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MISSIONARIES OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES PUNE PROVINCE

MSFS Provincial House, Paanchmile, Nagar Road, Pune E-mail: provincialpunemsfs@gmail.com

Website: www.msfspune.com Mobil: 9284019143/9766030112

JS - 13 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCE DECEMBER 09, 2018

My dear Confreres,

Fraternal greetings to each of you.

We are in the second week of advent. It is a grace-filled moment

of preparing ourselves to receive the Messiah, Christ our Lord

into our hearts and into this world in faith and hope. It is the

season where the whole world gears up for the celebration of

Christmas and the revelation of the mystery of Incarnation.

Advent is a season for prayer and renewal of our hearts. This

graceful season reminds all of us cautiously to have spiritual

preparations to remove all the unnecessary stocks of worldly

admirations that blocks God’s entry into our lives. In this Advent season, may we be

even more encouraged, hopeful, and purposeful, looking with passion for the

coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Wishing you all a very meaningful Advent and

prayerful preparation for the celebration of Christmas.

VISITATION TO ZAMBIA MISSION

October 20 to November 02, 2018 were

certainly the memorable and grace-filled days

of visitation to our Zambia mission where four

of our confreres Fr. Jude, Fr. Amal, Fr Britto

and Fr. Sahayaraj presently minister to the

faithful. Mission Zambia is a dream that

eventually became a tangible reality in the life

of Pune Province as 3 of our committed and

dedicated pioneering missionaries landed in

Zambia on 22nd August 2013 and further

strengthened by our confreres who joined

them latter. Today we have two parishes namely St. Francis De Sales parish at Liteta

(Kabwe Diocese) and St. Gabriel parish at Ndeke (Lusaka Diocese). We have

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successfully completed 5 years of our effective and witnessing presence as a

Congregation in this part of the continent of Africa.

VISIT TO OUR FRANSALIAN MISSION HOME AND ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

PARISH AT LITETA

Our mission in Zambia began in a place

called Liteta, in the Diocese of Kabwe,

located in the Central Province. Liteta

which was a small Sub-center handed

over to the Fransalians for its pastoral

care. It was declared a Parish under the

patronage of St. Francis De Sales on 5th

October, 2014 by Rt. Rev. Clement

Mulenga, the Bishop of Kabwe Diocese

with 14 Sub-centers spread over 60km radius. Some of them are in the very remote

area without proper approach roads with grass thatched roof, altar and benches

made of clay.

Our parish in Liteta has about 5000 Catholics. The parish had neither a residence for

priest nor church building to gather for liturgical celebration. In our parish we have

about 10 tribes speaking 10 tribal languages. Our parish comes under the LENJE

Tribal Chiefdom. The liturgical language used in our parish is NYANJA.

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ST. FRANCIS DE SALES PARISH HALL PROJECT AND FAITH FORMATION

We have begun the construction of the parish hall. The stage one of the hall project is

over but needs more funds to complete the hall. Some of the Faith Formation

Programmes are Formation for catechists, catechizers and prayer leaders. Regular

house visits have tremendous effect on the people. Many people have come back to

the Catholic Church. We have baptized more than a thousand people in these years.

Regular catechism classes for over 1500 children. Annual retreat preaching has

renewed the lives of the people in a very large. Formation of intercessory prayer

groups and charismatic/evangelization teams for proclamation of the word.

VISIT TO ST. GABRIEL PARISH, NDEKE- MEANWOOD

(ARCHDIOCESE OF LUSAKA)

At the invitation of the archbishop of Lusaka Fransalians entered the diocese of

Lusaka. A small developing residential colony 3 Km from the international airport

was handed over to the missionaries for developing it. It was a Small Christian

community of a parish that was about 10 km away from the place. It was far for

people to receive regular pastoral care. This place equally did not a have a land or a

structure for people to have gathering. Once a while people had community mass in

any of the homes of the people. Fr. Jude was appointed Priest in-charge on 20th

November 2016. The people found a house on rent for the priest to reside.

Meanwhile the community applied to the developer for a plot of land for the parish.

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The company allotted three plots of one acre each for the parish. Since then people

organized themselves and had many fundraising programme. So far they managed

to pay for the two plots of land. Hope to pay for the third plot in the year 2019.

The community initially put up a small shed where they could celebrate mass on

Sundays. Later this structure was developed into a mini multipurpose hall. The

priest resides in a rented house near the plot of land. Daily mass is celebrated in the

residence of the priest. On 8th April 2018 on the feast of Divine mercy the centre was

erected into a parish under the patronage of St. Gabriel the Archangel. Initially the

community had a catholic population of 200 members. In a year’s time the number

has doubled. More and more people are settling down in this residential area that is

developing. The diocese is planning to handover two outstations of nearby parishes

and add the same to the parish. It’s a vibrant community and has a mammoth task

ahead. This centre being closer to the International airport serves as a transit house

for the mission. Language of the place is predominantly English. However we have

mass in vernacular language as well. That is NYANJA.

FUTURE PLANS

Mission of Fransalians have taken a deep root in the soil of Zambia. Keeping the

various avenues in mind the mission has the following future plans for the mission.

1. To start recruiting candidates into formation and start a come and see programme at Liteta. This is to implant the congregation in the soil.

2. Education is need of the hour. The congregation has acquired a plot of land to plan for a boarding secondary school at Liteta.

3. Direct evangelization and re-evangelization is much needed. Developing Liteta into a centre of new evangelization and faith formation for Zambia.

4. To take up another mission centre near Liteta.

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5. The congregation has a small shop selling religious articles. Plan to establish a full-fledged shop for religious articles.

6. To purchase a plot of Land near our parish at Lusaka for a transit house.

7. To have a pre-primary school at Ndeke- Meanwood.

8. Clean drinking water project. Digging of boreholes and providing safe and clean drinking water to the rural area.

9. Develop a full-fledged study centre with adequate facilities for reference as well as nutrition facilities for the vulnerable.

10. Sponsorship programme for higher education for deserving and poor youth.

(Fr. Jude and Fr. Amal)

COMMISSIONING OF OUR CONFRERES TO MISSION EQUADOR

Our confreres Fr. Melky Fernandes msfs, Fr

John Kennedy msfs and Fr Adaikalarajan msfs

have already set their hearts towards mission

Ecuador. For the past few months, they have

been preparing themselves to launch into this

mission with their visa documents and the

missionary travel plans in prayer and

missionary zeal. They will be traveling to Quito,

Ecuador on January 8, 2019 from Mumbai.

The commissioning of our confreres to mission

Ecuador will take place at St. Francis de Sales

Church, Shaanwadi on January 05, 2019 organized by the Pune Apostolic

Community. All are requested to pray for them and are invited to participate in this

mission commissioning ceremony. God continue to bless their missionary zeal and

commitment to the new Mission Ecuador.

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20th GENERAL CHAPTER 2019

20th Ordinary General Chapter 2019 scheduled to take pace from 1st to 13th February,

2019 at MSFS Provincial House, Guwahati. Rev. Fr. Abraham Vetulvelli, Superior

General in his circular SG-AB 23 has appointed members for the Pre-Capitular

Commission (PPC) for the preparation of General Chapter.

1. Fr. Saji George Puthiyakulangara, Secretary General of the Chapter (SGC)

2. Fr. J. Stephan, 3. Fr. Suresh Babu, 4. Fr. Manoj Tirkey

5. Fr. George Panthanmackel, Provincial of North East India Province

6. Fr. George Parampukattil, representing the General Administration

We wish them all the best and God’s blessings as they prepare to orient the whole

proceedings of the General Chapter 2019.

RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME

The Last of the programmes in the year of Community Life on the Religious and

Community Leadership Training Seminar will be held on 15th and 16th of January

2019. It will be animated for all the confreres below 10 years of Priesthood by our

beloved Assistant Superior General Rev Fr Thumma Mariadas Reddy msfs. We are

certainly going to be enriched by his gracious presence and animation sessions. All

the confreres below 10 years of Priesthood are expected to be at the MSFS Pune

Provincialate latest for supper on 14th January 2019 and the Programmes is expected

to end on 16th January by 4.30 pm.

PROVINCE VOCATION PROMOTION COORDINATORS

Vocation promotion is one of the integral part of our vision and mission of our

Province and the Congregation. It is also a sacred responsibility identifying the right

candidates who have the aptitude to live our Religious Missionary way of life. Each

and every one of us is called to promote vocations through our life and ministry. The

proposed Province vocation promotion coordination committee consists of Fr Mario

D’souza, Fr. Alphonse, Fr. Marcos D’souza, Fr. Dilip Tete, Fr. Ramesh, Fr. Jijo John,

Fr Daniel Pareste and Fr Mathew Rodriques are appointed as the Province Vocation

Promotion Coordinators. They will function under guidance of Fr. Tony Prem

Anand the Councillor in charge for Formation. The sub-committees for each region

and the effective strategies will be formulated for effective vocation promotion in

their meeting. The other regional vocation promoters continue to remain the same.

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REGULAR APOSTOLIC COMMUNITY MEETINGS This is to request the convenors of the Apostolic Communities to have the regular

apostolic community meetings. Our constitution No. 268 and GD No. 212 clearly

state the purpose and functions of the Apostolic Communities. It is established

primarily to strengthen the religious life of the members within a Province and to

extend mutual support to their respective pastoral concerns. It is the responsibility of

the Convener (1) to convene regular meetings of the Apostolic Communities (at least

four meetings a year); (2) to organize periodical Recollections for the members; (3) to

discuss and decide with the members the frequency and the manner of organizing

the meetings in order to foster a genuine community spirit among them; (4) to

evaluate their living of the Fransalian way; and (5) to discuss matters pertaining to

their apostolate in the region. The minutes of the meetings are to be sent to the

provincial for approval in order to make the decisions operative and binding on the

members of the apostolic community.

75TH BIRTHDAY OF REV. FR. JOSEPH FERNANDES

Fr. Joseph Fernandes msfs, dearly called as Fr. Joe

was born on 11th December, 1943 at Sirsaim, Goa.

He is the son of Mr. Minguel and Mrs Maria. He

was baptized on 25th December, 1943 and received

confirmation on 18th January, 1952 at St.

Christopher’s Church, Tivim. He completed his

schooling at St. Anne’s High School, Tivim and St.

Britto’s High School, Mapusa. He joined St. John’s

High School, Nagpur in 1970 and made his First on

19-6-1975 at Vishakapattanam. He pursued his

philosophical and theological studies at Fransalian

Seminary, Pune and made his Final Vows in the

year 1979. He completed his graduation studies at the University of Bhopal.

He was ordained on 12th May, 1979 at Tivim. He was appointed at Aldona 1979-1980,

Nagpur 1980-1981, Kurla 981-1982, and He was sent for his B. Ed studies to Dabul in

1983. He was again appointed at Kurla 1983-1986, sent to Delhi 1986-1988, Dabul

1988-1990, Bhusawal 1990-1994, Uchgaon 1994-1996, Siolim 199-1997, Kalambist

mission 1997-2003, Uchgaon 2003-2011, Kadgon mission 2011-2014, Kakkeri mission

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2015-2016. At present he is serving at Ajara mission in collaboration with

Sindhudurgh Diocese at the invitation of Rev. Alwyn Baretto, the Bishop of

Sindhudurgh Diocese. He has special love for the poor, children and the neglected.

Man of Prayer and good pastor, having spent more number of years predominantly

in mission field. He is the editor of ‘Krisht Kiran’ magazine through which he

contributes for the spiritual growth of the people through his writings and words of

wisdom.

We thank God for the gift of Fr. Joe, an excellent pastor and a man of great

spirituality and patience, to our Congregation and the Province. As he celebrates his

75th Birthday 11th December 2018 we wish him our heartfelt birthday tidings and

best wishes. May God bless him with his choicest blessings and good health.

NEW MISSION CENTRE AT DIAGAD, SILVASSA

Our Fransalian community at

Galonda, Silvasa is blessed with

new parish community at Diagad

as part of our mission. It is

located at the border of Gujarat,

twenty four kilometers away

from our residence at Galonda.

Rejuvenating the clarion call of

our founder, “I want missions”,

we set our mission by a prayerful

visit on our Founder’s day and

have decided to have regular holy Mass cum rosary at 8:30 am every Sunday.

The holy Mass was held at one of the houses, since we have no common place for the

same. The Eucharist was celebrated by Fr. Christopher and assisted by Dn. Charles.

We were given a cordial and grand welcome. The great challenge ahead of us is to

teach them every little prayer, hymns and things regarding the faith and church

matters. We determined to visit every family to uplift their standard both in faith

and life. We look ahead God’s mercy and Holy Spirit with the support of Mary our

Mother of Compassion to carry out this mission with love and joy.

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FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS IN OUR PROVINCE

I wholeheartedly thank each and every community of our MSFS Pune Province for

meaningfully celebrating the 180th Foundation Day of our Congregation as the

Community day with special prayers, adoration, renewal programmes and

fellowship meals. God continue to bless all our efforts to live and lead a renewed

community of faithful disciples of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ.

MSFS Provincial House: The 180th Foundation day was celebrated in the Provincial

house. The Pune Fransalian Associate unit, apostolic community and neighbouring

religious sister were invited. The Eucharistic celebration was presided over Rev. Fr.

Johnson and he explained very beautifully the history of our Congregation to the

people & religious present in his homily. Thereafter a small culture gathering was

organized. To add joy to the occasion Bro. Govadi Harish of Vizag province

composed a melodious song which was unveiled by the Rector and was sung

melodiously by the scholastics of Fransalian Seminary.

Fransalian Seminary, Pune: Fransalian Seminary family together with Rector, staff

and the scholastics celebrated 180th birthday of MSFS congregation. In the morning

there was a meaningful adoration wherein there was special prayer for the growth of

the Congregation. To mark this foundation day, the staff organized quiz competition

for the brothers in order to enhance the knowledge about the history of the

Congregation. The chief guest was Mr. Dominic Savio, the father of Bro. Emmanuvel

Satish and Fr. Jerson was the guest of honour. There was prize distribution for the

team that won the quiz competition. Thanks and appreciation to the Rector, staff and

Scholastics for honouring 180th Foundation day.

Jyothi Darshan, Salem: Oct 24th 2018 was indeed a red letter day for the Jyothi

Darshan – Minor Seminary Community. The community had triple celebration:

Foundation Day, Local Community Day and the release of the House Magazine

“Jyothi Darshanites.” It was a pleasure and privilege that the first magazine was

released by Most. Rev. Singaroyan, the Bishop of Salem Diocese, who was

instrumental in every way to make our mission firmly established in Salem Diocese.

The magazine is flavored by the insightful and inspirational message of Bishop, Fr.

Jayaseelan, our Provincial, the staff of the apostolic community and creative writings

of formees. The magazine added beauty and variety by the support of Fr. Jerard and

Fr. K. Thomas who did the proof reading and necessary correction and Fr. Naveen,

who designed the magazine so beautifully. I acknowledge greatly Jyothi Darshan

and parish community for its constant support, guidance and involvement in the

release of the magazine. (Fr. Ramesh msfs)

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PARISH MISSION PREACHING (PMP) TRAINING PROGRAMME

The third PMP meet was organized in

CHARIS BHAVAN, Kerala under the

guidance of Rev. Fr. Agnelo Fernandes,

the General Councillor in charge of

Mission. Confreres representing from all

Indian Provinces and East Africa

attended it. Confreres from Pune

Province who attended PMP were Fr.

Santhosh, Bro. Jaison, Fr. Mathew and

Fr. Austin joy. The meet began with

Charism Retreat preached by Fr. Mathew VC. During the Retreat there were two

talks by Rev. Fr. Mathew Naicokomparambil VC. Some of the outcome of the

meetings are that each province coordinator presented the reports of PMP done in

their respective provinces. Pune Province has done two parish mission preaching

this year following the guidelines of the PMP team. Preaching manual prepared by

the PMP Members in the previous year was made into booklet form and were given

to all members present. Brainstorming session for the topics for the second manual

of PMP for the follow up in the parishes were PMP was already held. It was indeed

enriching experience spent together as MSFS PMP TEAM in prayer and Sharing. We

welcome those interested to join us. (Fr. Austin Joy).

SECOND CONGREGATION RETREAT 2018

November 12 to 17, 2018 were the days of blessings and graces in our Province as the

second Congregation Retreat was as held at our at Fransalian Ashram, Belagavi. The

Retreat was preached by Fr. Stephen Avilou msfs of NE Province and Fr. Suresh

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Babu msfs of Vizag Province. They inspired us to walk the Way and Live the Grace.

The 5 days of retreat was indeed a spiritual journey towards the awareness of MSFS

consecrated to walk in the footsteps of our Patron St. Francis de Sales and our

Founder Fr. Peter Mermier. We thank our confreres at Fransalian Ashram for their

meticulous planning for the retreat. The presence and participation of the confreres

from the South East India Province enhanced our joy and fraternal living as the

Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales.

MONTHLY RETREAT AT MIRACULOUS CROSS, GAUTHAN

A monthly retreat was organized at

Miraculous Cross Hill, Gauthan on 10th

November, 2018. Fr. Cajetan Lourenco

OFM was the retreat preacher and spoke

on the theme, “Trinitarian God and unity

in the family”. Retreat began at 9: 45 am by

reciting rosary. The retreat was also

animated by the preachers team from Goa

and spoke on the theme, “Faith, love of

God and neighbour’. There were about 300

faithful and people of other faith from near by Satwaddas who joined for the retreat.

Mr. Prakash Ambitkar, the local MLA paid a visit during the retreat and he was

felicitated. He was overwhelmed to see the large sea of faithful participating in the

prayerful journey of retreat and assured full support for the future development of

the place at Miraculous Cross. Different charismatic team conduct monthly

recollections, praise and worship and healing services. People experience the

blessings of Miraculous Cross in their life. (Fr. Anthony D’souza msfs Jr.)

BLESSING OF THE RENOVATED ST. JOSEPH CHURCH/HALL, KURLA

St. Joseph Church, Kurla (W) was given an

architectural face-lift as it celebrated the

golden Jubilee of its existence. Though the

Golden Jubilee celebration took place on the

1st May 2018, the renovated edifice was

blessed by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald

Gracias, the Archbishop of Mumbai and

inaugurated by Fr. S. Jayaseelan, MSFS, the

Provincial Superior on the 25th November

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2018. A delegation of parishioners representing various age-groups of the parish,

released a rosary balloon signifying the constant intercession of the Blessed Mother,

as the people sang “Ave Maria.” Speaking on the occasion, Archbishop

congratulated the Parish team and the parishioners who made a concerted effort to

beautify the Church. The beautiful and elaborated liturgy included the blessing of

the Baptismal Font, the Altar, and the Lecterns, the tabernacle, the sanctuary and the

people of God. The Parish Priest Fr. Denis Lemos, MSFS praised the collaborative

effort of the team of Fransalian community of Kurla and the parishioners and said

“Now that the Church building has been renovated, we need to go one step further

to renovate ourselves, our families and our faith to make of ourselves -A Missionary

Church.” (Fr Denis Lemos msfs)

CONSECRATION OF THE NEW CHURCH AT UCHGAON

December 09, 2018 is a memorable day in the life and history of our St. Jude Parish,

Uchgaon as the newly constructed Parish Church was consecrated and blessed by

Most Rev. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao, the Patriach, Archbishop of Goa and

Daman at the solemn Eucharistic Celebration in the Presence of Rev. Fr. Eusebio

Fernandes the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Belgaum. We gratefully

acknowledge the support of the Archbishop Peter Machado and the former

Provincial Fr Vincent Lourdusamy who encouraged to initiate the Church Project.

The grace-filled event was also witnessed by over 50 Fransalian confreres from

various communities and a number of Priests and religious from the Diocese. The

presence of over 1500 people, parishioners and children made the event a

memorable one. We also gratefully acknowledge the enormous efforts, dedication

and initiatives of Fr. Melky Fernandes msfs, Fr. Sushant Mantri msfs and before him

Fr. Nelson msfs and the constant support and encouragement of the Belgaum

Apostolic Community members. The solemn event ended with thanksgiving to all

the dignitaries, parishioners, friends and well-wishers.

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ANNUAL SPORTS’ MEET, ST JOSEPH SCHOOL, KURLA

St. Joseph High School, Kurla hosted its Annual Sports’ Meet 2018-19 on 29th

November, 2018. The dignitaries were Mr. Uttam Kolekar, the Asst. Commissioner

of Police, the Chief Guest, Rev. Dr. Fr. George Parampukattil msfs, the General

Councillor for Education, Rev. Fr. S. Jayaseelan msfs, the Provincial of Pune

Province. The torch relay highlighted the celebration of true sportsmanship and

spirit. The releasing of tricolor balloon symbolized integrity, peace and prosperity of

our country ‘India’. As the track events began, the atmosphere was filled with

cheering tons of encouragement for the young athletes. The audience witnessed

various rhythmic displays that enthused their spirit of attention. Dances, aerobics,

Lezim display, thematical dance and an ode to the farmer mesmerized the spectators

with their energetic performance. The chief guest and guests of honour praised the

endeavours of the school. Through their speech they implanted the necessity of

sportsmanship in a world riddled with rat race for glory. The SSC students who

achieved success in their examination were felicitated with scholarship awards. The

Rolling Trophy was awarded to the winner house. The programme concluded with

the notes of gratitude to parents, staff and all who contributed their support and

encouragement that lent charm to the event. (Fr. Edal Kumar msfs)

INFORMATIONS

1. We congratulate Rt. Rev. Elias Gonsalves on being appointed as the

Archbishop of the Nagpur Archdiocese. On behalf of our Pune Province, we

assure him of our prayers. We thank him wholeheartedly for all his support

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and guidance to our Deacons and Scholastics for their pastoral experience in

different parishes of the Diocese of Amravati.

2. We congratulate Rev. Fr. Benny Koottanal msfs on his appointment for the 2nd

Term of three years as the Provincial of South West India Province. We offer

him of our prayers and best wishes.

3. We wholeheartedly congratulate Fr. Santosh Salve msfs, the councillor in

charge for mission, for having prepared the advent homilies “Aspire to

Inspire” from Salesian perspective with the assistance Fr. Tony Prem msfs, Fr.

Jijo John msfs and Fr. Edal Kumar msfs. God bless their initiatives and

inspirations.

4. Mermier Spirituality and Renewal Team under the guidance of Bro. Jaison is

organising residential priests retreat 25th February to 1st March 2019 at

Animation and Renewal Centre, Panvel, Navi Mumbai. Those interested

kindly register your names with Bro. Jaison msfs. Mob: 99201 58228. We also

thank him for all his initiatives and interest for organizing various

programmes for the renewal of priests and religious in the Church.

5. As requested by our beloved Superior General and the Provincial of the South

East India Province, may I request the communities and the institutions to

assist the cyclone affected people of Tamilnadu through our South East India

Province in the rehabilitation work. We continue to pray for them. The

donations are to be directly sent to: “TAMILNADU - PONDICHERRY

FRANSALIAN SOCIETY” A/C No:0388 053 00 000 2252 Bank : South

Indian Bank, St. Paul’s Seminary, Cantonment, Tiruchirapalli – 620

001, Tamilnadu, India IFSC : SIBL0000388.

6. Hearty congratulations to Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Mappilaparambil msfs on his

reappointment as the Regional Superior of Dibrugarh Region for a second

term of three years from January 20, 2019.

7. We congratulate the new Provincial Councillors and the Provincial Bursar of

the Visakhapatnam Province: Fr. Sesetti Mariadas, Fr. Dola Velangani Rao, Fr.

Manoj Pathuppalil, Fr. G. Sandeep Reddy and Fr. Bellamkonda Anil Bosco.

We assure them of our Prayers.

8. May I request you to kindly send to the Provincial Secretary a short write up

on the various significant events along with a few photographs that are held

in each of our missions.

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LET US PRAY FOR THE DEPARTED

1. Mr. Thomas Buthello expired on 30th October 2018. He is the brother of Fr. Gregory Buthello msfs.

2. Mr. K.A. Sahayaraj expired on 16th November 2018. He is the father of Novice S Alex Ruben.

3. Fr. Francis Mascarenhas expired on 16th November 2018. He is the paternal uncle of Fr. James Mascarenhas msfs.

4. In recent times, some of our confreres have lost their close relatives and dear ones. We pray for the departed and may they rest in peace.

MY PROGRAMME December 2018

December 21: Canonical Visitation, Khopoli

December 22-23: Canonical Visitation, Koperkhairane

JANUARY 2019

January 05: Mission Commissioning of our Ecuador Missionaries, Shaanwadi

January 05-06: Council Meeting

January 07-08: Canonical Visitation, Kurla

January 09-10: Canonical Visitation, Dahnu

January 11-12: Canonical Visitation, Nallasopara

January 15-16: Religious Leadership Programme, Shaanwadi

January 25 - Silvasa, Canonical Visitation

FEBRUARY 2019

February 01-14: General Chapter, Guwahati

February 17: Cotto Fatorpa

February 19: Kalambist

Yours fraternally in Christ Jesus,

Fr Jayaseelan Selvaraj msfs Provincial Superior

Wishing you a grace-filled Advent and a Joy-filled Christmas