PC Lr. No. 31 FEBRUARY 2020

STELLA MARIS, CHINNA WALTAIR-530017

VISAKHAPATNAM, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA

Provincial : 0891/ 2710259

Cell : 09985860195, Fax : 0891/ 2702589Email: msfsvizag@gmail.com, frchinnapareddymsfs@gmail.com

provincialvizagmsfs@gmail.com

Introduction:

My dear Confreres,

Greetings to you. Very Rev. Fr. Abraham Vettuvelil, the Superior Generalhas declared the year 2020, as the year of Fransalian Associates. It isa call for us to dedicate ourselves as agents of Fransalian Spiritualitythat encourages the people of God to accept it as a way of life and acall addressed to them to follow the spiritual path trodden by ourforefathers in spreading the Gospel message in the light of Salesianoptimism.

St. Francis de Sales was a master of divine love through his writing andlife who spurs us to live a life according to the vocation we receivedfrom God. It is call to be not just a owner of love but a donor of lovewhich makes us happy and contented with life. I request all to initiatethe formation of Fransalian Associates in our mission centers, to spreadthe Salesian spirituality.

Congregation Matters175th Anniversary of the Arrival of MSFS in India:

The Superior General and the General Administration has decided tocelebrate the arrival of MSFS in India as a milestone in the history ofthe Church and Our Congregation by recognizing our missionaryheritage and acknowledge the outstanding missionary efforts andcontributions of our six pioneering and daring missionaries, sent by Fr.Peter Mermier, to India. We want to honor Fr. Jacques Martin, Fr. JosephLavorel, Fr. Jean Marie Tissot, Fr. Jean Thevernet, Bro. Pierre Cartonand Bro. Sulpice Fontanel by retelling their stories of missionary life toour present generation as recorded in history.

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The Superior General invites us to have Province level celebration ofthis historical event on September 8, 2020 (or any convenient dateclose to this date). He requests all Provincials to have a meaningfulcelebration of the event organized in all the Provinces.

We will have a special event planned for the 175th anniversary celebrationat the National / International level in Visakhapatnam, India on October23 – 24, 2020.

The committee for organizing this Event in Vizag on October 23 – 24,2020 is:

Rev. Fr. Chinnappa Reddy, Provincial of Visakhapatnam (Convener)Rev. Fr. John Britto Muthuswamy, Provincial of NagpurRev. Fr. Ignaci Muthu, Provincial of South East IndiaRev. Fr. Johnson Kallidukil, General Secretary for Mission

I request you to give your suggesations regarding the forthcomingcelebration.

Fransalian Media World:As directed by the General Chapter 2019, the General Administrationhas decided to go ahead with the opening of De Sales InternationalFilm and Media Academy from June 2020 in Kodampakkam, Chennai.We also look into the possibility of the IT Training and DevelopmentCentre for designing and developing Management Software for variousministries.

Provincial Congress 2020:Fr. Emmanuel Mappilaparambil, the Provincial of Dibrugarh Provincehas convoked the 1st Ordinary Provincial Congress from 14th to 17th

April 2020 in MSFS Provincial House, Silapathar.

Fr. Sabu Francis, the Provincial of Guwahati Province has convokedthe 1st Ordinary Provincial Congress from 30th March to 3rd April 2020 atMSFS Provincialate, Guwahati. The theme of the Provincial Congressis “Kairos: An Acceptable time to redefine and relive our charism in ourMissionary context”.

Fr. Innaci Muthu, the Provincial of South East Province has convokedthe 5th Ordinary Provincial Congress from 9th to 12th March 2020 atRetreat Centre, Poondi. The theme of the Provincial Congress is “Beingrooted in the basics of the MSFS, we witness Christ through ourApostolates and Ministries”.

Let us pray for the success of their Provincial Congress. Let usaccompany them with our prayers during these days of discussionsand deliberations.

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Province NewsInstallation of New Parish Priest at Pada –Lambata, Indonesia:

On 23rd January 2020 the MSFS confreres were welcomed in processionfro Lewoleba St. Mary Baneux to Pada. Around 4.30 p.m. the people ofPada received us along with his lordship Msgr. Fransiscus Kopong Kung,the Bishop of Larantuka, with military parade, traditional dance byMuslim, Hindu, Christian and Catholic brothers and sisters. At 5.30p.m. we had the opening prayer service at Pada mission and the bishophad an interaction with the people of Pada deciding the territory of theparish, economy of the parish, maintenance of parish and other issues.

On 24th January 2020 during the Eucharistic celebration St. Francis deSales Parish was eructed and Fr. Antony Baskar Jayaseelan wasinstalled as parish priest. During the mass His Lordship preached aboutthe bifurcation of the parish from Waikomo St. Arnoldus Yanssen. HisLordship preached about St. Francis de Sales and the missionary spiritof Fransalians, and especially about the Indian missionaries arrivingLarantuka and explained the charism of the congregation of Missionariesof St. Francis de Sales.

After homily His lordship declared the Pada mission as ST. Francis deSales parish and installed in a formal way by reading the canonicalprocedure and required documents and the oath ceremony by parishpriest that he will be obedient to Local Ordinary. He is entrusted withHoly Bible, Stole, Candle and Keys of the Church, which signifies theresponsibilities of the parish priest and congratulated for accepting tobe missionary in Indonesia. Fr. Anand Prasad spoke on our charism,gifts, and MSFS presence in different parts of the world.

There were traditional dances after the talks. All the people of Pada villagewithout any religious disparities Muslims, Hindus, protestants and catholicsjoined for traditional dance and celebrated this event as one family.

Fr. Baskar JayaseelanFr. Anil Kumar SwarnaFr. Ravi Boilla

ST. ALOYSIUS ITI, AUTO NAGAR, VIZAG

INAUGURATION OF PARKING AREA

On 23rd December 2019, parking area was inaugurated by very .Rev.Fr. P. Chinnappa Reddy. Fr. Mathew Vempala, Fr. Jaddu Joseph, Fr.Showri Kumar, staff and students were present. Later Fr. Provincialappreciated all the members who worked for parking area.

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CONVOCATION CEREMONY

NCVT board of India made mandatory for all ITIs to have convocationceremony for the students who completed industrial training program.On 23rd December 2019 convocation ceremony was initiated in St.Aloysius ITI campus at Auto Nagar. Very. Rev. Fr. Provincial was thechief guest, presented certificates and addressed them to go forwardwith the skills for the successful future. It was indeed a day of rejoicingand happy moments for all the members of St. Aloysius ITI family.

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

On 23rd December 2019, blood donation camp was conducted in St.Aloysius ITI campus with the help of Life sharing blood bank . 112students and 8 staff members donated the blood very generously andjoyfully. Few local TV channels and news reporters presented the newsto the public to encourage many more for freely donating the blood andsave life. On 23rd December Fr. Provincial presented certificates to theblood donors.

Regent’s meeting at Lourdu Nivas House, Shantinagar

“Piety and knowledge areeyes of religious” _SFS

The Regents of theprovince gathered for theregency meeting on 4th and5th January at Lourdunivas.It is a day to refresh and aday to renew our life as

Regents. The meeting was organized under the leadership of Fr. Manoj,the councilor in charge for the formation. On the first day we had gonefor an outing to wonderla. We spent the whole day at wonderla and we

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enjoyed a lot over there. We returned to the house at 7.15 pm and hadholy mass which was celebrated by Fr. Sandeep Reddy. There after wehad dinner and went to rest. We began the second day with recollectionwhich was animated by Fr. Manoj. We had mass at 7.30 am along withthe parishioners. At 9.15 a.m we had the first recollection talk by Fr.Manoj. During the talk he enlightened us with the word of God andinitiated us into the mood of prayer and reflections. At 10.00 am we metFr. Manoj and had group discussion upon regency units. At 11.15 amwe had input session by Fr. Suresh Babu the general councilor in-chargefor formation. During the session he taught us to set goals, that is tobecome a good priest in our future in the congregation. He also urgedus to work upon such goal in every day of our life. Afterwards we hadlunch at 12.30 pm then we began personal talk with Fr provincial. At2.00 pm we had group sharing with Fr provincial. During the sharing Frprovincial appreciated us and thanked us for the service that we arerendering to the communities of our places. He also suggested us tocontinue with the same spirit for betterment of the community as wellas for the growth of personality. Then we winded up the regency meetingwith tea. Soon after tea some of us visited our near communities.

We are indeed very happy and glad that we received a book from RevFr. T. Mariadas Reddy. The title of book is, “Discipleship”. We thank Fr.T. Mariadas for such a gift.

We express our sincere gratitude to Rev. Fr. Suresh Babu and Fr.Chinnappa Reddy and Fr. Manoj for their encouragement and valuablesupport and for giving us spiritual guidance for the rest of our regency.We also thank Fr. Sandeep Reddy, Fr. Bharat, Fr. John for theirhospitality, brotherly guidance during our stay at Lourdunivas.

Reported by: Bro. Mendem Joseph

Blessing and Inauguration, Sacred heart Church, NUNNA

Sacred heart Parish, Nunna(1958) which is situated on the outskirts ofVijayawada was bifurcated from Pezzonipeta and became an

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independent parish in April1971. Rev. Fr. C. RimondiPIME, the parish priest ofPezzonipeta had acquiredeight acres of land on theway to Vijayawada-Nuzvidhighway. The presbyterywas built in 1973. Fr. JoseNedumackal built the

parish church in 1976. Fr. M. Masala PIME remodeled the presbytery.This mission was entrusted to the MSFS Fathers in 1979 during thetime of Rev. Dr. JOSEPH THUMMA (Bishop of Vijayawada). It wasbegun with 25 Catholic families but now it has grown into 150 families.It has got 7 sub stations. Fr. Joseph Karachira MSFS was the firstparish priest who belongs to MSFS congregation. Later Fr. JosephVichatt designed and built a beautiful entrance gate and erected thestatues of Our Lady and Jesus on the Cross in 1999.

Few years ago, Frs. Ratnasamy, Dola Velangani Rao MSFS madeefforts to extend the church, but in the course of time the church couldnot accommodate the ever growing faithful. Previous parish priestsmade efforts to build a new church. Rev. Fr. Nannam Ratnasamy MSFStook great interest, under the guidance of Very Rev. Fr. ChinnappaReddy, the Provincial Superior, Visakhapatnam Province laid thefoundation stone on 26th June 2017. Under the supervision of Fr.Madanu Vijaya Raju MSFS and Fr. Jangam Ravi Kumar MSFS thechurch was completed. The newly constructed SACRED HEARTChurch was blessed and consecrated by Most Rev. Dr. ThelagathotiJoseph Raja Rao SMM, the Bishop of Vijayawada in the presence ofRev. Fr. Chinnappa Reddy, the Provincial Superior of MSFS on(Tuesday) 21st January 2020. The blessing and consecration of thenew church was witnessed by a number of priests, religious, and avast number of faithful.

Fr. Madanu Vijayaraju MSFS (Parish Priest)

Silver Jubilee, SFS School, Agiripalli

It’s a historic moment of joy for the community at Agiripalli as our SFSSchool completes 25th year of her establishment celebrating her SilverJubilee. Our beloved Provincial, Very Rev .Fr. P. Chinnappa Reddyhad presided over the whole ceremony of the day. Most Rev. Dr. T.Joseph Raja Rao SMM, the Bishop of Vijayawada Diocese, had arrivedas the Chief Guest of the celebration and envigourated us with his

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valuable message and presence. Our General Councilor and GeneralSecretary for Education, Very Rev. Fr. Jacob Karamkuzhyil, hadaddressed the gathering with the quintessence of the FransalianEducation as he had consented to be our Special Guest of Honour. Wehad Rev. Fr. B. Suresh Babu, the General Councilor and GeneralSecretary for Formation, Rev. Fr. Manoj Pathipallil Provincial Councilorof Formation, who had arrived as the Guests of Honour and addedcolour to the celebration. Along with the guests, the Jubilarians, theconfreres who served the institution formerly, and the donors were allfelicitated marking the event. A magnificent cultural programme wasorganized which really incurred a positive response from the parentsand the people of the locality. A beautiful souvenir also had beenreleased by the Bishop and the first copies were given to the guestson the stage. It was a gracious occasion to think of the former ProvincialsRev. Frs. Midathada Mariadas, Alexander Kottam and Mani Panthalanywho had been the cause of our establishment and development of theinstitution since 1995. The pioneering missionary, Rev. Fr. JosephNellimalamattam, who made the dream of our Congregation a possibility,was well remembered by everyone. The Principal had remarked in hisreport that our visionary Provincial, Very Rev .Fr. P. Chinnappa Reddy,made it a full pledged school within these three years raising it to anInternational standard providing all the amenities possible. All theprogramme had come to its close with a sumptuous fellowship meal.

Fr. Jaya Prakash MSFS

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Annual Day, SFS School, Pamidi

On 22nd January 2020, SFS at Pamidi celebrated its 15th annual day.The theme of the celebration was “Time, Truth, Talentia”. His ExcellencyMost Rev. Dr. Poola Anthony, the Bishop of Kurnool graced the occasionas the chief guest. In his message, he encouraged the students tofollow the Fransalian Virtues and make the world a better place to livein. Very Rev. Fr. B. Suresh Babu, General Councilor in-charge ofFormation, presided over the function. Guest of honour were Very Rev.Fr. G. Sandeep Reddy, Provincial Councilor in-charge of education, SriM. Veeranjaneylu, A. D. C. C. Bank chairman, Sri P. Laksminarayana,Deputy Education Officer, Gooty divistion, and Sri K. Sreenivasulu, CircleInspector of Police, Pamidi. It was a well performed and well attendedprogramme. Parents and guests were well pleased with the annualday programme.

Fr. N. Kishore Babu MSFS

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS AT SFS HIGH SCHOOL, KHAMMAM

Twenty Five years ago,A tiny sapling that was planted on this land

Father Mundamattam nurtured it with his mystic handLittle leaves of determination, buds of conviction and love

With showers of blessings received from aboveIt grew day by day in the sunshine so bright

It bore fruits of values- wisdom, faith and lightSlowly it blossomed into a huge big tree

SFS High School- a temple of learning for manyIts horizon is where the sea meets the blue sky

In every sphere it’s rising so highJoys, laughter, triumphs and cheers

The chromatic brilliance of 25 silver years!!

Silver Jubilee Bells were continuously ringing on 25th January 2020 forSFS HIGH SCHOOL, Ballepally, Khammam as we commemorated theglorious 25 silver years.

Some of the distinguished who and who of the town have descendedupon the campus on the special day. . After a month long prepara-tionsthe event commenced with a bang at 5 p.m. Sri P. Ajay Kumar, Hon’bleMinister for Transport, Telangana State had graced the occasion asChief Guest While Very Rev. Fr. Chinnappa Reddy, the ProvincialSuperior of Visakhapatnam Province, presided over the function. Theother dignitaries included Very. Rev. Fr. Baviri Suresh Babu MSFS,General Councillor & General Secretary for Formation, Very Rev. Fr.Stephen MSFS, General Councillor & General Secretary for SocialApostolates, Rev. Fr. Gundapureddy Sandeep Reddy MSFS, Councillor

In-charge of Education, Rev.Fr. D. Velangani Rao MSFS,Councillor In-charge ofMission, Dr. Sanjeeva RaoVelpula, M.D. MethodistHospital, USA, Dr. GangaRaju, M.D. General –Khammam, Sri. M. Parandama

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Reddy, Dist. Youth Federation Officer - Khammam, Sri. B. Krishna Reddy,RTO – Khammam, Sri. Venkanna Babu, Circle Inspector of KhammamUrban, Sri. M. Venkataramana, AMC Khammam, Sri Baji Bujji Babu,Dist. Officer, Fisharies - Khammam, Dr. S.A. Siddartdha, Alumni SFSSchool - Khammam, Sri. D. Vinod Kumar garu, PTA President, SFSHigh School – Khamam & Dr. RajKumar P, CRT & Behavioral Coach,Banglore

The Chief Guest and the other guests inspired the students and theirparents alike with motivational speeches. After that the cultural eventsadded extravagance to the event. Students delivered scintillatingperformances through dances, skits, comedy shows, songs, Mono actso on and so forth. The stage arrangements were one of the biggestattractions of the day as it was beautifully decked and illuminated.Several sports, literary, artistic and academic competitions wereconducted among students as part of the celebrations. The winners ofthese events were awarded with certificates, medals and trophies onthe day. The guests of the day were highly impressed and assured theschool of their continuous support.

Parents played an active role in rendering their support to the schooland participated actively throughout the programme. The event wasnot just another annual day but a joy of sharing and exhibiting the hiddenpotentials of the students. It will indeed remain a red letter day in theannals of school history as many guests, parents and well-wisherscomplimented us by saying “We have never seen such an event so farin any school In the city of Khammam”. This however, does not let usrest upon our achievements but spurs us to march towards achievinggreater excellence in the days to come. The event came to an end withvote of thanks and the National Anthem

Fr. Bonthu Prasad MSFS

Confirmation at St. Francisde Sales Parish, Canada

His Grace Most Rev. MurryChatlain, Archbishop of KeewatinLe Pas, came along with Fr. GuruPrasad to St. Francis de SalesParish for its 92nd anniversary andadministered the sacrament ofconfirmation. Congratulations toFr. Francis Reddy.

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Information:Very Rev. Fr. Superior General has Convoked the Extraordinary General Chapter

from February 01 to 07, 2021 at MSFS Provincial House, Pune. Prayer cards are

dispatched. I request you to pray everyday in the community.

Fr. Dhaman Kumar is appointed as the Coordinator of Delegate Superiors in GAH.

Fr. Philip Thomas is appointed as the Rector and President of Suvidya College.

Congratulations, Best Wishes and God’s blessingsNew Address: Rev. Gova Narisetty

Dooling Hall (office 258)DeSales University2755 Station Ave, Center ValleyPA, 18034, USA

Tentative Programme:February 2020

24th Kothapalli25th Mandadi and Tripurantakam26th Reddypalem and Rajupalem27th Parchur and Karemchedu28th Ibrahimpatnam, Agiripalli and Nunna29th Khammam, Garla and Anajipuram

March 20201st SFS Study House, Eluru2nd -3rd Tanuku and Nidadavolu4th Jagampeta and Pithapuram5th Palasa7th Printing Press, Seethammadhara, Waltair8th Gajuwaka and Autonagar9th Salesianum10th Hill Chapel, St. Aloysius’ School, Sacred Heart Church11th Stella Maris, SFS Church, Chinnawaltair, MSFS Dhyanashram12th - 13th Suvidya College15th - 30th Australia

April 20202nd - 3rd Kerala, SFS Seminary, Mermier Bhavan, Nenmara,

Nelliampathy, Vandadi5th Shanthinagar, Dayananda Nagar6th Medipally, B. B. Nagar7th Nizambad, Korutla, Pulukurthy8th Shabad9th Anantapur, Pamidi

Yours fraternally in Christ,

Fr. P. Chinnappa Reddy msfs Provincial Superior

SALESIAN THOUGHTWe must face the truth: we are poor people who cannot

do much good, but God, Who is infinitely good, is quite happywith the little good that we do. - SFS

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Let us pray for the departed :

Fr. Antony Mookenthottam, aged 89, belonging to South West Provincepassed away on 4th January 2020.

Mr. Prakash Reddy Yerramreddy, aged 88, grandfather of Fr. RajiniKumar Reddy passed away on 25th December 2019.

Mrs. Dasari Mary Leah, aged 70, the grandmother of Fr. Vijay Sekhar,passed away on 29th December 2019.

Mr. Konka Innayya, aged 60, the father of Bro. Konka Sekhar passedaway on 10th January 2020.

Mr. Antony Edacherrypauvath, aged 94, brother of Fr. Joseph Pauvathpassed away on 15th January 2020.

Mrs. Putti Rayanna, aged 81, the grandfather of Fr. P. Satish passedaway on 16th January 2020.

Mrs. Elikutty, aged 94, the sister of Fr. Thomas Anikala passed away on24th January 2020

Mr. Jose Edacherrypauvath, aged 60, the nephew of Fr. Joseph Pauvathpassed away on 5th February 2020.

May their souls rest in peace.

To live in the

hearts of others

is never to die.