VOLUME XXIV NO. 8, NOVEMBER 2015 (For Private Circulation only)

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FROM THE PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR

(Bro. Clement Kandulna)

THE DAY OF THE DEPARTED SOULS

Every year in the month of November we remember the departed souls. For us Catholics, we do

not just remember the departed souls or the dead but we pray for them. We are grateful to all

those who lived among us and are no more with us today. Prayer for the departed souls is one of the

hallmarks of our faith. From its beginning, the Church has offered prayers for the dead, above all the

Mass. Prayer for the dead, is motivated by resurrection of Jesus and then, believe in our resurrection

after our death. If we do not believe that the dead will rise, if we do not have hope in the eternal

reward, such prayer has no purpose. Our prayers for those who have died are the sign of faith and

are an expression or sign of our close relationship or bond that connects us with them even after

death. They are an expression of our faith that death cannot break the spiritual relationship we

establish with our brothers and sisters at the time of baptism. All the faithful departed are still

spiritually living with us. Since our communion with them is essentially spiritual, we express it by

praying for them and offering the Eucharistic Sacrifice for their repose and purification. Our prayers

and Eucharistic Sacrifices are signs that we have not forgotten the love and service of our departed

brothers and sisters when they were with us, and we are united with them with an unbroken bond. At

the same time our prayers and Eucharistic Sacrifices are the best ways of showing our love and

gratitude towards them. They are no more with us physically, but the love and service we received

from them lives forever in our hearts. Besides praying for their eternal repose, it also should generate

in us thoughts about our own death. The church reminds us that when we die, we too, like the faithful

departed, shall complete the process of dying with Christ and rising to new life begun at baptism.

This reflection makes us realize that this world is not our permanent home, and our earthly life is a

pilgrimage to God.

Though death is common to everyone we should live like a candle. Always enlightening the world

around it, helping others overcome the fear of darkness, making its every moment dedicated to

others, without caring for itself and fearless of the dark (death). Sometimes some of us are really

afraid of death and wonder if we will be able to fulfill all our dreams in life. Nobody really wants to

die. Of course it can be very scary, because as humans we don’t know for certain what happens

after death. Therefore, to fulfill our dreams of life before death what you could do right now is

making a list of things that we really want to do, look at it and making the first approach of how to get

them accomplished one by one. Some may be an easy goal some may be medium and more

challenging. Let us feel free to dream and if we really want to make it come true - be committed. Set

a goal date on each of them. Be realistic about them and we could review them from time to time,

add more dreams or even erase some of them that we don’t feel like doing it any more. After all, it

is our dreams, our life. Go for it. Whatever we want our tomorrow to be - do it today. Whatever we

want after our life (next life) to be, do it now. It will be really beneficial to the society and more

rewarding in life after death. We will be remembered forever.

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MONTFORT NIWAS KANKE

The weather of Jharkhand has become pleasant. I wish to share with the readers ofRanchi News Bulletin some of our programmes of the past one month.

To mark the birthday of Bro. Martin Toppo and Bro. Benjamin Samad special prayerswere offered for them in the church as well as in the community on 22nd September 2015.Our Brothers from nearby communities, the Fathers from the parish church and St. Ann’sSisters, our close neighbors were invited to share a delicious dinner in the evening.

Bro. Provincial Superior and I attended the special seminar on “ The Year of consecratedLife” at Montfort Spirituality Centre Bangalore from 20th – 24th September 2015. On theirreturn journey they stayed one day at Cuttack and reached here on 27th September 2015.

The month of October was another busy month for us. In the beginning of October wewere blessed by the visit of two Montfort Sisters and Bro. Mariannan, the ProvincialSuperior of Trichy Province. He reached here on 2nd October and on the same day he wentto Sitagarha Novitiate.

MUNNA FOOTBALL TEAM (Middle School football team) won the famous Fr. Bossyte andBro. Montfort memorial Football Tournament held at Noatoli from 7th to 9th October 2015.All together there were 16 teams which came to fight for the championship. In the historyof St. Joseph’s school Kanke for the first time our team participated in this tournamentand won the championship. Hearty Congratulations to the Headmaster, Bro. Deonis Tiggawho was busy coaching the team day in and day out! All the teachers who were involveddirectly or indirectly also deserve congratulation. In order to make this event a memorableone our little footballers played with team spirit and so they deserve a sincerecongratulation. The team was awarded with a Khasi (Goat) instead of shield.

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ST. JOSEPH’S KONBIR-NOATOLI

It was another happy occasion that before the closing of the school for Puja Vacation wecelebrated the birthday of Bro. Deonis Tigga and Bro. Frederick Soreng on the 15th October2015. The celebration was anticipated because both would be away from here on theiractual birthday. As usual the local Religious were here in the evening to share our joy.After this some of us went to make retreat and some went to attend seminar.

The school remains closed from 19th to 24th October 2015 for Durga Puja. Most of us willbe out of station either for retreat or seminar. After the Puja Vacation the school willre-open on 26th October 2015.

Bro. Edmund Toppo

On 11th October the Diocese of Ranchi organized a Krusveer Rally at Lohordaga in honor

of Mother Mary, as the month of October is dedicated to her. The Kruusveer of St.

Aloysius’ Middle school too participated in the same. The Krursveers had procession in honour

of Mary and quiz competition. Thus they have deepened their knowledge about Mother Mary.

This month we had pre-test for the class X students and unit test for the class VII, VIII and IX.

Soon after the pre-test the Christian students of class X had a seminar on “Life Orientation”

for three days at Don Bosco Bariathu. The seminar was organized by Fr. Ashok the, Director of

the youth centre. The purpose of this seminar was to help the students choose their right career

after their matriculation. The students participated with full enthusiasm. They were accompanied

by Bro. Soshek and Mr. Anthony. Bro. Edward attended the first seminar at Pune on

“Consecrated Life”.

Bros. Sylvester, Amar, James Dundung and Soshek attended the first annual retreat at Jharna

organized by the Province. After the completion of the spiritual nourishment for a week we had

birth day celebration of Bro. Soshek. We had the pleasure of welcoming all the retreatants for the

celebration. They all graced the occasion by their valuable presence. Thanks to all the Brothers.

The students of St. Aloysius’ Middle school created history by participating for first time in the

“Munna Tournament” organized by Konbir-Noatoli Parish. Though they could not win any game,

they were happy and challenged that next year they will surly make it. They also participated in

another “Mega Muna Tournament” organized by Ranchi Archdiocese at Hulhundu. There were

60 teams, both girls and boys, participated in hockey and football games. Here, the Aloysius’

team, though could not reach to the top, won at least a few matches. Thanks to the staff for their

hard work.

On the occasion of “Unity Day /EKTA DIWAS” the education department of Jharkhand organized

the unity race for the school students of Ranchi. About 60 schools were invited for the unity race.

The students of class V, VI, VII and VIII of our school participated in the Unity race along with

many other schools, teachers and the department officials.

Bro. Nilward Topno

ST. ALOYSIUS’ SCHOOL, RANCHI

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ST. JOHN’S HIGH SCHOOL NAWATNR

1. FAILURE OF RAIN:-

This year the farmers of the locality are very much depressed due to the

failure of rain. In the beginning there was good rain so the farmers could

transplant the paddy and other crops but later on the expected rain failed; so

the crops are dying out. It is real concern for the farmers for the future.

2. FLYING VISIT OF OUR EX BRO. N.K. JOSE:-

On the 20th of September Mr. N.K. Jose (ex Brother) from U.S.A. made a

flying visit to Noatoli community accompanied by Bro. P.J. Abraham & Regis.

He was very much impressed with the hospitality which he received from the

Brothers. As a small boy he came from Kerala and spent his juniourate life in

Konbir- Noatoli. He was brought up and educated by the Brothers. He

expressed his gratitude and love to all the Brothers and to the society for the

warm welcome which he received.

3.PROVINCE GATHERING AT KONBIR NOATOLI:-

On 5th of September Bro. Calep, Subodh and Albinus left for Noatoli for the

Brothers’ get-together. Bro. Peter and James Roy stayed back in the

community. Hearty congratulations to Bro. Clement Kandulna, Provincial for

arranging the programme in a very useful manner. All the participating Brothers

expressed their views and ideas about the well being of our society.

The members of the Montfort Bhavan under the leadership of Bro. Susheel

and Montfort Niketan Brothers played a major roll for the success of gathering.

Congratulations Brothers for your contribution.

4. BRO. JAMES ROY’S VISIT TO VELLOR:-

Bro. James Roy joined the community on 13th of August 2015. On 3rd of

October he went to Vellor for his regular check up. The community wishes

him fast recovery from his sickness.

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5. ATHLETIC MEET:-

At local level there was an Athletic meet which was held in SISAI (GUMLA).

Our Athletes were invited to participate in various events. In 10 km. road

race Boys’ group our Athlete Master Trishul Ekka got gold and was awarded

with a bumper prize of a new bycycle and among girls’ group 8 km road race

our girl Athlete Karmi Lakra got gold and was awarded a new bycycle. Our

Athletes were awarded with useful articles such as blankets, gas cylinder etc.

We are grateful to the organizers and other generous persons who sponsored

money to promote the sports.

6. EAST ZONE ATHLETICS MEET HELD AT DEOGHAR:-

On 28 to 30 September 2015 there was Eastern Zone Athletic Meet held at

DEOGHAR. 8 states took part in the meet. 3 of our day boarding athletes

Nisha Kumari, Alka Kumari and Ramesh Mahto took part representing the

Jharkhand state. Nisha Kuamri got Bronze Medal in Javelin Throw, Master

Ramesh Mahto also Bronze medal in Javelin Throw and Alka Kumari Silver

in 3000 m. Now they are going to participate at the national level meet.

Bro. Calep Topno.

Typical schedule of an average Indian govt. servant

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ST. GABRIEL’S HOUSE, SITAGARHA

After a month of community experience, all of us were back on 3rd

September. The next two days were spent in cleaning up the campus which

was full of grass. On 7th September we had an evaluation of our community

experience. From 8th September we began the regular classes.

On 12th September there was a gathering of MTC students and the staff at our

place. We played friendly football match too. It was quite an interesting match.

Both the teams played well. The heading, the defense and the cheering of MTC

students were praiseworthy. However our passes and finish were better and we

won the match by 2-0 goals. After the match there was refreshment for all. By

6.30 pm they went back.

We had monthly recollection on 26th Sept. It was animated by Fr. Jeevan, sj, one

of the Tertians. The theme of the recollection was, ‘Arise and Awaken the World’,

based on the Apostolic Letter of Pope Francis to all the consecrated people. We

were given points for prayer and reflection at the end of the input. In the words

of Pope Francis we were exhorted to look to the past with gratitude, live the

present with passion and embrace the future with hope. We were moved, inspired

and touched by the input.

Bro. Mariannan, the Provincial of Trichy, visited us on 2nd Oct. We were thrilled

at his arrival. He interacted with us on 3rd morning. He shared about Trichy

Province and their mission sectors outside India. We welcomed him with a special

prayer service and a short cultural programme in the evening. This being the tri-

centenary year of our foundation we staged a skit on the founding of our

congregation besides other programmes. In his message Bro. Mariannan said,

“The prayer service, the back-drop and the cultural programme were well

prepared and presented. I liked it very much. I thank you for your prayers for my

Province and for me. During the novitiate you have to lay a strong foundation for

your spiritual life. If the foundation is weak no edifice can be built on it. As life

is not a bed of roses you have to learn to accept certain unpleasant things of life

also. I appreciate the members of the staff for taking so much trouble to form

you as the future pillars of our congregation.” On 4th Oct he left for Konbir-

Noatoli to meet his batch mate, Bro Sushil Toppo.

On 4th October two of our companions – Dhanraj Surseh Kumar (H) and Vincent

Amalraj (D) – had to leave the novitiate for their misconduct. They have reached

home safely. Now we are only 15 novices.

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October being the Marian month, we have been reflecting on the ten principal virtues

of Mother Mary as taught by our Founder (TD 108). Daily we have Marian prayer in

the evening with reflection on one of those virtues. As part of our Marian devotion

we had gone on a pilgrimage to Dhori Mata Shrine, Jerundi on 10th October. We were

accompanied by Bros. T.T. Mathew and Ajit Camil Toppo. On our way to the shrine

we prayed all the 20 decades of the rosary and sang Marian hymns. We had Mass at

the shrine and had time for personal prayer. Having gone to Jerundi we visited Konar

Chandradeep Toppo

2nd year Novice

dam on our way back. The bath in the dam was very refreshing to many of us. Thanks

to our Staff for having given us this opportunity.

Bro. Xavier went to Bangalore on 24th September to attend aseminar. He came back on 3rd of October.

On 10th of October was result day for class I to X. Parents were calledalong with their children. Parents had the opportunity to see theanswer sheets and meet the class teacher as well as the Principal.Many parents expressed their views saying that it is the first timethey had the opportunity to see the answer sheets of their childrenand that it is a good idea. This time we have introduced the gradingsystem. It was new for many parents.On 12th of October we were privileged to celebrate the birthday ofvisiting professor Bro. Edward Lugun in our community. Childrenwere very happy to have volleyball match in the name of birthdaycelebrant, Brothers Vs students. The match was thrilling and finallythe Brothers won the match.We had Dashara holidays from 17th to 24th October. Class IX and Xhad extra classes during the holiday. Bro. Sudhakar went to Delhi toattend seminar on 15th and came back on 21st of October. Bros.Roshan and Naween who went to Jharna, Namkum to have theirannual retreat came back with renewed mind and spirit.

MONTFORT NIKETAN, KONBIR-NOATOLI

Bro. Xavier Tete

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Namaskar to all Gabrielite readers from Vidyadeep college: staff and student Brothers.

The college has a lot to share but the limited space and keeping in mind the Brothers’

interest only some of the events are highlighted in the news.

Recollection

Recollection is one of the spiritual activities in the college once in three months. The students

of the second year had the privilege to look into the animation of this event on 29th Aug, 2015.

The theme of the recollection was, “Mercy and Compassion”. Fr. Stephen Selewaraj S.J. the

director of Indian Social Institute, Bangalore gave a beautiful talk on the theme.

Brotherhood Day celebration

4th October being Sunday we celebrated the Brotherhood day on 5th October. On that

occasion a meaningful prayer was conducted. There were lot of very creative fun games .

Later prizes were distributed among the four groups divided according to their position in the

contest.

Institute Fest

This day is one of the most awaited days for the college, especially by the students. This gives

them the apt platform to showcase their multiple talents and skills. On 10th October 2015, the

college grandly and skilfully brought it into the reality. It was very a thrilling and fascinating

programme. The theme of the celebration was, “Moving forward in waking up the world”.

Bro. P. T. George the administrator welcomed the gathering.The chief guest Fr. Joe Mathaias

S.J. the Rector of St. Peter’s seminary, Bangalore, delivered a beautiful and heart- touching

message : Be secular wherever you perform you duties. Let not your religion enter into it so

that one can give human dignity to all. The chief guest of honour was Bro. Mathew Thekkemury

CMSF, Assistant Superior General. Hats off to all; staff, students, supporting staff and other

non- teaching staff.

VIDYADEEP COLLEGE, BENGALURU

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The Presence of Assistant General Bro. Paul Raj

The students of the second and third year were blessed in having Bro. Paul Raj sg as the

lecturer on Theology of Christian Ministries from 19th to 23rd October. But by the completion

of his class he was ill and was admitted to St. Philomena’s Hospital for his speedy recovery.

The Institute Picnic

The institute planned a picnic as it had a grand success in the institute fest. The picnic spot was

Mysore. The students enjoyed the day of outing taking break from their packed daily schedule.

Earn And Live Programme

The second year students went to a place in Theni district of state Tamilnadu for their

contextualising theology for fifteen days starting from 27th October to 15th November. They

were well prepared to face the challenges faced by common people in their day to day life,

which would help them to give strong foundation to their theology.

Bro. Philip Surin

“You can make more friends in two monthsby becoming interested in other peoplethan in two years by trying to get people

interested in you”.(Dale Carnegie)

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CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL, CUTTACK

The month of October was very hectic with a lot of activities, seminars and travels. On 1st

October Bro. Pratap went to Kolkata for attending Bursars’ initiation for the new account

package. This is done to make our Bursars more effective with professional touch in their approach

to work. He returned from Kolkata on 5th. On 2nd Oct Bro. Rajesh along with three Brothers

arrived from Bangalore. They left in the same night.

The first T20 match between India and South Africa was played in Cuttack on 5th Oct. The

Indian team was received in the stadium by Bro. Johnson and was with them till they left for

Kolkata on 6th. Unfortunately the match was disrupted several times due to unruly behaviour of

the crowd.

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On 9th October Bro. Johnson went to Ranchi to attend the Land Committee meeting and returned

on 12th. The Franciscan Sisters invited us for dinner on 13th on the occasion of their feast. All of us

honoured the invitation. Bro. Pratap went to Pune to attend the seminar on 15th and returned on

28th October after having a pleasant outing to Mumbai. The PTA meeting was held on 17th and the

school was closed for Puja vacation thereafter.

On 16th October Bro. Johnson went to Delhi to attend a seminar on Right of minorities. There were

148 Principals and Directors from all over India who attended the meeting. The seminar was

organized by Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Some of the prominent Supreme Court lawyers

gave talks regarding various issues faced by the minority educational institutions.

Half yearly examination of the Montfort Schools (CSSSP) was conducted before the Puja

vacation. Their result will be given from 28th October. These schools are regularly monitored by

Bro. Johnson and Bro. Pratap with the help of the co-ordinator. Staff of all the five schools are

called once a month to review the performance of the students. We also started giving evening

snacks to the students twice a month. The number of children are on the rise and we had to

engage one more teacher to monitor the literary programme.

On 29th October Bro. Johnson went to Bangalore to attend the International Conference on

Education organized by the Global Office of Education . He will be back on 6th November.

Wish you all a very happy Diwali.

Bro. Johnson

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ST.JOSEPH’S, KONBIR- NOATOLI

On 15th October there was in our ground a foot ball tournament in honour of Fr. RonaldBosait and Bro. Montfort. There were 17 teams. The final match was played between St.Joseph’s school Kanke and St. Joseph’s Konbir Noatoli. After extended time, there was muchvigour in Kanke team. They scored 4 goals and Noatoli team scored just 1 goal. The chief guestwas Sr. Paulina of Ursuline convent. As a reward, there was a big goat for the winner and theloser got a smaller goat. Our hearty congratulations to the winner and the loser.On 10th October there were 2000 boys and girls of CLC (Christian living community) rally heldin Konbir Noatoli from 8 vicariates of Gumla diocese. There was sharing of the topic like Christianfamily, speech, quiz completion etc. In the evening there was rosary procession; we weresinging and praying at the grotto of our Lady. Brothers and a few teachers played the major role.Bro. John attended the session on religious life in Bangalore and Bro. Vijay has gone to Pune forthe same.

Bro.Vincent Kerketta

INCREDIBLE iNDIA

PRATYASHA

The Month of October was very hot. The farmers were frantically waiting for rains. The

upland paddy got dried up and so the people allowed it to be grazed by animals. It is a

season for all kinds of vegetables. The people had cultivated large areas but at the end when it

was ready for harvesting the hailstorm destroyed it. It was a big catastrophe. I too had planted

different types of vegetables for own use. But on the last night of the month unusual heavy

hailstorm engulfed them. God gave andHe took away. Let his name be praised. I have no

power over the nature.

Pratyasha has contacted 4 new villages in the interior places. We are conducting several meetings

with the villagers to make them aware who is responsible for the present wretched situation. In

all these villages we found the basic amenities are lacking. In three villages the people have to

go half a kilometer to fetch water. One hamlet has no electricity or approach road. They all fall

under the category of Below Poverty Line. The government programmes are given once they

are enrolled in this category. Our two point programme is to enroll all the children of these

villages to school and a survey to present before the gov. that they are entitled for BPL Number.

We are making them aware that their rights are denied, hence a need to demand for their

rights.

The Women Groups took out a protest rally in the village Kharsidag against alcoholism and

brewing it

Bro. Jacob s.g.14

Mr.Jura Horo of Village KharsidagPaddy cultivation in collaboration with Birsa Agriculture University. Kanke,Ranchi.

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