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72/6 Ranchi Jesuits, Sadbhavna P.B. - 4, Ranchi - 834001, Jharkhand JUNE 2013

JUNE 2013

02 North East Zone Mahila Sangh Meeting13 St. Anthony School, Doranda15 GB Xavier's Ranchi [6:00 p.m.]18 XISS opening 9:00 a.m.19 Ashirvad Novitiate21 Ashirvad Novitiate: First Vows: 6:00 p.m.28 GB Ranchi Jesuits 6:00 p.m.

R.P. PROVINCIAL'S PROGRAMME

JULY 2013

07 Rengarih (afternoon) Visitation08 Pakertoli (afternoon) Visitation09 Jharain (morning) ; To Sogra (evening)11 Keondtanr (morning)12 Back to Ranchi (before noon)14 Kumhartoli: Camilian Sisters Vows Mass15 CONSULT 4:00 p.m.17-21 St. Mary's Samtoli (morning) visitation20 St. Mary's Samtoli Exhortation21 Back to Ranchi

INFORMATIONp Pastors' Retreat: 8 -16 September 2013 in Jharna Namkum.

Preacher: Father Bob Billings, S.J.p Request From Fr. Socius to Rectors, Superiors, Parish Priests:

All the Rectors, Superiors and Parish Priests are kindly requested to send all the relevant informationabout each individual member of their Houses:o Name of the House, established (year), Telephone Number, Fax No.o For a PARISH: Patron Saint, Latest number of Catholics, Number of village chapels, Name of

Parish Schools (PM/MS/HS); Number of Village Schools (PM/MS), Number of Teachers(Approved, in the process, Private), Students and their different categories for both - teachers& students (cf. form distributed during the Province Days)

o Correct Name of ours; Responsibility/ies in the House/Parish, Province; Office. E-mail ID,Mobile Number (s).

It should be properly written/typed in A4 size, and it should reach the office of Fr. Socius latest by30 June 2013.

p John Patrick Kujur , Second Year Novice discontinued the Novitiate on June 6, 2013.

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Status 2013

Ba'a Ephrem Dean of Scholastics (ad tempus) Manresa House RanchiBage Roshan Acting Principal St. John's School BaliparaBara Shailendra Professor Scripture St. Albert's College Ranchi

& Editor Nishkalanka Manresa House RanchiBarla James Coordinator Commission for BrothersBaxla Tej Kumar Asst. Teacher & Prefect of Hostel St. Stanislaus' LohardagaBeck Anand Amar Asst. Teacher St. Xavier's School DorandaBeck John Anuranjan Principal St. Xavier's H S BunduBilung Brice Headmaster Middle School RengarihDungdung Christopher Hostel In-Charge (additional charge) Prabhat Tara DhurwaDungdung James Parish Priest Catholic Church KankeDungdung John BerchmansAdministrator & Minister St. Xavier's College SonabheelEkka Anselm Garden & Farm (additional Charge) St. Ignatius' H S GumlaEkka Sanjay Dilip Audio-Visual Dept. AROUSE St. Ignatius' H S GumlaHassa Purty Anuranjan Coordinator AROUSE St. Mary's H S SamtoliHoro Emmanuel PP &Secr. MS & HS Catholic Church PatrachauliHoro Sibil Assistant Director Satya Bharti RanchiGuria Cyril Parish Priest & Secre MS Catholic Church Burudih KochangJojo Joachim Parish Priest Catholic Church MaranghadaK.C. Philip Superior Jharna- Ashirvad NamkumKerketta Anand Minister (Additional Charge) St. Xavier's College RanchiKerketta Elvius PP & Secretary MS & HS Catholic church KeondtanrKerketta Pradeep Principal Loyola Inter College KhuntiKhoya Manohar Minister (additional Charge) St. Ignatius' H S GumlaKindo Alexius Acting Headmaster Middle School TongoKiro Laurentus Parish Priest Catholic Church Manas BansbariKujur Elvius Asst. PP Catholic Church PatrachauliKujur Fredrick Director Minor Seminary Ranchi

& Assistant Teacher St. John's H.S RanchiKujur Ranjit Tertianship Raia-GoaKullu Albert Incharge Boys' Hostel ATC NamkumKullu Alphonse Assitant Teacher & Minister PS & Middle School MaranghadaKullu Elias Asst. Teacher & Asst. PP MS & Catholic Church SosoKullu Francis David Treasurer Manresa House Ranchi

& Assists in Catholic Press RanchiKullu Rajesh Diaconate Ministry Catholic Church BingaonKullu Pradeep Principal Loyola School KathalguriLakra Bimal Asst. Teacher St. Xavier's H.S. BunduLakra Christopher Acting Rector St Ignatius' H S GumlaLakra Mark Mukul Parish Priest Catholic Church PengareeLakra Peter Claver Headmaster Middle School SarwadaLakra Placidius Rest Manresa House RanchiMinj Ajay Prakash Assistant Treasurer (ad Tempus) Sadbhavna RanchiMinj Billianus B.Ed., St. Xavier's College Resides: St. Xavier's RanchiMinj Patras Administrator / Minister Vidya Jyoti DelhiMinj Vijay Headmaster High School VijaygiriMinj Walter Xavier Prefect of Hostel & Asst. Teacher St. John's School RanchiPurty Florence Acting Principal St. Xavier's College SonabheelSoreng Charles Bishop Emeritus St. Xavier's College Ranchi

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Soreng Prabhat Kennedy Tertianship ShembaganurSoy Raphael Assistant Parish Priest Catholic Church KochangTete Isaac Minister St. Mary's H.S. SamtoliTigga John Crus Assistant Teacher High School SarwadaTigga Lalit J. Parish Priest Catholic Church NoadihTigga Mahendra Peter Asst. PP / Legal Aid Catholic Church PengareeTigga Swarn Incharge Intermediate Section St. Xavier's College RanchiTigga Tej Kumar Headmaster High School KeondtanrTirkey Ajay Anil Principal & Assistant PP St. Xavier's School MushalpurTirkey Alexander B.Ed. St. Xavier's College Ranchi Resides: St. Xavier's DorandaTirkey Ignatius Johnson Headmaster & Asst. PP School & Catholic Church RumtukelTirkey Modestus Minister & Kitchen Jharna-Ashirvad NamkumTopno Dominic Asst. Parish Priest St. Anthony's Church KathalguriToppo Binod Tertianship SSC SitagarhaToppo Bruno Tertianship Raia - GoaToppo Deepak Tertianship ShembaganurToppo James St. Xavier's College Maharo, Dumka RaiganjToppo Manohar Tertianship SSC SitagarhaToppo Pratap PP &Secre. RCM School Catholic Church SosoXalxo Patrick Prefect of Hostel & Asst. Teacher Loyola H.S. KhuntiXess Gabriel Acting Headmaster Middle School PatrachauliToppo Erenius Ph.D Studies (Bio-tech) Loyola ChennaiDungdung Edwin R. M.Sc Maths Loyola Chennai

MEET OF NOVITIA TE BATCH 1979The 3rd meeting of the Novitiate batch 1979 from three Provinces - HAZ, MAP and RAN took placeat Loyola Kunkuri on May 26. 10 members out of 12 were present. To the joy and inspiration of the group,Fr. Sylvanus Kiro, our Novice Master too was present with us bearing with all fatigue and odds of a longjourney. A short prayer led by Fr. Cyril Toppo, the coordinator set the tone of our sharing. Each one tooktime to share freely his experiences of his life as a Jesuit. We listened to one another's challenges, joys andsorrows faced in life - personal, ministerial and community. As it became an occasion to return to thefoundational experience in the early stage of our formation, we felt that the initial flame of our Jesuitvocation deep within which in course of years has been strengthened to a great extent, is capable to"enkindle other fires". It indeed mutually reaffirmed, supported and encouraged us all as friends in theLord in carrying out the Father's mission through Jesus the Lord filled with zeal and enthusiasm.Fr. Raymond Kerketta presided over the Eucharist celebrated before lunch, sharing to be resumed in theafternoon. The message of the readings that came to us during the Eucharist was very significant:The Triune God delights in each of us. The abiding presence of the Spirit is always with us to lead andguide us. Fr. Cyril, summing up the sharing underlined that a sense of companionship and solidaritybecame real every time the group came together. The group decided to come together again after two years.

Thanks you, Fr. Rector, Fr. Minister and all the friends in the Loyola community for your warm welcomeand hospitality during our stay with you.

Raymond KerkettaRaymond KerkettaRaymond KerkettaRaymond KerkettaRaymond Kerketta

Manr esa House, RanchiFr. Mathias Dungdung looked happy and satisfiedwith his itinerary to Kereng parish along withFr. Pius Xalxo for its centenary celebration. Hejoyfully declared that it was a memorable journey to

HOUSES, INSTITUTIONS & PARISHES

one of his first mission stations after 21 long years.It was a moment of revisiting and cherishing hispast memories.

Manresa House was packed till 4 of May as thescholastics retuned from their study houses and

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home visits. On 4 and 5 respectively two groups ofscholastics moved to Jharna to do their annualretreats. The semester exams knocking at the doorsquick-fixed the Manresa collegians with their desksand books. The third years commenced their examon 1 of May and having finished the papers on9 departed to their respective provinces. The firstand the second years began their exams on 11 and 12onwards. LIFE summer course on Media andTelevision production came to its culmination on15 of May as twelve students certified with theprofessional-touch on handling the camera andonline production.

Some the community members rushed to Gumlaon 19 to bid final farewell to Br. Linus Minj whojourneyed to heavenly abode ahead of us serving thecommunity till the end of his life.

It was a moment of great joy of coming togetherto strengthen the bond of companionship duringprovince days. Many province men started comingto Manresa House from far and nearby missionstations. Beginning with Fr. Bimal Kerketta who cameto the province on 8 from Egypt whereas Justin Tirkeylanded from Vatican city Rome on 21 for the provincedays. Scholastics having defeated the scorching heatof May, met together at Apostolic School Gumla withtheir theme "joy of coming together".

Manresa House was full during RanchiProvince Days. Sincere thanks to Fr. Camil Kerketta,minister of the House, for providing them withaccommodation, and Br. Nicholas for taking careof the kitchen joyfully.

Fr. SFr. SFr. SFr. SFr. Sanjay Danjay Danjay Danjay Danjay D. Ekka. Ekka. Ekka. Ekka. Ekka

St. Xavier's College, RanchiThe closing month of the academic year 2012-13kept the students and staff seriously busy with endsemester. The exam fever contributed to the heatof the scorching sun and kept the students glued tothe desks. Mean while, the entrance test for B. Ed.was conducted and the first list of the selectedcandidates is prepared for the admission.

After Tertianship at Rai - Goa, Fr. Swarn is backto the community with renewed spirit and vigour.Fr. Millianus Beck, who is also our communitymember, joined our community as he came backfrom VJ Delhi for summer holidays. Some of ushad to migrate to the other rooms as some of therooms in the residence were being renovated.

After the heavy schedule of exams, it was timefor us to cheer and celebrate as the Intermediate

results were announced on 28th May. It was amoment of great pride and satisfaction because allthe state toppers of three different streams namelyArts, Commerce and Science were from our college.The college honoured the top ten from all thethree streams and encouraged them for higher andbetter future. The Graduation and Intermediatesections were closed on 31st May. The post graduatestudents start their exams on 3rd June, 2013. Evenduring summer vacation the college offices remainopened as the admission process for bothIntermediate and Graduation is on. IntermediateResults, 2013

Str eam Appeared Passed Percentage

Science 627 503 80.22Commerce 372 365 97.31Arts 287 282 98.26

Fr. Ajay MinjFr. Ajay MinjFr. Ajay MinjFr. Ajay MinjFr. Ajay Minj

St. Xavier's DorandaThe month of May came with lots of events for thecommunity. Fr. Ajit Xess made his time from the busyschedule and returned from Kolkata on 1st May afterfinishing his annual retreat.

In the evening around 7.30 p.m. on the same daySch. Fuldeo Soreng met with an accident at Ranchiover-bridge. He was returning from Ranchi in bike,meanwhile another motorbike, which was overtakinghim from the left, dashed him. Sch. Fuldeo lost thebalance and fell on the right hand side, but he himselfgot up, picked up his spectacles and helmet, movedout of the road and contacted Fathers in thecommunity. Without more ado Frs. Britius, Ajit andSanjay rushed to the spot and took him to Meconhospital for the First Aid. His right hand was bruisedand left hand had a minor fracture. The left handwas plastered. He is alright now.

At the Ranchi Zone ICSE/ISC Declamationcompetition held at St. Anthony School, DorandaRanchi on 10th May 2013, our students Ms. ShiphaKujur, Master Devjyoti Das in Senior and Raj shekharHaldar in Junior category won the prizes for theschool. They will be participating in the RegionalICSE/ISC Declamation.

On the same day St. Xavier's School, Dorandaconducted Inter Class English Elocution in the schoolauditorium. The budding orators of the schoolattracted the audience with their public speaking skills.

Although we began the summer vacation from11th May that continued up to 12th June, yet the school

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campus witnessed some memorable moments in thecampus. There was two day's Inter Jesuit SchoolBasketball tournament on 11th and 12th May. Therewere six participating teams. The final match wasplayed between St. John's High School, Ranchi andSt. Xavier's School, Doranda. St. Xavier's outplayedand became the champion of the tournament.Fr. Britius Ekka went to Kolkata on May 11th toattend the final vows ceremony of his relative.

Fr. Sanjay Kerketta went to St. John's HighSchool, Ranchi on 16th May taking twenty young andenthusiastic students for the MAGIS GATHERINGthat was held from 16th to 19th May 2013. Thestudents benefited from this get together verymuch.

The 17th May 2013 was a very important dayof the year when the ICSE and ISC results weredeclared. The performance of our students wasexcellent. They have topped in all the streams in thecity. Master Shashank Shekhar topped in Ranchicity in the ICSE with 97.6%. Ms. Priya Kothari inISC Commerce and Master Akshay Thakur in ISCScience have topped in the city with 88.75% and96.25% respectively. Hearty congratulations toFr. Ajit Kumar Xess, the Principal, the managementand all the teachers of the school for the excellentresults. On the next day after the results theapplication forms for class 11th, both Science andCommerce were made available in the school officefor the applicants. The new admissions are over forclass 11th, 2013-15 Session.

Two special days namely May 23rd & 24th weremeant for the Province Days. We participated in it.The bond of love of our province brethren hasstrengthened, re-energized and filled us with theenthusiasm for the mission of the province.

Sch. Fuldeo went to Tarunoday on May 25th tomake his annual retreat. Br. Gilbert Bilung wenthome to meet the members of the family on May29th and returned on 31st.

At present four major works are going on.Firstly, all the school buses have been sent forservicing. Secondly, the first floor of the JuniorSection is being painted. Thirdly, the schoolauditorium is being renovated. After few monthsit will have a new and attractive look. Fourthly,school playground is being leveled. It will havegreen look with grass in few months.

St. Xavier's Doranda Community heartilywelcomed Fr. Amar Beck who joined on 6 June 2013.

The Bingaon youth reached him. Best wishes toFr. Amar for the assigned mission.

On 11th and 12th June orientation programmeis scheduled to be conducted by Fr. Tony Raj S.J.(JAM). All the teachers were energized to beginthe class on June 13th, 2013 with the Unit Test.

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Ashirvad-JharnaFr. PG Mennini guided to two St. Anne Sisters beforeboth of them could leave for Germany for their newmission. On the same day Fr. Sylvanus Kiro startedguiding two CDF brothers in their five-day retreat.There were also some individuals who came herefor their prayer on different dates: Fr. AugustineTopno, Sdb started his retreat on May 10 byhimself; Br. Paul Lakra, F.C. from Semalia startedhis retreat on May 14; Fr. Sylvanus Kiro guidedhim. Fr. Raymond Kerketta, guided Sr. Nilima,S.J.A. in her annual retreat from May 14. There wasalso a group of nine Sisters from two differentcongregations for their retreat from May 15. Whilethe Missionary Sisters of Jesus the Eternal Priest(MJEP) made five days retreat, the Oblate Sistersof the Immaculate Heart of Mary (OSIHM) spentsix days with the Lord. Fr. Sylvanus Kiro helped themin their retreat.

There were two groups of Jesuit scholastics whostarted their retreat respectively on May 4 and 5.The first group consisted of 16 Scholastics and thesecond of 17. Fr. Damian Minj, and Fr. Laurentus Kiro,both young and enthusiastic, fresh after their tertianshipguided their younger brothers. Fr. Damian took the firstgroup and Fr. Laurentus took the second. On the lastweek of May, three IBVM Sisters came here for theireight-day retreat; Fr. Mennini guided them.Fr. Alex Kindo and Fr. Isayas Xess started theireight-day retreat on May 28. Fr. Jugal Kindo (DEL),having completed his B. Ed exam from SXC, Ranchimade his annual retreat from May 29. All threeJesuits made their retreat by themselves. The lastgroup of retreatants was the two MJEP Sisters whobegan their eight-day retreat here on the May last

Fr. Aurel Brys had organized a month long LNNtraining program which started on May 21. He expectedat least 20 participants but only 17 turned up.

Novices participated in a Marian procession inone of the nearby villages in the evening of May 11.Then they began their quinzine on May 13. They hadcricket match, music classes, composition (for the first

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years), while the second years spent much of theirtime in reading and writing their scientific paper. TheProvince Days 2013 was an occasion for them tohave personal experience of the larger Province.They sang a melodious song to felicitate our fournewly ordained priests and wished them a happyand fruitful priestly life after the concludingEucharist. During those days two novices Prakashand Sunil had to serve Fr. Albert Kullu who wasadmitted in Prabhawati Hospital.

Fr. SFr. SFr. SFr. SFr. Sylvanus & Fr. Sylvanus & Fr. Sylvanus & Fr. Sylvanus & Fr. Sylvanus & Fr. SamiramiramiramiramirSt. Mar y's SamtoliPrior to summer vacation the apostolic boys wishedto have the Marian procession in the evening of May17. For a week each group kept itself busy selectingreligious scenes to be exhibited during the processionand also items for an entertainment programmethereafter. At 5.30 p.m. the procession got startedwith loud prayers and singing with accompanimentof drums. On the way four tableaus attractedeverybody's attention. They were helpful to praywell. Our passing guest Fr. Robert Kindo preached agood sermon on Marian Devotion narrating someinstances of grace received through it in hispersonal life. After the procession there started theentertainment programme. Each group came forwardwith its items- singing, dancing and short plays inEnglish. They were indeed very enjoyable. At theend came a moment to say farewell to ScholasticEdwin Ritesh Dungdung who had served theapostolic boys for two years. In his parting speechEdwin related his happy stay over here, thankedthe boys for their receptive attitude and wishedthem to go ahead with single mindedness.

On 5th June the Jesuits residing on the eitherside of Shankh River, i.e., Jashpur, Kunkuri, Barway,Gumla and Simdega zone gathered at KobangDam for a picnic. It was a good occasion to reliveour good old days and share our experiences withone another. It was quite enriching.

On 12th May our retired teacher Sir MarianusEkka and Mr. Joseph Tete, a member of the ManagingCommittee of St. Mary's High School were givenfarewell. The staff and students expressed theirgratitude through their short speeches, songs anddances. Sir Marianus had been teaching even afterhis retirement. In his farewell speech he challengedthe teachers to be punctual, dutiful and exemplary,and to the students he encouraged to be hardworking. Mr. Joseph Tete had been a Managing

Committee member since the time of Fr. JosephMoens. The school is grateful to them for their longand valuable services.

On 13th May, Mr. Rakesh Kerketta, one of theAROUSE staff members got married at Tumdegi.Frs. Alois Beck and Billianus Minj went to bless themarriage. On 18th May Fr. Isaac went to Ranchi toattend the meeting of Spiritual Renewal Commissionthe following day. It was pointed out that manyindividuals and communities suffer due to lack of anin-depth assimilation of the Spiritual Exercises andthe Constitutions.

The Matric results were not very encouragingfor us because only 91% passed. So, Fr. Principalheld a meeting with concerned teachers of eachsubject separately to reflect upon the situation.It emerged that more close follow up of each studentand especially the weaker ones is needed. TheIntermediate results in Science are satisfactory aseight out of ten district toppers are fromSt. Mary's. But only 52% passed. And in Commerce79% and in Arts 91% have passed.On 28th MayFr. Alois Beck went to Mangarkunda for thethanksgiving Mass of Sr. Binita Kujur OSU afterher final vows.

All the members of the Community went for theProvince Days except the two elderly members,namely Fr. Albert Dungdung and Br. Juel Ekka.As soon as the Province Days got over we beganour return journey to Samtoli and by midnight wewere back home.

Fr. IFr. IFr. IFr. IFr. Isaac Tsaac Tsaac Tsaac Tsaac Tete Sete Sete Sete Sete S.J..J..J..J..J.

Indian Social Institute, New DelhiApart from the routine research work during the lasttwo months, I have been to Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU) as an External Examiner of anM. Phil. dissertation and subsequently for theviva-voce of the student concerned. Further, thenine students of Sociology from Jesus and MaryCollege, New Delhi, who I was mentoring for anUGC-sponsored research project titled "BeyondRelocation: Experiences from the Urban Fringes"(2012-13), culminated in presentation of the findingsat Jesus and Mary College. This study sought toanalyse how displacement affected the social andcultural capital of people from the lens of thedisplaced marginalized poor. The research projectwas an exploratory study focusing on two resettlementcolonies of Delhi. These were Madanpur Khadarlocated at the south-eastern periphery of Delhi and

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Bawana Resettlement Colony located on the YamunaPushta Area of Delhi. At the moment I am also busyediting the 'Paul G' volume along with the ExecutiveDirector of ISI, Bangalore, which will be publishedin honour of the late Fr. Paul Gueriviere of MaduraiProvince, who having spent 34 years in ISI Bangaloreand ISI Delhi, died at BeschiIllam, DindigulTamilnadu on 21 December 2011.

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DNC, PuneA large two storeys building with high walls, roughfloor and unending corridors weaved in a chain ofseveral rooms; vast open campus with tall andsmall trees. This makes DNC a beautiful place.This was lifeless almost for more than two months.Life is coming back again to it with the return ofthe old timers and arrival of the new timers.

We are happy to find four new comers to DNCfrom Ranchi to pursue their philosophical studies.They are Schs. Minj Bimal, Minj Claver, SinduriaValentine and Tigga Ravindra. They have reached DNCsafely. Welcome dear friends and best of luck for yourentrance test for JDV. They successfully passed theEnglish entrance test.

Is there anything about 2nd year's Ranchiphilosophers? Yes, there is. They have alreadyreached DNC on 29th May after gathering new zealand energy from Scholastic Meet and Province Days2013. They came early to write their MA exam inPhilosophy which started on 1st June itself. Now alsowe can say them best of luck for their rest of thepapers.

We started our academic year on 10th June withthe inaugural Mass. With that our life at DNC andJDV started in full fledge. All the best to both theold timers and the new timers for their religiousformation at DNC.

Sch. SSch. SSch. SSch. SSch. Samiramiramiramiramir

North Bengal St. Xavier's College, RajganjOne month of English spoken for outsiders wasarranged in North Bengal St. Xavier's College and wasconcluded on 8 May. On 19 May Sch. John attendedDarjeeling Scholastics get together at St. JosephSchool North Point, Darjeeling. The theme of gatheringwas "Hamaro Venta Ghata/Reunion of Minds andHearts". There were 23 scholastics including EastAfrican Sch. Cleofus. Fr. P. Kinley Tshering, theProvincial of Darjeeling Province gave inspiring talkon Jesuit life to reenergize the scholastics.

Just after that Sch. John along with Darjeelingscholastics had annual retreat in Kalingpong. Theretreat was given by Fr. Lawrence Stanislaus S.J.[Parish Priest of Hathighisa, comes under BagdograDiocese]. The retreat enriched the scholastics withSt. Ignatius' Spirituality. Fr. Victor came back fromTamil Nadu after home visit on 24 May. On 25 MayFr. George Francis went Hongkong for the seminar.Sch. Rohan [DUM] has more or less finishedGeography Project. After working hard one fullyear collegians have finished their exams on 30 May.Now in the hostel only few boys are staying in order tohave their practical exams and BBA students are stillbusy with their exam preparation.

Sch. John J. Kujur SSch. John J. Kujur SSch. John J. Kujur SSch. John J. Kujur SSch. John J. Kujur S.J..J..J..J..J.

ATC, NamkumATC - St. Joseph's Community College was busyserving Br. Angelus Xess in Seva Nilaya hospital.He was seriously suffering from cellulites in his leftleg. Dr. Ram Prasad treated him with his bestexpertise. He was discharged from there by the endof April and was brought back to ATC. Fr. SylvanusKerketta and Fr. George Soreng had arrangeda cultural tour from April 21st to May 7th 2013 forthe tribal youths from Assam and ATC accommodatedthem. Fr. George Soreng and Fr. Ranjit Kr. Horobrought 10 boys and 13 girls from Assam to learnAdivasi culture, folk songs and dances. The resourcepersons were 11 boys and girls from Sarwada and8 boys and girls from Kusumbera, Jampani. Fr. SamirDungdung also taught Kharia folk dance to theANM trainees. Later recording of the Khariaseasonal songs and dances were recorded. Fr. EphremBa'a from St. Xavier's College also joined this groupfor the same.17 students attended the MAGISgathering organized in St. John’s High School,Ranchi from 17 - 18th May by the province YouthCommission which was a wonderful experience forthe participants. They also performed beautifulAdivasi dance which was appreciated by one and all.

Fr. Erenius Toppo managed to get repairedmotor and pumps of ATC farm. He harvested onionfrom the field and sold it out. Fr. Sylvanus Kerketta,Fr. Erenius Toppo and Fr. L. Francken beganrepairing work of a broken check-dam of ATC. Butthe work was stopped due to the objectionby an owner of a neighbouring land. The work issuspended till agreement is reached. Fr. SylvanusKerketta is exploring all possibilities to negotiate andbegin the work with the help of villagers, Mukhia andthe Ward Member.

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The second year ANM trainees came back aftertheir 2 months practical at three different hospitalsnamely Prabhavati Hospital, K.C. Roy MemorialHospital, Lalpur and Prakashchand Jain Seva Sadan,Daltonganj. They have gained confidence by practicalapplication of their knowledge. They finished theirfinal exams and were given farewell on 30th May.They left ATC on 31st May. The 17 candidates ofdriving school completed their 3 months drivingcourse and left ATC; and a new batch of 9 havejoined the school.

The first year ANM trainees completed theircommunity health experience for 10 days from 15thApril. They began their 45 days clinical experienceat PHC Namkum, Seva Nilaya and Military Hospital.The purpose of sending them to different hospitalsfor 45 days is to give them first-hand experience. Theywrote their first year annual examination from June10 to 18 and on 19th they went for holidays.Meanwhile there was entrance test for the newcomers on 10th June followed by interview and withintwo days the result of the selected candidates wasannounced.

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Kanke ParishThe Easter time family blessing was completed by13 May. The last ones were the two families inRarha, some 15 km on the Ranchi-Patratu road.These are the only Catholic families in the GELdominated village. They were very happy to welcomeus - two St. Anne Sisters, Fr. Henry Barla andmyself. On 19 May, I together with Fr. Albinus Tete

and Raphael Soy made a trip to Pathalgaon fora short gathering with our 6 fellow Jubilarians ofMadhya Pradesh Province. As we met after a longgap, some of us had hard time to recognize oneanother. Although it was a very hot day, ourgathering was an enjoyable one. We dispersed earlynext morning, perhaps never to see one another inthis globe.

On 26 May night, probably after 1.00 a.m, somethieves broke in into the Kanke church. WhenI opened the church at 5.00 in the morning, I wasgreatly shocked. The side door on the north was openand the steel almirah, where mikes, cables, cordlessmike receivers and other accessories were kept, wasmissing. Also an altar cross, some flower vessels, twocandle-stands and two donation boxes were missing.The battery, used for the emergency light, was not inits usual place. In this confusing situation we had ashort Mass. After the Mass, we found the almirahin the field on the west just outside the boundarywall of St. Anne's convent. It had been forcefullyopened and items were left scattered. One of themike set boxes was found still further, close toSunder Nagar. I informed some of the parishioners -Catholic Sabha President, treasurer and others.They came immediately. About 10-15 of us went tothe police station and gave a report. The policecame at noon around 12.00. We were allowed tocollect whatever was left. Missing items are mainly2 cordless mikes, 3 ordinary mikes, 1 donation box,some flower vessels and cash from donation boxes.There is no clue yet as to who are responsible forthis theft.

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ASSAM MISSION

MushalpurAfter great struggle, Fr. Pradeep Kullu managed toget new teachers for the school. Parents andstudents are happy with the appointment of thenew teachers. Now school is running with fullswing. On 17th May Assam Board declaredMatric results. This year 16 students appearedboard examination from our school. The result isquite encouraging: out 16, three have secured firstdivision, eleven second and two third division.On 26th May, school arranged teachers- parentsmeeting. This time many parents turned up formeeting. They are happy with the available facilities

and the achievement of the school. In the meeting,they expressed their desire to give full cooperation tothe school managment. On 24th May, speechcompetition was conducted under the guidance ofSr. Headmistress and the staff. Students were dividedinto four groups, namely, senior (VIII -X), Junior(V- VII), tots (III - IV) kids (I -II). From amongthese groups only little ones showed satisfactoryperformance. At the end the principal thanked allthe organizers, congratulated all the winners andencouraged the failures not to lose hearts but towork hard. On 28th May, the second Unit Testresults were declared. Comparatively the results are

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better than the first Unit Test. Parents are alsosatisfied with the performance of their children.

Pradeep Kullu SPradeep Kullu SPradeep Kullu SPradeep Kullu SPradeep Kullu S.J..J..J..J..J.KathalguriOn 3rd June, there was a meeting for all the catechistsat Khayerghutu village church to discuss on houseblessing that takes place every year. Fr. PradeepKerketta went to Ranchi on 7th May for medicalcheck-up. He also paid a flying visit to his ailingfather at home. Fr. Jerome began door to doorhouse blessing from 9th April, which went up to31st May. House blessing is customary in this area.Sr. Renu Mattu joined the SCJM community atKathalguri on 9th June. She came from Goalparacommunity. She was given a warm welcome on 12thMay at parish level. Loyola school began its secondunit test from 12th May. Students were seen seriousduring the unit test. English spelling competition washeld in the school to create awareness among studentson the importance of correct spelling. Fr. Mukul leftfor Ranchi on 21st May. He went as a representativefrom this house to participate in the province days.

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TezpurFr. Xavier Lakra had been to Pengaree to welcomethe Daughters of St. Anne Sisters on 4th Mayevening by night bus. He was coming back toTezpur on 5th May by the Kirti night bus.Unfortunately the bus hit one of the standing trucknear Bokaghat. However, he escaped miraculously.Next day in the morning he reached Tezpur woundedand full of bruises. He had lot of pain in his legs.X-ray and medical check-up were done. Fortunatelyhe did not suffer much damage. In spite of severepain Fr. Xavier continued his work to finish thecompletion-reports and to prepare various projectsto take along to different funding agencies andfriends. Fr. Xavier left for Europe on 12th Mayfrom Tezpur and landed in Belgium on 13th Mayby evening. While he was in Delhi the temperaturewas 37 degree Celsius when he landed in Belgium itwas 9 degree Celsius. Belgium and Germany hadmuch rain this time so weather was very cold. Xavieris busy visiting his friends, benefactors, well-wishersand Funding agencies in different places.

Meanwhile Fr. John Ekka and Miss Annie hadcome for the audit work to Tezpur Jesuit Bhavan on6th May and after finishing the audit of differentcommunities they left for Ranchi on 18th May. We arevery grateful to them for their hard work, and goodcooperation of different communities.

Matric r esults of our Schools: St. John's SchoolBalipara - 13 first division with four students scoringstar marks; 26 scored 2nd division and 7 passed in3rd Division and 5 failed. Percentage-wise it was90%. Well done, Congratulations.

St. Xavier's School Pengaree: 21 studentsappeared for the first time for the matriculationexams. 10 students scored 2nd division; 5 passed inthird division and 5 students failed and one resultis not yet declared. 76% passed. Congratulations,Well done.

St. Xavier's Junior College, Sonabheel: ArtsSection: 6 scored first division; 30 second division;59 passed in third division and 54 students failed.Percentagewise it was 64.4%.

Commerce Section: 39 students appeared - 6students scored 1st division with 4 letter marks;15 in second division; 15 third division and3 students failed. Well done. Congratulations.

After the Matric results the admission for Juniorcollege Arts and Commerce is going on in full swing.So far 260 forms were sold and 123 admissions havealready been taken till 31st May. We have planned tostart the Degree College of Commerce section on 1stAugust 2013 and admissions are going on.

Fr. Xavier Lakra, SFr. Xavier Lakra, SFr. Xavier Lakra, SFr. Xavier Lakra, SFr. Xavier Lakra, S.J..J..J..J..J.

PengareeThe Daughters of St. Anne Sisters arrived toPengaree to start a new Convent:After a long waiting a group of Sisters were readyto come to Pengaree to be the collaborators ofJesuits in Assam Mission. The Congregation ofthe Daughters of St. Anne Jalpaiguri, Ranchi agreedto work in Assam. The arrival date was fixed on 4thof May. Fr. Telesphore and driver John welcomedthem at Tinsukia railway station on 4th May earlymorning who came by Kamrup Express. SisterTeresita, DSA, the Provincial of Jalpaiguri provinceand seven other sisters came together by KamrupExpress.

On 5th of May, Sisters were heartily welcomedby the parishioners in the School Hall. The daybegan with the solemn Eucharistic celebrationpresided over by the Vicar General Fr. Joy of theDiocese of Dibrugarh. From each village there wasone grand cultural Programme. It was a grandwelcome for the Sisters by the parishioners. Fr. Xaviercame by bus on Sunday morning to welcome them andafter the programme got over, the same evening hewent back to Tezpur by bus.

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On 10th May Fr. Telesphore had gone to Tezpurfor the Audit work. Two days he stayed there andcame back on 13th morning after work was done. On11th May, Fr. Peter Mahendra went to Manipur togive a Seminar to the students of Moirang andBishnupur. After staying one week he went toRanchi for the Province Days.

The Closing of Marian Month - On 26th Maythe faithful of Pengaree Parish gathered for aMarian procession from different corner of theparish, walking with banners, placards, decoratedstatues of Mother Mary, saying rosary and singingdevotional hymns. It was a beautiful sight to see.Group wise, people reached to the school stagewhile other groups continued to pray till all theparishioners came to the stage. Fr. Dominic presidedover the Eucharist for the faithful and Telesphoreconcelebrated. This was a creative way of concludingMarian Month. Now Pengaree Parish wishes to allthe RB readers abundant blessings from the SacredHeart of Jesus as the whole church pays devotion toit in June.

Fr. TFr. TFr. TFr. TFr. Telespelespelespelespelesphore Lakra, Shore Lakra, Shore Lakra, Shore Lakra, Shore Lakra, S.J..J..J..J..J.ProthrapurWith the help of village catechists and therepresentatives, Fr. David continued Easter HouseBlessing in different village units. While Fr. Davidwas busy in family blessing, Fr. Amrit Kujur availedhimself on 18th April for hearing confessions ofthe children in the parish who prepared themselveswell under the guidance of sisters and some youth.These 30 children received First Holy Communionon 21st April 2013.

Fr. Amrit Kujur, S.J left the Andamans on 30thApril after his four years of valuable service to thediocese. He rendered his valuable service to parishes,convents, associations, Sanghs and communitiesfaithfully. Fr. David feels a loss as he has experiencedhis companionship and great help rendered toProthrapur parish. Fr. David is grateful to him for hiscompanionship and all the helps he received.

On the occasion of Abba Diwas (Fathers'- Day),solemn Eucharist was offered for them. Choir madethe Eucharist more prayerful and devotional. Justafter the Mass felicitation programme was organizedto honour the fathers. Youth, Children and MahilaSangh came up with their creativity and wellprepared programmes. At the end parish priestthanked the faithful.

On 12 May, 66 boys and girls received theSacrament of Confirmation given by Bishop Alex Dias.

Shortly after the Mass very short welcome programmewas held in honour of the bishop. As SCC is given topmost priority in the diocese, SCC seminar was held atdiocese level at pastoral centre on 12th and 13th May.14th was the climax when SCC day was celebrated.Day began with Holy Mass presided over by BishopAlex Dias followed by photo session in differentparish groups. In order to keep up the zeal andenthusiasm every parish drew the action plan fortheir respective parishes.

Children are the greatest gift of God to thefamily and Church. To celebrate this truth, Prothrapurparish organized a three-day seminar for children on16 to 18 May. About 75 boys and girls took part init.Speakers gave inspiring talks on topics such asImportance of education and discipline, Mass Media,De-addiction, Meaning of love & friendship. Thesetopics were made interesting through games, actionsongs, group discussions, dramatization of parable,singing competition, meaningful power pointpresentation etc. The climax of the seminar was awell-organized picnic to Chidiyatapu beach wherechildren enjoyed to the maximum by singing theirfavorite songs, organized games and above allplaying in the sea. Fr. David surprised them withspecial lunch packets which they relished withgrateful hearts. Another surprise was the distributionof prizes to winners and consolation prizes to all.Children in their turn expressed their gratitude bythanking Fr. David, the sisters, Mrs. Carmela, youthvolunteers for the three-day programme which theyenjoyed to the full.

A seminar was arranged on 25th May for 3 hoursfor the parish executive Committee members ofthe parish Pastoral council, Parish Finance Council,Catholic association, Catholic Sabha, Mahila Sangh,Tamil Community, Malayali Community and Youthon the occasion of the Year of Faith. Mr. GordonMorris was the resource person assisted byRev. Father Gabriel, V. G. of Port Blair diocese andtwo sisters of St. Joseph of Apparition. Seminarbrought an awareness among the faithful to carryout their responsibilities to be the messengers ofGod in the parish and the diocese. The challenginglife-experience of Morris moved the participants.Consequently they are ready to give their serviceevery day at least some hours.

Month of May which is dedicated to MotherMary, people prayed Holy Rosary together in theirrespective villages and bastis throughout the monthand as an outcome they organized a series of Marian

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processions, Eucharistic celebrations and culturalprogrammes. The month of May began in the parishand ended in the parish as it has become a goodtradition to honour Mother Mary. On the last day,

the congregation once again prayed Holy Rosaryfollowed by Eucharistic celebration and shortcultural programme.

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LET US REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERSMrs. Scholastica Kindo (78) Sister-in-Law of Fr. Robert Kindo S.J. expired on 6 May 2013.Mrs. Virginia Ekka (80) Mother of Fr. Medard Xalxo S.J. expired on 28 May 2013

Rome

31 May was the last day of the regular classes ofthe current academic year of Gregorian University.However, 15 May was set aside for the Holy Massand the University Fest to celebrate the successfulconclusion on the academic year. This time theworkload was a bit more on me. Apart fromplanning the details of the liturgical celebrationsas the Chaplin, I had the responsibility of animatingthe students to come forward not only with somecultural items, but also with some internationalculinary. Anyway, the staff and the studentscollaborated in an exemplary team spirit to make theUniversity Fest a community event. The Eucharisticcelebration in the Church of St. Ignatius waspresided over by H.L. Mons. Gerhard L. Müller,Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine ofFaith. The Holy Mass was followed by a shortfelicitation program during which some emeritusProfessors were honored and the best students wereawarded medals. During the cultural program,probably for the first time, an Indian group presenteda cultural item with full gusto - a Goanparoldy, inwhich Suman and Sylverius actively participatedalong with other friends from Goa and Karnataka.Later, even Justin and George Kerketta joined thegroup with great enthusiasm.

George Kerketta was here with us in the GregorianJesuit community almost for one week. At the end ofhis stay, he seemed to be happy and pleased with theoutcome of his visit to different Agencies regardingthe Projects of Ranchi Province. Linus and Justintook good care of him during his stay. During thosedays, Rev. Mother Linda Mary Vaughan was alsoin Rome along with her Counselor Sr. Claire. Thepresence of Mother Linda, George Kerketta andGeroge Valentine Kerketta from Switzerlandprovided us with an apt opportunity to cometogether for an Eucharistic celebration followedby dinner - a fruitful gathering of brothers andsisters from Ranchi in Rome!

On 19 May, Justin left for India for awell-deserved holiday time. We were glad to seehim off because he was going to represent us - Suman,Sylverius, Linus and Prem - during the ProvinceMeet. Before he left for India, he had the goldenopportunity to meet the Holy Father on 16 Mayalong with a group of Radio Vatican Collaborators.Along with other priests, Justin concelebrated withthe Holy Father in the beautiful Chapel of CasaSanta Martha, where the Holy Father is residingfor the moment. As usual, the Holy Father met eachone personally. Justin was extremely happy andenthusiastic to tell the Holy Father that he too wasa Jesuit from Ranchi Province. He was quick torequest the Holy Father for his blessings and specialprayers for the Ranchi Province. In the similarmanner, his colleague, Sr. Usha Manorama Tirkey,a Ranchi St. Anne Sister, too met the Holy Fatheron 21 May. Her meeting with the Holy Father wasremarkable for our St. Anne's Sisters because shepresented to him the framed photos of theirFoundress Mother Bernadette and Mother Cecilia.A historical event indeed for both Justin and Usha!

After the exams, Suman and Sylverius plan tojoin a group of Jesuits from Collegio Bellarmino tovisit some of the important Ignatian places in Spain.At the end of their pilgrimage, they will participate inthe priestly ordination of one of their Bellarminofriends. Later, both of them plan to go to differentplaces for their summer ministry. Linus will leave forIndia on 27 June. Two days later, I will leave forNew York and come to Ranchi during the third weekof July. During our stay in Ranchi, both Linus andmyself are supposed to organize a conference onthe Ongoing Formation in Faith-Hope-Charity andVatican II. We hope for the best!

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BIRTHDAYS: JUNE & JULYJune01 Kerketta Stephen03 Dungdung James V.

Jojo Joachim06 Kerketta Sylvanus12 Tete Patrick15 Topno Pascal16 Minj Elias17 Ekka Peter Paul

Dungdung JeromeXalxo Medard

19 Tirkey Sushil20 Ekka Isidore

Minj Ignatius21 Lakra John

Beck AloisToppo Manohar

22 Burh George P.Barla Gilbert

23 Kujur Sandeep25 Bara Shailendra29 Basumatary Lazarus30 Dungdung John

July01 Ekka Sanjay Dilip04 Dungdung Joachim

Lakra Mark Mukul07 Tirkey Basil

Tirkey Ajay Anil08 Toppo Pratap S.

Ekka Sebastian09 Bage Anugrah Amar11 Tirkey Sikander13 Minj Anupchand K.15 Kandulna Joseph

Topno DominicTirkey Amrit

16 Kamath Vijay A.17 Kerketta Ajit

Hassa purty RajatKandulna Anil

19 Ekka AlexiusKullu AlphonseMinj Vijay Paul

20 D'Souza Gilbert22 Sandil Ashok Roshan25 Xalxo Isaac26 Purti Zacharias

Horo Ranjit Kr.Minj Vijay Kr.Kujur Ignatius

27 Bilung Vinod28 Francken Louis29 De Brouwer Marc30 Lakra Benjamin31 Ba'a Theodore Ignatius

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