We Welcome Mary at SHTC-Nashik

She stays with us in a special way during our Marian month and so today we inaugurated the Marian month with a meaningful prayer moment and the Holy Eucharist.  In keeping with the outcome of GC XXIII and the conclusion of the Bicentenary of Don Bosco’s birth we as a community have taken for our Marian month the theme “With Mary and Don Bosco be Beacons of Hope and Joy”. To make sure that this theme becomes a daily reality we chose certain weekly practices such as to grow in positive outlook, to be encouraging and supportive, to grow in compassion and to appreciate the good in the other.

During the Eucharist the Priest reminded us that Marian devotion should lead us to Jesus and all those who reach Mary will surely reach Jesus since she takes them to Him.

Every year has its own uniqueness when concerning Marian Month and so too this year. There are a number of meaningful and exciting activities planned in advance so as to be beacons of hope and joy in a best possible way. To begin with, the beautiful decorations and display of the theme, invites us to build deep relationship with Mary. Besides the usual Rosary animation and the good nights on Mary we also desire to animate daily evening recreations based on Mary.

The novices who are divided into three groups have been kept busy especially during this month by some interesting competitions such as Marian singing, Marian dance, Acting - Mary in the life of Don Bosco and Marian symposium.

During this month all want to imitate Mary in their own typical way and so a day has been allotted to each one to be living Mary in disguise and by the end of the day the community will have the opportunity to point out who Mary was for the day. 

Mary teaches us valuable lessons through her life and so we have Faith Sharing on the Marian passages so as to imitate Mary in a concrete way. The films on Mary also inspire us to get closer to Mary and so there will be two films watched during this month.

Mary always thought of the other and went in haste to reach out in service.  The theme of Marian month invites us to be beacons of hope and joy and so the community has taken up an outreach activity that is to visit the Assumption sisters, Thiloli, who run a boarding for 500 girls. Finally we desire to end the month with a meaningful Marian Nite.

All are enthusiastic and ready to be beacons of hope and joy. We pray that Mary our Mother may walk with us and guide us in this our journey towards her Son Jesus.