India and from other private funding agencies. The Misereor project agreement with the funding agency is renewed for 3 years and is being implemented in 16 villages. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a new project. TRTC is implementing it in 32 villages of West Singhbhum District. Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) is another government project. Tribal Research and Training Centre operates this programme in Khuntpani block. On 9 February the students of Matric

C o a c h i n g C e n t r e celebrated their annual picnic. It was a special

moment to be with each other to celebrate life. They are busy in appearing for their final exam. The new admission (2014-2015) for Matric Coaching students is open. The classes for the next batch will begin from 1 April 2014.Ranjeet Kindo made a quick home visit to meet his father who is advanced in age. On 25 February Polidor presented the Activity Report in the District Commissioner's office. The presentation was good and effective. The District Project Officer (DPO) agreed to

give some project to TRTC. Greg is busy in giving the final touch to the annual budget. On 27 February Clement went to Ahmedabad to participate in the convention on Right to Food. Tom Nelli is busy as usual with court work, where he continues work gratis (free of charge) to be at the service of the poor in his own inimitable style.

- Polidor Kujur

suppression and restoration of the Society. The recollection points also helped us to look into our lives in the manner we practised our three vows in the spirit of the Constitution of the Society. The Annual Plenary Academic Council (PAC) Meeting of Vidyajyoti and all its allied RTCs was held from 16 to 20 February in Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi. From RTC Ranchi two professors Fr. Francis Minj (Director) and Fr. John Mundu and one s tuden t representative Sch. Bipin Kujur (RAN) attended the meeting. Our annual exercise of

delivering sermons has already started. The Second Years are preaching in the Kanke parish whereas the First Years are horning their skills for effective sermons in the weekday Mass at Tarunoday itself both in Hindi and English. Get-togethers in ministry places still continue. On 23 February Retesh had an enjoyable picnic with his ministry people. We have hardly one and half months left for the academic year to end. The remaining days in RTC will be quite enterprising as we are engaged in writing our Integration Paper. Besides the regular annual exams this

Integration Paper helps us integrate and consolidate our learning so far from acquired knowledge. The full bloomed mango trees in the campus remind us that summer is approaching and thus the p lann ing fo r ou r summer programme has already begun.

- Ranjit Roshan Minj

Defining Moments

Vibrant and Forward Looking

RUTUNGIA

TRTC

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Community: With the dawn of the spring season the relentless d r u m b e a t s o f m a r r i a g e ceremonies inevitably rend the air enhancing the glamour of a change of season. On 22 F e b r u a r y, s u c h a f e s t i v e ambiance permeated throughout the territory of the Sundargarh Parish on the occasion of Fr. Bhincent Bhengra's priestly ordination. Out of more or less forty priests, 17 were Jesuits hailing from different parts of the province so as to raise the then Deacon Bhicent Bhengra to the status of priesthood.

On 20 February, three of our community members, namely, Gyan Kujur, Biranchi Soreng and Mahesh Nayak we re present at Rutungia on the occasion of the blessing of the Church Rutungia Parish.

On 2 February, four of our community members, namely, Gyan, Blacius, Bipin and Biranchi went to the Salunki D a m s i t u a t e d c l o s e t o Khajuripada of Kandhamal for the Deanery picnic. Seemingly, the Jesuit presence and participation was quite overwhelming and entertaining to all the clergy and the religious.

Parish: In the history of the Tumudibandha Parish, the month of February 2014 stands out to be the most significant one on two grounds, first, fragmentation of t h e p a r i s h a n d , s e c o n d , inauguration of Roda Church.

On 18 February, the Tumudibandha Parish g a v e b i r t h t o t h e Kotagarh Parish losing two of its vibrant Mandalis (Christian Communities) situated in the plain locality of Kotagarh. On this emotionally charged occasion, some catechists probably expressed their dissatisfaction to our Parish Priest,

Romanus Kerketta saying, “Ame Kuade hele jibu” (We will go to some other denominations). His fatherly affectionate response was, “It is for nothing else but for their better pastoral care”.

On 19 February, the newly erected Roda Mandali Church was inaugurated by His Grace, Most Rev. John Barwa, the Archbishop of the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archdiocese. On this occasion, the church was jam-packed and another vast majority remained outdoors despite the discomfort under the scorching sun. It is worth-mentioning that the villagers took the Archbishop for a tour in their village during their reception ceremony.

On 11 February, the L u r d e F e a s t w a s observed with great

pomp and gaiety. On this occasion, Ajit Soreng, the Parish Priest of the Rutungia Parish, was the main celebrant and homilist. Reportedly, he inspired our parishioners through his heart searching homily and brought them evermore closer to our Beloved Mother Mary. Hats off to you, dear Fr. Ajit!

Odisha Citizen's Initiatives (OCI): Apart from NTFP (Non-timber Forest Products) and SMC (School Management Committee) training programmes in both Mundigada and Subarnagiri GPs, the OCI, Tumudibandha inaugurated Shanti Sadbhavna Volleyball Tournament 2014 for the youth of the Mundigada GP from 14 to 17 February. Altogether 16 teams registered themselves for the historic tournament and the OCI, Tumudibandha, received full co-operation from both the team members and the villagers of Seshargaon. Undoubtedly, the volleyball tournament has helped to blend the youth of the Mundigada GP with Shanti Sadbhavna (peace and fellowship). The dazzling success of this innovative youth programme has further boosted us up for many more youth programme in the near future.

From 11 to 12 February, a two-day seminar on “Violation of Human Rights in Odisha” was organized by All Odisha Human Rights Forum in Bhubaneswar. A kind of picture of the Adivasis and the Dalits was separately presented by various resource persons hailing from different corners of Odisha. “It was a grace-filled encouraging forum for me to see many young lay human rights activists in the seminar” recounts Biranchi Soreng. Odisha Jindabad!

- Biranchi Soreng

In Tundi, the month of February brought us drizzles every week with foggy days as the biting cold continued. School was not shut because of th is inc lement weather but it began at nine instead of 8:30 a.m. On 28 January, 45 Tenthers were given a farewell which was heart breaking for all, for the batch was one of the best. They brought many laurels to the school and we wish them to make their success in the forthcoming Board Exams the crowning moment of their stay

with us. On 29 January, Frs. Raphael Lakra and Ignatius w e n t t o S a l a n g a p o s e

a c c o m p a n i e d b y F r s . Shantinandan Mundu, Gerry Kerketta and Mr. Jose, the Principal of DNS, Mugma, for the Ordination on 30 January and the First Mass on 31 of Anil Ajay Kerketta. Raphael returned on 1 February rejuvenated with happy memories of the hospitality received and an enjoyable trip by road. Ignace stayed back to accompany Ajay for two more Masses “Community membar hai na yaar saath to dena hai na.” Anil Dang looked after the needs of Tundi along with Fr. J.P. D'Souza. On 30, we had visitors from Woodstock, USA, Ms. Caren and Mr. Bob Connolly accompanied by PDD, Fr. Wally. On 10 Ignace along with Fr. Niranjan went to look for vocations in the schools of Gumla Diocese, namely in Tongo, Chainpur, Heerabarwe, Bardih, Bhikhampur, Nawadih and came back on 17. On 14 Anil Dang got the sad news of the sudden demise of his

maternal uncle, Fr. Cyprian Surin. He went for the last rites in Torpa and visited his ailing father

as well. From there he went to JDV Pune for the JEPASA Conference “Alert to the Spirit, alive to the world” from 18 to 20 February. He also attended the workshop in TALLY organized by Fr. Sushil Balmuchu for Treasurers from 24 to 26 at Loyola,

Jamshedpur. On 18, J. P.landed in Tundi with bag and baggage to open his third innings in Tundi. Tundi needs you, J.P! For the first time the school has been made a centre for the Board Exam 2014 that kept the staff and administration on their toes preparing the seating arrangements, headed by Raphael. On 23, Fr. Anil Ajay joined the community after his ordination. �

- Anil Dang

Opening the Third InningsTUNDI

TUMUDIBANDHA Cooperation is the Name of the Game

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We hosted two major events during the month of February – one on 9 and the other on 16. A Free Medical camp was organized at Xavier School campus in collaboration with Loyola Alumni Association for the poor of the villages surrounding XITE. About twenty doctors cum volunteers were present to attend to the sick. As an appreciation for their team work and generous service a lunch with drinks were served at Xavier Residence by the Jesuits, which was highly appreciated by one and all. And on the 16 a birthday party was given to mark Augustine's first birthday as Superior of XITE to which most of the Jesuits from Jamshedpur and diocesan clergy were present. On both these occasion Staney went out of his way to provide everything which was needed to treat the guests royally. Well done, Staney!

Joe Surin was out on two important occasions to represent the province at the ordination of ours in Gumla as well as in Simdega, and later together with the Provincial at Chuhari in Bettia. He too took some time out to visit our Juniors in Patna and Kolkata. Augustine attended the Diocesan Pastoral Council Meeting at the

B i s h o p ' s H o u s e , G o l m u r i o n 1 9 F e b r u a r y . O n

24February, Sunil Lakra and Staney Furtado went all the way to HRD Office in Ranchi to see to the progress and completion of NOC for Xavier School.

Xavier School: This year the teachers and the staff had their annual picnic at Narwa, a beautiful place for relaxation. This was followed by the Final Exams for all the classes, and now the teachers are busy assessing the papers for the report and the kids are enjoying a good and well deserved break. Xavier School Selection Committee has completed the regular recruitment procedure for the new intake of teachers through written tests, demonstration classes and interviews. After the installation of Smart Class, the teachers are waiting for the training session before the academic year begins. By now the admission to KG's and filling up the vacancies in the higher classes have been completed with due consideration for BPL candidates.

Xavier College: A good number of our students participated in the recently concluded Youth Festival of Kolhan University, which was held at Mahila College,

Chaibasa. The students took part in 9 items and were awarded 7 prizes in all. This year all of us enjoyed the College picnic, organized by the students, at Sanjay Pahad on 1 February 2014. Recently the results of the

st nd1 and 2 year B.Com-BBA-BCA exams were declared. We secured cent percent results and most of the candidates got first division. A mixed group of thirty students were sent for the industrial tour to Timken. The Adhunik Alloy & Steel Group for Training and Development visited the college twice for formal interactions with the students and the staff. They expressed their d e s i r e o f h a v i n g r e g u l a r progrmmes and collaboration with the College. We are small in number but we look forward to the future without fear with our heads held high.

- C Gautam

XLRI had 100 percent placement this year also in record time of 3½ days for 245 students. Many national and international companies visited the campus to place our students.

Abe was in Delhi and met the Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr MM Pallam Raju and the AICTE Chairman, Dr SS Mantha and discussed the issues regarding the PGDM institutions. He also a t t e n d e d t h e N a t i o n a l B o a r d o f Accreditation [NBA] in Delhi where he chaired the Management Accreditation Evaluation Committee meeting.

S George, James Santhanam and Peter Francis went to Bangalore and Mumbai respectively for the 2014 admissions interview.

George Fernandes is working hard to ensure that the new campus is ready by the end of May. He is also preparing the budget for next year for discussion in the Board.

Xav ier Assoc ia t ion o f Management Institutes [XAMI] Executive Board Meeting was held on February 1, 2014 at XLRI. As President of XAMI, Abe chaired the

meeting. The list of m e m b e r s w h o p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e

meeting were : Fr Alex Ekka, XISS; Fr Peter Xavier, LIBA; Fr Stany D'Souza, SJCBA; Fr Ranjit Tigga, XIM, Jabalpur; Fr KS Casimir, Loyola Academy; Fr Lawrence A m a l r a j , J I M , T r i c h y ; F r O z z i e Mascarenhas, AIMIT, Mangalore; Fr Joe Arun, XIBA, Palayankottai; Fr Donald D'Silva, X IM, Bhubaneswar; Sister Arpana, Mt Carmel, Bangalore; Prof. Joe Phil ip, X IME, Bangalore; and Fr E Abraham, XLRI.

T h e A n n u a l N a t i o n a l S o c i a l Entrepreneurship Conference took place at XLRI with a 150 participants from all over the country. The theme was: “Re-thinking the Development: Strengthening the Grassroots”. This was under the aegis of Fr Arrupe Center for Ecology & Sustainability [FACES].

While inaugurating the conference, Abe said "This Conference is our modest endeavor to facilitate and to provide space for such dialogue and conversations among the stakeholders in the sustainable and equitable development of the country."

KC Anthony is these days taking a special interest in Richie Kenna. KC sits with Richie for lunch and other meals. This twosome enjoys the company of one another. Ed McGrath continues to receive the loving visits of his many friends. Manu Parappuram is looking bright and energetic. Carl Dincher was busy giving a 5-day retreat to a young Punjabi lady from one of the houses near to XLRI. Hilary Lobo is very f o r t u n a t e b e c a u s e h e i s spending his time writing his memoirs. John Nag's diabetes seems to be a cause of concern. He wi l l be consu l t ing h is physician shortly. Emile will be leaving for Tamil Nadu to give a Seminar on Human Growth to a group of 200 Bachelor of Education students.

- Emile Coelho

Cent-per-Cent XLRI

XITE, GAMHARIAA Health(y) Reach Out

13 – Fr Leon A Foster

26 – Fr Bernard C O'Leary

28 – Fr William Moran

ANNIVERSARIES IN MARCH

Fr. Michael Fohshow ( CCU), 73/56, passed away on 8 February, 2014 in Kolkata.

Fr . John Khanna (GUJ), 74/54, expired on 09 February 2014 in Pilar Hospital, Baroda.

Fr. Gerald A Drinane (PAT), 82/64, expired on 20 February 2014 in Kurji Holy Family Hospital, Patna.

Banchhanidhi Bisoi, age 48, brother of Fr Dayanidhi Bisoi, expired on 16 February 2014.

ACROSS THE BRIDGE

JAMSHEDPUR JESUITS12 MARCH 2014

Reflections and Way ForwardThe Jamshedpur Regional Conference of Religious of India (CRI) met on 8 and 9 February 2014 at Cathol ic Chari t ies (Diocesan Social Service Society Training Centre) Jamshedpur for the AGM. It was recorded that 105 members attended the convention. The theme taken up for deliberations and action was “The Emerging Indian Scenario and the Response o f t he Religious”. Fr. Dr. Prakash Louis, SJ was the facilitator of the program. Provincial Mike T. Raj, SJ, gave the key note

address, in which he spoke in no uncertain terms of the great need for

collaboration with God, with one another and the people of good will. He did this by means of a small but very powerful story. The members present deliberated on the emerging political, s o c i a l , e c o n o m i c , religious, cultural and educational scenario of India and tried to identify various ways and means to respond to this scenario, keeping in mind the Tribals, the Dalits, minorities, women and children. Since this region is in Jharkhand the oppression and the assertion of the Tribals was of special importance.The members present decided upon the following action plan: a) Leadership

formation for students, youth, women, laity, Christian officials and leaders, Gram Sabha members, priests and religious etc; b) Prepare Alumni Data Bank and enable them to get involved in the various educational and developmental act iv i t ies of the institutions and of the Diocese; c) Become part of the Gram Sabhas to uphold the rights and dignity of the Tribals; d) In the next AGM,

assess the progress made and plan for future interventions.Fr. Dr. Tony Raj, SJ, Sr. Sunita Udumala JMJ

and Sr. Mariam SJ were elected as President, Secretary and Treasurer of the CRI Jamshedpur Diocese. The Executive Members remain unchanged.

- Report prepared by CRI Secretary

EDUCATION COMMISSION

Education Commission will have a meeting in Loyola School, Bhubaneswar on Sunday 9 March 2014 from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm.

All the members of the Commission are expected to be present.

Saby PuthenpuraCoordinator of Education Commission.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Thank You!

Our Esteemed Visitors from Woodstock, USwho brought much joy to the mission work at Rerua

10th and +2 students are invited to join the vocation camp. Contact the Vocation Offices for more

informations:

Fr. Niranjan Minj SJ 9798736320, Fr. Somy Mathew SJ 9546721569;

Fr. Linus Kindo 9572752429

VOCATION CAMP

28 March - 2 April Catholic Charities, Patel Bagan,

Sundernagar, Jamshedpur

The Diocese of Jamshedpur

The Society of Jesus, Jamshedpur Province

THE JAMSHEDPUR REGIONAL ‘CONFERENCE OF RELIGIOUS OF INDIA’

The Emerging Indian Scenario and the Response of the Religious

SPECIAL REPORT