JAMSHEDPUR JESUITS

JAMSHEDPUR JESUITS
Vol. 50 No. 5 & 6 JAMSHEDPUR, INDIA MAY-JUNE 2002
Province e-mail address: jsr_jjprov@sancharnet.in
Official
Appointments by POI:
Fr Peter D'Cruz (PUN)
Fr K C Philip (RAN)
Br A Amalraj (JAM)
- Spiritual Guide at the Papal Seminary, Pune
- Spiritual Guide at Satya Nilayam, Chennai
- In charge of the Library, Publication and
Documentation Department, ISI, New Delhi
Fr C J John (AND)
- Registrar, Vidya Jyoti, Delhi
Fr Francis Kurien V (HAZ) - On the staff of the Sadhana Institute, Lonavla
Fr Francis Ezhakunnel (JAM)- Minister and Treasurer, DNC, Pune
Fr Medard Xalxo (RAN)
Fr John Karuvelil (JAM)
- Spiritual Guide, DNC, Pune
- Licentiate in Theology
Status:
Fr Joseph Kalathoor
Fr Walter Kongari
Fr Gilbert Menezes
Fr Shantinandan Mundu
Fr Sebastian Puthenpura
- Socius to the Novice Master
- Baripada, Rerua Outreach
- Director, Upasana
- Asst PP, Rutungia
- Vice-Principal, Loyola, Jamshedpur + Jyoti Moderator

Frs John Deeney and John Guidera will be leaving for a home visit at the end of the month.
Bon voyage!
The School building at Rutungia was blessed by Archbishop Raphael Cheenath on 24 April in
the presence of a large gathering of more than 2000 people, among whom were about 15 Jesuits,
including Frs Provincial and Oscar Horo.
Provincial's Programme:
May 03 - 04
- Chakradharpur - Ordination
06 - 07 - Tundi, Dhanbad
10 - 19 - Annual Retreat
24 - 25 - Jilling - Scholastics' Villa
Jun 10 - 15
- Jesu Bhavan - Visitation
21 - 26 - Bhubaneswar
29 (am) - Consult
(pm)
- Jesu Bhavan - First Vows
NEWS FROM HOUSES
Basahatu
On 7 April, Fr John Deeney was given a fond farewell from the Parish. The same day, during
the Eucharistic celebration, Fr Timothy was installed as the new Parish Priest by Fr John
Mundu.
Easter house blessing is completed. Frs Tony and Paul went around the villages to bless the
houses. They said there was a good response from the people.
On 14 April, Fr Paul Mathew went to Kerala to see his maternal uncle (Priest) who is suffering
from bone cancer. He came back on 27 April.
In Amda, Claver Bhavan new Director, Fr Gregory has taken charge.

- Timothy Kiro
De Nobili Bhavan
With the change of guard, DN Bhavan was bustling with activity in the month of April. George
Fernandes took over as Director of DN Branch Schools on 3 April. The month also witnessed a
series of emotional farewells for the outgoing Director, Kuruvilla. Kuru is busy with the Inter-
School Competitions and Parents Night (27 & 28 April) and other activities. George is getting
acquainted with the Branch Schools. He has already completed one round of visits, besides a few
Managing Committee meetings.
DN Branches had the honour of having George Hess, the founder Director, amidst them. On 18
April, the alumni of DNS Digwadih hosted dinner in his honour. Incidentally, it served as a
launching pad for Dhanbad chapter of the Alumni Association. It was attended by about 150
people, including a few Jesuits. Besides George Hess, Saleth, Kuru and George also addressed
the gathering. George Hess visited Mugma and Maithon on 19 April, where he was given grand
welcomes. He was the Chief Guest at the Inter-School Folk Dance Competition held at DNS,
CMRI, on 20 April.
DNS, Digwadih
- George Fernandes
Fr K C Anthony completed the herculean task of registering 16 acres of land in Chandankiyari,
thus fulfilling the long cherished dream of stepping into the Promised Land.
On 2 April, the Management Personnel from Tata's coal unit conducted an orientation
programme for the XI Std students. Fr Saleth welcomed the students and encouraged them to be
motivated and focussed to become the pride of the School and the country.
The Hindi School celebrated the Prize Night on 14 of this month at Xavier Hall. It was a unique
experience for the parents and students. Inspite of the punishing weather, the auditorium was
packed to its capacity and all remained till the end of the programme.
The Main School was not far behind in their Prize Night celebration. On 20 April the campus
was filled with life and vehicles to witness the Prize Night extravaganza. Fr George Hess was
the Chief Guest. He brought joy to the School and the Community, especially to the alumni.
On the 12th, Fr Panneerselvam went home to be with his family members as he could not be
present at the funeral of his father who expired 5 days earlier.
LCE
- George Joseph

The staff and students of LCE showed heart warming enthusiasm in responding generously at the
blood donation camp organised in the College on 20 March.
A novel approach was initiated by Victor and the faculty to bring alive the curriculum through a
one-act play competition on 27 March. The script writing, direction and the acting on relevant
curricular themes were done by the students themselves. This was a rare occasion when all the
80 students appeared on the stage.
The entrance test for the fresh batch 2002-03 was conducted at Loyola School on 6 April in
which 875 students appeared. Interviews were held on 22 & 23 April.
In the discouraging times of employment opportunities, the students of the College found new
signs of hope when the Atomic Energy Education Trust from Bombay conducted campus
selection on 8 April.
Presently the College final test is in progress and the academic session 2001-02 will end on 30
April. While the Scholastics are following the College routine faithfully, Gilbert stole some time
from his busy schedule to conduct a two-day seminar on "Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness" to
40 teachers at Purulia at the beginning of April. These teachers came from St Xavier's School,
Purulia and Sacred Heart School, Adra. He also helped the management of St Robert's School,
Parsudih, in the recruitment of some teachers.
A two-day orientation programme will be conducted for the academic counselors associated with
IGNOU B Ed programme by the School of Education of IGNOU on 1 & 2 May at LCE.
Loyola, Bhubaneswar
- Gilbert D'Souza
For Easter, Fr Tony went to Jamshedpur, Staney to Kendrapara, while John stayed at home.
The new academic year 2002-03 began with 900 children from KG-Std VI, and 4 new teachers -
two more teachers will join in June.
The new regent, Valerian Mendonca has taken Staney's place. Both Staney and John were
given a warm send off on 22 April.
The Parents' Orientation Days, for KG and Classes I to VI, were held on 13th and 20th of April,
respectively.
The new academic year has brought in a lot of appreciation from the parents. Loyola is set to
host the first Summer Day Camp for the children. 300 children have registered their names. The
package includes art and craft, snack making, CD viewing, clay modelling, acting, public
speaking, debate, dance, music and field visits. A team of teachers and resource persons will lead
the children to an exciting learning experience.

The investiture ceremony for the newly elected Students' Council was held on 16 April during
the Assembly.
John went with Oscar for the inauguration and blessing of St Xavier's School building,
Rutungia School on 24 April. Joe Surin substituted Valley who had to leave for Patna for his
pre-regency programme. Frs P D Thomas, Jesurajan and James Santhanam paid a flying visit
to Loyola.
Loyola, Jamshedpur
- P Anthonyraj
Mass of the Holy Spirit for Catholic students and their parents was celebrated on 7 April by
Rector Vatta. In his moving homily, he exhorted the Catholic parents to love their children and
to practise Christian values in their homes. Minister Maxi provided food packets for all.
Earlier, on the same day, Fr Bernard Surin was installed as the new Parish Priest, in the
presence of the Provincial and the Rector, by Fr George Manna, VG. The parishioners gave a
tearful farewell to Stan Kujur. He will be remembered affectionately by the flock for spreading
the devotion of Veilankanni and Child Jesus.
Fr Bernard Surin was also given a warm welcome by the Community.
Fr Swami made a fruitful retreat at XLRI. "It was an enriching experience. The weather was
very cool there and I did not even use the fan", says he.
Canara Bank, Loyola Extension Counter, has been serving the School for nearly 25 years. It has
been elevated as a full-fledged branch. Henceforth, it will be known as Canara Bank, Loyola
School Branch. On 29th of this month, it was moved to a more spacious place allocated to them,
next to the alumni/ae office, on the first floor above the garage.
The "Millennium Storey" on the Golden Jubilee Block is complete. The KG-E and Std I-E
classes, which were housed in the old cycle shed block, have been shifted to the Junior School
building. The inauguration will be done by Mr B Muthuraman, MD Tata Steel, on Friday, 2
May. Rector Vatta is busy giving a new look to the campus by getting the School building
painted.
Pius went to Delhi to attend the Council and Alumni meetings. Enroute he stopped at Varanasi,
the holy city, for a dip in the Ganges. Fr Thana held the fort during his absence.
Freshers of Std XI were given traditional welcome by the XIIthers. George Thana was the Chief
Judge in choosing Mr and Miss Freshers.
A free medical camp was organised by the alumni at Koreng, an hour's drive from Balarampur,
on Easter Sunday. Dr Dubey with his team of 15 doctors and 8 volunteers examined and
distributed medicine to over 1200 patients.

- Pius Fernandes
LCC
All Fools Day was not a fooling day for the staff of LCC. It turned out to be a very serious day
for them. Easter Monday, 1 April 2002, was the day well spent by the teachers of LCC in a oneday
seminar conducted by Sr Flavian, AC, of the Carmel School, Sonari, with the aim of
instilling in them motivational and attitudinal values in their teaching profession. At the end of
the seminar, the teachers expressed their indebtedness and gratitude to Sr Flavian for her quality
input sessions.
Both our boys' and girls' basketball teams shone well in the Inter-School Basketball Tournament
organised by St Mary's Parish unit of CAJ on 5, 6 & 7 April at the JRD Tata Sports Complex.
While the boys' team emerged winners of the championship, the girls' team became runners up
losing to Sacred Heart School team in the finals. While the boys' winning was a forgone
conclusion, the girls' team coached by Sch Rakesh Kandulana achieved the feat of reaching the
finals for the first time in their caging career. For all of them it was a thrilling experience to have
played in the finals. Kudos to Rakesh.
CRI Meet at Loyola School
- Francis Perumalil
The Jamshedpur unit of CRI had the gathering here on Sunday, 4 April. Altogether about 30
women religious from various Communities and three Jesuits, including the Provincial, were
present.
The speaker for this gathering was Fr Theo Mathias, who spoke for 40 minutes with depth of
faith from his heart. The topic was "The gift of Resurrection according to a man of faith". While
exposing his thoughts, he highlighted the fact ... the truth and the reality of Jesus' death and
resurrection to which we are the witnesses today. The witnessing, he emphasised, must continue
through our life and service in the context of our reality in Jamshedpur. He concluded his talk
with a beautiful prayer, which was the climax of his faith.
The talk was followed by half an hour of discussion based on two related questions proposed by
the speaker. After the discussion, the group came together to meet the Lord in the breaking of
bread.
Fr Augustine Vattamattam and Br Maxi deserve a big thank you for being wonderful hosts to
the guests and for taking care of the material needs of the participants.
Lupungutu
- C Gautam

Fr Alex Mascarenhas "officially" took over as the new Headmaster of the School on 1 April.
His predecessor, Fr George Fernandes, left for Dhanbad on 3 April. The School and the
Community sincerely thank him for his untiring service to the School.
Fr Benedict Soreng is a new member of our Community. He is the successor of Fr Gregory.
Benedict was installed as the Parish Priest of St Paul's Parish, Bordor, and Timothy Kiro that of
Bhoya Parish, on 7 April. On the same day, the Bordor parishioners gave Greg a fond farewell.
The people almost shed tears. It is so because Greg, like a good shepherd, cared for his people.
We had a thanksgiving Mass on 9 April to thank Greg and the Lord. Greg left for Amda on 13
April.
A three-week Ho language course, conducted by Frs John Deeney and John Mundu, began on
15 April. Some 11 Sisters from nearby Communities attended the course.
Our Jubilarian, Fr John Deeney, along with Fr John Otto and Fr Edwin Coelho, was honoured
in a felicitation ceremony by the Kolhan-Porahat deanery on 18 April in Chaibasa Parish.
TRTC
- Thomas Dungdung
Frs Jerry and Mike went to Dalbhumgarh on 1 April to conduct a training programme for the
non-formal staff of Dalbhumgarh. On 3 April, Mike went to Rourkela to conduct a seminar for
the youth of Jamshedpur and Rourkela Dioceses.
Mike, Jerry, Cyrinus and Augustine were also busy in staging the "Nukkads" in ten different
zones.
Our new Maths text book "Lekha Inungabu" for the second standard is published.
Congratulations to Jerry and Alex for their efforts.
Cyrinus has started his "field work" after recovering from sickness. Sch Anil Dang and Sch
Somy were busy in cataloguing the TRTC library books.
From Rome
- Augustine Surin
Here I am fine. For Easter, I was in Gallarate, near Milan. It is a Jesuit parish. I went there to
hear confessions. There were always people for confessions. We had a nice Easter celebration. I
returned here on Tuesday. When we returned, we were very sad to hear about the death of two
Jesuits, one in Bellarmino, the other at Gregorian. Fr Rula, the founder of Rula School of
Psychology died on 1 April. He had taught Bishop Felix and others. On 2 April, Fr Giuseppe
Bartoli, a member of our Community died. He said the morning Mass. Then by 11 a.m. we found
him with the Lord. He was supposed to distribute our letters. The parlour boy called him when
the letters arrived. He didn't respond. When the Rector went to his room he found him quiet. We

were really shocked. He was a very nice person, always ready to help. Today we had the funeral.
Archbishop Pitau was the main celebrant. We, the Community, will miss a great person. May he
rest in peace.
Courses
- Joseph Xavier
02 Jun - 17 Jun : A Retreat cum Evangelisation course (in English) for Priests and
Religious led by Fr Mathew Naickomparabil, VC and Fr
Augustine Vallooran, VC at Divine Retreat Centre, Muringoor
PO, Chalakudy 680 316, Kerala.
12 Oct - 20 Oct : Retreat for Jesuit Brothers for 2002 by Fr Gautam Chaudhury at
Jan Vikas Kendra, Catholic Charities, Patel Bagan, Sundernagar,
Jamshedpur. Charges Rs 125/- per day (board & lodge). Please
80 011.
contact Br Bernard Singh, SJ, St Michael's School, PO Digha Ghat, Patna
14 Oct - 14 Nov : Training in Counselling and Spiritual Direction. For application
At Atmadarshan, Patna:
forms SRC, Christ Hall, Calicut 673 009, Kerala.
03 - 10 Sep : Religious Life Today, seven days retreat, by Sr Amala, SND and Fr A
Puthumana, SJ
13 - 23 Sep : Enneagram Retreat by Fr J Parakatt, SJ and team
24 Sep - 05 Oct : Vipassana by team deputed from International Vipassana Academy,
Igatpuri
At Navjyoti Niketan, Patna:
07 - 13 Aug : Discernment Programme for Jesuit Brothers by Br Tony Dias, SJ and
team.
20 - 23 Aug : Creative Ways of Teaching Catechism by Fr Philip Kattakayam, SJ and
Sr Rita, SCN.

24 - 30 Aug : Unorganised Youth Programme by Br Tony Dias, SJ and team.
26 - 29 Aug : Training Animators for Biblical Apostolate by Frs Philip K, Ozzi and Sr
Rita, SCN.
At Sadhana Institute, Lonavla:
05 Sep - 31 Oct : Midi Sadhana
05 Sep - 01 Dec : Integral Formation Programme
At Upasana, Mango, Jamshedpur:
08 - 11 Oct : Retreat Teachers by Fr Walter Kongari, SJ
13 - 19 Oct : Retreat for Sisters by Fr C R Prabhu
30 Oct - 19 Nov : IJELP conducted by Fr Joe Saldanha, SJ
Prayer Please:
For the speedy recovery of Mr Albert (68), brother of Fr Eric Cassel, who had undergone brain
surgery, which paralysed his left side. He is in a hospital in London.
Across the River
Fr Cecil Saldanha (KAR) died on 07 April at Bangalore 75/56
Fr Pablo Irigaray (GUJ) died on 13 April at Zankhav, Gujarat 79/56
Mr P Antony, father of Fr A Panneerselvam, died on 6 April at Dindigul.
Mr Michael Lobo (age 60), brother-in-law of Fr George Fernandes, died on 26 April, in
Mangalore.
02 May - Fr John C Baker
16 May - Br Guy Ames
Anniversaries

22 May - Fr Julian Bilmeyer
23 May - Fr Jesus Calvo
01 Jun - Fr Savari Raj D Reddi
10 Jun - Sch Anil Kumar Singh
14 Jun - Fr Stephen F Latchford
17 Jun - Br William Braganza
Note: The next edition of Jamshedpur Jesuits will be dated 1 July 2002. Fr A
Antoniswami will be away from Jamshedpur.
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