December 13, 2017

140th Anniversary  celebration at MARIA SHARAN, KESHNAND

We began the celebration of Tridum in preparation for the 140th anniversary of first FMA missionary expedition  on 11th November 2017 by highlighting the theme of the day during the Lectio Divina praying and Reflecting over it. On this first day our Animator Sr. Alka Almeida carried the Word of God together with the words “GO” symbolizing the missionary dimension of Jesus who commissioned his disciples to go to all

Faith Fest 2017 in the Karnataka region                   

YOUTH  FAITH  FEST,   with a theme EMPOWERMENT  AND  TRANSFORMATION  FOR THE JOY OF  TRUE  GIVING,  was well planned and by organized  Sr Rita Fernandes  and sisters Mazzarello  Kendra for the  youth  of  Karnataka  region  on 4th 5th of Nov. 2017.    On Saturday,  the 4th morning we were happy to welcome  the youngsters coming from  different  parishes, colleges , institutions, working class, and parish associations ,  A name tag with a

Celebration of 140th Anniversary in Kasarkod!

The long awaited day dawned as we celebrated 140th Anniversary of the first Missionary Expedition on 11th November 2017 with Triduum highlighting the theme of the day during evening prayer; we thanked God for the intercession of Mary Help of Christians for the missionary identity of our Institute and reflected the Constitution Art.1. The second day of the Triduum the evening prayer we reflected on the Art.6. We decorated the

Children’s Day celebration at Maria Niwas Kalathur

The 14th of November a special day for all the children as we celebrate Children’s Day.  In the evening the Salesian co-operators of Kalathur came together and celebrated the children’s day in our house.  The celebration began with the prayer service and then Mr. Mark, the co-operator spoke to children about their responsibility as a child. We had another celebration that was the Birthday celebration.  It was the Birthday celebration

140th year of Missionary expedition at Kalathur!

We animated the 3 days of triduum, which was followed by the vigil service on the 13th evening and the grand celebration on the 14th of November along with the sisters of the Shirva community.  Together we had the prayer service which helped us to understand the life of our first missionary sisters.  Thanks to them who sacrificed everything and accepted Jesus as their great treasure, this helps us also

Dakor's Village Education Programme (VEP) Picnic

On 18th November 2017 around 300 VEP children went for an outing to Nadiad. All the VEP children were gathered at Pushpanjali ground at 10.00 am. Each teacher was given the batches as ID card for all the children and took the attendance.  Sr. Sunanda Solanki, the animator of the community, Sr. Pricilla Bhanga and the teachers accompanied the children. First we visited the Santram Mandir and the children were

CHILDREN’S DAY CELEBRATION AT DAKOR

                Children add joy and cheer to our lives. They are the ones for whom we are here. They play an important role in the society. Children are the sweet fragrance from the house of the Lord. Commemorating the birthday of our first President Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru the lover of children on 14th November we celebrated children day with our boarders at Pushpanjali – Dakor. With much enthusiasm we began

Missionary month at Dakor

            The month of October dedicated to the missions and to the devotion of the Holy Rosary,   reminds us to proclaim the Good News as Christians to those who do not know Christ.  Mary the queen of Evangelization and to whom we honor as our Lady of the Rosary  who being the first disciple of Jesus did God’s will, went in haste to help her cousin Elizabeth and shared in

Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time at Dakor!

On 20th November we the Pushpanjali Technical Institute – Dakor had a communication day for our ITI trainees. We began with a meaningful prayer moment. Sr. Breenel Sambrea gave the awareness on different types of communication; the advantages and disadvantages of social media. She also told them about the effect of social media on young people. She divided them in to four groups and asked them to present the cultural,

Meaningful Celebrations at AYC, Dahanu!

The morning liturgical celebrations spoke of joy and thrill as we united ourselves with the entire institute in celebrating the great Event of the 140th anniversary of the First Missionary Expedition. Festivities marked the day. We had lively animation of the liturgy thanking God for our audacious pioneers and imploring blessings on us that we too be vivacious and zealous in our mission that we are in. Even the Indian