Our evening celebration was solemnized by the presence of
S.T.I Fathers, brothers, Maria Vihar sisters, boarders and our helpers as we
put up a semi-musical on the life of our saintly mother Mary Domenica
Mazzarello. The play highlighted her as treasure of virtues, fountain of grace and
embroidery of God’s love to the people. She is indeed a woman for all times. We
thank God for this day which brought us together as one family may we continue
to bear witness like the early Christian community and spread the love of Jesus
to the ends of the earth.
Monday, 30 November 2015
TOGETHER AS ONE FAMILY
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Cost what it may - Bl. Maddalena Morano
An exhortation from
the FMA Saint whom we celebrate today:
“Think as Jesus
would have thought.
Pray as Jesus would
have prayed.
Act as Jesus would
have acted”
– Blessed Maddalena Morano
Discouragement and
bitterness due to disturbing and overwhelming events are understandable human
feelings but they should not quell Christian courage in doing good, “COST WHAT
IT MAY”, Mother Morano used to say.
A very Happy Feast to you!
Sunday, 8 November 2015
A Day with the Youth
The long awaited day,
8th November 2015, dawned to mark the Inter–parish football and
throw ball tournament organized by the Nashik diocese. This day will always
remain as a red letter day in the lives of us Novices (2015-2016), for we
bagged the first place in the throw ball league. We were looking forward to
participate in this tournament, for it
was an opportunity for us to meet and interact with many young people of other parishes – St. Anne’s Parish, Holy
Cross, Don Bosco) At around 9.00 a.m. Fr. Robert Pen sdb declared the throw
ball and football tournament open. With mixed feelings we began the first match
with St. Anne’s team, followed by Don Bosco and Holy Cross. The success in these
matches led us to finals with the Don Bosco parish. The final match took place in the afternoon
at 2.30 p.m. It was in this match that we won the tournament by bagging the
first place. It was an unimaginable moment for each one of us. So also was the
moment of receiving the trophy.
This tournament was
not only a game but a learning experience for us where we learnt to work as a team.
It helped us to develop our self – confidence, sportsman spirit and above all,
we learnt to respect each player of the team. It also helped us to understand
one another and encourage and boost them when we were discouraged. We enjoyed
the tournament and we look forward to many such opportunities to be with the youth,
liking what they like, thus fulfilling the true spirit of our Founders. Our
hearts are filled with gratitude to our dearest formators Sr. Anelfreda Miranda, Sr. Jyothi
Pinto and Sr. Reshma Nune for giving us this opportunity and coaching us to
give our best. May the good Lord bless them and always hold them close to His
heart.
FMA novices play match with St. Anne's parish youth |
Sr. Jyothi Pinto fma refreeing the match |
FMA novices play match with Holy Cross parish youth |
FMA Novices with Don Bosco parish team |
FMA Novices with Don Bosco parish team |
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FMA novices, Nashik (INB) bag the trophy 2015 |
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Missionaries of Hope and Joy
“As
the father has sent me so I am sending you into the world” Jn. 17:18
Paying
heed to Pope Francis, urging the Consecrated people to broaden their horizons
and move out to the peripheries, we celebrated the mission month in a
meaningful way, carrying out activities keeping to the theme, “Being
missionaries of Hope and Joy”. Being aware of the missionary intention of the
Holy Father we embarked our journey through the missionary month.
The special spiritual
initiatives undertaken were the Study and Reflection on the message of the Holy
Father for the World Mission Day, good nights on the life of Missionary Sisters
who worked in our Province such as Sr. Virginia Marchetti, Sr. Walentyna
Czernick, Sr. Camilla Tagliabue, Sr. Berta Sperrfechter and Sr. Gina Azzolini, Sr.
Catherine Mania.
We gave a thought to
personal spiritual bouquet by praying entire chain Rosary, skipping mid-morning
break, fruits at supper, personal mortifications and offering continuous
prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father and for the missions.
This month played an
important role in our lives. The missionaries who were zealous in spreading the
Kingdom of God show us how we can be missionaries in our little ways, be it in
our community or in our area of work. As we pray for ourselves we also pray to
God to send many more missionary vocations to carry forward His mission among
the people of our times.
Missionaries in the Making
Mission Expo Visit - Walvanda |
Mission Expo Visit - Walvanda |
This was a mission expo
for the Novices and Sisters which was a part of the missionary activities of
the month. The village we visited was an adivasi area which had a number of
tribal people spread across the entire Palgar district. Fr. Anaclete the
manager and rector took us around their Mission Centre named, ‘Bosco Samajik
Vikas Sanstha’, showing us the various welfare programmes conducted in that Centre
and through that Centre. Here they run a
technical institute for the tribal boys providing three months’ technical
training with boarding and job placement facilities.
BSVS caters to forty villages having more than 300 SHG groups
providing them income generating programs such as goatary, poultry, tailoring
etc. There are two check dams built through
water shed programmes so as to provide water facility to the village folk. This Centre has fifty qualified social
workers who work in clusters so that through resource mobilization they can
reach out to many in need.
Mission Expo Visit - Walvanda |
This exposure broadened our vision and the desire to come out of
our comfort zones to reach out to the poor and the lowly. The novices felt that if there is enthusiasm
and good will we can face any difficulties and do much to the people of the
society. Some felt that adopting simple life style and involving people in our
mission work can help in big way to do much good.
It was indeed a wonderful mission experience for all of us. The beautiful view points and the visit to
the tribal palace were the package tour offer along with mission expo. The fire
that is enkindled today may grow day by day and help us to reach out to the
last and the least with the heart of Jesus.
Mission Expo Visit - Walvanda |
Mission Expo Visit - Walvanda |
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