January 2011 - Jamshedpur Jesuits

message of Christmas. It was attended by the faculty, staff and
students. Emile made two trips to Dhanbad to give a retreat to
the Catholic students of De Nobili School and for vocation
promotion. Manu made a flash visit to Hazaribagh to consult
Mathew Naikaparambil who was conducting a charismatic retreat
there, on holistic healing process. Paul Fernandes came to give a
course in Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility to
the second year students. James Santhanam made a flying visit
to XLRI to renew his old contacts and celebrate Christmas. Once
again, we welcome Tony Uvari to the community of XLRI and
wish him many years of fruitful and satisfying mission at XLRI.
We had the eggnog toast on Christmas morning for the
faculty, staff with their families and the VIPs of the city and friends
of the institute to exchange Christmas greetings. It brought out
the Christmas spirit of sharing, peace, joy and happiness.
After Christmas, we had the reunion of the Silver Jubilee
Batch of Alumni here for two days. They were extremely happy to
see the wonderful changes that have taken place after they passed
out of XLRI. After the alumni reunion, the community dispersed
to conduct the Admissions Test (XAT)in different parts of the
country.
- C L George
Bellarmino
In the month of November we had a day of Recollection and
Renewal of our Vows, which happily coincided with the visit of the
Delegate of Roman Houses, Fr. Joseph Doust. He had a patient ear
for each of the 68 of us, from about more than 30 countries.
University life is getting more intense with various courses on
Ignatian and general spirituality. The seminars and the final thesis
that I have to submit for the year-end keep me busy.
In the second week of December we celebrated the feast of
Guadalupe, the patron of the Mexican Sisters here. It was a day
much awaited for the entire community to tickle their taste buds
with a variety of delicacies from the Mexican platter. Later on
before all left in all directions for the Christmas break we had the
get-together to wish everyone and exchange gifts. That evening
was filled with carols in different languages and some tried a few
steps to the tunes of many languages.
For Christmas week I was away in a Sanctuary of Mother
Mary near Milan hearing confessions, day after day for a week.
The Ambrosian rite liturgy and the new environment made the
Christmas celebrations interesting. It was also a good chance to
have more pastoral experience for me. But Christmas was not a
white Christmas - without snow, though it began snowing after
we left the place.
- Somy Mathew
Programme of JESA
a) Right to Education and its implication for Social Action:
The program will focus on Right to Education and its implication
for us Jesuits involved in Social Action.
Dates : March 3 (pm) – 5 (pm), 2011 (2 full days)
Venue : Vinayalaya, Mumbai
b) Training on Right Based Approach (RBA):
Dates : May 3 (pm) – 8 (pm), 2011 (5 full days)
Venue : ISI, Bangalore
For more Details Contact :
Xavier Jeyaraj SJ, JESA Secretary,
ISI, 10, Institutional Area, Lodi Road; New Delhi - 100 003
011-49534164 / 49534163 (O) ; 49534170 (R), www.jesaonline.org
Across the Bridge
Fr. Thomas Ambrose (PUN)
Expired on 2 December 2010 at Pune. 72/55
Fr. Joseph Braganza (GUJ)
Expired on 11 December 2010 at Baroda. 91/72
Fr. Susai Pitachai (MDU)
Expired on 19 December 2010 at Tiruchi. 54/33
Fr. Chandy Moolayil (PAT),
Expired on 23 December 2010 at Patna. 73/53
Fr. Edwin Sequeira (PUN)
Expired on 24 December 2010 at Shrirampur. 82/62
Fr. Suresh Shelke (PUN)
Expired on 29 December 2010 at Coonoor. 37/16
Mrs Veronica Kujur (90), mother of Fr Polidor Kujur,
Expired on 11 December 2010 near Gumla.
Nelson Deogam (32), elder brother of Sch Niral Deogam
Expired on 17 December 2010.
Anniversaries
03 Jan – Fr John C Prabhu
13 Jan – Fr Michael K Love
14 Jan – Fr Simon C Kirsch
14 Jan – Fr John K Bingham
18 Jan – Fr John J Deeney
29 Jan – Fr Joseph R Lerch
29 Jan – Fr James V Keogh