We 5 sisters Lucy Paes, Maria Shirsath, Sunita Moteghar, Savita Parkhe and Priya Tauro were really fortunate to participate in the National Symposium organized by the CCBI Commissions for Family and Doctrine and Theology, CBCI office of Justice, Peace and development, FIAMC Biomedical Ethics Centre and Diocesan Human Life Committee, Mumbai at St. Pius X College, Goregaon from Friday October 13th to October 15, 2017. Delegates from 41 dioceses were
30th August was a day of apprehension and anxiety as the newcomers of the First Year BE students of St. Joseph’s College received an invitation from the 4th Year BE students to be present in the hall for the Masquerade Ball. The programme was filled with dances and interspersed with talks, games, singing, riddles and jokes. All were distributed a mask, and there was fun and laughter as they interacted
Teachers’ Day was celebrated on 5th September in Pushpanjali Dakor, Gujarat with the theme ‘Teachers- a Rainbow in the life of the children.’ The Sisters were taken in procession on the beat of timbli (Gujarati folk dance) and aarti. We began with a short prayer asking God’s assistance and praying for all the sisters. It was then followed by a short cultural programme wherein the students conveyed the message that
Workshop for the SHG women on Govt. facilities! On September 15, 19 and 20th Sept 2017, we had a special meeting for our SHG women with regards to the registration and their norms and conditions. Mr. Gavahane who helps the women to get all the Govt. schemes and facilities from the Panchayat Samithi was present as the resource person. He made them realize the importance of weekly meetings, savings and
The Community of Laura Vicuna Niwas, Ahmednagar had the Community Gratitude Day on 17th September 2017. The SHG women and the social workers conveyed their ‘Thanks’ to Sr. Teresa Plathara, the animator and to all the sisters of the community. It was a good and homely experience for the women. Through word and gestures they expressed their gratitude for all that the sisters do for them and how they
Marian Month The community of Velim celebrated the Marian Month from 15th August to 15th September. Every day the community prayed the rosary with the children of NIOS and of the evening school. It was beautiful to see the children praying with child-like confidence to Mary our Mother. On 14th September we had the conclusion of the Marian month along with the students of NIOS and evening school. The sisters
On 21, September 2017, we celebrated our Community Gratitude Day, our theme was ‘Be a blessing.’ During the nine day preparation for the feast, we prayed for each sister and the various sectors of the house. Each day was made special by our prayers and by honouring the sister or the group concerned. e could truly feel God’s divine presence as we kept blessing each other.On 20 evening we had
24 September 2017, a day to honour and appreciate our senior citizens in honour of World Elder’s day which is on 1st October. This is a special day for the Senior Citizens and they look forward to this occasion. We invited the senior parishioners and 26 of them responded. The programme was held soon after the Sunday Eucharist, they were welcomed by Sr. Catherine Pereira, the animator of the community and she
On 23rd September a grand celebration of the Onam festival was organised by the Keralite students at St Joseph Engineering College. It began in the academic block around the huge pookolam with the lighting of the lamp, prayer moment and a dance which was at 9.00 am. At 11.45 there was the flash mob followed in the evening at 6.00 pm with an entertainment programme which concluded with Onam special dinner of 15
Fr. Maria Arokiam Kanaga SDB,the Salesian Regional Superior for South Asia visited us at Auxilium, Caranzalem on 26th September 2017. We were indeed blessed and privileged by his visit to us, sisters and the Salesian Co-operators of the Caranzalem unit. Fr. Maria Arokiam celebrated the Eucharist for us in the morning and the chapel was full with Co-operators and our other lay friends who join us for the Eucharist every
