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December 2010

May the Heart of Jesus Live in the Hearts of All Peoples

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A Word from our Visitator General...

General Visitation: A dialogue with Cultures
Probably some of you have different understanding of visitation, may be as visitater General coming and looking, what happens here, a little bit of control, a little bit of correction etc. Probably something of it should also happen. But we understand in the Generalate the visitation more as a dialogue between the generalate and the provinces, to understand how to answer to the challenges of today as good religious and good missionaries. It is not easy. Therefore, focus of this General Visitation is emphasized towards the religious life and missionary service in the light of the last two General Chapters. For whole of of ASPAC zone the same focus is formulated because we are looking in the society for new ways, methods, expressions of our religious life and missionary service. And the largest number of confreres is in ASPAC Zone. Indian confreres are second largest group in the Society of the Divine Word. So your contribution, your partnership in this dialogue is very important and essential. I am very happy to be in the Eastern Indian Province because Eastern Province in the past has taken many missionary initiatives. Sometimes challenged by cultures, other contexts etc. but you are not discouraged even in some attacks and persecutions. You go ahead in the Spirit of service trying to find new ways in spite of difficulties and problems. So therefore I am here to be inspired by your missionary service, by your religious life. Of course, always taking the focus of evangelization, we are inspired by cultures, but also challenging cultures. So may be in some cases I would also raise some questions of new challenges, but in the spirit of dialogue. And I hope this visitation you also understand in this spirit.Therefore we can be enriched, we can enrich the Society of the Divine Word, and also through the Society the Church and the Whole World.

in our life time, the world would be a better place to live in, said the main speaker and the chief guest Mr. Tapas Rai Chaudhry, the former Municipal Chairman of Jharsuguda, on the occasion of Mother Teresa Birth Centenary Celebrations, August 26, 2010 at Utkal Jyoti Premises. The Celebration was organized by the INE Province in collaboration with St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar, the Communication Centre of the Province and the CRI Jharsuguda. A life size plaque of Mother Teresa also was erected at the Road Junction close to Shanti Bhavan indicating Mother Teresa Road to popularize her name and the Cox Colony road which was named after her by the Municipal authorities in 2005, the year of her beatification. The Celebration began with a floral tribute to Mother Teresa by dignitaries from various religions. Fr. Joseph Topno,SVD, the Provincial Superior of INE, welcomed the guests and introduced the occasion. Prayerful songs and dances were performed by different religious communities of Jharsuguda. Fr. Sunil Damor screened a collection of various video clips captured during the life time of Mother Teresa. Fr. Sundar Tandi as the Master of Ceremony and Fr. Christopher Kerketta saw the smooth running of the stage show.
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SAVS Celebrates 44th India (World) Communications Day 2010

A Tribute to Mother Teresa

Jharsuguda, August 26, 2010: If not as much as that of Mother Teresa, at least one percent of what she did if each one of us could do towards the needy
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Jharsuguda, 14 Nov. 2010: New Media should be used to connect people and strengthen human relations and not to increase distance and individualism said Fr. Sunil Damor,SVD, the Regional Secretary
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for Social Communications, addressing the Parishioners of Jharsuguda, on the occasion of 44th World Communication Day Celebration (in India celebrated as India Communications Day) on 14 November, 2010. He also highlighted how our Holy Father Pope Benedict the XVI keeps in touch with millions of young people through the New Media like Youtube etc. He Mentioned that the Holy Father wants his priests, religious and lay leaders to discover new possibilities for carrying out their ministry to and for the Word of God through the New Media. On this occasion St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar, the Regional Communication Centre of Orissa organized song and dance competitions for the Parishioners in which many youth and children tried their talents with lot of enthusiasm. The winners were awarded to encourage their talents. The evening was marked with a melodious Orchestra. Professional singers like Ms. Rita, Ms. Seema, Mr. Sameer etc. captured the audience with their sweet voice. Samblapur, 17 Nov.2010 : Mother Teresa Communicating Gods Love was the theme of the 44th World Communications day celebrated at Regional level along with the Birth Centenary of Mother Teresa, at St. Josephs School premises Sambalpur, organized by St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar, the Regional Communication Centre of Orissa and Signis-Odisha, on 17th November 2010. Mr. Arun Pujari, the vice-chancellor of Sambalpur University and the chief guest of the day highlighted the new media as the source of vast knowledge. The chief speaker of the day and a senior journalist Mr. Bhagbat Prasad Nanda, stressed the Role of Media in building the Nation in the spirit of selfless service like that of Mother Teresa. Rt. Rev. Lucas Kerketta,SVD, Bishop of Sambalpur, Rt. Rev. John Barwa, SVD, Bishop of Rourkela, Rev. Fr. Joseph
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Topno,SVD, Provincial Superior of India East, Rev. Sr. Suma, M.C., the Regional Superior of the Missionaries of Charity, Mr. Ajit Kumar Nayak, the Secretary of the Sambalpur Press Club, Fr. Roy, the Deputy Secretary of Orissa Bishops Council, and heads of various other religious communities were the main guests for the day. The Day was marked by a special tribute to Mother Teresa and a variety Song Dance program performed by St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar, Jharsuguda, Utkal Vani, Balasore and St. Marys Kala Vikas, Rourkela. A big gathering from all walks of life participated in the program. Fr. Alphonce Toppo, the Secretary of Signis-Odisha introduced the occasion and the guests of the day while Fr. Sunil Damor,SVD the Regional Secretary of the Commission for Social Communications, welcomed each guest with a bouquet of flowers. It was a unique day for the Catholic Church of Orissa, to highlight the life and service of Mother Teresa and the role and importance given to media by the Universal Catholic Church. The event was widely reported by the Regional press and TV channels.
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100 Years of Christian Presence in Puri

Puri, considered being the abode of Lord Jaganath, and one of the most holy city for our Hindu brethren, celebrated 100 years of Christian presence. The Catholic Community has traveled for hundred years through thick and thin and given witness. Today there is still more urgency to give witness of our faith to unite all people in peace, harmony and integrity, said Rt. Rev. Raphael Cheenath, the
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Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, speaking during the solemn celebration at the Catholic Church premises on 12 December, 2010. Mr. Surendra Kumar Mohanty, a well known personality in Puri, who has seen the Christian Community from his childhood days, addressing the audience on the occasion said, In hundred years one gets old, but here it has happened just the opposite. The Christian Community in 100 years has become so young and vibrant. During the British rule French and Spanish Missionaries took care of the pastoral needs of the British Soldiers. In 1905 Govt. had given a little place for the Catholic Community in Puri and Missionaries from Cuttack and Khurda looked after the pastoral needs of this community. In 1910 Catholic Community was established in Puri and in 1911 a small residence for the priest was built. The records show that Mr. Remo Anthony was the first baptized Catholic of Puri in 1949. Gradually the Catholic Community grew and various Religious communities like C.M. Missionaries, Sisters Adorers, Missionaries of Charity both Brothers and Sisters etc. C.M Fathers took care of the Community till 1975. And it was in 1975 that the Parish was given to SVDs and Fr. Marian Zelazek was the first SVD to step in Puri. Fr. Marian did not limit himself to Catholics but spread his arms to serve all types of people specially the lepers, poor and the marginalized. He too began the dialogue and research centre for the rich and the elite group so that no section of society is left neglected. The Community has grown steadily though mainly migrants from other parts of India. Today Puri parish consists of 60 families with the Hindi saying coming true Chota Parivar, Sukhi Parivar. After Fr. Marian Zelazek, Fr. Thomas R.A., Fr. Peter Vattakeril, Fr. Mathew Poovanpuzha and Fr. Luke Veliaparambil have served the Catholic Community of Puri as Parish priests though the list of co-pastors goes long. Presently Fr. Luke with his co-pastor Fr. Birender is doing his best to keep the small Catholic Community as vibrant as possible. It was their hard work that made the 100 years come alive on 12 December, 2010.

SCHOOLS ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATIONS 2010

Annual day is a long awaited occasion by children in any of the schools. Come the months of NovemberDecember and begins the round of Annual Day Celebrations in all our schools. I appreciate the bold step of the Divine Word Society for establishing an English medium school away from the city surrounded by the tribal villages and I am sure St. Arnolds School, Jhartarang will

cater immensely to the education of the tribals and the poor, said the chief guest, Mr. Sarada Prasad Nayak, minister of state for food supplies & consumer welfare. He was speaking on the occasion of the 3rd Annual Day Celebration of St. Arnolds School, Jhartarang, Rourkela, on 5th December, 2010. It was the day of the children and the parents as the duo had a wide smile on their faces. Parents looked overjoyed seeing their children on the stage, in shining costumes, dancing to the tune of variety of music and singing along harmoniously with melodious instrumentals played by their teachers. The two hour long program consisted of variety songs, dances and skit performance blending together east and west. Amidst the big applause of parents and audience the children conveyed the message very loud and clear, Nourish Love and Flourish Peace. The show was indeed superb spreading the message of peace and harmony in our multi-religious and multi-cultural society. The School has the strength of 1278 students with 55 full-fledged staff within the short span of three years of its existence. And it was not an easy job to prepare 672 students to perform perfectly on the stage.
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Archbishop Raphael Cheenath was born on 29 No doubt, the whole credit goes to Fr. K.C. Thomas the principal, Fr. Symporian Kujur, Fr. Tomy December 1934 of late Mr. Francis and Theresa at Geogre and the entire staff for their hard work Manalur in Trichur diocese of Kerala State. After having completed his high nourishing the little ones with the values of love, peace school he joined SVD at and harmony for a better tomorrow. Palda in 1953. he made his Another SVD School, St. Pauls School Hamirpur, first vows in Khurda on 31 Rourkela celebrated the annual day on 16th of May 1957. He completed November, 2010 with equal festivity. St. Lawrence his philosophical and School, Tentloi celebrated Silver Jubilee Cum annual theological studies at Pune day on 19th December and St. Arnolds School from 1957 to 1963. He took his final vows in 1963 Bhubaneswar on 21 December. and was ordained a priest on 21 September 1963. ET News Desk From 1964 to 1972 he served in various places in various capacities like Rector of St. Johns INE Gold and Silver Men Seminary Changnachery, Asst. Rector of Pune Seminary, Novice Master in Khurda and later as 1. Bro. Joseph Kerketta (Golden Jubilee) 2. Archbishop Raphael Cheenath (Archiepiscopate provincial in 1972 for half a year. The same year he was made as Consultor General of the Society of the Silver Jubilee) Divine Word in Rome. He stayed there till 1974. on 3. Bp. John Barwa (Silver Jubilee) 28 February was elected Bishop of Sambalpur and 4. Fr. Joseph Antony (Silver Jubilee) consecrated as Bishop of Sambalpur on 18 May 5. Fr. Baptist DSouza (Silver Jubilee) 1974. Later in 1979 he was transferred to Sambapur 6. Fr. Francis Pereira (Silver Jubilee) as the Bishop of Sambalpur diocese and on 11 7. Fr. Francis Soreng (Silver Jubilee) and August he was made Archbishop of Cuttack 8. Fr. Rudolf Crasta (Silver Jubilee). Bhubaneswar. All through his episcopate he has served Bro. Joseph Kerketta was born of Mr. Moris nationally and internationally in various capacities. In Kerketta and Mrs. Veronica Dungdung, on 30 June 1999 he celebrated his Episcopal Silver Jubilee and 1932 at Samlaimunda- this year he Celebrates Archiepiscopate Silver Jubilee. Darupisa in Sundargarh District. After having Most Rev. John Barwa was born of Cyril Barwa finished his Secondary and Carolina Ekka on 1 June 1955 at Rengali in School he joined the Society Sundargarh District. Of the 6 sisters and two brothers of the Divine Word on 3rd he is the fourth child in the family. He joined the Society of the Divine Word after July 1957 and made his first having completed Graduation vows on 8 September 1960. in 1976. The first vows he He made his final vows on 8 September 1966. He was made in 1978 and the final first appointed to INC where he served from 1962 vows in 1984. He was to 1976 in different capacities like hostel incharge ordained a priest on 14 April and teacher at Dhani, teacher at Rajeswar Vidhyalaya 1985. He served as Asst. Mhow, and again Headmaster at Dhani. In 1976 he Parish Priest in was transferred to INE and became hostel incharge Singarmunda, Gaibira and at Gaibira till 1982. He was later made director of Asst. Director at RPC. Later he went to Rome for his Brother Formation house at Bagdehi and brothers Licentiate in Liturgy. After returning from Rome he coordinator for India till 1991. After being relieved of became the Director of RPC from 1993 to 1999. He was elected vice provincial in 1997 and then duties he still remains staff member at Brother provincial in 1999 till 2005. Then he became parish Formation house and dedicates his time in conducting priest of Rajganpur for a year and was appointed as awareness programs and writing a lot on tribal co-adjutor Bishop of Rourkela in 2006. He took up the charge as Bishop of Rourkela in 2008. awareness and conscientization.
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was ordained a priest on 4 May 1985. He holds a Licentiate in Theological Anthropology and Doctorate in Tribal Theology and Sacred Theology. He has a wide range of experience as pastor and a formator. He served as Asst. Priest in Jolda, Sundargarh and Sambalpur and as Parish Priest in Kiralaga. For two years he was the province youth director and then Shanti Bhavan Rector. From 1994 he has been in the Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo, Sason in various capacities as professor, dean, Rector and Resident staff. From 2002 he had been provincial councilor and vice provincial. Till date he serves as dean and formator in Sason. Fr. Francis Soreng, born on 16 June 1948 is the 5th child of Mr. Mathias Soreng and Mrs. Magdali Kullu of Rajabasa-Dantatoli in Sundargarh District. In 1972 after high school he joined the Society of the Divine Word Fr. Baptist Michael DSouza is the 5th child of at Jyoti Bhavan, Sambalpur. Mr. Louis and Mrs. Alice from Balakuuje in He pronounced his first vows Mangalore. He was born in 1978 and final vows in on 7 April 1956 and joined 1984. He was ordained a the Society of the Divine priest on 20 April 1985. He Word on 30 May 1969 has been a pastor all through his life and has a wide after completing high range of experience as Asst. Priest at Birmitrapur, Jalda school. He pronounced the etc. He has been a prish priest in many parishes like first vows in 1979 and the Jhorabahal, Gaibira, Rajgangpur and Gomardihi. At final vows in 1984. He was present he is the parish priest of Kiralaga Parish. ordained a priest on 4 May Fr. Rudolf Crasta from the village Kannada 1985. He is hard core Ho Missionary because most of his life has been with his dear Ho Tribals. He served Kudru in Mangalore was born on 14 August 1956 in in Pallahara, Gopinathpur and again Pallahara from the family of Mr. Rosario 1985 to 1994. Later he became parish priest of Crasta and Mrs. Cecillia Sundargarh from 1994 to 1996. From Sundargarh he Crasta. He joined the was elected the Provincial Superior of INE in 1996 Society of the Divine Word for one term. Again he became the Parish Priest of after High School and Pallahara in 1999 and from 2009 he is the Parish priest pronounced the first vows in 1979. Later in 1984 he of Duburi in the Ho Mission. pronounced the final vows Fr. Francis Pereira was born in Kathavara of and was ordained a priest on 9 May 1985. He holds Belvai Parish in Mangalore on 13 March 1956 in the M.A. in Anthropology. He was Asst. Priest at family of Mr. Ignatius Pereira Madhupur for two years. In 1987 he became the and Mrs. Lilly Pinto. After Secretary to the Archbishop in Bhubaneswar. Later having completed his M.E. in 1988 treasurer in the Archdiocese of Bhubaneswar. School he entered in the In 1998 he became the rector and procurator at St. Society of the Divine word at Lawrence School Tentloi. From 2001 to 2003 he was the spiritual director at Brother formation house Kirem on 30 May 1969. He Bagdehi. He was the Asst. priest in Gomardihi from pronounced his first vows on 8 June 1979 and the final vows on 12 June 1984. He 2003 for a year and transferred to Sundargarh as Asst. Priest where he continuous to serve till date.
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Fr. Joseph Anthony was born on 4 March 1952 at Vickramasingapuram in the diocese of Palayamkottai in Tamil Nadu, in the family of Mr. A. Ignatius Muthu and Mrs. Lourdu Mary. He is the eldest of the three sons only in the family. He joined the Society in 1977 after Graduation and made his first vows in 1979. After his final vows in 1984 was ordained a priest in 1985. He has served as Asst. Parish Priest in Gaibira from 1985-1986, in Birmitrapur from 1986-89, as parish priest in Thakurpali from 1989-1995, in Kiralaga from 1995-98. Later as Asst. Director of Upaya from 1998-2001, Asst. Parish Priest in Gopinathpur from 2002-2005, in Phalsa from 2005-2006 and now Parish Priest of Bhodra Parish from 2006 onward.

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MISSIONARIES REJUVANATED Our National Mission Secretary Fr. Dominic Emmanuel has been time and again organizing Seminars and workshops to re-strengthen our missionaries. The Assistant parish priests had the privilege to re-vitalize their missionary zeal in a Seminar from January 21-25, 2010 at Atma Darshan, Mumbai. Fr. Baptist, the Mission Secretary of INE Province took lot of personal interest, contacted and encouraged our confreres in the Province to attend the seminar. As a result eleven of them from our Province attended the seminar. According to the participants the seminar and Workshop was over all excellent. The evaluation rating clearly indicated that the participants liked the course and found it useful for the mission work in parishes. They also recommended many such programs in the future. They expressed that it is very useful course for all age groups, for ongoing formation and should be conducted not only at National level but also at regional levels so that more can participate. As an immediate follow up a four day seminar Mission Accompaniment was conducted at Ishopanthi Ashram, Puri, from March 9-12, 2010, for all the young Missionaries of INE who are ordained and have taken final vows between the years 2000-2010. The Seminar was organized by the INE Mission Secretary Fr. Baptist DSouza and Fr. Frederick Santhumayor and Ronald Pereira guided and led the young confreres into deeper reflection on the life in the mission. Most of the confreres in the above said group attended the seminar and renewed their missionary zeal. After getting the positive response from the confreres as the felt need Fr. Dominic Emmanuel, the National Mission Secretary has organized one more such Seminar and workshop for all the SVD Parish Priests and the heads of the Institutions, form January 25-27, 2011.
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Twenty-five years ago I had begun it just on a trial basis. Therefore, today I stand before you I raise my heart in thanksgiving to God, our Higher Power for the gift of liberation from alcohol. It is your depth of faith which has lifted you up from the abyss of darkness into his marvelous light. This is how I addressed the gathering of 190 members of Maitri Sangathan with their spouses who had gathered at Kalunga for their Silver Jubilee. Maitri Sangathan is the local version of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) in our Province. Ever since I began this ministry among the alcoholics in Jalda, diocese of Rourkela in 1985, I carried it on for the last 25 years without any specific appointment by the Society of the Divine Word for this work, and without any project for funds from the SVD or any funding agency. I tried this ministry along with my other official appointments, of course with the active support and encouragement of the Society. The participants for awareness and healing programmes paid for their boarding and lodging. I adapted the recovery programme advocated by the international fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) to our situation here. We have 16 groups of sober alcoholics in various parishes through which around 250 men who were once hopeless alcoholics have given up drinking and are living a sober life, excluding those who have relapsed. We celebrated this jubilee on the 25th and 26th of September at Nava Jagriti, Kalunga, not in a normal way of any external celebration, but in a different way. First, in the name of the Jubilee, we had a gathering of all the groups along with their spouses. It was a family gathering of recovered alcoholics to thank the Lord for the grace of new life, and for sharing their experiences of spending so many sober years. Secondly, we organized a special Awareness Programme on the problem of alcoholism and other behavioural addictions to TV, mobile phone, computer, internet, work, eating, etc., for all the Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, and candidates, postulants, pre-novices and novices of all the nine religious congregations and Church institutions in Jharsuguda on the 13th and 14th of November. Over 150 priests, religious and formees of all congregations attended the programme. As we know, the rates of alcoholism/drug addiction and other modern (behavioural) addictions to things such as TV, film, mobile phone, computer, internet, etc., are on the increase, affecting the mental and
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A Jubilee Celebration With A Difference

I never even dreamt of seeing this day. I never imagined that hopeless alcoholics who had lost name, fame and family life would remain sober for as many as 25 years, and one day would celebrate their jubilee.
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spiritual health of so many people in our families and society. There are several similarities (and also dissimilarities) between alcoholism and all other addictions. When priests and religious come across these people in their ministry, they are at a loss how to deal with them and how to counsel the families who are affected by these addicts. Normally, they scold, condemn, advise and sermonize these addicts for their misbehavior and lovelessness. They need to understand that it is a psycho-spiritual illness, and these traditional methods will not change these people. Most priests and religious think that addicts have no will power or strong determination to give up drinking or the uncontrolled use of drugs, mobile-phones, internet and watching TV, but need to understand that they have lost will power over the use of alcohol, drugs or TV, etc., though they have will power over other matters. This special programme for the clergy, religious and the formees of nine religious congregations was organized with the objective of making them aware of the causes of alcoholism and other modern addictions, and common factors among all these addictions; ways of understanding and helping the addicts and their families; and steps to be taken to prevent these addictions. 21 laymen (ex-addicts) gave testimonies about their experience with alcohol and how they came out of it and how they manage their lives now. Besides understanding the problem of addicts, and coming to know the recovery programme for them, the participants benefited for their personal life also in two ways: (1) If not to alcohol, clergy and religious also can become victims of modern behavioural addictions. This programme helped them to read danger signals in their own behaviour. (2) Since the recovery programme for the addicts is mainly a spiritual programme, it can help priests and religious to overcome their own personal weaknesses such as anger, workoholism, tensions, resentment, etc.
Fr. Frederick Santhumayor, SVD

CHRISTMAS GATHERING & JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS The Combined Celebration of Christmas Gathering and Jubilee of eight of our missionaries in the Province is scheduled for December 27, 2010 at Shanti Bhavana, Jharsuguda. As one SVD family in the Province we come together on December 27, 2010 to acknowledge our deepest gratitude to these confreres and to pray and thank God for the gift of these zealous and committed missionaries to the Province.
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Community Welfare Society

Dedicated for the upliftment of poor As the year is coming to a close, I take this opportunity to wish to share with you my last 35 years of experience working among the slum dwellers in collaboration with people of good will. The presence of altruism in human being in some shape or the other cannot be refuted; similarly, there exists in the hearts of every human being a will to live in brotherhood, a thirst for dignity, justice and peace and to build a better humanity. However this altruism or the desire to build a better world mostly remain untapped and unexplored because every human being does not get an opportunity to express his/her inherent thoughts and put them into action at the right time in the right environment. A platform or opportunity is necessary to bring together such individuals. It was this lacuna which was realized by Late Bishop Westermann, SVD who initiated to fill this vacuum by entrusting Fr. John Alapatt, SVD to work out a strategy for Rourkela Steel City in Orissa. He allowed him to buy a piece of land in Civil Township, Rourkela and to construct a building for this purpose. However in 1974 he left India and this work was entrusted to Rt. Rev. Raphael Cheenath, SVD and thus the Seva Sadan came into existence in 1975 to work with people of goodwill, to create a ground for human development encompassing peace, harmony and mutual respect.
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Seva Sadan with the permission of Bishop Cheenath, SVD sponsored the Community Welfare Society (CWS) to work independently as a registered society by keeping its link with the Seva Sadan. Community Welfare Society (CWS) thus, founded in 1976 which has a strong belief that there are number of good hearted human beings who if brought together can give valuable service to humanity. The belief turned into conviction over the last 35 years in which individuals from various walks of life, who were associated with CWS as office bearers, members, or well wishers put their efforts to transform the life of the poor slum dwellers of Rourkela urban area. Many of these good hearted people are qualified Engineers, Doctors, Educationists, Industrialists, Administrators, Lawyers, Social Activists, Priests, Nuns and so on who render their selfless service at different stages. It has been successful in bringing about attitudinal changes through their participation and makes them feel the quality of better life. The members and the beneficiaries enabled the CWS to take up the initial stage activities such as digging well, laying slum roads and drainages, housing for poor industrial workers living in the slums, schools for slum children, creches (Day Care Centre) providing primary health care, establishing vocational centers such as exercise note book manufacturing unit and tailoring Centers etc. Since 2002 our focus has been shifted to human resources development. As a result we formed hundreds of Self Help Groups (SHG) and 54 Women Organizations (Mahila Samiti) which enables them to develop themselves. We also expanded our activities to 60 slums covering 80,000 people. It is the women who became the agents of change in the slums. They have taken up both economic and social causes for people in their own localities and brought about development in living standards, health hygiene, sanitation, childrens education and overall peaceful environment in the slums. The women have developed self confidence to voice their problems and views in public as well as before the Govt. officials. They even arbitrate and settle various domestic violence, disputes and other cases, without seeking police assistance. Their anti-liquor struggles have led many people to change their way of life. More than 1000 ladies either individually or in groups have
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developed income generating schemes which will sustain their families. The activities and achievements enumerated briefly are only a tip off the ice berg. Hospital CWS hospital is another land mark collaborating activities. The CWS hospital presently a 100 bed general hospital provides comprehensive medical care to the people of Rourkela & the inhabitants in the sub-urban areas & periphery villages. Over the last 8 years of its existence, there has been a steady increase in the flow of patients not only from the immediate neighborhood but also from distant places in the district and the neighboring states of Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh. This has only been possible due to the dedicated services rendered by the Doctors, Nurses and Para medical Staff of this hospital. All services are provided at an affordable cost keeping in mind the needs of the weaker sections of our society. Besides free consultation facilities to poor patients in the OPD at a fixed time daily, treatment on concession is given to deserving indoor patients. The hospital renders round the clock emergency medical service in addition to the major disciplines of Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Gynae an Obs, Pediatrics, EYE & ENT. It has the services of Nutrition therapist & Physiotherapist as well. The Diagnostic facilities include well equipped full automated Pathology, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Histopathology Labs. Radiology Dept. equipped with a Spiral CT SCAN., 500 mA X-ray unit & a Mobile unit, whole body ultrasound, Echocardiography, Color Doppler, Upper GI Video endoscopy, KCG & TMT, Video Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy facilities and facilities for bone marrow Exam & FNAC. We have a well equipped Blood Bank and Modern Operation Theatres. In this year we have also started Health insurance scheme for the BPL (Below Poverty Line) Card holders by subsidizing their premium. We want to cover 5000 BPL Card holders in the coming five years. The CWS while taking up various activities, kept always in mind that due respect should be given to the religious feeling of various communities and to remain non communal and non religious and non political in its various activities. This type of collaboration shows that the development and the transformation of the world could be a common
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effort which can invite religious or non religious groups or institutions to participate in transforming the world. Thus, the people of good will acting together can serve as catalyst in transforming humanity. During his interaction with the office bearers and senior members of CWS , Very Rev. Fr. Konrad Keller,SVD Vice General of the Society of the Divine Word, said CWS could be the role model for individuals and organization of diversity of religion, language, creed, sex and territory to work together for transforming the humanity. He writes in the Arnoldus Nota, the official news letter of SVD for the month of November, the Community Welfare Society .could be and example of interreligious dialogue with the poor in Orissa. This collaboration shows that the development and the transformation of the world could be a common effort, and include the contributions of any religious or non religious groups or institution. The people of good will acting together can serve as catalyst in transforming humanity and build the kingdom of God irrespective of caste, creed or religion, ethnic or cultural origin. By this type of collaboration like the one experienced in the Community Welfare Society where the people give witness to the possibility of overcoming prejudices and lead all towards mutual understanding. The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out more laborers into His harvest Mt.9:38. Hence ask the Lord to send more workers from every caste, creed, race, religion or sex to build up His Kingdom of peace, harmony, love and justice. In the present day world, it is not enough and not possible for one individual to scratch here and there and try to develop or transform the society. It is only a collective approach and effort which can make a dent in the transformation process. It is here that the Church, for that matter any religious or non religious organization and institution can contribute by acting as catalysts to bring together people of goodwill irrespective of caste, creed, and religion in order to transform the humanity and thus to realize Gods Kingdom on earth. Fr. John Alapatt,SVD

Santragachi A New SVD Parish Now

St. Joseph the Worker Church , Santragachi is renovated and ready for rededication. The 42 year old church was finally declared a Parish on 1st May 2010 and Fr. Ranjit Kerketta SVD installed as the first Parish Priest of St. Joseph the Worker Church . The first brick of the church was laid down on the feast of St. Joseph on March 19th 1967 by Fr. Castelino sj and was blessed by Archbishop Albert DSouza. The church then catered to the spiritual needs of the catholic community who primarily comprised of the Anglo Indian Community. Over the years most of them immigrated to Australia and England . Over the years the catholic community has grown and now comprises mainly of the adivasi community. In the year 2000 the parish was entrusted to the society of the divine Word Missionaries. Our parish has taken active part in all inter parish events and has earned many laurels. We may be located in the tiny railway colony, but that has never deterred our spirit. We have always worked as a family through everything that has come our way. The happy moments as well as the sad, we have stayed together through thick and thin. We fondly remember the contributions of all the priests that had worked tirelessly to see the community in Santragachi grow nurturing our spiritual needs and help build our faith. Starting with Fr. Castelino who was in a way the founder of this small but vibrant community in Santragachi. He passed on the mantle to others who carried on from where he left with great dedication and charisma. We fondly recall Frs. Reginald Fernandez, Rebello, and Stephen Raphael. Cyril Fernandez, Jyotiraj Babu, Paul Moras, Isidore Kindo and Peter DCuhna. The 1st of May 2010 will always be a memorable day for all the parishioners. The entire parish got together to celebrate this wonderful occasion of being declared a Parish. The church compound wore a festive look with the bright and colorful decorations. We had with us the Chief Celebrant Archbishop Lucas Sirkar sdb Concelebrants Rev. Fr. John Mohandas VG, Fr. Handel DSouza the Chancellor of the Arch diocese, Fr. Telesphore, Fr. Dilip Tirkey Fr. Ranjit Kerketta our Parish Priest and many other priests making it all the more joyous. The church looked beautiful like never before thanks to some of our parishio10 December 2010

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ners who worked tirelessly to make it look that good. The servite sisters under Sr. Rosary the superior and Sr. Saluja Principal of St. Marys school contributed greatly in making this event such a huge success. They put together a lovely program and also helped in the liturgy together with members of the PPC who did an excellent job. The program started at 5.00pm with His Grace being welcomed in the traditional tribal style with dance by the Adivasi community and the parish youth, under the guidance of Mr. Michael DCruze, secretary of the PPC didnt leave any stone unturned in making the choir sound as melodious and lively as possible. All the children of the parish were given ice-cream to relieve themselves of the heat. A cultural program followed in the church campus. His Grace and the other dignitaries were presented with a token of appreciation. The parish youth put up an entertainment program which included songs, dance and skits on St. Joseph . Above all we ended the occasion with sumptuous community meal. Fr. Ranjit Kerketta SVD

Biblical Apostolate at the Service of the Local Church

As members of the Society of the Divine Word, proclaiming the Word of God to all is our priority. Our very name compels us to consider the biblical apostolate as one of the characteristic ways of placing ourselves at the service of the local church. Keeping this priority in mind, the Eastern Indian Province tries to render this service to the dioceses of Rourkela and Sambalpur. One of these contributions was made when our former Biblical Coordinator, Fr. Paul Ethakatt SVD took up the task of getting the Sadri New Testament published in 1986 revised and printed. Fr. Frederick Santhumayor SVD took up the work of revising the Sadri NT with the help of a team of priests, Sisters and lay persons. The revised version was published in 2004. Now the local church is privileged to have a Sadri NT with a much better and polished Sadri language. The second service, not only to these two dioceses but also to the Church in India, was rendered by our Province when we published a book authored by Fr. Frederick Santhumayor SVD on a new approach to gospel reflections titled Power of the Word in 2007. Though there are a number of
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books of this sort, what makes this volume different from all other books of homilies/reflections is its creative style in presenting the message of the gospel texts, prescribed for the three-year cycle of Sunday and Feast Day Liturgy, in precise columns and cryptic statements (called focus-statements) written in common (non-technical) language. This volume can rightly be called a multi-purpose book with a number of options for readers. They can develop the focusstatements on their own into personal or community prayer, or a homily, or as a guide to pastoral action in Indian situation. Alternately, the readers can also make use of the applications to their life-situation given by the author in a separate column (box). Outside the liturgy, the readers can use this book by picking up any gospel passage and developing the focusstatements into personal or guided (community) prayer for any other occasion such as adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Bible Vigil, Bible meditation, Gospel Sharing, etc. The third service was rendered to the local church by translating and publishing the same Power of the Word book in Sadri language with some additional explanations and a general introduction to the spirituality of the Bible for the benefit of the laity. Besides its usefulness for gospel sharing and family prayer, it is an invaluable aid for the catechists who conduct the Sunday Service in the absence of priests all over the Sadri-speaking areas of Orissa and Jharkhand. Besides this, the biblical coordinators, Frs. Paul Ethakatt and Frederick Santhumayor have visited the various parishes, institutions and formation houses of both the dioceses to conduct bible animation programmes on regular basis. In the last two years alone the present Biblical Coordinator, Fr. Frederick Santhumayor has conducted one, two or three-day biblical animation programmes in 49 parishes and institutions of both the dioceses. Fr. Frederick Santhumayor SVD

St. Larence School Tentloi, Turns Silver

Saint Lawrence School, a premier educational institution in the district of Angul, Orissa is completing 25 years during this academic year. It is a moment of joy for all to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. It is our Almighty God who has efficiently guided the School under the patronage of Saint Lawrence.
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St. Lawrence did everything for the poor. Hence he is declared the patron saint of the poor. A preference for the poor therefore is a priority of our school in educating the masses. Saint Lawrence School owes its origin to the Society of the Divine Word, the congregation founded by Saint Arnold Janssen who was a Catholic Priest from Germany. He was a mathematics teacher himself. Society of the Divine Word today gives priority to education apostolate and runs many schools, colleges and universities all over the world. Fr. Shilanand Kamath SVD was the first to come to Talcher in 1975 to cater to the needs of the Catholic community. With the arrival of Fr. Jose Kurianthanam, a diocesan priest from Sambalpur diocese an emphasis was given to educational ministry and began kindergarten in 1984. A man of short stature and agile nature took keen interest in the field of education and felt the need of starting an English medium school. At this time Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, then bishop of Sambalpur diocese was offered an infrastructure by Nalco to begin an English medium school at Nalconagar. He approached the Society of the Divine Word to take up this responsibility. As the terms and conditions were not agreeable to both parties, it was decided to start an English medium school at Tentoloi village. This place was chosen to start the school because it was a central location for Angul and Talcher, thus could easily cater to all people of this area. Fr. Cyprian Pinto SVD who as a treasurer of the province took keen interest to support Fr. Jose Kurianthanam for buying the land. Both of them faced difficulties to obtain the land. Words cannot express our gratitude for the wonderful work that Fr. Jose has done in this place. Later Fr. Emile Soreng SVD and Fr. John Maliekal SVD as provincial superiors took initiatives and encouraged our confreres to establish this school at this place. The arrival of Fr. Felix Padanilath SVD to this place was a blessing. The efficient leadership of Fr. Felix, the first principal of Saint Lawrence School has been responsible for what the school is today. As a person with lot of experience in the education field was a right choice to begin an English medium school at Tentoloi. Thus Saint Lawrence School came into existence on 22nd June, 1986. The then provincial superior Fr. John Maliekal SVD inaugurated the first academic session for nursery and first standard with 16 students. Within a week there were 40 each in
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nursery and class 1 with two teachers to teach.Today the School has 1550 students, making the dream a reality. Fr. Abraham Vakkaparambil succeeded Fr. Felix as principal of Saint Lawrence School on 13.04.1998. He was succeeded by Fr. S. Joseph from June 1, 2001 to 22nd June, 2009. There are many confreres who have toiled hard as Rectors, Treasurers and teachers to bring up the School. The self-sacrificing, energetic and enthusiastic team of teachers over the years has been a blessing for the School. Situated on the bank of Nandira River in a village Tentoloi, Saint Lawrence School has a wonderful discipline and ambience for education. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on 15th April, 1999 and has been imparting quality education to the children of Angul District. Over the years, batches of students left the portals of Saint Lawrence School with not only excellent academic results but also fully formed persons prepared to face a world of challenges. It was in the year 1996 that the first batch of ICSE students wrote Class 10 examination. For the past several many years our students have secured 100% result with many distinctions. A big challenge lies before us to mould every student into an integrated personality so that they cherish eternal values and live upright lives in order to make this world a better place to live in love, peace and harmony. And we are sure God Almighty will bless us and our school through the intercession of Saint Lawrence, the patron and Saint Arnold our founder, to fulfill this dream. Fr. Victor Rodrigues, SVD MINORITY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT The long awaited Seminar on minority rights and Right to Education Act (RTE) was conducted at Shanti Bhavan, Jharsuguda, on 11th and 12th of December 2010. Fr. K. M. Joseph SJ (Justice and Human Rights Forum and a senior practitioner in Patna High Court) was the Resource Person. He is an authority on the topic and has vast practical experience in this field. The participation was very encouraging as many non SVDs too from all the other five diocese attended the Seminar cum Workshop.
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Silver Bells Ring in the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Diocese

The archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar celebrated the Arch-Episcopal Silver Jubilee of Most Rev. Raphael Cheenath, SVD, on August 11, 2010. It was a very graceful and meaningful celebration to thank and praise God for all the blessings showered upon Bishop Cheenath during this past quarter of a century. Ever since His Grace Raphael Cheenath, shouldered this responsibility as Archbishop, in the year 1985, the diocese has grown in faith and the people have proved it during the black days of its unfortunate communal violence in Kondhamal. We pray for the entire archdiocese and Congratulate our beloved Archbishop Raphael Cheenath on completion of 25 years as the Archbishop of CuttackBhubaneswar. (Courtesy: Province Circular)

A Power House Divya Dham in INE

Divya Dham (Holy Abode) has been gradually picking up as the devotees visit every friday for prayer and reflection in this silent surrounding.

INTER PROVINCIAL MEETINGS

This long awaited house of prayer and pilgrimage, named Divya Dham (AHolyAbode) was inaugurated and blessed by Most Rev. John Barwa, Bishop of Rourkela diocese and Fr. Joseph Topno, Provincial Superior of INE, on 29 January 2010 in a simple ceremony at H. Kantapalli village, six kilometer away from Jharsuguda town. The mercy prayer group has been taking active part every week to pray for self as well as for the whole Church and for all.
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Computer & Journalism Courses: From April to September 2010 St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar organized various courses. A journalism course was attended by 27 participants from various dioceses and religious congregations. Computer course for four batches, both for beginners and advanced, was conducted and 48 participants both lay and religious from all around Orissa, including the Novices of Handmaids of Mary and Salesians of Don Bosco made use of the opportunity provided. Music Courses: A one month intensive course was conducted and around 50 participants from all over Orissa worked hard to improve their talents in various forms of music and dance. Besides such timely courses Arnold Music and Dance Academy runs regular Music School. This year there are around sixty students from Jharsuguda town learning various dances and musical instruments. They will appear for their
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An Inter Provincial Planning, Formation, Communication and other Commissions meetings took place from September 18-21, 2010 at Shanti Bhavan, Jharsuguda. About 55 SVD confreres including the members of various commissions like Formation, Justice, Peace and Integration of Creation (JPIC), Communications, Arnold Janssen Spirituality etc. gathered to take stock of the past one year and to plan for the coming year. A Seminar on PR was also organized on this ocassion by the National Mission Secretary. Mr. Alwyn Fernandez as the resource person enlightened the participants on the topic stressing the need of more Public Engagement than Public Ralations.
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exams conducted by Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. Outreach Programs: SAVS has been reaching out to public with its dance-drama and musical group. The group presented religious and value based musical program at Jharsuguda and Sambalpur in November. Our troupe has presented its religious dance-drama at Putrikhaman and Thakurpali and some more Parishes have booked for program during the Christmas Season 2010. Arnold Music and Dance Academy: This year the Academy has 60 regular students for various courses like Key-board, Vocal, Tabla, Guitar, Bharatnayam and Oddisi etc. The Academy celebrated Xmas with their parents and neighbours on 20th of December. The students of the Academy presented a colorful cultural show and won the hearts of the audience.
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contextualized theological formation to our future missionaries. The seminary became operational on 1st October 2008, with the shifting of our residence from Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo (KJM), Majhipali. We began with seven SVD Scholastics who were pursuing their Theological studies at KJM. Among them four have been already ordained as priests who are active in the Missions, of whom Fr. Antony is a missionary in Argentina and Fr. Biju a missionary in Ghana. Frs. Kashmir and Soby are missionaries in Bezda-Kolkata and North East region respectively. Among those seven three are in their final stage of their formation here. They are Deacons Justin Jayaraj and Santhosh Paul DSouza and Frt. Binoy Augustine. At present we have twelve Scholastics: 4 in the first year of theology, 5 in the second year, 1 in the third year, 2 in the fourth year of theology. We hope that there would be a steady increase in the number of SVDs opting for contextual theological formation provided here. This has enabled our SVD scholastics to have their own community formation programmes. In order to encourage fellowship among the SVDs, this house welcomes our SVD missionaries working in Sambalpur and other neighbouring dioceses, to spend some time to refresh and update themselves by reading books provided by KJM library and just to relax and pray. Regularly district meetings and other fellowship gatherings for the SVDs are being organized here. We also plan to begin soon activities such as retreats, seminars and other renewal programmes for the religious as well as lay people. The contextualized theological formation is based on a methodology of action-reflection-action. This action-experience-analysis-questioningreflection-action is an ongoing and cyclic process and it forms the kernel of a contextualized theological formation programme at KJM. Content-wise the courses in theology offered at KJM are of high standard like those offered elsewhere in other theological seminaries. However, while elsewhere the courses are offered in their classrooms without much reference to particular context, the courses offered at KJM are given in the field where the people too contribute towards evolving a theology relevant to them by their participation. In the academic year 20082009 two students representatives along with
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CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGICAL FORMATION AT DIVYA JYOTI, SASON Having focused on the vision of Divya Jyoti, Illumined by the Word we step into the World, to reach out others in Faith and Love, the community is brimming with life as we grow in numbers and in various activities. Divya Jyoti, the new SVD

Seminary was blessed on 21st September 2008 by Most Rev. Lucas Kerketta, SVD, Bishop of Sambalpur and inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Joseph Topno, SVD, Provincial Superior of INE in the presence of the staff and the students of Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo, members of other formation houses like Adhyayana Bhavan, Carmel Sadan, priests, sisters and lay people from Sambalpur. By establishing this house of formation, the Society of the Divine Word emphasizes the need to provide
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Principal Fr. Francis Pereira, SVD, represented the Seminary at North Indian Students Theology Conference at Shillong in the North East India. One of the student representative was our own scholastic now Fr. Soby Pulickeel, who is serving in the North East region. Weekend interaction with the people in the villages in the neighbourhood exposes them to reality outside, through various apostolates, such as tuition for the poor children, visits to the families, providing guidance and inspiration to Small Christian Communities by praying with them. During the class days an hour of manual work helps them to appreciate the dignity of labour and show solidarity with the poor and the working class. SVD formation is a formation for mission. Today we take into account the factors that affect the formation and training of our scholastics, in a society which is in rapid transition. While economic growth and globalization have brought tangible progress, social inequalities, public corruption, rural and urban poverty, exploitation of weaker sections, negative impact of the media and other social evils continue to affect large sections of India today. Such a context presents new challenges in our formation: 1. In the Gospels, Jesus taught that new wine needs new wineskins i.e. new ways of reception, practice and transmission. Likewise new challenges in formation call for new responses, approaches and measures in the ministry of formation. The goal of all priestly formation is to enable the formandi to grow into mature manhood and experience freedom with responsibility to the measure of the full stature of Christ (Eph 4:13 cf. Pastores Dabo Vobis, 43). 2.Future priests should therefore cultivate a series of human qualities not only proper to their own growth and realization of their self, but also with a view to their ministry. These qualities are needed for them to be emotionally balanced people, strong in faith and free in their decisions, capable of bearing the weight of pastoral responsibilities. {Pastores Dabo Vobis, 43) 3. We understand that integral human formation, the foundation of all priestly formation, implies an
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ongoing self-transformation. This process involves integration of all aspects of the whole person: physical, affective, intellectual, moral, communitarian, socio-cultural, spiritual and pastoral. During the summer vacation our scholastics are given opportunity to learn and equip themselves for various skills. 7 scholastics attended the course on journalism, one in music and dance, two attended the course on Psycho-spiritual and Personality Development and two of them had experiential knowledge at Kurushimala Ashram in Kerala. 4. Time has come to interrogate the hypothesis that if we just pray and worship regularly and faithfully, somehow everything else in ones life will automatically fall into place. The conscious or unconscious assumption that if we keep reinforcing the spiritual superstructure, the human base structure will somehow be fortified appears to be false. Therefore formation houses like ours need to design and implement a well considered programme of human formation coupled with spiritual orientation and accord it the central place in the scheme of formation. In the times to come we hope to focus on this very vision Illumined by the Word Incarnate, we step into the world to reach out our brothers and sisters in faith and love. I would like to conclude with a quotation from our ex-president of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam: Past is experience, Present is experiments, Future is expectations. Use your experience in your experiments to achieve your expectations. Thank you and may God bless you all. Fr. Lancy Rodrigues, SVD Rector, Divya Jyoti, Sason-Sambalpur Visitator General Rt. Rev. Fr. Konrad Keller,SVD In INE:

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT The need of the hour today is much more than Public Relations which could be termed as Public Engagement, said Mr. Allwyn Fernandes during the one day Seminar on Public Relations, organized by the National Mission Secretary Fr. Dominic Emmanuel, for all the heads of SVD National Commissions on 20th of September. True to the saying of Mr. Fernandes many of our confreres are trying their best to involve themselves with the public through various activities in socioeconomic, educational and religious fields. The headquarters of INE, Shanti Bhavan, and our Communication Centre, St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar too are trying their best in the local situation to involve the neighbors to foster peace, harmony and national integration. St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar

celebrated Christmas with the Parents and Children of Arnold Music and Dance Academy on 20th December. On this occasion the meaning and Significance of Christmas was shared by Fr. Sundar Tandi. The Children of the Academy, all of them who are non-Christians performed melodious songs and wonderful dances participating in the joy of Christmas. Fr. Provincial and team organized a Christmas celebration with our neighbors on 23rd December. Many of our Hindu friends and neighbors gathered to share our Joy of Christmas. Vikas Sanchar, Asha Niketan and Sacred Heart presented religious and meaningful dances and songs. Fr. Bartho Bilung gave a short and sweet Christmas message to the audience. Mrs. Sanchali, the Principal of Blue Bells School, lauded the efforts of Shanti Bhavan to celebrate the feasts together to foster harmony among various cultures and religions.
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