VOL. LVIII NO. 10 OCTOBER 2018 CHRIST HALL KOZHIKODE

APPOINTMENT BY FR GENERAL

Fr Jesús Miguel Zaglul Criado (ANT) as General Counsellor and Regional Assistant for Northern Latin America. He replaces Fr Gabriel Ignacio Rodríguez Tamayo (COL), who has held the positions of General Counsellor and Regional Assistant for Northern Latin America since January 2009.

PROVINCIAL’S PROGRAMME

OCTOBER07-12 : Christ Hall13 : Ordination, Trivandrum14 : Consult, Trivandrum19 : Lumen, Kochi20–NOV09 : JCSA; visit to Tripura Mission10 : Consult, Kozhikode24 : Ordination, Kozhikode

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

FINAL VOWS:Fr Antony Mecherry will pronounce his final vows on October 2, 2018 at Sameeksha, Kalady.Time:6.00pm.Fr Rachans LukosehasreachedWalestoattenda10-week course on ‘retreat giving and spiritual guidance’ atSt.Beuno’s.ThecoursebeginsonOctober1.Fr Joye James Karimathil has joined the Indian Social Institute, Bangalore, on September 4 as Secretary ofJesuit Higher Education in South Asia. Fr Raju Vattaparambil leftforTanzaniaonatwo-weekprogramme of retreats to different groups. Fr George Nedungatthasanewemailid:gnedungattsj@gmail.com

FROM THE PROVINCIAL

BE PART OF THE SOLUTIONThe Crisis in the Kerala Church and the consequent paralysisinleadershiphavebeenunprecedented.Lack of timely and effective intervention has led us to a messy situation from which no one really knows how we are going to extricate ourselves. Lines have been drawn sharply. Rival groupsare determined. The war is on. Most of us have been part of a blame game. Blaming the other.Blaming the leaders. Any change for thebettercan only beginwith each one of us individuallyand collectively owning up our role in the mess, especiallytheculpablesilenceofmost.‘Tosinbysilence when they should protest, makes cowards ofmen,’saidAbrahamLincoln.Howdowe becomepart of the solution? It hasto begin with a search for the root questions.Questions of values, priorities, orientations and ultimately commitment. Does our commitment to the Man of Nazareth and Human Rights take priorityoverallotherconcerns?CanHis justicetake precedence over my justice? Can His lifereallybecomethecriteriaforfinaldecisions?Maybegood toremindourselvesof thequotes:‘There is no more neutrality in the world. You either have to be part of the solution, or you’regoingtobepartoftheproblem.’‘Be the change that you wish to see in the world’.

M.K. George, SJ

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DATES TO REMEMBEROrdination of Deacons Midhun J Francis Kochukallan

and Emmanuel Mathew Puthuvalveettil: October13, 2018, 10.00 am, at St John the Baptist Church,Thumba.FrRectorofStXavier’sThumbainformsthataccommodationforthosearrivingonOctober12willbe arranged at Loyola, Sreekariyam. Kindly informtheministerofLoyolaifyouplantoarriveon12th.

Ordination of Deacon Bastin Vattanky: November24,2018,2.30pmatChristHall,Calicut.

National Seminar on the Theological Writings of Fr Kurien KunnumpuramOct17&18,SRC,Calicut

REGAE PROGRAMMEThe first REGAE programme in the Province wasconducted in Christ Hall, Calicut, September 28-30.Nearly 35 people participated, most of them fromthe other Southern Provinces. It was ably guided by Fr Sunny Kunnappillil and team.

HEALTH BULLETINFr Kurien Kunnumpuram was found unconscious onhisbedonSept25morning,andwasrushedtothehospital. They diagnosed him with cerebral bleedingand suggested immediate surgery. Surgery was done at Baby Memorial hospital, Calicut on the same day.OnOctober1hewasshiftedtoNirmalahospitalandisintheICU.Hecontinuestobeunconscious,butdoctorsays there is improvement. He needs our prayers.

LEFT THE SOCIETYSch Joy Cruz AbrahamlefttheSocietyonSept5,2018.

FROM OUR INSTITUTIONS

ST JOSEPH’S, CALICUT

St Joseph’s Boy’s Hr. Sec. School held its annual sports onSept.27and28.ItwasinauguratedbyDr.RoyJohn,Principal, Physical Education College, Calicut. TheKerala ICSE foot ball team which won the ICSE footballNationals held atKolkata on Sept. 24-25was ledby Mr Deepak Lal, the physical education teacher of StJoseph’sJuniorSchool.MasterAkilS,aclassIXstudentoftheJuniorSchool,wasamemberoftheKeralateam.Adv.PJayarajconductedlegalawarenessclassesforthesenior students of the School.

Jose Mathew

TUDI- EACHOME – Relief Work in Wayanad

One and half months after the floods, life is slowlygettingbacktonormalcyformanyfamiliesinWayanad.But those who lost their houses completely or partially stillwaitforstablesupportfromtheGovernment.TUDIwas deeply involved in relief work in different parts of Wayanad, collaborating with agencies like ChildFund India, ActionAid, and Loyola College, Chennai.Scholastics from Satyanilayam Chennai, staff and students from Loyola College Chennai and seminarians fromJ.D.V,Punerushedtojoinusphysicallyinreliefandrehabilitationwork.Withtheirhelpwebuiltabamboohut (multipurpose hall, 510 sq ft) in Mathoorpoyil tribalsettlement.ThiswasmostseriouslyaffectedareainPanamaramGramapanchayath.Wehadabeautifulexperience of engaging the beneficiary communityalso in the construction. Children were the focus of

Child Fund India.With their supportwe got involvedin in three Panchayaths - Panamaram, Kottatharaand Kaniyambetta, covering 48 tribal settlements

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consisting 775 households. We could provide 500educational kits, 200 family kits, and initiate 20 Child Centered Spaces (CCS, Kuttikalkkayi Oridam). We envisage that these centres function in collaborationwith the existing anganwadis, alternative schools and panchayath community halls. This novel initiative aimsat catering to1500childrenunder theguidanceof trained CCS volunteers. We intend to distributeanother575familykitsand550educationalkitsamongschool-goingchildren.ThroughthehelpofActionAid, we have distributed 400 cots and 45 educationalkits to the children of Arivuda tribal boarding, andeducational assistance to 10 students of SarvodayaHigher Secondary School, St. Michel’s Higher Secondary School, Kannur, under the leadership of Frs John Francis and Dominic Madathaniyil, provided grocery kitsto250householdsinGodavarytribalsettlementin

ThalapuzhaPanchayath.Beingfarawayfromthemainroad, this settlement was mostly ignored in relief work, and thepeoplewere touchedby the trouble takenbythe school to reach them. The staff and students could returnwithasenseofdeepfulfilment.

An Inter Agency Groups meeting was held at the Collectorate on Sept 26 to evaluate the relief andrehabilitation work in Wayanad. It was chaired bydistrict collector Mr Ajaykumar IAS and attended bymany funding agencies and NGOs. Fr Baby Chalil participatedinitandgaveabriefaccountoftheJesuitintervention in collaboration with Child Fund India,ActionAid and Chennai Loyola College. We finalizeda long term plan of recovery and rehabilitationactivitieswithspecificfocusonWASH and Livelihood restoration for tribal people and marginal farmers.WiththehelpofPrashanthiCounselingCentre,weplanto provide psychological support and accompaniment to the people who underwent the trauma of a disaster.

Baby Chalil

ST MICHAEL’S, KANNUR

The Feast of St Michael was celebrated in amodestmannerinsolidaritywiththefloodvictims.StMichael’sschool was actively involved in relief work among

floodvictims.NallaPadam,withthesupportofformerstudents and teachers, collected and distributed atruck-full of relief materials among the tribal peopleof Thalappuzha, Wayanad. Fr Baby Chalil made thelocal arrangements for us. Our former students independently had earlier sent 22 trucks of relief material todifferentplaces.The two-daysportsmeetwasinauguratedbyMr.NPPradeep,formercaptainoftheIndianInternationalFootballTeam.

The performance of our students in the Sub-Districtlevelgameswasexcellent.Cricket:championsinu/14,u/17, u/19 categories. Foot ball: champions in u/14,u/19categories.Ballbadminton:u/17,u/19champions.Kabadi: u/17, u/19 runners up. Table tennis: u/14,u/17,u/19champions.Shuttle:u/17,u/19runnersup.Chess:u/14championsandu/17,u/19runnersup.Anawareness programme was organized for the Higher Secondary students on the Anti-suicide Day. Gandhi Smarana Varnotsavam (painting competition) was organizedforstudentsofKannurdistrictbyourAlumniAssociationincollaborationwithKeralaYouthWelfareBoard and the Alumni Association of SN College, Kannur. Sri. Ramachandran Kadannappally, Minister forPortsandMuseums,inauguratedtheprogramme.

John Francis

LOYOLA, ALUVAAfter the great deluge we, the members of theCommunity, except Jack Achan, returned to Loyola on September1.Wewere in ‘exile’ for18 full days! JackAchan joined us on 17th after spending a month inKozhikode guiding retreats and making his own.

Livingthroughthefloodswasauniqueexperienceforallofus,anexperienceofalife-time.Itwasn’tinanywaytraumatic,butitcertainlywaschallenging&enriching.What stands out in our memories is the tremendous help &supportwe received fromvariousquarters,mostlyfrom our elder brothers. The Santigram Community

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atKalamasserywelcomedus& offeredus hospitalitywith utmost warmth for almost three weeks. We are ever grateful to Frs Ephrem, Wilson &M.J.Thomas fortheirmagnanimityofheart!Severalofourbrother-Jesuits came to Loyola & supported us physically. Frs Tinu &Manesh from Loyola Mukundara rushed tohelpuswith twobuses fullofreliefmaterialssuchas gum-boots, gloves, facialmasks, cleaningmaterials& necessary provisions. Fr Tinu alsomanaged to gethelp from Auxilium School, Kottiyam. We are deeply grateful to Fr Kallepally&theMukundaraCommunity. Fr E.P MathewgraciouslysentabattalionofScholasticsfrom Satya Nilayam, Chennai, accompanied by Fr Vibin Padayadan. The Scholastics worked for a weeklike‘bulldozers’(toquoteFrLinto).Laterateamof Juniors came from Vidyaniketan, Trivandrum, accompaniedbyFr Prabhudas and worked for three full days. Fr Sheise brought a group of youngstersfrom Thankey for two days’ work. Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparmbil,accompaniedbytheVG&Chancellor,blessed us with a visit. Our own Linto Achan was always with us, leading us from the front, working harder than any one of us. Deacon Vivien Andrew ofCalucuttaProvince(nowanewpriest),waspartofusallthroughthesedays!We,inourturn,offeredourhelp to the people of Loyola colony and some other neighbours. The residents of Loyola Colony stayed atLoyola for more than a week, as cleaning operations were going on in the colony.

After two weeks of tough work we had a short trip to Trivandrum to refresh ourselves. Loyola Sreekariyam graciously offered us warm hospitality. We also visitedLoyolaMukundara, St Xavier’s&Vidyaniketancommunities. Ordination of Deacon Vivien AndrewPattamanawasthemostbeautifuleventofthemonth.He was ordained a priest by Archbishop JosephKalathiparambil on September 29.at St. Xavier’sChurch, Aluva. Hearty congratulations, Father Vivien!Mayyoualwaysfindjoy&fulfillmentinyourministryasapriest!FrLinto,whowasakindofguardianangelto Fr Vivien all these days, served as theMC for theordination ceremony.

Cicil & Tomson

SAMEEKSHA, KALADYFr Vincent Kundkulam conducted awell-documentedseminar on the RSS on the Dharmasameeksha series. It helped the participants to understand the undercurrents of the political process in India today. We were happy to have Fr Dominique SJ of Sources chretien, France, with us on his way to Kottayam. Fr Sebastian Painadath gave a session on the spirituality of John´s Gospel at NBCLC, Bangalore. He

also conducted a retreat on ‘Divinisation of the Human’ and another on the Bhagavad Gita at KL, Malaysia. Fr Rachans Lukose left for the UK to attended the Ignatian programme at St Buenos Retreat Centre in Wales. Fr Xavier Tharamel gave a recollection talk each to the Carmelite theologians and the priests of KalamasseryforaneoftheVerapolyArchdiocese.Xavierdirected a retreat for the DHM sisters at Niveditha, Chunagumvely. Fr Toby and the Atmamitra Team together guided a three-dayTrainers’TrainingProgrammeforagroupof66FCCcounsellorsandPrincipalsatAsokapuram.He,along with Sr Deena also reached out to three schools atNavsherrah,PoonchandRajouri.Hefoundtheirrealmissionary spirit inspiring and the mission surviving on a resource sharing model. He felt proud that it was all once a Jesuit mission.

Xavier

VIDYANIKETAN, TRIVANDRUM WecelebratedthefeastoftheNativityofMotherMarywith Mass in Kannada presided over by Fr Antony (KAR).SevenjuniorsfromVidyaniketan,accompaniedbyFr Prabhu, went to Loyola Aluva to join the Noviciate community in their relief and cleaning work after the floods.WebeganourfirsttermexamonSept.17,andit was a refreshing experience after a gap of two years. OurculturaltourtocentralKeralawasmemorable.WewerethrilledtoseethenaturalbeautyofKeralainspiteof the damage caused by the floods. The tour helpedus to deepen our companionship as we move on to the second term of the Academy.

Jaison & Tomy

XAVIER TRAINING CENTRE, PACHILAKKAD

The flood relief work reached its final lap with thecollaboration and support of Child Fund and othergroups. The Pre-novices were actively involved indelivering relief materials which included household articles, food items and clothes. A recreation shed was built for the tribal colony at Mathurpoyil under theleadership of Fr Baby Chalil and helped by brothersfrom JDV, Pune and students from Loyola College,Chennai. Dayabai stayed with us at XTC to visit theflood affected areas.Dr Sreemonwhoplayedamajorrole in conducting medical camps with our assistance also stayed with us. He gave us a class on personal hygiene and first aid. Fr Stephen Thadam came to teach us Yoga. Deacon Bastin guided us through our recollection.Laterwehadathree-dayretreatdirectedby Fr Xavier Tharamel which helped to invigorate andfilluswiththeSpirit.Fr Saji was away to attend a three-day trainingprogram for selectedpsychologists

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at Trivandrum. Later, he was invited to Kanikkamatha Convent EMGHSS, Pallipuram, Palakkad to give atraining program for teachers.

Siphin

SNEHABHAVAN, KOTTAYAMTwo of our teachers were sent to AMBA Bangalore in July fortrainingandforexploringthepossibilitytoexpandthe data entry programme. Mr Joji Mathew, Executive Officer and Mr Dominic K J, our computer teacherattended a training programme on ‘Inclusive Education andAdvocacy’atCHAI,Hyderabad.MrDominichadaspecialmandatetoinvolveinSLFworkandhasstartedvisitinghomesofSLFsupportedchildren.Snehabhavanhas initiated a mental health clinic in collaborationwith Mental health Action Trust (Mhat), Calicut to help our students who face mental health problems. Mr. Sainuddeen from Mhat gave orientation to the parents on mental health programme and he invited them to become volunteers of the clinic. Due to theheavyrainsandthefloods,theschoolremainedclosedtill August 29. At the request of the parents, the school cancelledOnamcelebrationsanddonatedthecollectedmoneyforfloodrelief.Ourteachersvisitedthehomesoffloodaffectedstudents,15ofthem.MrJojiMathewissupporting the families to avail Government help.

AsrecommendedbytheGeneralBodymeetinginJuly,Computer Training Centre was shifted to Gandhinagar inthefirstweekofSeptember.TwostaffmembersandfivestudentseachtaketurnsonalternatedaystogotoAymanam for Occupational therapy in agriculture, and on other days they get training at Gandhinagar itself. The other vocational training programmes will also be transferred to Gandhinagar gradually. Mrs GracyVarghese,theseniormoststaff,decidedtobidgoodbyeto us on account of ill health. She began workingwith late Fr Joseph Kannampuzha from the birthof Snehabhavan, and she is fondly remembered withgratitudebythestaffandstudentsofSnehabhavan.

Ms Lizy Joseph

PIUS X ITI, EDATHUAClassesforthefirstyearstudentsstartedonSeptember5. The new batch was introduced to the ITI by thePrincipal, Staff and senior students. Admissionswereclosed on September 28, and we have admitted 64students in 5 trades. Last year too we had the samenumber of admissions. Orientation and goal-settingsession was handled by our Deacon Emmanuel. Awareness classes on drug abuse were given by the“Venda”groupfromErnakulam.As part of the ‘Rebuild Kerala’ programme after the

floods,thejuniorstudentsjoinedtheseniorsinhelpingtheEduthuaandThalavadyPanchayathsintheworkofassessing the loss by visiting the affectedhouses andcollecting details. The ITI also incurred a huge loss, and that too is being assessed. Frs Mani Manimala, Varkeychan Mecherial and Sunil Padannamakkal took turns to come and stay with us in order to give a break to the community members after the flooddisaster.

K P Mathew

AICUF, TRIVANDRUM Kerala AICUF conducted a State-level LeadershipCamp in AICUF centre, Trivandrum. The theme was‘Nationalism and It’s Challenges’. Monsgr Nicholas Tharcius, the Forane Vicar, Palayam inaugurated thecamp. Sixty aicufers from all over Kerala attended the camp. Aicufer Ms Anitta from Poovar who securedfirstrankindegreestudiesfromtheKeralaUniversitywas honoured with a memento given by Fr Jose Pulinthanath,theformerStateAdvisor.InSeptember,Kerala AICUF in collaboration with National AICUFconductedamedicalcampforthefloodaffectedpeopleat Kalady. Doctors and nurses from the Holy Ghost Medical Mission hospital offered their services, and the campwasinauguratedbyMr.AnvarSadat,AluvaMLA. FrVarkeychanandteamconductedaone-dayleadershipvprogram for High School and Higher Secondary School studentsofVettucaudwhichwonmuchappreciation.

Prince Clarence

LOYOLA, MUKUNDARAThe community was blessed with the visitation of Fr ProvincialonSeptember10.ButProvincialcouldn’tmeet our teachers since it was ‘Bharat Bandh’. We are thankfultoFrProvincialforhisgracefulpresencewithus. On the Teachers’ Day our students took the initiative topay tribute toall their teachersand theymade theteachersparticipateinvariouseventsplannedbythem.They gave away prizes to the teachers who won the competitions. The losers were made to drink bittergourd juice also. In the PTA meetings the parentsexpressed satisfaction with the academic performance of our students. They also pointed out areas where the school has to improve. Our students participated in the ASISC Athletic meet held in LNCPE, Kariavattom.WecelebratedthebirthdayofFr Kallepallil in the school, and the Jesuit community had a dinner out as part of thecelebration.

The school has taken a new step in the formation of our students. Hereafter, the four houses (red, green, yellow and pink) will take turns to maintain discipline of the school for a week each. Based on the performance,

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the houses will be evaluated. This new venture wasinauguratedinaspecialgeneralhouseassemblyunderthetitle:“SelfDiscipline:ADivineActofCompassion”.In the oath taking ceremony students pledged to serve their fellow beings and the environment faithfully.Webelievethat thiswillhelpourstudents togrowinshoulderingresponsibilitiesnotonlyonthecampusbutalso in Society.

Theprocessof gettingpermanent affiliation from theICSEboardhasbegun. Indeedweneed toclearmanyhurdles to achieve this. Fr Tinu gave a one day retreat to a convent school in Kottiyam.

Manesh

SATYA NILAYAM, CHENNAIMemories of flood reliefwork are afresh in us aswemove ahead in our academic activities. CHIPS 2018was a major event held on September 20 for whichover 100 students from other departments turnedup for a day’s programme which included paper presentations, group work and panel discussions. Sch Deslin Paulson presented a paper on “Dignity in the writings of Pope John Paul II” at the event. Fr E.P. Mathew delivered the Keynote Address at the PhilosophySeminaroftheDept.ofPhilosophyofGovt.Brennen College, Thalasserry on September 12. WejoinedhandswithChotanagpurScholasticstocelebrate

a very enjoyable KARAM festival on September 21.A Meditation Garden, an initiative of Fr Robin, wasinaugurated with community Eucharist. The second-yearScholasticspaidavisittoSriAurobindoSamadhiin Pondicherry on September 28. Our Football Teamonceagainbecamechampionsattheinter-classmatchof the second shift of Loyola College.

Vysakh

JEEVIKA MIGRANT WORKERS’ MOVEMENT

Jeevika joined in hand with Sameeksha for the floodrelief works to uplift the flood victims in Chengal,Kalady. Jeevika assisted the local people in the cleaning of26housesandwells.ThestaffofJeevikavisitedmany

migrant families and camps to identify flood victimsamong them and distributed relief materials. JeevikaalsohelpedaTamilmigrantfamilytobuyasack-sewingmachine since they had lost their means of livelihood. Jeevika successfully intervened in two salary dispute cases, and also assisted an Odisha migrant to reclaim his house-rentadvancethatwasdeniedwhenhevacated.Jeevika continued its work of assisting migrants in getting entitlements like residential certificates andadmission of their children to local schools.

TheOdishaCatholicCommunitycelebratedthefeastof

St VincentDe Paul at St George church PerumbavooronSeptember30.Nearly300OdishamigrantsturnedupfortheOdiyaMasscelebratedbyFrsMathewOnattCM and ThomasMoolan CM. Itwas preceded by flaghoistingbyFrJamesKallumkalVC,ProvincialofMaryMathaProvince.

Shin Kallungal

TRIPURA CALLING!

Ourefforts to learnanew languagearebearing fruit,and we have begun saying Mass in Bengali. We trygiving short reflections and taking classes in Bengali.TheboysinthehostelaregettingtrainedinKaratebyFr James Morais and he has a standing invitation to startteachingkarateinsomeoftheschoolsrunbytheHoly Cross fathers. Fr Babu Paulhasbegungivingsomeskilltrainingfor

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Shrine, Matunga, where the Salesians welcomed me warmly,broughtmemuchconsolation.

John FJ Manipadam

LOYOLA JESUIT HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO

AsithasbeeninKerala,thescandalousstoriesofclergyhavebeenrockingtheChurchintheUnitedStates.IntheJesuit parishes where I am assisting, the pastors took bold steps to respond to the situation. In St. Ignatiuschurch,FrGregoryBonfiglioaskedtheladycoordinatorof the university campus ministry to give the homily of that Sunday. She expressed the anguish, anger, disappointment, frustration and above all the deeppain that she felt over the reports about the abusiveclergy of the church. All Jesuits, including the Rector, the President of the university and the professorssat in silence listening to her words attentively. The congregation felt that she expressed their sentiments. They felt they were listened to. Although it was not the case in every parish, this spectacular Jesuit approach helped to keep the community of the faithful together. Later, our community wrote a letter to Pope Francisoffering our unconditional support and prayers at this moment of crisis. I too had a chance to sign that letter.

Vincent Pereppadan

MARRIAGE CUSTOMS IN EAST TIMOR

Letmesharesomeinterestingnewsaboutthetraditionalmarriages of East Timor. Before the blessing of themarriage in the church, the seniors of the family with their village chief come together and make the contract (barlake)astowhattheboyoughttogivetothegirl’sparents-thenumberofcows,pigs,landandmoney,etc.This process, called BARLAKE, is the cornerstone of the indigenouscultureofEastTimor. If theboy isunabletogiveallthese,theboyandthegirlmaylivetogetherandraisechildrenandcontinuetobesoeventotheendoftheirlives!Childrenarebaptisedthoughparentsarenot in communion. This deep rooted tradition poses a majorproblemfortheCatholicChurch.

Barlakerepresentsacontractbetweentwofamiliestoform a union, and should this union fail, all the goods and animals exchanged at the time of the contract must bereturned.

BarlakecouldbegoodasitispartoftheEastTimoresecultureandvaluesandprotectswomen.Anditcouldbebadbecausemenbuywomeninmarriageandthisleadstodomesticviolenceandsubjugationofwomen.

Syriac Panjikaran

thehostelboys.OntheGirl Child DayheldonSept3rdhetookahalf-daysessionforthegirlsintheparishonself-confidence and empowerment. We have found ahouse inavillage forourstayandwewillbemovingto the village in the beginning of October. Thewholevillage seems to be eagerly waiting for our arrival,especially the children and the youth whom we plan to concentrate in the beginning.We had a very goodcelebrationof theFeast of the Holy Crosson15thaswehavebeenenjoyingtheirhospitality.ItwasagoodgatheringofalltheHolyCrossfathersnearby.Wehaveinitiated the process of registering a society named XavierEducationalandCharitableSociety,Tripura.

Babu Paul

GREETINGS FROM SRI LANKA!!!

Here in the Juniorate, we have come to the end of the FirstTermandwewillhaveendedour3-dayCulturalTourbythetimeyoureadthis.Inmid-AugustallofuswenttoKandyfortheProvinceAssembly.Itwasagoodoccasion to meet old friends and to make new ones. We participated in Communal Discernment sessions. Later in the month we were happy to welcome the new Kandy Tertians here. I was particularly happy to meet our Anil Kochumethikalam after a long time. From September16 to 22 I was in Vinayalaya, Mumbai, for the 3-daySouth Asian Annual Meeting of Juniorate Staff. After serious work in the morning, we were taken in the afternoon to our Communities (St Peter’s, Bandra, StXavier’sCollege,StMary’s,Mazgaon,andHolyFamilyParish, Andheri) and also to other places connectedwith Jesuit History. We were particularly happy to visit Snehasadan,growingsince1962asHomeforHomelessChildren,havingtoday17Homes,eachhousing20-30childrenrangingfrom5to18years!SinceIhadstayedin Vinayalaya (1973-1975) when I was doing M.A.Psychology,itwasahomecomingforme.IwashappytomeetseveralJesuitfriendsofmine--intheCommunity,intheProvinceInfirmaryandintheotherCommunities.A Mass at the Cloistered Carmelite Convent, after which I met all the Sisters, and a Sunday Mass at Don Boso

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

OCTOBER01BabuPaulKurisinkal01MathewPuthiedom02RosanRoyPeriakottil03JohnMolekunnel04VargheseMalpan08JenophineJoseph08JosephChittooparambil09 Sony Thomas Thazhathel10AntoMuringathery12TomsonTomThattaparambil13ChristySebastianChalil15AdolfJohnson15WilsonMulackal17SheisePorunnakottu17JosephPodimattom19JoseMathewVayalilkalapura20 Anto Dionecius27JosePulinthanath27PrincePanachithara30JacobPazhanilam31SoorajKochuparambilNOVEMBER06ThomasAnthraper

IN CHRIST WITH GLORY

OCTOBER

03(2002)MichaelVendramin05(1979)SebastianAricatt05(2015)ChackoVandakam06(1965)AntonyZearo07(1988)VictordeRozario08(1998)DominicValiatharayil11(1954)KuruvillaKathayanatt18(2007)MathewPothalil25(1982)MathewKallarackal29(2008)MyladoorChandy

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OURS IN MEDIA

Fr E.J. Thomas, “Samoohika-Ajapalana Gaveshana Padhathi”, in Jeevadhara (Mal) Vol. XLV, No. 286(August2018).

Fr Sanil Mayilkunnel, “TUDI – A Saga of Educational Empowerment”, in MIER Journal of Educational Studies, TrendsandPractices,Vol.8,No.1,2018.

Fr P.T. Mathew, “From Apologetics to PublicTheology–MilestonesandPointers”,inEncounter – A Journal of Interdisciplinary Reflections of Faith and Life,Vol.9,No.1(Jan-June,2018),39-56.

Music C.D: Christhuvinte Vazhi (Way of Christ); ProductionandLyrics:Fr Rajesh Punchathalackal; Music: Fr Lino Puthenveettil; Singers: Fr LinoPuthenveettil and Sandra Manoj; Dialogue voice: Fr Joe Mathew.

RETREATS AND COURSESIndian Contemplative Retreat on the theme, ‘the divinisation of the human (theosis), and initiation to Jesus Prayer’, guided by Fr Sebastian Painadath at NBCLCBangalore(director@nbclcindia.org)fromNov18morningtill25afternoon.

GONE FOR THEIR REWARD

Fr Albert Huart(CCU),93/75, on05.09.2018inBelgium.Br Maurice Toppo(MAP),82/56, on11.09.2018atAmbikapur.Fr Egerton Perera(SRI),83/52, on30.09.2018inKandy.Mrs Eliya Ouseph (92), mother of FrPaulPalatty(late),on14.09.2018.SrJacinthaMariaFCC(74),auntof FrDeepakEdattu,on16.09.2018atCalicut.MrAppachan(83),youngerbrotherof FrThomasVattakunnel,on22.09.2018.MrsAleykuttyTharappel(80),motherof FrManiTharappel(Japan),on23.09.2018.MrP.J.GeorgePerangattu(77),uncleof FrAnilKochumethikalam,on29.09.2018.Mrs.PennammaVadakel(93),auntof FrPaulVadakel,on30.09.2018.

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