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LIVE OUT THE GOSPEL OF MERCYGospel of Mercy’? A consecrated one not onlyexperiences and lives he mercy of God, but also mustnecessarily be merciful because this is at the centre of theGospel. Therefore, the charity of Christ crucifiedbecomes the way of the consecrated life, who while

hanging on the Cross forgave hisadversaries and set the tone for anew, radical living for those whowished to follow him and make lifemore sublime and perfect: “Loveyour Enemies and do good to thosewho hate you……”(Lk 6:27-37; Mt5:38-48). The Messianic missionteaches us to give food and drink tothose who hunger and thirst, and toclothe those who are naked; toproclaim liberty to the captives andsight to blind...(Mt. 25:31-40;Lk.4:18-19). And how do we do this? We doit through the example of our holyFounders and many saints who havedone it in an exemplary way.

Mercy overcomes all distancesand obstacles, all hurts and

bitterness; it leads us always to seek the divineface of the human being. We pray for God’s mercyand forgiveness. And, it is mercy and forgivenessthat changes hearts and lives, that is able toregenerate a person or enable him/ her to be newlyreintegrated to life and to the society. May oursacred call to be bearers of the ‘Gospel of Mercy’truly find its fecundity right through our fraternalliving in our communities!

- EDITOR

Declaring the extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy - begunon 8th December 2015 and ends by 20th November 2016- Pope Francis said, “I am convinced that the whole Churchwill be able to find in this jubilee, the joy of rediscoveringand making fruitful the mercy of God with which we are allcalled to give consolation to every manand every woman of our time.”

God’s tender loving mercy is Hisresponse to human misery. The greaterthe misery is, the more abounding themercy. God saves and redeems us notbecause of our merit, but because Heis merciful. The earth is full of the mercyof God(Ps 32:5; 118:64). God ismerciful and compassionate becauseHe is just; He keeps His word. Havingreceived mercy from God, humanbeings ought to show mercy to oneanother. How often have we notexperienced God’s abundant mercy!Even when we did not care for Him,He cared for us with a heart full ofmercy. He has given us countlessunrequested favours which we have noteven cared to acknowledge!

Just to contextualize our present theme with the justconcluded core theme of ‘Year of Consecrated Life’, it isvery important for us to reflect over this reality that a specialaspect of the Consecrated life is experiencing andliving through the mercy of God and this aspectfocuses as essential, according to the Gospel, as Jesusclearly tells his disciples: “Be merciful, just as yourFather in Heaven is merciful.”(Lk 6:37). Is it possiblefor a consecrated one not to be merciful or ‘live out the

Provincial’s Desk........ �Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the closing of the II VATICAN COUNCIL, Pope Francis has gifted theChurch with an extraordinary JUBILEE OF MERCY so that we may become MERCIFUL LIKE THE FATHER.

Customarily known as the parable of the prodigal son – one among the three cases of being ‘lost and found’ inLk.15 - this third parable in a way expresses the essence of divine mercy. The behaviour of the prodigal son’sfather reveals to us God the Father who is “faithful to the love he has always lavished on his son.” The parabledirectly touches on every breach of the Covenant, every loss of grace, every sin. Before he returned, the prodigalson had lost not only his natural goods, but also “his dignity as a son in his father’s house.” Through this parableChrist shows us mercy as love that is “able to reach down to every prodigal son, to every human misery, andabove all, to every form of moral misery, to sin.” The person who is the object of mercy is “restored to value” andreinstated.

Through the three parables in Lk 15, Jesus defends his own position and the gesture of offering pardon to theemarginated people. At the same time he also reveals the true face of God on earth. God has revealed Himself asthe force of a love that saves and creates. In all the three parables there is great joy in finding what was lost: thelost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son. In all the three parables, the protagonists - the shepherd, the womanand the father - are not preoccupied with what was not lost, but very much with what was lost. Jesus thusteaches that God’s way of acting with sinners - His lost children - is analogous. For God, the just are not enough;in fact He is not preoccupied with them. On the other hand, He is deeply concerned with those who are in danger.This love of God justifies the attitude of Jesus and of the Church in dealing with the little ones, the emarginated,the sinners and the outsiders.

The parable expresses the dramatic situation in which human beings find themselves as a consequence of theirrejection of God’s proposal. We are not happy with the life we lead, we want to be different; we want to get outof ourselves and become someone else; we want to be free. The parable helps us to understand how these desirescan be fulfilled only by returning to God. It helps us to see more clearly what happens in our life and to discoverthe drama of our that mercy show to me!” reality: the human being is unhappy because he lives in a far away

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country”, far away from God. Left to himself, he goes farther and farther, dissipating his resources: this isthe drama of sin. Human beings are incapable of solving by themselves this drama. At this point therevelation of God becomes fundamental: if the misery of man is deep, much deeper is the love and mercyof God. The history of salvation is nothing but the repetition to God’s attempt to make human beingsunderstand His love, and to snatch them away from their desperate situation.

God’s mercy to human beings means His compassion, kindness, pity, clemency, forgiveness,understanding, leniency, benevolence, gentleness, grace, mildness and meekness. Human beings shouldalso show to one another charity, compassion, mercy, kindness, pity, sympathy, clemency, forgiveness,understanding, leniency, benevolence, gentleness, mildness and meekness.

Jesus teaches us very clearly, “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5: 7). Mercywelcomes, mercy accepts, mercy respects, mercy is generous to a fault, mercy supports, mercy forgives,mercy provides, mercy does all that is urged by kindness and love. Dear Brothers: In fidelity to our call,Let’s live out the Gospel of Mercy! It is fitting, therefore, to pray with poet Alexander Pope:

“Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy to others I show that mercy show to me!”

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GOD OF MERCY IN JESUS OF NAZARETHthat places in evidence the universal dimension of Christianlove; it is not limited to a sublimation of love in thecircumstances in which this sentiment is expressed. The firstfocuses on the duty to love enemies; the second part is aninvitation to overcome every condemnation directed againstothers. In Christian love the boundaries constituted byfamily, friendship, race, language region, nationality, religion,etc., are no more barriers because in Christ love expandsbeyond any barrier. Christian love reaches out to welcomeand help also the enemy, the adversary.

The text contains two conclusions. The first isanthropological and is defined as the code of conduct inseeking one’s own good: “Do to others what you wouldhave others do to you”(v.31). In the second, of atheological nature, the reality of God becomes a decisivemodel: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful”(v.36).

The passage we are considering takes centre of the messageof Jesus and reveals to us the true meaning of God and ofhuman life. Judaism taught a justice according to which eachperson has to be treated according to his or her works. Inthe dialectic of Marxist revolution is included thenecessity of overcoming (or destroying) the enemy, to reacha final harmony. In the politics of the world, the interests ofthe minority groups are often sacrificed. People in generallove others in a self-centered way, that is, only if these otherrepresent a value, a benefit or an advantage for them.

What a variance with the prevailing social norm! Incontrast to all these, the Gospel of Jesus has offered usa clear and powerful ideal: “Love your enemies!” Onlythe duty to sow the seeds of goodness, to love withoutlooking for a response, to give without expectingrecompense, to exchange good for the evil received -only this duty is absolute. The love taught by the Gospelof Jesus does not consist in the quest for personalfulfillment; it consists in the sacrifice of giving one’s lifefor others. God the Father loves people to the point ofgiving his beloved Son to them in order to save them,and that is the model for Christian love.

Nailed to the cross, Jesus cried to the Father, “Father,forgive them, because they do not know what theyare doing” (Lk. 23:16). On the cross, the love of Godthe Father, which in Jesus Christ intercedes for sinners and

INTRODUCTION: Mercy is genuine love for any personwho is suffering and unhappy in any way. The eradicationof misery is the visible and essential aspect of mercy.According to St. Thomas Aquinas, when love and miserymeet, there is born mercy which is one of the essential formsof charity, situated in the very heart of Christianity (SummaTheologiae 2a, 2ae 30). Mercy is the virtue that leads aperson to make a genuine effort to relieve misfortune ofothers, whatever is its form. Mercy is the best way to fulfillthe second Commandment to love our neighbor, which is“like the first” (Mt. 22:36-39). God explicitly says, “Idesire mercy, not sacrifice”(Hos. 6:6; Mt. 9:13).

The whole purpose of the presence of Jesus among men,according to the New Testament, was to reveal God tothem. Nobody from among men has ever seen God, yetwe have a desperate need to come to know our God. It isJesus who makes Him known: “No one has ever seen God;the Son who is turned in loving union towards the Father,he has made him known”(Jn.1:18).

However, like a thunderbolt, here comes the new preceptfrom Jesus of Nazareth: “Love your enemies, do goodto those who hate you… Do to others what you wouldhave others do to you. If you love only those who love you,what credit can you claim?...No! Love your enemies anddo good to them… Be merciful, just as your Father ismerciful”(Lk. 6:27-37/Mt. 5:38-48). What a tall orderfor adherence and what an ethos for compliance …?!

A MERCIFUL FATHER REVEALED IN CHRISTAs he begins his public ministry he announces: “My food isto do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish hiswork”(Jn.4:34). At the conclusion of his ministry, speakingin the context of the Upper Room as if everything hadalready been accomplished, he prays to his Father: “I haveglorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work whichthou gavest me to do”(Jn.17:4). Just what was this ‘work’of Jesus, which he felt that he had somehow ‘accomplished’?He explains it himself as he prays to his Father: ‘Thou hastgiven (the Son) power over all flesh, to give eternal life toall whom thou hast given him. And, this is eternal life, thatthey know thee, the only true God”(Jn.17:2-3). The taskof Jesus was to make God known, or in our theologicalterminology, to reveal God.

1. A CASE OF COUNTERCULTURE: “Love yourenemies, do good to those who hate you.” Here is a passage


enemies and accomplishing gestures of goodness, we areliving as children of God who is benevolent and kind evento the ungrateful and the wicked.

Christian love is merciful to all; it does not judge or condemnanyone; it pardons all enemies and offenders. It does notharm enemies but helps them and takes trouble to turn themround and make them friends. The fact that God becameman when man was running away from God and acting asGod’s enemy, has introduced a hard, penetrating anddemanding word: love for enemies!

Love for enemies is therefore not something marginal; itis the very sense and centre of Christian love. Only whenwe give without expecting any return, when we lovewithout looking for any merit in the other, when we areready to lose so that the other may gain - only then havewe arrived at participation in the mystery of love Christhas taught us.

Love for enemies is mercy in its most challengingform. It calls for a deep conversion, for acquiring a newmentality. It demands something more than courage orgoodwill. It demands truly becoming “children of God” (Lk.6:35) who is benevolent to the ungrateful and thedisobedient. St Paul reminds us, “When we e were Hisenemies, God reconciled us to Himself through the deathof His Son” (Rom. 5:10).

CONCLUSION: We are to be merciful just as the Fatherin heaven is merciful. God comes in search of man whobecame His enemy - to seek and save him. It is theexperience of this infinite mercy of God that enables a manand his enemy to set free the living fountain of love betweenthem and to establish a healthy and happy relationship witheach other. The vital understanding and the experiencing inone’s own flesh what it means to be loved gratuitously whenone is on all fronts an “enemy” of God, can generate withinthe person the free and joyful courage to love one’s enemies,to forgive those who hurt, to pray for those who persecute,to love those who hate and to bless those who curse.

Here is a notable quotation from Gautama the Buddha:“He has outraged me and beaten me; he has deprived meof everything and defeated me: in the one who casts awaythis thought from himself, the spirit of hatred will disappear.In this world enmity cannot be overcome by enmity. Onlylove can put out hatred and this law will stay for eternity”(Dhammapaada).

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loves the enemies, is free from every form of doublemeaning, surpasses every limit of blood relationship ornationality, politics or natural religion, every form of socialjustice, to reach out to all and in all. Christ conquers heartby loving, triumphs over evil by pardoning, because in lovefor enemies lies the divine promise of victory over enemies.

2. GOSPEL OF MERCY - LOVE THY ENEMY:Having been crucified with Christ, we are also called to thesupreme act of love: to love our enemies and to pray forthose who persecute us. That is how we realize in ourselvesthe justice of God and heavenly perfection.

Love for enemies is therefore not a moral act or anexaggerated affirmation of Christ; it is the ultimate, supremedemand that specifies the following of Christ; it is thenecessary characteristic of a genuine Christian. It is anextraordinary respect for others, perfectly normal for anyperson who has been clothed in the justice of God in Christ.Jesus, and Jesus crucified, is the extraordinarylove of the Father and Creator for the world. Andthe Christians, crucified with Christ in obedience tohim, live in this extraordinary love. “For God so lovedthe world that he gave his only Son, that whoeverbelieves in him should not perish but have eternal life”(Jn. 3:16).

Love for enemies, therefore, is a requirement for beingChristian. Christianity is not something ordinary orcommon. What is specifically Christian cannot be reducedor limited to love for one’s country, friendship or service toothers. Divine “justice” cannot be exhausted in civil justice(see, Mt. 5:46-47). What is ordinary is common to all anddoes not specify the Christian. The spirit of Christ differsradically from the spirit of the world. As DietrichBonhoeffer says, what is Christian is realized notwithin natural data but going beyond them.

The Christian is called to the perfection of the heavenlyFather (Mt.5:48). It is certainly impossible for anyone toarrive at such perfection through moral or asceticalcommitment because the comparison is with the “Father inheaven”. No effort however dedicated can bring a personto that height. Yet, what is impossible can become possibleif it is given; it can be received as a gift.

Luke the Evangelist rises above the problem of perfectionand speaks about goodness and mercy (Lk. 6:36). By loving


CONSECRATED LIFE TO FOLLOW CHRIST - Bro. Sleeva Reddy

In His infinite mercy, one day Jesus turned to each one ofus and asked, personally: “Come follow Me”(Mk.10;21).If we are here, we answered Him ‘Yes’. Sometimes it wasan adherence full of enthusiasm and joy. At other times areluctant one, perhaps uncertain. Nevertheless, we followedHim with generosity, letting ourselves, led on ways that wenever imagined.

We shared with Him, moments of intimacy: “Come awayand rest a while”(Mk.6:31); Moments of service and mission:“You give them something to eat”(Lk.9:13); Even His Cross: “ If any man would come after Me, let Him take up HisCross”.(Lk.9:23). He introduced us in His own relationshipwith the Father, He gave us His Spirit, He dilated our Heartto the measure of His own, teaching us to love the poorand sinners. We followed Him together, learning from Hisservice, hospitality, forgiveness and fraternal Charity. OurConsecrated life has meaning because remaining with Himand going on the roads of the Word, taking Him, confirmsus to Him, makes us, be Church, gift for humanity. Everyconsecrated person has had the possibility of having aclearer perception of one’s identity. And thus launch intothe future with renewed apostolic ardour, to write new pagesof goodness, in the wake of the charism of our founders.We are grateful to the Lord for all that He has given us tolive in this year so rich in initiatives. Remain faithful to thecall received and to grow in Love, in gift and in creativity.

Pope Francis has given us 3 important tenets to befollowed as Consecrated persons. They are : 1.Prophecy. 2. Proximity. 3. Hope:

1. Prophecy: It is your special call. What prophecy doesthe Church and the world awaits from you? You arecalled first of all to Proclaim, with your life even beforeyour words, the reality of God; to speak of God. Ifsometimes, He is rejected and marginalised or ignored,we must ask ourselves, if perhaps we haven’t beensufficiently transparent, to His Face, showing instead,our own.God’s face is that of a Father “Merciful andgracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfastlove”(Ps.103:8). One must have a personal relation withHim to make Him known and one needs the capacity toadore Him, to cultivate friendship with Him, day afterday, through heart to heart conversation in Prayer,especially in silent adoration. Prophesy is to tell peoplethat there is a way of happiness, of grandeur, a way that

fills one with joy, which is precisely the way of Jesus.Prophesy is to say, that there is something that is moretrue, more beautiful, greater, more good to which weare all called.

2. Proximity: In Jesus, God makes Himself close to everyperson. He shared in the joy of wedding at Cana inGalilee, the anguish of the woman at Nain. He took uponHimself the sicknesses and sufferings, giving His life inransom for all. To follow Christ means to go where Hewent, to take charge, as the good Samaritan, of thewounded we meet on the way, to go in search of thelost sheep, like Jesus to be close to the people, to sharetheir joys and sorrows, to show with our love, thepaternal face of the Father and the maternal cares of theChurch. May no one ever feel distant, detached, closedand hence sterile. Each one of us are called to serve theBrethren following one’s Charism: One with Prayer, onewith catechesis, one with teaching, one with care of thesick or the poor, one proclaiming the Gospel, one withcarrying out different works of Mercy. What is importantis not to live for oneself, as Jesus did not live for Himself,but for the Father and for us.

Consecrated persons must not distance themselves frompeople and have all comforts. No they must get close tounderstand the life of Christians and non-christians, thesufferings, the problems, the many things that areunderstood only if consecrated person gets close, inproximity. Consecrated life should lead to the closenesswith people: Physical, spiritual closeness to know thepeople. “Who is the first neighbour of a Consecratedperson? The Brother or the Sister of the community. Listenwell. No gossip, no terrorism of gossip, because, onewho gossips is a terrorist. He is a terrorist in his communitybecause he throws a word, like a bomb against this,against that and goes away tranquil. He destroys. In thisyear of Mercy, each one of you succeeds in never beinga gossip terrorist, it would be a success for the church, asuccess of great sanctity! Be courageous!”

3. HOPE: “Witnessing God and His merciful love with thegrace of Christ, you can infuse hope in this humanity,marked by different motives of anxiety and fear andtempted, sometimes to discouragement. You can, makefelt, the renewing strength of the Beatitudes, of honesty,of Compassion; the values of goodness, of a simple life,


full of meaning. And you can nourish hope in the Church.I confess to you that it costs much when I see the drop invocations. I ask you: In the face of this drop in vocations,does your heart, pray with this intensity? When thecongregation sees, it doesn’t have children and grand –children and begins to be ever smaller, it attaches itself tomoney. And you know that money is the devil’s dung.And thus there is no Hope! Hope is only in the Lord”!

MONTFORT – THE MYSTIC(Part - 3)

In our daily apostolate, what counts most is the capacity torepeat the initial ‘yes’ to Jesus’ call, which continues to befelt, in a new way, in every stage of life. May His call andour answer, keep our hope alive. Living this, we will havejoy in our heart, which is a distinctive sign of Jesus’ followers.And our life will be attractive for so many men and women,to the glory of God and the beauty of Christ’s bride, theChurch.

INTRODUCTION: Jesus proclaimed, “I and the Fatherare one” (Jn. 10:30) showing the world what the union ofGod and man can be. Christian mysticism is all about thistransforming union. Christ is the sole end of Christianmysticism. Whereas all Christians have Christ, call onChrist, and can (or should) know Christ, the goal for theChristian mystic is to become Christ – to become as fullypermeated with God as Christ is, thus becoming like him,fully human, and by the grace of God, also fully divine.

1. Divine Love Revealed in Christ: The mysteriouspassion that impelled God into the folly of the IncarnationMontfort recognized as love. This knowledge changed therepresentation he had of God: from the Almighty Lord to theloving Father. This became the central point of his experientialknowledge of God. With Paul and John, he discoveredthe “central factor” of the mystery of God, which isrevealed in Christ Jesus: namely the love of God.

2. Wisdom and Cross: In Wisdom and the Cross are foundthe Pauline vision of mystery. The Cross of Christ is thedefinitive revelation of the Wisdom of God, who wills thatsalvation be accomplished in Christ crucified(1Cor. 1:24).Montfort concentrates Pauline thought into this one point:WISDOM is the cross and the cross is the WISDOM(LEW 180). And after maturely reflecting on the love ofWisdom for the cross, which culminates in the “marriage inblood” on the Cross (LEW 171), he says: “Never the Crosswithout Jesus or Jesus without Cross”(LEW 172). But thisWisdom is Wisdom in mystery, accessible only to those towhom God had revealed “the greatest secret of the EternalWisdom” (LEW 167, 174; FC 26). This discovery isaccomplished in faith. To those who welcome the Word ofthe Cross in the obedience of faith, this secret of Wisdom isrevealed before their eyes as the culminating point of thelove of God(LEW 154), while human and earthly wisdomis revealed as dangerous wisdom, precisely because it strips

the Cross of its essential content(LEW 174, FC 36).

Thus Montfort describes in all its cruelty the agony of theCross - he describes even to the least details what Christ hassuffered on the Cross (LEW 154-166) - but at the sametime, he recognizes that precisely in that is reveled the excessof love of God. The Cross is no longer the expression of theanger of God but the proof of his love(LEW 176) that is whyMontfort is able to take up again the symbolism of espousals,when he has Wisdom declare: “I love the cross with all mystrengthen and I place it in the midst of my heart so that itmay be my spouse and my mistress”; and the suffering ofWisdom culminates in the marriage of blood on the Cross.The presentation of the “triumph of eternal wisdom in thecross and by the cross” (LEW 14; H 19; H 102) permits theJohannine vision of the Cross to shine through, in which theCross is the true revelation of the glory of God (LEW 170).

3. Surrender to CROSS: Surrender, abandonment, evento extremes, became for Montfort the principle of life. Forthe Cross is not only the objective reality of salvation; it isnot only and simply object of kerygma. It is the preciselythe “Word of the Cross”, which took flesh in Jesus Christ.Montfort already recognizes the mystery of the Cross inthe mystery of the Incarnation (LEW 169). It is not “nomatter which” Christ who becomes man but Christ crucified.It is the incarnation view of the agony of the Cross, andbecause of that the entire life of Christ is situated under thesign of the Cross. The only model of Christian life (LEW173; FC 19) is therefore Christ in his voluntary humblingand nothingness, the model of life that Paul presents inPhil 2 (LEW 16-17). And, Montfort makes this the themeof FC. In explaining the word of Jesus , “Whoever wishes tobe my disciple, let him renounce himself, take up his Cross,and follow me” (Mt. 16-24; Lk. 9:23), he shows howChristian life is completely situated under the mystery of theCross. To be Christian, to become like unto Christ, to be


conviction. It must become an authentic experience of faiththat leads to belief.

Today, perhaps more than ever the past, what Karl Rahnerhas pointed out as the only key to sustain our religious faithfor our times carries true relevance: “the man of tomorrowwill be a mystic, someone who has experienced God,or else he will no longer be religious.” Montfort hadsensed the importance of the mystical experience, ofincomparable importance when the faith is at stake. Iftoday the most important mission of the church mustbe that of preparing the road toward this experience,then the “little mystical way” of Montfort appears nowand always as such a path - for you and me and for alltrue believers. - (Source: Jesus Living in Mary)

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united to Christ, is not possible without the Cross. Jesus mustbe followed on the way of voluntary nothingness, of humility,of service, of abandonment even to the extreme. In otherwords, Montfort – following Paul-says: to become a slavewe must knowingly and willingly follow the example of JesusChrist, the suffering Servant of God (TD 18, 72-73, 139).This means nothing else than to welcome the cross in ourown lives, permitting it to become the determining forceof our lives, letting ourselves be crucified with Christ(1 Cor. 1:18-31; Gal. 6:14; LEW 173; FC 19).

4. Christ in us - the Goal/Centre of Montfortspirituality: “The perfect friend of the Cross is a true Christ– bearer, or rather, another Christ” (FC 4). This is theexperience to which Paul gives witness: “If I live, it is nolonger I but Christ who lives in me”(Gal 2:20; FC 4), for,the mystery of God that has been revealed in Christ crucifiedis at the same time the mystery of “Christ in you, the hopeof glory” (Col. 1:27). This mystery of “Christ in us” isprecisely at the heart of the thought of Montfort. Whetherhe speaks to “union with Christ”(TD 120), “the acquisitionand the conservation of Wisdom”(LEW 14), “theconsecration Jesus Christ”(TD 120), or “the prefect renewalof the vows of baptism” (TD 120), it is always a matter ofChrist in us, of this Christ who has come to pitch his tentamong us, which is the fruit of the grace of Baptism. Themissionary effort of Montfort had as its object to open theentry to “Christ in us” in such a way that this living presenceof Christ in us becomes a tangible experience.

CONCLUSION: In the pluralism of ideologies in thepresent world, Christianity can no longer pretend to be theonly one presenting an absolute meaning and valid responseto the fundamental question of life. This does not contradictthe claim of having absolute truth, but it does not obligeeach Christian in particular – and the Church – to make itsreligious conviction plausible. This can only succeed whenfaith finally becomes a personal decision.

Now this is exactly the preoccupation of Montfort. Withhis spirituality of Consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary,his goal is precisely to lead the Christian in his life and hisfaith to a conscious decision, responsible and personal. Theeffects of this Consecration, as Montfort has described themon the basis of his own personal experience, can be summedup in the two key phrases “transcendence of self” and“authenticity”. They are the fruits of a faith that becomesever more profound, more conscious, and more constructiveof personality. This process can only succeed if the qualityof the sense of the faith itself becomes for the believer a


LITTLE FLOWER - ABIDSappreciation and positive energy have surely motivated themto aim at excellence. The students show-cased their talentsthrough the impressive performances. Ms. Mary Josephine,

who completed 50 years of Service to this institution andMr. Trilok Chandra with 25 years of service were honoured.Many from the Alumnai Association also graced this event.

The Chief Guest Mr. Rahul Bojja and Mr. M.K. Singh -both Alumnai of Montfort institutions - recalled their daysin school and lavished much appreciation on institution withtheir message and exhortation.

Untiring zeal and unquenchable intellectual curiosity markedthe activities of the Coordination Committee that works forthe International Award by the British Council. Themeticulously planned activities were well accepted andwidely acclaimed by the international counter parts fromother countries. Global dimension and the exchanges wereeducative for the staff and a cultural bonanza for the children.

‘The Republic Day’ celebrations in Little Flower school isalways special. Apart from the patriotic fervor that hadbeen seen around, it marked the ‘pass-on parade’ by theschool cabinet and Senior Students. It was a day ofbeckoning to our students to rise above trifles and pursueafter greater heights.

Every organization is called to become futuristic, with all itsmembers steering it to progress. When the power ofAlmighty permeates through this process miracles happen.The Little Flower family stands as a testimony to this miraclenow, as we ruminate the memory of the various activities ofthis last term of the academic calendar.

Our school was blessed to conduct the Silver and GoldenJubilee Celebrations of the Brothers of Provinces of Puneand Hyderabad on the 2nd of January. The entire campuswas illuminated and decorated and impressive musicreverberated in the air. The celebrations began with the

Solemn Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Rt. Rev.Dr. Thumma Bala, the Archbishop of Hyderabad and themany concelebrants. Our Golden Jubilarians were theSuperior General, Rev. Bro. John Kallarackal, and Rev.Bro. T.V. Joseph. The Silver Jubilarians were four in number.The Archbishop in his sermon reminded about thesignificance of consecrated life and exhorted them aboutthe Year of mercy and the need to be compassionate. Manyimportant personalities from the governmental, non-governmental sectors and from various walks of lifefelicitated the Jubilarians. The cultural show was a fantastictreat for the relatives and friends.

The tiny tots of ‘Little Flower’ family celebrated theirGraduation Day on 6th January 2016. The impressive andconfident show by the kids was a real feast to the beholders.Ms. Claudia Cordeiro, the Chief Guest appreciated the waytalents are nurtured by the School.

The school celebrated the ‘Awards Day’ and ‘Annual Day’on the 8th and 9th of January respectively. These days of


ALL SAINTS’ - GUNFOUNDRY Thanksgiving Eucharist & Farewell: On 12th Mar., ’16the Thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebration was Con-Celebrated with a portifical high mass by His Grace Most.Rev. ThummaBala, Archbishop of Hyderabad along with the

Parish Priest and Co-Pastors of St. Joseph’s Cathedral. TheArchbishop in his homily emphasized the importance of prayer,supplication and thanksgiving. He praised the yeoman serviceof the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel in the field ofeducation. The Archbishop was also felicitated as the Daymarked his 29th Episcopal Anniversary. ‘A Chronicle on theSaga of All Saints’ HS’,mounted on the wall of theTercentenary Block was unveiled and blessed by him.

The outgoing S.S.C. Batch 2015-16 were fortunate toreceive the blessings of the Archbishop and a message onthe importance of prayer and self-confidence in one’slife.The farewell for the class X outgoing S.S.C. TercentenaryBatch 2015-16 was organized on 12th Mar. ’16. Theprogramme consisted of inter-faith special prayer service,blessings and messages by His Grace Most Rev.ThummaBala, Archbishop of Hyderabad, Rev.Bro. ShajanAntony-Rector and Rev. Bro. P.T. Sebastian, PrimarySuperintendent. The students thanked the teachers for theirdedicated service while recalling the wonderful time theyhad spent in the school for the past 12 years.

Medical Camp: ASOBA, in association with the Lion’sClub, organized a medical camp for the staff and studentson 9th Jan. ‘16.

Class Picnics: The students had their class picnics betweenJan 9th to 13th. It was their day full of fun and cheer.

Republic Day: On 26th Jan we had a three-foldcelebrations. With the spirit of patriotism we celebrated the67th Republic Day. The chief Guest of the Day D. Nagesh,Scientist and the Guest of Honour Mr. Zulfikar Ali formerstudent and Ex-Mayor graced the occasion. On this daythe cabinet members relinquished their duties and the batonof leadership was passed on to the deputy cabinet.

Graduation Day: The Montfort Preparatory Schoolcelebrated its Graduation Day on the 31st Jan., ’16. It wasan all-children affair with 4 and 5 year-olds doing everythingfrom escorting the dignitaries to the conduct of all culturalprogrammes. The Chief Guests of the day was Dr. SriPrabhakar Reddy and Dr. Smt. Anita Prabhakar Reddy. TheL.K.G. students dressed in traditional costumes welcomedand greeted the gathering. And, all the UKG Students wentthrough the colourful ceremony of Graduation.

Inauguration of Computer Lab and Language Lab:All Saints’ was privileged to host Mr. Raj Nooyi, an Alumniof 1969 Batch on 18th Feb., 2016 on the occasion of the160 years celebration.

Mr. Raj Nooyi was felicitated on the occasion and presentedwith a badge of honour as the proud son of All Saints’. Healso watched a slide show presentation of photographs ofhis time to help him recall his childhood. He had the privilegedof receiving a special citation with a prayerful blessing ofRev. Bro. Felix who was the Rector during his school days.

He inaugurated the Computer-cum-Language lab in theTercentenary Block which was a gift from him through hiswife Mrs. Indra Nooyi. He went around the school andappreciated the wonderful work of the Brothers.


LITTLE FLOWER COMMUNITY - UPPAL

1.LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOLWe are happy to share with you the activities of LittleFlower. Indeed, it was quite an eventful year full of activities,events which taught us several things.:

Little Flower family celebrated Christmas with Rev. Fr. CyrilDoss as the Chief Guest. Students came up withperformances appropriate to this occasion. Students of LFSvisited Dudhwa National Park during the Christmas vacationas part of Lenvin Science and Eco Club activities. Picnicsfor staff and students were organized and everyone enjoyedtheir outing with a lot of fun filled activities. Students withoutstanding performance in curricular and extracurricularactivities were awarded on the Awards Day which was heldon 9th January, 2016. Dr. Krupanandam, IAS, was theChief Guest. Ms. Syeda Phalak, Former Asian KarateChampion, Ms. Sangeeta Reddy, Mother of BSPL, C.Abhinav Reddy and Mr. AVR Murthy, Father of GSPL,Lalitha Sowmya, joined the function as the distinguishedGuests of Honour.

Republic Day was observed on 26th January, 2016 with theceremonial hoisting of the National Flag by the Chief Guest,Dr. Pyde Acharya Nagarjun, Prof., O.U. Students presentedan array of cultural programmes filled with patriotic fervour.

Students of LFS venerated the 300th death anniversary ofSt. Montfort (1716-2016) and the founding of MontfortBrothers of St. Gabriel on 30 January, 2016 in a specialassembly. The event was marked by scripture reading fromthe Bible. Children presented a drama depicting the life ofSt. Montfort and the ideals on which the institutions ofMontfort Brothers were built.

A grand farewell was given to Class X students by theirjuniors on 20 February, 2016 with some colourfulperformances and a ramp walk by Class X students tochoose Master LFS and Miss LFS respectively.

MPS celebrated the birthdays of its students twice a yearwith a green and orange colours as its theme. The studentsturned the campus in green and orange with their colourfulattires and celebrated their birthdays joyfully.

Grandparents’ Day was organized on 27 February, 2016.The grandparents of several of our students of MPS turnedup in large numbers and enthusiastically participated withtheir grandchildren in several fun games. The tiny totspresented and performed in various programmes to theamazement of their grandparents.

FA-3 and FA-4 examinations, Prefinals for classes IX andX were held in the months of December, January andFebruary respectively. Students of Class X are nowattending their SA-II examinations.

Little Flower actively takes initiative in showing its solidaritywith the weak and the victimized ones in the society. Thestaff, students and the Management donated generously forthe Chennai flood victims. A delegation from Little Flowerwent to Chennai to distribute the items to the most needy.

� Little Flower won the U/15 St. Michael’s CricketTournament against the host school. Sourabh of IX Bwas declared the Man of the Match and the Man of theseries.

� Umang Jain of Class IX won the Man of the Match inU/14 Cricket Tournament. He represented the under14 Nationals in Vizag.

� LFS won the Best School for Waste Management awardand M.S.S.Rishitha of IX B was awarded as the BestChange Agent along with a cash prize of Rs.5,000/- inthe Train Green Programme organized by HSBC.

� Our school bagged the second prize in the United CarolSinging Competition held at LFHS, Abids, on 5th

December, 2015.� Utkarsh Jha of XB, Ankit Anand of XA and Likhit

Bharadwaj of XA bagged the second position and acash prize of Rs.6500/- in INNOVIT – 2016 at VIT,Vellore, for ‘Idea Presentation’ category, held from 8th

January – 10th January, 2016.� Samanvay Reddy of XA also won third prize along with

a cash prize of Rs.3500/- for ‘Poster Making’ at VIT,Vellore.

The Brothers of the Community had their spiritual renewaland they also had their home visits to rejuvenate themselves.Bro. Yuju Francis & Bro. George Joseph will be part of theMonfortian/European Pilgrimage in April & May this year.

2.LITTLE FLOWER JUNIOR COLLEGEIn the third week of November 2015 we were happy towitness the MOLICUL fest that was held in Little FlowerJunior College premises.

On the first Saturday of December the Little Flower JuniorCollege choir participated in the United Christmas CarolSinging Competition at Little Flower High School Abids,and bagged the third prize. Christmas celebrations wereheld a little later for both students and staff.

Our student C.FANITH of MPC won the Second prize inthe Inter School Karate and Taekwondo Black Belt


Championship. K.VARUN another first year student, wonthe Silver Medal in the Inter State Championship held atBangalore by the Karnataka Boxing Association.

Dr.VIRINCHI SHARMA, an ex-student of Little FlowerJunior College currently working as Assistant Professor ofPsychiatry at Osmania General Hospital conducted a seminaron Depression and suicide prevention.

The syllabus was completed in the first week of Decemberin readiness for the half yearly exams. Systematic revisionwas taken up.

The academic term concluded with the Annual Day andfarewell to the second year students. Prizes were distributedfor the literary cultural and sports competitions conductedduring the academic year. SOUMYA KARRA of BPC wasadjudged the best outgoing student and awarded the Specialprize for 2014-2016. Several senior students spoke abouttheir experiences of the 2 years with love and gratitude.With lighted candles in hand, the outgoing students tookthe oath to uphold and be faithful to the values instilled byLittle Flower Junior College in future life. The first yearstudents put up a variety programme to entertain the seniors.

3. LITTLE FLOWER DEGREE COLLEGE� Intercollegiate Competitions

� Prayurj – an Intercollegiate Science Fest held on 12th

December 2015

� Vanijyotsav - an Intercollegiate Commerce Fest heldon 12th December 2015

� NaipunyaSpradha - an Intercollegiate Literary Fest heldon 9th January 2016

� A Valedictory of Literary, Science, Cultural & Sportsweek was held on 15th December 2015. The chief guests

were Prof.A.V. Suresh Kumar, Dept of English, EFLUdistributed literary & science prizes. Mr. Navdeep, FilmActor distributed cultural prizes and Mr. Mir QuasimAli, former Table Tennis Champion gave away sportsprizes and motivated the students with their inspiringspeeches.

� On 2nd of January, the new Degree College building wasinaugurated by Shri. KadiyamSrihari, Minister ofEducation, Telangana State, Msgr. Rev. Fr.

BernardSwarna and Rev. Bro. JohnK allaracal, SuperiorGeneral, Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel.

� Faculty Development Programmes

� Teaching Tech – “Teaching through Gamification” heldon 19th January 2016.

� Text & Context – “What we our students and learnercentered & context centeredTeaching”held on 9th March2016.

� Paper Presentation By Faculty

� Ms.Jayanthi Reddy, Ms.Usha Rani along with 2 studentspresented poster in IISF, Delhi. Ms. Jayanthi Reddy&Ms.Usha presented poster in the internationalconference at AMI.

� Ms.Pavithra, faculty of Biotechnology publishedinternational paper in International Journal of Medicine& Pharmaceutical Sciences & also published.International paper in international journal of currentresearch.

� Ms.Sheela, Faculty of Hindi Department presented paperin “Jain DharmmeinRamkatha” at 2 days NationalSeminar held in Nizam College on 9th& 10th February2016.


� On 4th& 5th March MS.Sheela presented paper on“Baal Shourie – EkVakthiChitra” at Bhavan’sVivekanadaCollege of Arts & Sciences.

� Mr. Naresh Kumar Reddy published InternationalJournal on Micro Structural Features of Mn2+ dopedSnO

2thin films” in International Journal of Techno Chem

Research with ISSN:2395-4248.� Ms. Alice, Dept of Psychology attended three day

national conference on challenges of contemporary life– role of positive psychology and presented paper onthe relation between happiness and gratitude amongundergraduates.

� Mr. Raman RK, visited Sri Nagalakshmi College of Arts& Science, Madurai to deliver a lecture on “MobileApplication Development using JS Libraries”.

� Seminars & Guest Lectures� Guest Lecture on “Interpersonal skills” by Dept of

Psychology.� Seminar on “ Intellectual property act” – Dept of

Commerce.� Seminar on “Management Theory” – Dept of

Commerce.� The 5th Annual Day was celebrated on 8th February

2016. The chief guest Smt.Moriah Eunice, Special

Officer, Incharge of Administrative affairs of aidedcolleges graced the occasion inspired the students withher message and appreciated those who excelled inacademics.

� Staff Picnic on 1st March to Pragati resorts.� Achievements� K Nishnath Reddy of I BA won gold medal in boxing at

OU intercollegiate tournament then also selected for interuniversity tournament.

� MeherKomal of 2012-2015 batch secured 98.8% inGDPI selection process and stood second. She has beenadmitted into IBS, Hyderabad.

PIN being a special missionary endeavour in the Provincein terms of its services, the occasion of its silver jubilee yearhas been treated with great significance.

A silver jubilee is a time to pause, reflect on and take stockof all our good work and activities done so far. It’s a timeto look back and cherish much, and to sincerely thank everyperson who has contributed to the cause of PIN’s Visionand Mission!

The much awaited day of Celebrating the silver jubilee yearof PIN came on 27th of February 2016. The chief guest ofthe day was Rev. Bro. Varghese (Founder of PIN);President of the Programme was Rev. Bro. Franky

Noronha, the Provincial Superior of Pune Province; Guestof honour was Rev. Bro. Pratap Reddy the ProvincialSuperior of Hyderabad Province; the Special Invitees wereRev. Bro. Sudhakar Reddy, Former Director of PIN, Rev.Bro. Jose Daniel, Former Director of PIN, Rev. Bro.Mathew Kavumkal, one of the benefactors of PIN andMrs. Shoba Rani, the Jubilarian Teacher, PIN.

PIN community and the Institution were happy to havearound 350 guests on the day of its silver jubileecelebrations. Many Brothers, lay collaborators and peoplewho have worked and experienced the life in PIN in oneway or other came to relive their experience with the others.Dr. Sunitha, the Padmabushan Awardee, was also presentto share her life journey in PIN with the audience.

By seeing the gradual development of PIN from 1990 to2015, many Brothers and people have expressed their greatappreciation and interest in this mission.

The Brothers, people of PIN, staff and students were veryhappy to have hosted this event in their time. They havedeemed this as their golden opportunity to make knownthe wonderful services being rendered to the most deservingpeople of this locality by the initiatives of PIN.

PIN - HYDERABAD


ST. GABRIEL’S - KAZIPET Reunions of batches of different years are in practice andtheir contribution is worth mentioning where each batch issponsoring LED projectors and this is enabling St. Gabriel’sto become digital. White boards are fixed replacing the blackboards thus to serve two purposes: Teaching and Digitalpresentation of learning material.

Bro. Principal’s birthday was celebrated in a befittingmanner. A meaningful farewell was organized for X studentsand it was a tribute to each one for what they were to thisinstitution.

The Government exams are being conducted at presentand the new academic year is to begin from March 21st butwith lots of confusion what to do with the students for thecoming month as nothing is planned by the state.

The Juniors are busy with their exams and the building isgiven a facelift with bright colors and a gorgeous look. AFew juniors are with Chicken pox but it has not broughtdown their spirit to perform well in all exams. Hope andpray that everything goes well.

Fatima feast was celebrated with grand fervor for threedays and the roads were filled with public. The Brotherstook active participation in organizing the Feast with theother Church committees.

Wishing one and all: A Happy Easter!

LOVINGLY FROM LIMA

Fraternal greetings from St. Gabriel’s community! The schoolreopened for the final term after a short and joyousChristmas vacation. The staff was in full attendance for theGolden Jubilee celebration of Bro. General and otherBrothers at Little Flower. A well planned revision schemawas put to execution for about 40 days with tests conductedfor the X students so as to better their performance in SSC2016, which is now the main target for the Principal. Meritcertificates and medals were given to the winners in variousinter-house literary, cultural and sports competitions.

The Republic day was celebrated with patriotic fervor. Ascholarship instituted by SSC 2002 batch students wasgiven. A grand well attended Annual Day celebration was

held in a meaningful and grand manner. The Commissionerof Police Mr. G. Sudheer Babu, DEO Mr. Rajeev and Fr.Kishore Rector of Don Bosco Seminary were the guests.The tradition of St. Gabriel’s with more than 2500 peopleis a normal phenomenon and it was the same this year.

Inter School District Sports Meet was held in which 15schools participated. St. Gabriel’s won the overallchampionship. The cabinet selections started with a differenttradition were the students had a round of voting to selecttheir leaders and the selected few will be again scrutinizedby Br. Yuju and the final list will be considered for a berth inthe cabinet which is a very prestigious post for the studentsat St. Gabriel’s.

Love and Greetings from Lima,‘CITY of SAINTS’!

As you are reaching the end of the academic year in India,here in Perú, we are starting the new academic year. Theschools were closed for summer vacations on 31st

December and reopened on 14th March. All the classesare full and in fact we could not accommodate all the localchildren seeking admission in our school.

Even though we were in holidays, we Brothers were busyin the school with various works. Bro. Manuel was awayfor a week to make his Annual Retreat with MontfortFathers. Later on he had to go to Columbia for somepersonal works. There he fell sick and was taking treatmentfor nearly a month. He is back in the community, but stillunder medical treatment. Bro. Abilo’s Birthday wascelebrated on 22nd of February. We had invited a few ofour friends for the occasion. I had taken a few days leaveto visit two of the southern states of Peru, bordering Chileand Bolivia. I could visit some of the important places in


the students, alone can shape, form and mold the personality of theirwards. The biographers of St. Louis Marie de Montfort remind us thatafter establishing the Charitable Schools at La Rochelle, he used to regularlyvisit the schools in order to train the teachers to be effective educators.There is no doubt that being an educator is both a privilege and aresponsibility. As Kothari Commission of India powerfully stated, “Thedestiny of a nation is being shaped in her classrooms”. Those of us whohave been classroom teachers will vouch for the fact that a lot of learningtakes place through observation and imitation, and therefore unless weeducators and parents are role models for our youngsters, we can becomecounter witnesses. That is why Ralph Waldo Emerson warns us, “Whatyou are shouts so loud in my ears, I cannot hear what you speak!” As thehead of institutions since 1980, it had been my constant endeavor toremind the teachers about this unquestionable reality. If the love of thestudents and love of the subject are the two ingredients of a good teacher,as reiterated by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, I feel confident to say thatI did possess a good measure of these two qualities. As a Religious Educator,I had this only goal, “To train our boys and girls to be physically fit,intellectually rounded, emotionally mature, spiritually orientated and sociallyresponsible citizens of the country”. I am always indebted to all the Brothers,fellow religious, and the lay collaborators who have contributed towardsthe fulfillment of this noble goal.

A Jubilee is doubtlessly an opportunity to Recall, to Rejoice and to Renew!As Pope Francis had invited the consecrated persons to do during thecourse of the Year of Consecrated Life, it is a time “to look at the past withgratitude, to live the present with passion and to embrace the future withhope”. As I go down the memory lane, I have every reason to raise myheart in thanksgiving for the countless blessings I have received from Himthrough different persons and events and sing with the Psalmist, “Whatmarvels the Lord worked for us; indeed we are glad” (Ps. 125:3). I haveno hesitation in saying that what I am today is gratuitous gift of God.What I have become is thanks to the love and affection, care and concern Ihave received from my parents and relatives, from my confreres all throughthese 50 odd years, from my colleagues, my students and their parents,during the 30 plus years that I was engaged in the education ministry of theCongregation. At this moment, I echo the sentiments of Maya Angelou’soft repeated statement: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you madethem feel”. As I mentioned during the Golden Jubilee celebrations inHyderabad on 2nd January 2016, I owe a debt of gratitude to theCongregation of the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel for all theopportunities I was given and all the encouragement and support I hadreceived during the past half a century. For all these, with a grateful heartI say “DeoGratias”! (Rev. Bro. John Kallarackal)

50 Years in Religious Life – A Gratuitous GiftAs I sit down reminiscing the 50 golden years I have lived as a consecratedperson, I am reminded of what Albert Einstein had once said, “There aretwo ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The otheris as though everything is a miracle”. That the year of my Golden Jubileein the Congregation of the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel coincides withthe Tercentenary of our Congregation, the Year of Consecrated Life in theChurch, the 300th Death Anniversary of St. Louis Marie de Montfort, ourFounder, and the Jubilee Year of Mercy marking the 50th anniversary ofthe closing of Vatican II, is doubtlessly a kind of miracle, offering meendless opportunities to raise my heart in thanksgiving for the gratuitousgift of my call to be a Religious. The exhortation in Art 1 of our Rule ofLife, “Rejoice, rejoice and render thanks to God your Father, for He hasdone marvels in you”, assumes greater significance in my life today thanever before!

The poet Alfred Tennyson could not be more right when he said, “You area part of all that you meet!” It is only common knowledge that thefoundation for one’s personality is laid during the first 6 years of one’s life.I had the joy of being in a family of 5 boys and 3 girls living at Elavoor, aplace close to Angamaly in Ernakulam District, Kerala and this childhoodexperience had great influence on the kind of person that I grew up into.Being the youngest in the family, I was a recipient of lots of love from myparents and siblings, which in turn contributed to my trait of being aperson who is sensitive to the feelings and needs of others. I never get tiredof repeating the words of Stephen Grellet, pregnant with wisdom: “Iexpect to pass through this world, but once. Any good thing, therefore I cando, any little act of kindness I can show to my fellow creatures, let me do itnow. Let me not defer it or neglect it; for I may not pass through this worldagain”.

Privileged to be living in a family located close to the Parish Church andwith my parents who were faithful to the daily Eucharist, I had developedclose ties with the Church activities. Being an ‘altar boy’ at a very youngage and being close to the priests and religious of the parish sowed in methe desire to be a missionary. Though I was first selected to join theSalesian Apostolic School, the then Parish Priest discouraged my parentsfrom sending me to a far off place because of my young age and relativelypuny stature! Finally, it was more by accident than by design that I joinedthe Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel with a couple of others from myParish, all of whom subsequently abandoned Religious Life. Persons likemy Juniorate-cum-Novice-Master, Bro. Charlie Darling, Bro. Eugenius,my first Headmaster in Coonoor, did make a deep impression on me as ateenager.

Coming to my mission as a Religious Brother, I literally took to heart theideal that was placed before me in Art 63 of the Rule of Life: “Your activeshare in the evangelizing mission of the Church as a Brother of SaintGabriel, lies in the privileged field of education”. I have always carried theconviction that we, consecrated persons, are an integral part of the Churchfulfilling the triple mission of the Church, i.e. Evangelization, Witnessingand Human Promotion. Pope St. John Paul II’s exhortation that educationcontinues to be the most potent means of evangelization, even where noother means of evangelization is possible, further highlights the importanceof the education mission in the Church. Experience has reinforced myconviction that competent and conscientious teachers wield tremendousinfluence on the hearts and minds of the students.

As a young educator, I was fortunate enough to have had several rolemodels like Bros. Vincent, Paul of the Cross and Thomas Aquinas ofrevered memory, who proved to me beyond doubt that teachers of initiative,commitment and compassion, teachers who are dedicated to the welfare of

SHARING BY REV. BRO. T.V. JOSEPHMy family, place of birth, early education: I was born in 1942 in asmall countryside of Kerala, with full of scenetic beauty. The name ofthe village is called ‘AVOLY’ a place near Vazhakulam known as ‘thePinapple City’ in Kerala. Basically my family is an agricultural family.Thirumalachalil is my house name, also known as Chakkalakudiyilsituated on the slop of a small hillock called ‘Thirumala’ - a nice place tospend time due to its natural surroundings.We are seven siblings (two sisters and five brothers) – I being second inorder. Four of us opted for Religious life. Our family basically hails froman agriculturist background. My early education was in our ParishSchool St.George’s L.P. School Vazhakulam.My call/Vocation and my inspiration: Frankly speaking I neverthought to become a Religious. I had only one thought in mind and that

was to become a missionary. Gradually this desire grew more intensewith the passage of time as I was inspired and strengthened by the lifehistory of Saints, learned through stories heard from catechism classesand from my parents, specially that of the life of St. Francis of Assissiand St. Francis Xavier, the great missionaries..And, added to all thesewas the inspiration from the regular family prayer! My father used to bethe first one to be present for the prayer. I don’t remember a single daygoing to bed without saying the routine family prayer. This strong andstrict practice of prayer life also helped me to choose this way of life.One day I heard from my father saying a Father, a missionary had cometo recruit students to mission. I expressed my desire to join. The nextday I went with my father to meet that missionary. It was none otherthan Bro. Stanislaus. It was 11th may 1960. After a short interview heasked me to get ready soon so as to travel to Coonoor by 13th Mayinstant.My experience as as TeacherFormator/Local Superior : I enjoyedmy missionary activities as a teache,r mostly with middle school children.My favourite area of interest in the past was to be a Formator. But in thecourse of history(time) I lost the race, because the upcoming trends thenrevealed that the qualified and trained abroad could do better for thisdomain.As a Golden Jubililarian: Fifty years have passed. When I look back,I have a great feeling of satisfaction and contentment within my heart.This does not mean that those years were very smooth. But in everysituation I felt the hand of God guiding me – both in joys and sorrows.His presence made a difference in my life to carry on with my apostolateand religious life to my satisfaction.My message to Young Brothers: My message is “ Desire not, you willnot be disappointed.” Desire is the root cause of all troubles. Hard workand selfless service in the mission entrusted to us. As I mentioned aboutmy own experience within my family, let me assure you that creating aprayerful atmosphere in our communities shall be a guarantee for anauthentic, happy and joyfully life for all of us as religious.

many things and people I would like to thank. My life has been a uniquegift from God. My life journey has been a beautiful one to cherish.Having known myself with a gentle disposition, always believed thatone must accomplish and not boast. Success becomes real if achievedwithout usurpation. With the inner power empowered by God, guidedby Mother Mary, following St. Montfort’s example life has been anever forward march. With my little simplicity and the discipline, whichwas inculcated in the congregation with the age old saying ‘bloomwhere you are planted’ has helped me to do my best in every taskassigned to me.

6. Message to young Brothers: Take interest in yourself and buildyourself for the future mission. Cultivate regular reading habit andconcentrate on personal discipline. Be enthusiastic, supportive andlearn from your Brothers in the communities. Be quick to appreciateand slow to criticize. Thank You!

SHARING BY REV. BRO. HRUDAY KUMAR REDDY

1) My family, place of birth and early education: My father’sname is Thirumala Reddy Gyan Reddy and my mother’s name isThirumala Reddy Lourdu Mary. I praise and thank the Lord Jesus, forthe gift of life he has given to me, through my parents. I was born atKachenapally in Warangal district. Telangana State. I have one elderbrother by name T. George Reddy and a younger brother by name T.Jaya Mohan Reddy. I had my early and primary education up to 7th Std.in CSA Sisters’ School in my village.

2) My call/vocation and my inspiration: When I was studying in 7th

Std. Brothers came to our village and they met all the students, whowere studying in 7th Std. and spoke about the vocation camp and thesociety and took all our addresses in a piece of paper. In the month ofApril, we received a letter from St. Gabriel’s High School, Fathima Nagarto attend for the vocation camp. I attended the camp which was for threedays. We had a personal sharing with the in-charge Brother of the camp.I was very much thrilled to see the selection letter after 10 days of myarrival to home. I joined in juniorate and completed my studies in St.Gabriel’s High School, Fathima Nagar.

3) My experience as a teacher/educator: As a teacher and educator, Ilearned so many things from various groups of students. I always planmy lessons and try to explain with some activity, the important aspectsof the lesson. I learned to listen to the questions and ideas of studentsand I always think of giving opportunity for the students to explaintheir point of view and correct it, if necessary in the beginning itself.

4) My experience as a local superior / director: My experience asa local superior and director was not a bed of roses - there were so manyups and downs, as a traveler, to walk in the path of St. Montfort. EveryBrother is unique and talented in different ways, so some times it isdifficult to understand and live with, when there is a difference of opinion.I have had at times mixed experiences during my community animation,but as a Superior I should not harbour negative attitude towards othersand hence started praying more for the community members and staffmembers during such occasions.

5) As a Silver Jubilarian: My heart is overwhelmed, with gratitudeto God for giving a mission to be a brother to one and all, through thesociety of Montfort brothers of St. Gabriel. When ever I am in problemor difficulties, I always go to my brother Jesus and tell him my problem.I have felt so much of consolation with the assurance from the Bible(2quotes): “My grace is sufficient for you”; “Fear not, I am with youalways.”

6) My message to young brothers: Be strong in faith and render servicein the best of their capacity. God will definitely bless you abundantlybeyond all measures. “Seek the kingdom of God and rest of it will beadded unto you”. We need to spend more time for prayer, which is thegreatest source of inspiration, to quench the spiritual thirst of each one’sneed. Be of good cheer to all, and fervently spread the message of loveand light of Christ in and around us, with our limitations and capacities.

SHARING BY REV. BRO. VINCENT MENDONZA1. Family/Place of Birth/Education: Born to Mr. Thomas Mendonza

and Mrs. Christine Mendonza on may 22nd 1968 at Kunthal Nagar,Moodubelle (Mangalore), Udupi Dstrict, Karnataka. Did my juniorateat St. Gabriel’s High School, Kazipet; Pre–Novitiate at St. Gabriel’sTraining Institute Ramanthpur, Hyderabad; First vows at Sitagarha,Hazaribagh ; Graduation B.Sc. from Andhra Loyola Collage,Vijayawada and Post graduation M.Sc. from Loyola College, Chennai.

2. Call/Vocation/Inspiration: It was in 1981 when Bro. K.K Thomashad come to Mangalore for vocation Promotion and visited my house.I had just completed my VII Std. and was preparing to join highschool. Meanwhile my elder brother Hubert was already in ourcongregation in the initial stage of formation. I had not made anyplans until Bro. K.K. Thomas visited my house. Only then I showedsome inclination and finally reached Kazipet. When I was writing myX exams, my juniorate master Bro. N.F Joseph gave me not so happynews that my elder brother Hubert left the congregation from theNovitiate.

3. Teache /Educator: It has been my pleasure to be a teacher in differentschools that I was privileged to work. I did my teaching with realPassion. I remembered every student of my class with his / her name.I learnt a lot from my students and fellow teachers. “Whatever worthdoing at all is worth doing well” and “the last impression is the lastingimpression.” These two quotes have left an indelible impression onme so much that today whatever I do, I would like to do it well andexpect the same from my students.

4. Local Superior : As a local Superior I tried my best to do my jobwell. Certain times I found it difficult to be exemplary in spiritualmatters. Wherever I was, I found the members of my communityvery cordial and understanding. All the same religious leadership isreally challenging !

5. 25 Years: The last 25 years have passed by so swiftly. When I sitback and recall about these 25 years of religious life, there are so

South Perú including ‘TITIKAKA’ the highest and largestlake in the world. I was staying with the CMI communitiesand also visited all their mission centers in that part of thecountry, including a few of the famous pilgrim centers. Whilereturning, our bus collided with a lorry while overtaking it.The side where I was sitting was completely damaged andmy companion, a CMI priest was very badly injured andanother passenger who was sitting in front of me got killedon the spot. Fr. Eldo is still under treatment and cannot yetwalk. By God´s grace and protection, nothing happenedto me; I am grateful to God for giving me another chance tolive and serve Him.

I have been informed by Bro. Ángel, the Provincial of Spain,that as most of the Brothers in Spain are aged and so it isvery difficult for them to continue this mission in Perú . Assuch they have decided to close down this community bythe end of this academic year i.e. December2016. The samehas been informed to the Fe y Alegria CentralAdministration. So this community will have a life of another10 months more. By January next, will end the presence ofBrothers of St. Gabriel in Fe y Alegria and also in Perú. It isa sad thing, but there is no other alternatives. I should beback in the Province by the end of next January.

Due to a natural phenomenon called ‘ EL NIÑO ’ thatoccurs once in 10 or 12 years due to the increase of thetemperature of the Pacific waters along the Peruviancoast, the world is experiencing extreme climaticconditions this year. Perú too is going through very baddays due to its effect: heavy rains, flood, mud slides,temperature rise, etc. We can see the river flowing fullwith muddy waters coming from the hills. The country isalso preparing for the election of a new President whichwill be in this April. The people do not see a proper andhonest person to this highest seat of power. Each of theaspiring candidates have their hidden motive: to rob thecountry and its people and to make as much money aspossible. Kindly pray for the people of Perú.

The community wishes all our Brothers a Happy andJoyful Easter. Just as a grain of seed has to die to bringforth new life, so also it is through suffering and death onecan experience new life/the Fullness of life. May theRisen Lord wipe away every tear from our sufferingand persecuted innocent brothers and sisters all over theworld!

MONTFORT - GORAI

After Christmas vacationschools in Mumbai re-opened on 4th Jan 2016.Hostel children faithfullyreported on or before re-opening of schools tobegin their final academicsession. All of us arekeeping fine! I wouldlike to share with you allon the new events and happenings of the last two months:

� In the month of January Miss Salma and her teamdonated sweaters to the children and conducted a fewfun-filled activities for them.

� On 23rd Jan. our boys participated in the inter-schoolNGO meet. Master Yellappa was declared winner in400 mts race and master Yamunappa got second place.

� On 26th Jan. along with 67th Republic Day celebration,we also celebrated New Year Day, Montfort’S BirthAnniversary and a few boys’ Birthdays (Nov – Jan)

� On 5th Feb. we had Bro. Chandy’s Birthday celebrationin a simple way. Students put up a short cultural program,which was follow by a delicious dinner.

� On 7th Feb. our community members joined in themonthly recollection held in Shiridi community and alsoin Bro. Vincent Mendonza’s Silver Jubilee celebration.

� On 25th we had Bro. Lourdu Reddy’s BirthdayCelebration. Students put up a short cultural program.

During these two months a few sponsors came forward toshare their happiness and joy by donating provisions andsports materials.


Primary school children performed well in the Unit Tests.Staff put in a lot of efforts to help the students to do well intheir studies. This year we have one student appearing forSSC exams. to be held in March 2016. We wish him successin his exams. We hope he would come out in flying colours.

As we are coming to the fag end of the academic year allthe hostel students are busy preparing for the final exams tobe held in April. Dear Brothers, hearty welcome to Goraithis summer to have a taste of special varieties of mangoes,Bananas and many other fruits grown in the campus. Wishyou all a Happy and refreshing Summer vacation. HAPPYEASTER!!

MONTFORT ITI - CORLIM

Annual Day: The annual day of the institute was held on6th Feb 2016.The chief guest of the function was Shri.

JagadeeshaP.S the Head CSR, Syngenta India Ltd, andthe guest of honour was Fr.Assis Dourado, the Parish Priest,Corlim. The entire function was a colourful one with a varietyof programmes performed by the students of our institute.

On 24thFeb. a common picnic was arranged for the studentsof ITI as well as open school students to Collem lake andfarm house. The students and the staff had a great timerelaxing and enjoying the beauty of the place.

Prayerful greetings from Montfort School, Kadapa! Weare fortunate to share and highlight some of the importantevents that took place in our school.

Parent-Teacher Meeting: Our school organized a parent-teacher meeting on 9th January, 2016. There was a goodinteraction between the parents and the teachers. Teachersshared good things about the students and the areas to beimproved to resolve the problems together.

Our community was truly honoured and blessed to haveRev. Bro. Franky Noronha, the Provincial Superior on 26th

January 2016.

New Project: The additional block which was approvedby the Provincial Council and Generalate from Rome, gotall the necessary documents with the hardwork of Bro. ArunPrakash. The construction work is likely to begin very soon.Let us continue to pray for this four-year old mission ofours, for its growth and development.

Tenth Class Exams: The first batch of tenth class studentsare appearing for the Board Exams which started on 2nd

March, 2016. Rev. Fr. Prasad, the Director of PastoralCentre was here on 29th February, 2016 to conduct a smallprayer, as he blessed all the students and distributed their halltickets. Let’s pray for our students who are writing their exams.

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Warm greetings from the Brothers community of Corlim,Goa!

Sports Day: On 21st Dec, the institute organised Sportsand games competitions as usual. The students participatedin individual as well as group events with tremendousenthusiasm and sporting spirit.

Christmas celebration: The institution had its Christmascelebrations on 23rd

Dec.The programmestarted with prayerservice followed bycarol singing, Christmasgift distribution andChristmas message byBro. Paul.

On 18th January convocation ceremony was conducted atFarmagudi Govt.ITI to felicitate the passed out trainees.

Our traineeswere awardedtheir tradecertificates duringthe ceremony.

On 23rd January aseminar on AIDS

awareness was conducted for the students of the institution.

This year Bro. Vasanth was a member of the Flying Squadfor ITI Examination. This is the first time that Principals ofprivate ITI are part of the Flying Squad. He had a greatexperience being part of the team of Govt. officials.

Jan-Feb was the month of exams for our ITI boys. Theyhad their semester exams during these months.


MONTFORT CENTENARY SCHOOL -KUPPAM

As the New Year 2016 started, the third term of the schoolbegan with more activities - of both academic and cultural innature. After the Christmas and New Year holidays the schoolstarted on January 4th. There were various programmeconducted in the school premises for the first time. The interschool competitions on the occasion of our Tercentenarycelebration of the Montfortian presence in the world ineducation mission, brought into the Campus students fromvarious Schools, who participated in games and sports,literary and cultural programmes for two days. The schoolsparticipated were Taylor school, SBM School, Sri SaibabaModel School and Rosa Mystica School apart from ourschool students. Each school got a reward in both gamesand sports and cultural events according to their merit.

The 10th class students went on a day’s picnic to Yercaudhills on 30th January 2015 to cool their brains before startinghectic academic exercise to prepare for the final exams ofSSC to be conducted by end of March 2016. The studentswere captivated and enthralled by the scenic beauty ofShourai hills, apart from visiting famous Montfort school inYercaud, the Brothers’ formation house at Eachinkadu andother places of historic and tourist attraction.

The celebration of tercentenary of Montfortian presence inthe world was formally inaugurated by installing the statueof Montfort at the entrance of the school. The statue isplaced prominently on a well prepared shinning pedestal

on an elevated rocky ground. It is named as MontfortHeritage Park. The scenic view of the whole area inspiresa person to be aware of God’s presence in this temple oflearning in an intense manner. This heritage park was blessedand opened by Rev. Fr. M.D. Prasad Rao, parish priest ofKuppam parish and the provincial of Pune province Rev.

Bro. Franky Noronha on 23rd January 2016. A largegathering of school children, teachers, parents and well-wishers of the school were present for the occasion. Theyalso attended the Eucharistic service concelebrated by theMgr. Rev. Fr. Prakash, in the absence of the Bishop of thediocese of Kadapa.

The day was also a day of joy and celebration because oftwin-events: the school annual day and Bro. HrudayKumar’s silver jubilee celebration of his religiouscommitment. The morning was a celebration of divine

blessings on the Jubilarian, along with singing, dancing andfelicitations from students, staff and well-wishers of theschool. The guests, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters and membersof the catholic community and well-wishers of the celebrantwere given a sumptuous lunch.

In the evening of the same day the school’s 13th AnnualDay was celebrated, with the chief guest Mr. P. Shankar,DSP of Palamaner, presided over by Bro. Franky Noronha,the Provincial Superior. The programme lasted nearly fourhours, but without any sign of boredom - thanks to theactiveness and smart performance of the participants ofvarious cultural activities who performed with perfectionand grace. The meritorious students in studies were giventrophies and certificates.

The outdoor activities continued for the rest of the term byvisiting places educational and cultural value at Chennai.The students of classes 6th to 9th went on tour on 13th

February 2016 accompanied by the staff members to visitthe assassination place of late prime minister of India Mr.Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperampudur, at the outskirts of Chennaimetropolitan City and enjoyed themselves in the waterworld: “Global water world enterprises”.


MONTFORT COMMUNITY - SHIRDI

The primary kids were happy to be out of the school atleast for a day to visit places of socio-cultural and scientificinterest. So they went to Tirupathi on 5th March - 140 ofthem - with staff and the chief organizer Bro. JosephPasala. The children were happy to see for the first time intheir life lions, tiger and other wild animals at Sri.Venkateswara Zoological Park at the out skirts of Tirupathitown and also the regional Science centre at Tirupathi. Theyenjoyed the day well, but their mentors were on their feet.

The fourth unit test was conducted as per the academiccalendar of the school from February 21st to 26th. Theprogress reports were given to the students. The final yearclass students 10th are on pins and needles as the daysgetting closer for the Public exams. We wish the studentsof class 10th success in their exams. and also God’s blessingsfor their future.

We wish the NEWSLINE readers: Happy Holidays & AJoyful Easter!

on the very first day. Their zeal to come to school to equipthemselves with knowledge is quite encouraging.

On 26th January republic day was celebrated with greatpatriotic fervour. Our school students brought out the essenceof cultural diversityand rich heritage ofour country.

We also celebratedMontfort’s birth dayon 30th January (as31st was Sunday) asour founder’s day.Under the guidance of our teachers, students enacted the lifeof Montfort. It was really meaningful and interesting. Afterthat sweets were distributed to the students.

On 7th of February we had monthly recollection with thetheme ‘spiritual awakening’. We concluded it with the tri-centenary of St Montfort and silver jubilee celebration ofBro. Vincent Mendonza. Brothers from Pune, Dadar andGorai communities were present. After that we had jubileemass. Local religious, priests and our staff were invited. Alltogether we were 50 of us. Mass singing was done by ourschool staff. After the mass we had felicitation for jubileecelebrant. The provincial Rev. Bro. Franky Noronhainspired us by his valuable message on Tercentenarycelebration of St Montfort.

The 2nd annual day of our school was held on 5th March.The Chief Guest was Shri Nitin Avtade, Chairman ofeducation society, Pohegoan. He is a well known person in

this area. He expressed his happiness that school isimparting quality education to the students coming from ruralarea. Meritorious students and toppers of the classes wereawarded on the occasion. Our students put up a beautifulcultural program to the appreciation of one and all.

On 18th of January Bro. Rajashekar, one of the studentBrothers from shilling, had come for his vacation. His presencewas quite useful for the community as well as school.

Wishing all the readers the blessings of the HOLYEASTER!

1. KAMALA ADVANI MONTFORT, SHIRDIGreetings from K.A Montfort, Shirdi!On 26th of February 2016, the students of K.Montforthad gone for one day picnic to Water Park. The studentswere given special care and opportunity to participate in allthe activities and it was a refreshing day for all the students

.As the academic year is coming to end, the students arepreparing themselves for the final practical as well as theoryexams which will be held on 17 the of march and theoryexams are on 1st April to 26th of April 2016. The staff arefacilitating the students to revise the subjects by conductingregular exams.

2. MONTFORT SCHOOL, SAWLIVIHIRFraternal greetings and best wishes from Montfort School,Sawlivihir. (Shirdi)!

We are very much delighted to share about the happeningshere at Montfort school, Sawlivihir.

Institution had its Christmas celebration on 23rd December.On that day under the able guidance of our staff childrenenacted the birth of Jesus. It was for the first time our studentswitnessed it. They expressed their happiness and joy throughcarol songs. Bro Vincent Mendonza, the principal gave theChristmas message to all. Surely it was quite meaningful.

After Christmas vacation our school reopened on 4th ofJanuary. It was really amazing to see all the children present


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MONTFORT SADAN - PUNE prize distribution. Theorganizing team wasvery grateful toMontfort Sadancommunity for ourtimely help to bringsmile in the faces ofchildren.

Bro. Bala Vinod Kumar Reddy is busy with his academicstudies as he comes to the completion of his course. He isspending lots of time in Studies and in excelling in otheractivities. Recently he was one of the winners in the Inter-College PowerPoint presentation.

On 4th of March, we had Brothers from Papal Seminary forthe Eucharistic Celebration along with Rev.Fr.V.M.Jose. Bro.Franky Noronha welcomed them. In the evening we wereprivileged to have Rev.Bro.Prathap Reddy, the ProvincialSuperior of Hyderabad Province. He was with us for twodays and his presence added more joy to the community.

Wishing you all A Happy Easter!

Montfort Sadan celebrated the New Year and theTercentenar yof our existence and the feast of our founderSt. Montfort on 09-01-2016. We shared our joy with thePriests who help us in our Spiritual life from SVD and PapalSeminary, IshwaVani Kendra. We shared gifts with themand concluded the joy with dinner.

Montfort Sadan community along with the student Brothersfrom Shillong participated in the closing ceremony of theyear of Consecrated life organized by the Diocese of Pune& Pune CRI Unit at St. Patrick Cathedral. The formeesfrom various formation houses gave a few small culturalprograms. The Local CRI president and the team werethanked on the occasion.

We had birthday celebration of Bro. William D’Mello on04-02-2016 at Montfort Sadan in the community. Bro.BalaVinod Kumar Reddy organized the prayer and thecelebration event.

We had sector-level monthly Recollection in MontfortSchool, Shiridi. Bro. Bala Innah organized the Monthlyrecollection on the theme of “SPIRITUAL AWAKENING”and his reflections on the theme were enriching and it was agood beginning for us to begin the tercentenary feast of OurFounder St. Montfort. After the recollection we had theSilver Jubilee celebration of Bro. Vincent Mendonza. It waswell organized by the Local Community and the school Staff.Local religious and the children participated in the celebration.We concluded the Celebration with a sumptuous meal. Onour way back, we visited Shirur, our new Project. Bros.Jose Daniel and Chandy have virtually fallen in love with thatlandscape and were in high appreciation of the ProvincialAdministration in choosing this centre.

A National Conference on Palliative Care was organizedby TATA Hospital in Montfort Sadan. Bro. Jose Danielparticipated in the conference and expressed that it was arich experience for him as it promotes Pastoral care.

Bros. Roque and SleevaRaj attended the felicitation ofBishop Raja, on behalf of Montfort Sadan community,which was held at Montfort Bhavan, Hyderabad.

The Brothers of De Nobili College organized the Bala Melafor the slum children. There were around 70 of them includingtheir parents. Bro. Jose Daniel was the guest for theprogramme. The whole day was filled with joy. Childreneagerly participated in various programs organized by brothersand the day concluded with beautiful cultural program and

1. THE STEPHEN HIGH SCHOOLDear Readers: Once again, our pleasure to bring to you theactivity and happenings in the Stephen High SchoolCommunity during this quarter. We are on the final leg ofthis academic year. The Lord said, “He who receiveth allthings with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the thingsof this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold,yea, more” Looking back, we as a community thank theLord for all the blessings on us, a eventful year with a hostof memorable events in good measure

HIV AWARENESS: A short film promoted by theEducation Dept of Maharashtra, on HIV awareness titled‘AamhiChamakate Tare’ was screened on 18th January2016 in the school hall. All students from Class I to IXviewed the film. It was a sensitive emotional film whichtouched the hearts of students and most of them expresseda desire to see more of such informative films.


surprised with pools of water below. Like little scientists,they were completely thrilled with their discovery! All thestudents were very excited about the trip.

School Annual Day: The School celebrated its annual prizedistribution day on 30th January. Bro. TV Joseph, formerDirector of the school and the Golden Jubilarian, was thechief guest of the day.Bro. TV Josephshared his richexperience and fondmemories of TheStephen School.Later during thefunction he wasfacilitated in aMaharashtrian flair. The Director of Ali Yavar Jung NationalInstitute for Hearing Handicapped, Shri. A.K. Sinha wasthe Guest of Honour of the function. He lauded thecontribution of the school to its students and appreciatedthe commitment and efforts of the management and staffshown for the welfare of the students.

Inauguration of Audiometric facility: On 3rd March 10,2016, the Audiometric facility was inaugurated by notedPadma Shri Cochlear Implant Surgeon Dr. Milind Kirtane.

He, very nostalgically recollected his association with theFounder of the school Dr. Joe DeSa, who was his mentorand guide. He highlighted the importance of rehabilitationof the hearing impaired through modern devices likeimplants. He expressed his immense pleasure at beingpresent today and offered guidance and assistance to theschool in the future. The whole expenses of the audiometricfacilities were sponsored by Dr. Chandur.

Inauguration of Makeover of preschool classroom:The school also witnessed another inauguration of therenovated preschool classroom done by Shri. SudheendraKulkarni, the Chairman of the Observer Research

23rd January- 2016 Neurocognitive Tests: AComparative study of Neurocognitive function in Deaf andnormal hearing subjects of age 8 to 18 years was done byDr. ManjushaKawale who is doing her research from Sett.G.S.Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai.Dr.Manjusha conducted three tests on 20 students fromSTD I to VIII in the school. The conclusions of this test willbe shared by her once the analyses are complete.

26th January 2016 – Republic Day: The chief guest ofthe day Ms. SrilathaJuvva, a professor of disability studiesin Tata Institute Social Studies, unfurled the flag and allsaluted the flag and sang the National Anthem. The chiefguest Ms. Srilatha gave a short speech to all the children.2nd Prizes for Literary activities and for Sports & gameswere awarded to the students during the dress rehearsal ofthe Annual Days’ Cultural programme performed by thestudents.

12th February 2016 Inter school sports meet: SpecialOlympics for the hearing impaired was conducted byBombay Round Table no- 19 at SAI Kandivali sportscomplex. 19 students along with 3 teachers attended thesports meet. Breakfast, lunch and snacks were providedby the organisers. Gifts of Bata shoes were given to all theparticipants. The two winners from our school wereDevendra Korlyar of STD VIII for Shot Put – IInd prizeand Vanashree of Level III who scored II nd Prize in Lemonand spoon race.

18th February 2016 Educational trip: This year the schoolannual education trip was ‘Mumbai Darshan’. On theprevious day i. e on 17- 2- 2016 all the educational spotslike Afghan Church, Gate way of India, Prince of WhalesMuseum, Jahangir Art Gallery, Taraporewala Aquarium,Kamala Nehru park, Bandra Band stand, Juhu beach,whichwere going to be covered in the trip were shown to thestudents in a PowerPoint presentation. The next day at 8am the bus decorated with colourfulballoons and bannersleft for the trip. En-route, Mahalaxmi race course, Haji AliDurgah, GirgaumChowpatty were shown to the students,they were treated with warm refreshments. Our first stopwas the Afghan Church, a war memorial, built in 1847.Few group photographs were clicked here. Onwards weproceeded to the Gateway of India, the Taj Hotel, and onceagain group photographs with placards of our school andplacards of “Thank you to Bookwallah”for sponsoring theMumbai Darshan were taken. At Juhu beach children madesand castles and dug their hands deep into the sand. Theycontinued pulling out the wet sand, and were visibly


Foundation, Mumbai. Shri.S.Kulkarni who works activelyfor Indo-Pak friendship, lauded the efforts of the institutiontowards the cause of education of the hearing impairment.He, congratulated the creative minds who toiled to createthis wonderland for these special kids. The entire makeoverproject was sponsored by our retired teacher Ms Dama. Allin all, it was a day to remember, the memories of which willlinger in the minds of the young ones for a long long time!

2. MONTFORT JUNIOR COLLEGEMontfort Junior college had rather quiet time during the lastterm as they were kept busy with the project work by eachof the subject teachers. However, we had a meaningful prizeDistribution day on 24th February at 4 pm. The Chief Guestof the function was Bishop Dominic Savio Fernandez theAuxiliary Bishop of Mumbai. The Guest of Honour wasMr. D. C. Suryavamshi, the Deputy Education Inspectorof our Jurisdiction. The third guest was Mr. Augustinechalissery, the vice president of the PTA who plays a verysignificant role in the development of the college.

The highlight of the program was that every student of thecollege had an opportunity to exhibit his/her talent in theform of music, dance and drama. The chief guest in hismessage appreciated the role played by the college to bringout the best in every student. He also stressed on the needto treat each person as unique and the need to allow themto grow at their pace without comparing with others. Thefunction concluded with distribution of prizes to themeritorious students in literary, cultural, sports and gamesas well as studies. On the whole it was a memorable eveningfor the parents, staff and students considering it was the 1st

major function of the college. Wish all readers: the Joy, Peace and contentment ofthe Risen Lord!!

It is my great privilege to pen down and highlight on theactivities held in Montfort Aruludhayam from the month ofDecember 2015:

From 7th December 2015, we started our second bookreview in the presence of all the brothers. We all presentedit beautifully. It gave us opportunity to develop ourcomprehension skills.

On 14th Dec. Rev. Bro. Cresentious (Y) visited us. He spentthree days with us and his presence and sharing on his lifeexperiences were so inspiring to all of us and has reallystrengthened our vocation.

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16th December we went for carol singing to a nearby parishand our Director gave a very beautiful Christmas messageto the parishners. They were edified by our singing andperformance. From 18th to 20th December we had retreatby Rev. Fr. Alfonse SDB. We maintained noble silence forthree days. We learnt how to control our mind and to be inpeace and serenity. The retreat helped us to discern ourvocation and prepare ourselves to enter into the Novitiate.

During the Christmas holidays, we had various groupcompetitions, like Volleyball, Football, Cricket, Base Ball,Track and Field events, Drawing, Hand writing, singing,Decorating the Notice boards, Chess, Carom Boards, TableTennis, Etc.. We were very busy throughout the Christmasholidays. We were very happy. We celebrated Christmaswith tremendous joy and happiness. We also celebratedthe birthday of our beloved Brother James Pasala, theSocious. In the evening, we had cultural program. We invitedour Brothers from the neighboring communities, Priests andSisters. It was a very grand and memorable day to all of us.

On 27th we went for a picnic to Kolathur. The brothers ofthe local community took care of well. We also visited theJuniorate of the Yercaud Province and had interaction withthe Juniors. 31th December night we went to Vadavallichurch to attend the mid night New Year Mass. On 5th RevBro Markus visited us and gave a very beautiful message.

On 6th January Rev. Dr. Amal Raj, Bishop of Ooty Diocesemade a visit to our new Pre-novitiate. In the evening, heoffered a holy mass for us. Immediately after the mass wehad a short but sweet cultural program.

On 12th January we celebrated Pongal, the harvest festival,very enthusiastically. Bro Lambert was chief guest for thepongal celebration. We had short cultural program and manyentertaining games organized by our friends.

On 13th January Rev. Bro. Lambert came to take classesmainly on meditation and integrated spirituality. During theFive days of classes, we learnt many new things.

On 22nd January we had Sports Day. Rev Fr. Antonysamyour parish priest was the chief guest. We had different kindsof sports and games.

On 1st February we had annual day celebration. Rev. Bro.George Kalangod the provincial superior of Yercaudprovince was our chief guest. Rev. Bro. Mariannan theProvincial of Trichy Province, many other brothers, priests,sisters and teachers were present during the program. Itwas a grand success and well appreciated by all the religiousthose who were present on that day.


9th February Rev. Bro. John Prabhakar (SHJ) came to takeclasses on Psychology for three days. His classes veryinteresting and we learnt many things about how to controlour emotions and how to deal with it.

On 13th February we celebrated the birthday of our DirectorRev. bro. Stephan Xavier. It was an occasion for all of usto show our love and regards to our dedicated Rector. Inthe evening we had a grand cultural program.

On 15th February, Rev. Bro. Clament and Rev. Bro. PratapReddy made a visit to Montfort Aruludhayam Rev. Bro.Clement the provincial of Ranchi province was with us for

two days. We had a cultural program. Brother Provincialappreciated and encouraged us in his message.

On 18th February Rev. Bro. M. K. Devassy visited us. Wewelcomed him with our great love. He presented to us thelife of brothers in North East area and their mission. Wewere edified and inspired hearing on the culture of North-East India and the importance of Montfortian presence inthe same region.

As of now, we are having classes on liturgy and sacramentsby Rev. Fr. James Rozario, Ooty Diocese.

Happy Easter to you all!!

EACHINKADU NOVITIATE

Dear Brothers, I am indeed delighted to share about theactivities that were executed here at Eachinkadu Novitiate:

Community Experience: We began our journey fromSalem to Pune on 12th Dec. We were cordially invited bythe Brothers at the Provincialate. We were sent to differentcommunities which are nearer to the Provincialate. Duringour stay there, we personally experienced their love andconcern towards us. We are deeply indebted to all theBrothers who really looked after us well.

Pongal Celebrations: On 15th Jan. festival of Pongal wascelebrated with thanks-giving prayer and Cooking Pongal

specials. On the previous day a wild Bison had entered ourcampus. Though the Supreme Court has banned Jallikattu,we had in a way a Jjallikattu with the bison, chasing it outwith a lot of fun and enjoyment.

Inner Healing Retreat: For about 6 days we had Retreat.It was systematically animated by Sr.Selvi and her group.They led us intensively to experience Christ. It was a journeyinto our own inner selves.

Canonical Entry: On 1st Feb. we officially entered intothe Canonical year. Rev. Bro. George K., the Provincial


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Superior of Yercaud Province has officially admitted us intothe canonical year, during Eucharistic celebration which waspresided over by Bro. Augustine Novello. We wereenthused by the Provincial Superior to remain steadfast inour Vocation to Religious Brotherhood.

Skills Development: A lot of importance is being givento language learning and communication skills throughsharing of articles of Rule of Life, Reflections on daily Saints,learning vocabulary and interpreting them, so on.

I wish you all: A HAPPY EASTER!

First of all we wish all the beloved brothers of the Puneprovince compliments of the season and a happy Easte!.Seeking God’s wisdom and knowledge and entrustingourselves into the hands of “God alone” we have alllaunched into the year 2015 – 16. Here we have somehighlights of the milestones of the third quarters of SASHNalgonda:

Mission of Care: We would like to start with a hearttouching reality show of MYLS…It has been 5 month longpreparation of MYLS ‘Montfortion Youth Leadership inSociety.’ Going class to class and motivating all the studentsin the school to extend their hands for the needy and helpless,the members of MYLS made all out effort in collecting gifts,toilet articles cloths and eatables, so on so as to distributeto the poor and the needy. On January 26th the students ofVIII have visited the Sneha Nilayam (old age home) whichis at Suryapet. The students spent their time by interactingwith the inmates, serving them the lunch and also theyorganized a memorable program like dances and songs,thus to entertain the inmates.

On 07.02.2016 some of the students have also visited“Nirmal Hrudaya” (Mother Teresa) sisters and spend theirprecious time in the home for the aged by talking to themand they have also distributed the daily use items, clothes,

whatever they had collected in school. The students alsoentertained the inmates with cultural activities. From therethey went to St.Ann’s of Luzern’s convent who are takingcare of HIV aids affected children as young as 4 years to21 years old. These 35 inmates over there had a soothingexperience of care and warmth from our MYLS children.

A day out: This year we had also organized picnics in themonth of February 8th to 15th to the resorts near Bongirifor classes 1 to 10 students. The students have enjoyed tothe maximum starting with water games as well as dry games.The class teachers accompanied the students and it is a bigwonder that without any accident all the students enjoyedthemselves thoroughly.

U.K.G. Graduation day: Graduation day is really anexciting day, both for the kids as well as the parents. Westarted our program by welcoming our chief guests Smt. I.Sailaja Devi garu ((Secretary Senior Civil Judge) and Guest

of Honor Smt. Shailaja Aechuri garu, Executive DirectorIBC Net work, Nalgonda. The program began with awelcome dance by our U.K.G. Kids. Principal Rev. Bro.Vincent Reddy welcomed the gathering.


Mr. Vishwanath Rao Garu, the DEO of Nalgonda District.Mr. Aechuri Bhaskar Garu President of AAA (AlphonsusAlumni Association) and Mr. Radha Krishna Cine Actorgraced the function with their presence as chief guest andguests of honour respectively. Each and every parent washappy and congratulated the Management and the staff withtheir appreciations.

Birthday Celebrations: Birthday is a gift from GodAlmighty. To mark the importance of this gift and wish each

other, Birthday celebrations were celebrated on 30th January2016 with cakes, sweets, balloons. The teachers sangbirthday songs.

Graduation Day: We have ended our academic year(2015-16) with the Graduation ceremony. It was conductedfor the students of UPP. Mrs. Sunitha Mohan Garu, theDSP CCS & SHE TEAM, incharge Nalgonda was theChief Gust of the programme. She enlightened the parents,teachers & tiny tots with her message. Many culturalprogrammes like dances, mono actions, and fancy dresswere conducted, which was appreciated by many parents.UPP students were given a graduation certificate as theyhave completed their pre-primary education. It was amemorable event in their lives.

The admission forms are sold like hot cakes and we havevery good scope for the future!

WISH YOU A HAPPY EASTER!

V.V. HS - MATTAMPALLY

The program continued with variety entertainment, culturalactivities like mono action on Alluri Sita Ram Raju and Mimeaction, Quotations on states and capital names were saidby our UKG children without seeing in the books. A colorfulfancy dress was an added beauty in the program.

The novelty of ST.Alphonsus’ since 2 years has been thatthe culmination of the Assemblies. All the artists of the classescome together and make galleries of the events on final daythat is on the last assembly day. It was followed by Awardsand rewards day.

Coming to High school, the grand finale was the farewellday on 12th March, saying goodbye to the schooling daysby the 10th students. There were tears and criers in thecampus as they bid farewell. They were very much attractedby the last speech of the Principal.

This year we had to rush for the completion of the portionto do revision for the annual exams, due to the change inthe academic new CCE pattern. Nevertheless our childrenhad prepared very well and excelled more profoundly inthis academic annual results. We thank God and we wishyou the blessings of our risen Lord.

MONTFORT SCHOOL (CBSE)

1st PARENTS DAY: “Educating the mind without educatingthe heart is no education at all,” said Aristotle. As you knowthat Montfort school (CBSE) started in June 2015. This infantschool started its work with a team of ten qualified teachersand 262 students. The school has completed its first termsuccessfully, after entering into the second term in the monthof January the school has celebrated its 1st Parents Day on11-01-2016 with pomp and gaiety.

Students from Nursery to Class II participated in the variousactivities and added colour to the programme. Theydepicted the negligence of present generation towards theirparents and highlighted the precious presence of parents intheir lives. They conveyed the painful message of a plantwhen it gets cut, through a shadow show.

Greetings to all the NEWSLINE readers! In advance thecommunity wishes all the Brothers a Happy Easter. Maythe Risen Lord raise us beyond our petty world to the worldof Universal brotherhood, where we appreciate and expresssolidarity with each other!


Celebrations: The community had the tercentenary, annualday celebrations with DY.E.O as the chief guest and guestof honor as M.E.O, Parish Priest and MD of SagerCement., so on. The programme was for four hours andthe Head Master in his welcome address highlighted theimportance of Tercentenary and the relevance ofMontfortain Education in the twenty-first century. Theprogramme was well appreciated by all.

On Study Skills: A seminar was organized for tenth classstudents by Mr. T. Venugopal Reddy, a Guinness recordholder in Memory Master. He dealt on personalityDevelopment skills etc. He dealt on the topics “How towrite exams without stress” and “Concentration”. It wasvery useful to them from the point of examination. Thestudents found it beneficial to prepare themselves mentallyand physically for common board exams.

SSC Batch Monitoring: The Head Master and all thesubject teachers handling 10th class had a day’s seminarfor each subject on the importance of CCE and tips toprepare for board exams. What to teach in remedial classesfor dull students and gave proper instructions to write boardexams. The teachers were happy to attend the videoconference, for it was very useful to guide the dull students.

In 10th class there are 59 students. The department hadconducted two Pre-finals and apart from it we hadconducted internal tests with study hours in the morningand in the evening. The students are confident of gettinggood results. The management has hope on two studentsto score GPA 10/10.

Efforts to raise the strength: The management has beenmotivating the students to bring in more candidates to VVHSfor the next year. The class teachers and the class monitorsare given the responsibility to make the list of new students.We have encouraged them to bring as many students aspossible to our school. The teachers also started to motivatethe elders in the villages to send as many students as possibleto our school. The response from the students is positive.Many students have promised to bring candidates from theirvillages. Thus, we hope to see some rise in the schoolstrength.

Once again, we wish all the Brothers: HAPPY EASTER!

SNEHANILAYAM - SURYAPET

Warm and loving greetings from snehanilayam! We are gladto share with you all on the activities that have been undertaken during the last two months:

As we are in the lent session, wishing you all the readers ofNewsline a very fruitful lent. May the good lord bless us all

in this season of lent as we prepare for our Lord Jesus’resurrection.

Last year we lost two of our inmates but this year two moreare admitted. Otherwise no complaints - so far we havebeen enjoying our stay at snehanilayam with 65 inmatesand four sisters. The inmates are all fine and everything iswell taken care of with regard to them. They are enjoyinggood health and are looking quite cheerful.

Outing to Pillalamarry: We had taken all our inmatesthose who are able to walk for a day outing to Pillalamarry,to see the old Shiva temple - on 9th and 10th, for men andwomen separately .They enjoyed a lot in the company ofthe two Brothers and two Sisters.

Health check-up: Health checkup for the inmates washeld on 27th February at Snehanilayam under the guidanceof Mrs. Sangeeta, a staff from All Saints’ HS. Two doctorsconducted the check-up on all the inmates.

Paddy cultivation: Coming to our paddy cultivation thisyear, at both the centres the cultivation has really been goodit is really good, thanks to the help of Open well and newlydrilled bore wells. And this first crop of paddy cultivation isjust getting ready and we are waiting for the harvesting thismonth and the yield of this year is quiet good and last yearwe got enough for the inmates. Presently we are gettingready for the first crop of the year.

Our God is called “the Father of mercies”(2 Cor. 1:3). “A little bit of mercy makes theworld less cold and more just”, says PopeFrancis. Let me do that and make a difference!


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MSI - UPPAL Telangana State. The move if implemented properly standsto help 20 lakh children with free education.

Montfort Social Institute extended its support and solidarityto the Association of African Students in India in theaftermath of the attack on Tanzanian students in Bangalore.

MSI along with other civil society organisations participatedin the protest meeting at Indira Park, Hyderabad.

MSI along with ISI Delhi and Streevani Pune, organisedthe annual assembly of the Religious Lawyers Forum from12-14 January, at Vidyadeep College, Banaglore. TheMeeting attended by around 50 men and women religiouslawyers is a big boost to legal practice by religious.

These days there is a great deal of debate in the country overpatriotism and nationalism, branding some as anti-nationalistssimply because they do not agree with the dominant ideologytoday. In this context it is worthwhile to reflect on the wordsof Rabindranath Tagore: “Patriotism cannot be our finalspiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass forthe price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism totriumph over humanity as long as I live.”

Wish you a blessed Lent and Easter!

“We don’t remember days we rem ember the moments”.It is true of the words by Aristotle that the quality of a life isdetermined by its activities. In MSI we had various activities

that created awareness, resolved issues, celebrated life,advocated justice. MSI responded to the immediate needsof the victims of the fire accident at Rajiv Gandhi Slum,Vijayawada,and the eviction thereafter. Thanks to thesupport of Caritas India, the victims were provided household amenities.

Six tribal girls from Orissa were rescued from the clutchesof a recruitment agency and sent back home, thanks to theintervention of MSI team.

MSI has a new feather in its cap with the affiliation to“International Alliance of Inhabitants”.The Director of MSIparticipated in the International Alliance of InhabitantsStrategy meeting at Le Berferie, Paris from 9th to 16thJanuary2016. It is a Forum of civil society organizationsthat will provide input from the urban poor to the UNHABITAT III in October,2016 in Ecuador.MSI played avery important role in the preparation of the AlternativeCountry Report of India on ‘Housing and Land Rights-Status Report for Habitat III’.

The favourable High Order to a PIL filed by Montfort SocialInstitute (MSI) and others regarding 25 per cent admissionin Private schools is another highlight.The PIL Bench of theHigh Court at Hyderabad comprising Acting Chief JusticeD.B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt directed the TelanganaGovernment to issue a Circular directing the managementsof all private non- Minority schools in the State to providefree admissions to children belonging to weaker sectionsand disadvantaged groups under the Right to Education(RTE) Act of 2009. MSI, COVA and others had facilitatedthe formation of a Joint Action Committee comprising of25 civil society organisations for Implementation of RTE in


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