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The second in a row was the Yuwa Jumur Mahotsav. Fr. Provincial inaugurated the Mahotsav on the 19th evening. Mr. Ghanshyam Gagrai and other prominent persons shared the dais with him. The next two days saw many distinguished speakers addressing the gathering on the theme “Peoples’ Movement and the Contribution of the Youth”. The low turn-over was a big disappointing factor for the Mahotsav. Tom attended the Jesuit Lawyers Meet at ISI Bangalore. Michael Tirkey had his routine check up in Mumbai and has received the report – “negative.” Melookunnel is back from Patna after his cataract surgery. - Peter Martin TUNDI The highlight of November was the Sports Day which we celebrated on 14 November, Children‟s Day. Thanks to the meticulous planning and hard work of Sr. Philo, Raphael Lakra and the staff, the big day dawned and began to bear fruit. The Chief Guest for the School‟s Silver Jubilee Year Sports Day Celebration was Fr. Mike T Raj, Provincial and the Guest of Honour was Mr. Emmanuel Tigga, Asst. Personnel Officer, E C Rly, Dhanbad. Mr. and Mrs. Tigga were very impressed at the way the events went off like clockwork and ended by 4 p.m. The parents watched with pride their wards perform. The fun, the gaiety, the athletic events that brought sportsmanship to the surface, the numerous drill and dance displays were warmly applauded by one and all. Jayaprakash looked after the kitchen to make sure that all guests invited for the day and hostellers enjoyed a grand meal. Manohar Kindo and Tony Bodra took care of the finer arrangements with regards to materials that make a sports day run like a well-oiled machine. We had Manohar’s younger brother visiting us on this day of days. On November 15, the Statehood Day of Jharkhand, JP organized a one-day “Khasi” Tournament in which 16 teams participated. During the match, the three “khasis” of different heights and weights, all beautifully garlanded and adorned, were paraded round the field. It served to give a keener edge to the day‟s play, besides bringing miles of smiles to the spectators that thronged the field. Caught up by the spirit of the day, our Provincial, Mike, announced a cash prize of Rs. 501 to the Best Player of the Khasi Tournament. The neighbourhood villages clinched the 3 prized “Khasis”. JP was enthusiastically helped in his endeavours by Mr. Jeevan Rajak and Mr. Kunal Kumar. In the meantime our school‟s Under 14 Junior Football Team went to Ranchi to play in the Inter District Football Meet and won against Gumla SAI, Ranchi and Lohardaga teams. Out of this two boys were selected for the Jharkhand State Team and one boy is listed as a “Probable”. They‟ll be going to Delhi. One more student, Fulchand Hembrom, clinched a gold in the shot put event and went to Delhi to represent Jharkhand State. The last week of November saw our children‟s eyes riveted to their books, preparing for the Second Terminal Exam. From November 3 till the 14, George Anthony finished all his pastoral engagements and took a break to see Orissa, especially our Jesuits living in Kandhamal under difficult circumstances. The most impressive were the Peace Building efforts of Praful, Romanus, S.Tony and their lay collaborators. The Provincial‟s Visitation which began on November 15 helped the community to refocus on their Mission as well challenge themselves to improve and achieve more for A.M. D.G. - George Anthony VIDYA JYOTI, DELHI True to its theme “ubharte sitaare” (rising stars), the celebration of „Bal Mela‟, on November 8 organized by VJ – in collaboration with the MC Sisters and some like-minded NGOs – at the St. Xavier‟s grounds, was a day for more than seven hundred children of the deprived sections of society in Delhi to rise above their daily pain and shine with smiles as they played games that fetched them prizes. The sumptuous food indeed widened their smiles. The children were brought from different parts of Delhi where the students of
VJ go for ministry as part of the field work. Most of these children are from the slums, streets and platforms. One could not but wonder at the talents these children displayed during the cultural programmes. On the same day Ajit Soreng and Ignace Dungdung took a group of domestic working Adivasi girls, registered under Alpha Tribal Society at Panjabi Bagh, for a pilgrimage to Sardana near Meerut in U.P. VJ students collaborate with several such NGOs to bring awareness among the thousands of unorganized domestic working girls who have migrated from Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh. As part of the ongoing theological reflections, the First Year Students organized a programme on November 13 exploring the issues and problems faced by the children. At the end of the emotionally moving skit, staged by the 12 brothers and 8 sisters of the First Year, which depicted the problems of the girl-child, many among the audience were seen wiping the tears from their eyes. Coinciding with the Children‟s Day on November 14, everyone at VJ Residence was seen living their childhood again as they shouted, yelled and jumped about through different outdoor as well as indoor games and cultural programmes as part of the „Community Day Celebrations‟. The creativity that sprang up in cultural programmes was a clear sign of a community that is alive and vibrant so much so that even the oldest member of the community, Fr. Samuel Rayan, was seen dancing on the stage out-beating even the young scholastics! The five-week Pan India Trip of Jerry Cutinha, the PCF of Jamshedpur, visiting the scholastics spread in every corner of India, reached its climax at VJ from November 15 to 17 as he spent several serious hours with the senior most scholastics of the Province. After getting inspired for a sense of mission by the Provincial a month ago, the Jamwallas are seen fully oriented for mission after the in-depth sharing and extensive planning with the PCF. Once again the students of VJ got out of the campus on November 18 to put into practice the affective knowledge interiorised in their theologising process in the classrooms. The students and staff joined thousands of others from different parts of the country gathered at „Jantar Mantar‟ to demand for scheduled castes status to Dalit Christians as well as Muslims. The “awakening” songs sung by the VJ group intensified the mood of the „dharna‟. The VJ Jesuits again displayed their „sentire ecclesia‟ as they even cancelled Mass and meals at VJ to join the forty thousand and odd faithful for the closing celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of the Delhi Archdiocese at the Colamba‟s Grounds on November 22. Under the leadership of VJ Scholastics the Adivasi women of Delhi put up an Adivasi dance for the offertory in traditional dress. The solemn Mass presided by Papal Nuncio to India was followed by a civic reception and cultural programme. Among the invited, many Union Ministers and dignitaries like Oscar Fernandes, L.K. Advani, the leader of the Opposition, stole all the attention. In his flowery inaugural address Advani commended the contribution of the Catholic community to the educational field in India citing his experience of being educated in the Catholic School at Karachi and extensively stressed on the beauty of diversity of cultures and religions in India. At the end of his speech the Scholastics were heard whispering, “We wish Advani puts into practice what he has preached today!” Vally Mendonca XITE, GAMAHARIA If XITE has reached this point in time where a “ground breaking” ceremony is being reported, it‟s only because of the pioneering efforts made by the former Director of XITE over the past ten years, P. D. Thomas, ably supported by the Jesuit Community of XLRI down the years but more so in recent years in the persons of Abraham, present Director of XLRI, C.L. George, XLRI‟s Jesuit Community Superior and XL‟s Administrator, and many more other Jesuits like James Santhanam and Sirinus Toppo. 22 November 2009 issue of the Dainik Jagran, a Hindi newspaper, had an attractive headline, which read, “XITE is going to prove itself as a milestone in the field of Business Education.” It had quoted Mr. H.M. Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel, who” broke the ground” for XITE on 21 November 2009 in the
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