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http://www.jamshedpurjesuits.org/http://www.jamshedpurjesuits.org/Willingness to Accept as Others Are!- The Jubilee Year of Mercy - 2016

May, 2016

1 Meeting the would be Tertians

24 Jubilee Mass

25 Province Retreat

Provincial's Programme for May 1

Across the Bridge 1

Special News of the Month 2

Vocation Camp 2

Sarva Milan 2

Roots and Wings 2

News from Our Houses and Around 3

Amda: Mentoring the Staff for a Noble Cause 3

Berkeley: Sharing of the Easter Joy 3

DNS-Bhuli: Dream Fulfilled, Time to Deliver 3

DNS-Digwadih: Feeling the Impact of Global Warming 4

Gande Dungri: Came in Hope but Disappointed 4

Gurukul: New Vistas of Collaboration 5

Jesu Bhavan: Formation in Mission 5

Loyola School BBSR: The School-Council Flagged off 5

Loyola School, JSR: Think Big, Dream Big 6

Lupungutu: Numbers Tell the Story 6

Rutungia: Hit by Heat and Drought 7

SXCE-Patna: Channelizing Modern Education 7

Tepasai: Youth are the Backbone of the Parish 7

XIMB: Easter Joy Resonated in XUB Campus 7

XITE: Donors Salute Our Efforts 8

Birthdays of the Month 9

Death Anniversaries 9

In This Issue

Provincial’s Programme

Dear Friends, Kindly announce in your School/ Parish, the admission for B.Ed for the year 2016 – 2018Applications Available from May 2 – 16, 2016

Required Photocopied Documents1. Matric Original / ICSE / CBSE / Pass Certificate 2. Matric / ICSE / CBSE Marksheet.

3. Intermediate / Plus Two Marksheet 4. Degree Marksheet of B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com.

5. Degree Marksheet of PG. ( if it is done). 6. Baptism Certificate in case of Christian candidates.

7. College Leaving Certificate (C.L.C.) 8. Caste and Income Certificate for SC/ST/BC/OBC

9. One recent passport size photo.

Contact Details:

River View Area, Telco, Jamshedpur – 831004; Phone: 0657- 2286245 / 0657-2284461

E-mail: ; Website: [email protected]

Loyola College of Education, Telco

JAMSHEDPUR JESUITS01 May, 2016

09 Apr - Fr Theo de Sales, SJ (PUN 88/56)

22 Apr- Fr Thomas Vasuvasam, SJ (MDU 59/37)

30 Apr- Bishop Alphonse D'Souza, SJ (CCU 77/59)

Across the Bridge

Rasty Lakra, I year, April 20

Left the Novitiate

mailto:[email protected]


Vocation Camp Niranjan MinjMany are Called but Few are Chosen

Special News of the Month

We conducted three vocation

camps in which nearly 47 young

a n d e n e r g e t i c a s p i r a n t s

p a r t i c i p a t e d w i t h g r e a t

enthusiasm. However, after

evaluating various aspects of

qual i t ies required for the

candidates, 32 of them were

selected.

The first camp, a combined one

for the diocese and province, was

organized by Niranjan Minj in

collaboration with Fr. Linus

Kindo. It was held from March 30

- April 3, 2016, at St Joseph's School, Bhilai

Pahadi, Jamshedpur. The aspirants from five

different dioceses attended the camp. We thank

the resource persons, Frs. George Fernandes,

Joseph Surin and K M Joseph, who

enlightened the campers on topics such as; "the

call of God", "the Society of Jesus" and “the

mission of Society.” A special thanks to our

novices, Telesphore Toppo and Ashish Digal

for assisting the campers. The second vocation

camp, conducted by Schs. Nelson Glen, Ranjit

Kerketta and Fr. Niranjan Minj, was held from

April 3 - 6, 2016 at Asha Deep, Pathalgaon. Of

the four candidates attended, three were

selected. The third vocation camp

was held from April 13 - 16, 2016

at St Xavier's Church, Tangrain

and was attended by 16 of which

14 were selected. Frs. Mukti

Clarence, George Antony,

Benedict Kujur, Niranjan Minj,

Bernard Surin, Cornelius

Lakra and Sch Ranjit Kerketta

worked hard to make the camp a

successful one. The generosity

and magnanimity of Tangrain

Jesuit community is laudable.

thOn 10 April, at 4.00 pm, more

than a hundred young people

gathered for a SARVA MILAN

at the St. Joseph's Community

College, Mango. They came

from all quarters of Jamshedpur

city. The young people came

alive as Fr. Jerome Sequeira

began his talk on Afghanistan

and then went on to explain how

the media fools us into thinking

that all Afghans are terrorists;

and that all Afghan men sport

long beards and wear turbans.

Beware of stereotypes. He then

went on to talk about how

Sadbhawana can be brought

about on the world scene.

There were questions galore; but due to lack

of time, this activity of the evening had to be

curtailed. Jerome was truly an ace! He had

the students eating out of the palms of his

hands. You were simply fantastic, Jerome!

Fr. Pancras also attended; thus showing his

solidarity with the college-going crowd,

Karim City College Boys; Co-operative

College Hostel Boys; TMH Nursing

College; Abdul Bari Memorial College;

Candidates of the SCJM and Sacred Heart

Sisters. The list is impressive. Total: more

than a hundred.

Tea and snacks were served to all corners. At

this part of the program, there was plenty of

fraternizing. A truly pleasant sight for the

eyes of one and all. The payment of the bill

for the tea and snacks and the hire of the

Community College hall came

from an admirer of SARVA

MILAN.

Emile has been teaching, once

again, in the Co-operative

College Boys' Hostel. A very

rewarding experience for all

concerned. This last is judged

by the fact that Emile gets an

occasional glass or two of bale

fruit juice; calculated to beat the

heat… There are requests from

various groups, schools, and

other institutions asking for

Emile's services; by way of

talks and seminars; and group

counse l ing sess ions . The

requests are incessant.

Sarva Milan Emile CoelhoBeware of Stereotypes

19 Jesuits from 9 provinces

gathered for Roots & Wings, a

deeply intense refresher program

in Ignatian Spirituality for four

weeks that was topped off with an

Ignatian Retreat. It was a grace

filled moment for re-charging- for

looking at our 'call' AFRESH.

Yes, we were Jesuits coming to it

from nine provinces from diverse

b a c k g r o u n d s , a g e s a n d

ministries. Jamshedpur Province

was represented by Frs. Panneer

Selvam and Eric Cassel. At the

end of the 5 weeks of Roots &

Wings, we could proudly say we had become

'Friends in the Lord'.

The venue was Sacred Heart College,

Shembaganur. There could not have been a

better way to beat the heat. It was a programme

hammered out meticulously by JIGSA. But

from start to finish it was Fr. Devadosa

Muthiah who put it together. The Superior of

Sacred Heart College, Fr. Christie and the

Minister, in paricular, Fr. Patrick Ravi, left no

stone unturned to make sure we were well cared

for. There were inputs from Resource Persons

steeped in everything Ignatian: Fr. R. C.

Chacko on the Autobiography of St Ignatius,

Fr. Jossie D'Mello on the dynamics of the

Spiritual Exercises, Fr. Jerry

Rosario on GC 31-35 and

Mission Today, Fr. Antonysamy

on the Constitutions of the

Society of Jesus, Fr. Ignatius

Tete, on the Spiritual Diary of St.

Ignatius, Fr. Michael Alosonai

on the letters of St. Ignatius,

leaving Fr. A. J Thamburaj to

guide us through the retreat.

At the end of four weeks we were

steeped in every aspect of Ignatius

living and working and praying.

We had seven books that we read

from cover to cover. It was a

Roots and Wings Eric B Cassel


Amda John SumbruiMentoring the Team for a Noble Cause

News from Our Houses and Around

The entire Amda Christian

community joined Basahatu

for Holy Week services. The

arrival of 15 relatives of Fr

Clement on Easter day, added

to our joy of celebration. They

came, they saw and they

marveled the work that Fr

Clement does in the area. On

the same evening Fr Panneer

left for Chennai to attend the

Ignatian spirituality course, 'Roots and

Wings', in Kodaikanal. On 3 April, 'Mage

porob' was celebrated in Basahatu Parish

and Fr John Sumbrui, the main celebrant,

b r o u g h t o u t t h e r e l e v a n c e a n d

meaningfulness of th is fes t iva l . Fr

Clement, who is gearing up to take forward

the noble work of Amda and to strengthen

the team work, organized staff appraisal

session. Canadian experience has given

him more teeth to build up an organization.

He also attended a two day

workshop on Laudato Si in

SDC organized by SIGN. We

bid farewell to Sr Nirmala and

we fondly welcomed the new

S u p e r i o r S r S u c h i t a . S r

Nirmala leaves us, leaving

deep impressions and she will

be fondly remembered for her

d e d i c a t i o n a n d c h e e r f u l

giving.

On 6 April Provincial, Fr. George

Fernandes inaugurated and

blessed the new magnificent and

gigantic senior section in the

presence of staff and students,

Jesuits, principals, priests and

nuns of Dhanbad, Jamshedpur

and Chaibasa area. The students

expressed their joy and happiness

through a mind-blowing cultural

program. The guests were served

with a high tea at the residence.

In ter-Nobi l ian Basketbal l

Championship, sponsored by

Indian Oil Corporation, was organized by our

school on 16 & 17 April. It was a proud moment

fo r us when our t eams bagged the

championship trophy for the second

consecutive year. Well done boys and girls.

ASISC Zonal Cricket Tournament was held on

23rd April. Kudos to De Nobili School, FRI for

being winners, and De Nobili School, Mugma

for being runners up. The school team did their

best, however lost in the Semi Final. Apart from

the above mega events, the school also

organized the inter school sit & drawing

competition, bulletin board competition and

Maths & EVS quiz.

The School witnessed change of

time schedule due to the sudden

increase in the temperature.

Thanks to Brother Sun, in the

recent announcement , the

p r i n c i p a l , F r. Vi c t o r h a s

announced holidays for the LKG

and UKG. The school timing for

the rest has been kept from 6:25

am till 10 am.

Community: Victor is busy

visiting De Nobili unit schools,

and taking care of their needs. He

attended a GBM of diocesan

DNS - Bhuli Vinod FernandesDream Fulfilled ... Time to Deliver

Berkeley NeelamSharing of the Easter Joy

“We are the Easter people and

Alleluia is our song” (Pope John

Paul II), denotes our graceful and

joyful Easter experience in

Berkeley, California. At the

personal level, we were given

adequate spiritual preparation

for the celebration of Paschal

mystery of Jesus Christ our

Lord. We were very much

challenged and overwhelmed by

the call of Pope Francis -

“…come out of ourselves and

open our hearts to Him.” We, the

Indian Jesuits had a meaningful liturgy led by

Fr. Sudhir Kujur, SJ (RAN). After that we had

a fellowship meal to celebrate and share the

joy of Easter. On Easter Sunday, we had a get-

together with North Indian group in Silicon

Valley, San Francisco. It was another occasion

to share the Easter-Joy and know one another.

Neelam organised a one-day retreat for a

group of children of St. Joseph's Parish

(Oakland diocese). He enlightened them on

the meaning of Lent and experience of God's

Mercy in our day to day life. At the end, it was

Neelam, who was enlightened more, by the

innocent faith of the children which also

doubled his Easter-joy.

As we are nearing the end of the

Spring semester, life in the

school is becoming very intense.

Along with our studies, we are

also making a lot of plans to

spend the summer vacation

fruitfully and productively.

Neelam, being the sub minister,

is trying his best to acquire

California Driver's License so

that he can serve the community

better.

reading not to fill the head but to

fill the heart – affective reading

that gave us a greater degree of

familiarity in the way God

accompanied St. Ignatius in his

journey towards God and now

accompanies us. The good work He has begun

in us, He will bring it to completion. Each

Resource Person, in his own inimitable way,

made us feel so at home with the reading

material so that it could percolate into our inner

selves, for us to taste and relish and share in the

Ignatian mysticism. At the end of

these five weeks where days and

nights went so fast, all one can say

only “dil maange MORE”. The

song is over.The melody lingers

on.


hospital at Bilai Pahadi. He also

had to go to Calcutta to renew the

contract with DVC for our

s c h o o l s a t M a i t h o n a n d

Chandrapura. Sushil is fully

involved in school administration

and teaching at Koradih as well as

taking care of the needs of the

community. Vinod went to Delhi

to attend a JEA level meeting on Jesuit Schools.

He also conducted an orientation program for

the teachers of Holy Cross School, Bokaro.

De Nobili School, Sijua-Koradih

On 13th April we had Choral recitation nd

competition for Std KG to III. On 22 April

there was a Prefect Investiture ceremony for

junior school. It is a band of 32 students who

help in maintaining discipline and various

activities of the school. On 23

April, there was a Bulletin board

contest for Std IV to X. On the

same day Mrs. Julie Sebastian

was given tearful farewell by the

staff and students for her 34 long

years of dedicated service to the

DNS.

“How can we claim to be

building a better future without

thinking of environmental crisis

a n d t h e s u f f e r i n g o f t h e

excluded…?” (Pope Francis,

Laudato Si, 14). De Nobili

campus is witnessing what it has

not witnessed for last 60 years -

the acute water shortage. The cry

of the mother earth is heard and

felt at every nook and corner of

our country and world at large as

the mercury sores to the

unchartered regions. The

district administration has

ordered schools men to readjust

the school timing by now many

times so that the students can

reach back home by 10 am

before it is too hot. To the

surprise of all of us and of all

those who have gone through De

Nobili, we are begging for water

from all the possible sources

wherever it is available even if in

a small quantity to keep the

school going.

We have almost completed the

plus two admissions and the

classes stared on 11th April. There was an

orientation for the incoming students and their thparents on the 9 of April. The school

basketball teams (boys and girls) participated

in the inter De Nobili basketball tournament at

Bhuli to be defeated by Victor's boys. History

repeats itself- in the battlefield of tough

competitions where smaller kingdoms rise up

to defeat the bigger ones. So Victor, prepare

your boys to accept an impending defeat

gracefully in the upcoming T20 cricket

tournaments. Preparations for prize night

(30th April) are already in full swing and the

teachers are working round the clock.

Mr. Muktesh's (our coworker in school) wife

needed an immediate medical care and

treatment and at the request and appeal of the

principal Fr. Pius, from the students and

teachers, the school raised a substantial

amount towards the cause.

Fr. Alex joined the community on 7 April and

he is seen busy as usual with numbers. Bulky

files and papers are getting compressed into

small files and pen drives. In a short period of

time he has completed visiting all the unit

schools. Fr. Alex went to stay at Gomoh for

three days to put order in their accounts.

Surprisingly Alex was back in the community

on the next day. How could you do this Alex?

Hats off to you Alex. For Gerry

our outgoing treasurer it's the

season of farewell dinners and

parting gifts. On 23 the school

bid farewell to Gerry and

officially welcomed Fr. Alex

who is the new treasurer of DNJ.

In a special assembly the staff

and students thanked Gerry for

his works. The school will

remember you always for your

contributions small and big.

Fr. Tony s ta r ted the new

academic session with the

teachers orientation conducted

by Fr. Augustine. Fr. Shanti

completed the family blessing.

He also gave a delicious supper

to all the principles who were

invited for Fr. Gerry's farewell.

F r. Tony s ta r ted the new

academic session with the

teachers orientation conducted

by Fr. Augustine. Fr. Shanti

completed the family blessing.

He also gave a delicious supper

to all the principals who were

invited for Fr. Gerry's farewell.

DNS – Digwadih Jaison JoshuaFeeling the Impact of Global Warming

O n 2 9 M a r c h , t h e f i n a l

examinat ion repor ts were

distributed and on the same day

the results of the new admissions

were also announced. As the

school was going to reopen on 4

April, the hostellers took the

hostel forms after collecting

their results.

31 March and 1 April were fixed

for new admissions. This year,

the school is taking admissions

only up to fourth standard. In all we have

taken 75 admissions. Still many are coming

fo r the admiss ions bu t go ing back

disappointed. This year, it is nice to see, the

parents are taking keen interest in educating

the smaller ones.

On 2 April, a staff orientation programme was

conducted by Fr. Walter Kongari. He

elaborated on the qualities of good teachers.

And on 4 April, the new session started in the

school. At present, the school has 705 students

and the hostel has 245. Due to extreme heat,

we have decided to run the

school from 6 to 10.45 a.m. And

because of the danger of heat

stroke, the hostellers are not

allowed to get out from the

rooms till 3.30 p.m. As Fr.

Romanus Jojo is going for

tertianship, he is busy putting all

the school and financial matters

in order. In his place, Sch.

Sanjiban is coming to help out

in the school and the hostel.

Gande Dungri Hilarius KongariCame in Hope, but Disappointed


Fr. Victor Edwin S.J. of Delhi and

I, along with Archbishop Anil

Couto of Delhi gave a warm

w e l c o m e t o A r c h b i s h o p

Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore

Archdiocese who reached Delhi

on 18th of April, 2016, along with

16 of his priests and one catholic

advocate. The 'Peace Mission'

presented each of them with a

memento and a CD on Jesus in

Urdu. From Delhi they went to

Agra, Jalandhar and Amritsar and

crossed over to Pakistan through

the Wagah Border. Their visit was

a symbolic union of two Churches

of Pakistan and India which

would certainly strengthen the

Peace Mission, to bring about

'Peace' between India and

Pakistan.

From Delhi I went to Madurai in

Ta m i l N a d u t o m e e t t h e

Provincial of De La Salle

Brothers in order to explore the

possibilities of connecting them

to De La Salle Brothers of Faisalabad in

Pakistan. While in Madurai, Peace Mission was

introduced to St. Mary's Jesuit School who will

start 'Peace Club' in the school after the summer

holidays. The Superior of IDEAS, Fr. Aloysius

Irudayam, a former Provincial of Madurai,

introduced me to St. Joseph's Senior Secondary

School, run by St. Joseph's sisters who were

very happy to welcome the 'Peace Mission' to

their school and promised to talk to the

Principal of Fatima College in their efforts to

spread the wings of the 'Peace Mission' to the

College. Thanks to Sr. Principal and the

Superior. Their enthusiasm to introduce 'Peace

Education' is really praise worthy.

In Ernakulam, Kerala we had a meeting of

Peace Mission in Jyotis, the Jesuit house in

Kerala. Five High Court Lawyers and eleven

others retired persons like Vice-Chancellor and

Professors participated in the meeting. Thanks

to the Jesuit Community of Ernakulam for their

excellent hospitality and for making all the

arrangements for the meeting. The interest

shown by the part icipants was very

encouraging.

I also visited Bishop Joseph Karikkassery who

was very happy to know the

progress made by the 'Peace

Mission' and promised to help to

promote peace. A High Court and

S u p r e m e C o u r t l a w y e r ,

Dr.Vincent Panikulangara was

very happy to meet me and know

about 'Peace Mission' . He

cherished his memories of close

contact with a number of Jesuits

including our Fr. Jim Keogh of

happy memory, Fr. P.D.Thomas

and so on. He also promised to

take the Peace Mission ahead.

After visiting St. Joseph's College

in Bangalore to initiate the Peace

Mission there, I will be back to

Gurukul on 27th Apri l to

participate in the 'Graduation'

ceremony of the seminarians to be

held on 28th April which will be

conducted by the Chairman, Most

Rev. Bishop Ignatius Loyola

Mascarenhas.

As the tradition of the house, the

Superior, Fr R Tony renewed the

act of consecration of the house

to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on

the first Friday of the month. The

Biblical tradition as well as

Jesuit tradition repeated once

again, as our novices returned

from Village experiment with

f u l l o f f a i t h f o r m a t i v e

experiences. Big thanks to all

our Parish Priests and Jesuit

communities who took the

trouble to place our novices in the villages and

accompanying them. It was FORMATION IN

MISSION indeed!! On 8 April Novices did

their monthly recollection on the theme THE

EXPERIENCES – CHARACTERISTIC OF

JESUIT VOCATION. This enabled the

novices to interiorize the experience of the

village experiment. On 9 April at 06.30 p.m.

we had farewell cum welcome mass for the

outgoing minister Fr. Jerry Kujur and in

coming minister Fr. James Bara, followed by a

short cultural program to welcome Fr James

and for expressing our gratitude to Fr Jerry for

his valuable services to the

community. The ten second year

novices have started giving

introduction during the daily

Eucharist. On 12 April Fr George

Joseph from XLRI organized a

three days course on “Leading to

Positive Change” in Upasana.

There were 21 participants but

on the second day the venue was

changed to XLRI due to excess

heat.

Jesu Bhavan R TonyFormation in Mission

One of the first activities of the

new academic session was the

formation of the Students

Council, the elections and

appointments of the school

President and House Captains.

At the investiture ceremony,

Principal Fr. Amal handed over

the school flag to the School

President who in turn handed over the house

flags to the House Captains. After the oath

taking ceremony, Amal exhorted the

students to be responsible and disciplined. stOn 1 April, Amal went to Vishakapatnam

for the zonal ICSE executive committee

meeting. Due to the extreme heat wave

conditions all over Odisha, the Government thordered all the schools to be closed from 12

thto 20 April, which was later

thextended to 26 April and yet

t ha g a i n o n 2 5 A p r i l t h e

Government declared early stsummer vacation. So from 21

April, Amal after a meeting

with senior section teachers

arranged special classes for 9 –

12 students in the morning

Loyola School, BBSR Gilbert MenezesThe School Council for 2016-17 Flagged Off

Joe KalathilGurukul New Vistas of Collaboration


Fr Sebastian flagged off the

Easter Monday peace rally from

L o y o l a g r o u n d s . I t w a s

organized by the Christian

organization of Jamshedpur.

The peace walk started off from

Loyola grounds and went to the

Gopal Maidan in Bistupur and

ended back in Loyola grounds.

More than two thousand people

participated in this peace rally

in spite of the blazing sun and

the scorching heat. Br. Amalraj,

our administrator, made all the

physical arrangements in the

Loyola grounds for the rally.

Loyola organized an orientation

programme for the fresh batch

of 250 Std. XI students with

the i r parents in the Fasy

a u d i t o r i u m . A f t e r t h e

traditional lighting of the lamp,

Fr Rector welcomed the new

students and their parents to

Loyola family. He in h is

welcome address urged the

students to think big, dream big

and set high goals and work

hard to achieve them. Fr

Principal, after introducing the

plus 2 faculty to them, talked to

them about the history and

spirituality of the Jesuit Order and Jesuit

education. He explained to them the values

Loyola school stands for and encouraged

them to become men and women for others.

Loyola school had its annual prize nite for

the junior and senior section in the Fasy

auditorium. The children were thrilled to go

up on the huge stage to receive prizes in the

presence of a packed huge auditorium. It was

a moment of glory and a wonderful

experience for all the prize winners. The

function was impressive and inspiring.

We had the first managing committee

meeting of Loyola School. The committee

consists of Fr Rector, Fr Principal, junior

school coordinator and Registrar as ex-

officio members and representation from

among the teachers, Alumni and parents.

The committee has 11 members with Fr

Principal as Chairman and registrar as the

secretary. It is only an advisory committee.

Several excellent and novel ideas came up

during the meeting to make Loyola a leading

school.

The Maharastra hitkari mandal organised a

special musical programme to celebrate their

centenary in our Fasy auditorium for the

people of Jamshedpur. It was an excellent

show and all lauded the perfect sound, the

world class acoustics and the beautiful

interior of the auditorium.

Fr Pancras o rganised a b lood tes t

programme for the students of

the Loyola Hindi School with

the help of Lions club and the

Jamshedpur blood bank. They

tested the samples of 200

students to identify their blood

group. Fr Pancras has agreed to

be the house historian and also

coordinator of JYOTI. We

appreciate immensely your

generosity, Fr Pancras! We also

thank regent Ranjit for the

wonderful work he did as

coordinator of JYOTI last year.

Fr Xavier Ekka, our parish

priest, is busy visiting families

for the traditional after Easter

house blessing. Fr Sushil

Ba lmuchu , ou r ou tgo ing

treasurer is busy getting all the

accounts audited to hand them

over to Fr Staney Furtado, the

incoming treasurer. Regent

Ranjit went to Patalgaon and

Tangrain for the vocation camp

and recruited 11 candidates for

Jamshedpur province. He then

a c c o m p a n i e d t h e L o y o l a

basketball team to Darjeeling

for the inter-Jesuit School

basketball tournament of the

Eastern region.

Loyola School, JSR CL GeorgeThink Big, Dream Big

We are glad to have C.G. Thomas

as the new member in LPG

c o m m u n i t y. H e h a s b e e n

appointed as the new coordinator

for the Intermediate section from

the new academic year. He is

d o i n g h i s j o b w i t h g r e a t

enthusiasm and spirit already. On

the other hand on 4th April we

wished good luck to Alex for his

new mission. Meanwhile Bene

had gone to Jamshedpur to consult

the dentist for his tooth ache which

was troubling him. Later he was admitted in

Mercy hospital as his health went down. Oscar

and Pascal visited him in the hospital as he was

serious.

On 1st of April we began the new academic

session for the old timers. 4th and 5th April were

admission days for Class 7. Anselem and Kishor

had hectic time in the admission process. On the

11th of April the Class 7 new comers began their

classes with great zeal. April 10th was a busy

day for the Hostel. Sanjay and Nelson were busy

in the hostel admission. This year we had a good

number of students taking admission in hostel

with 74 new comers for class 7, 12

for class 8 and 7 for class 9

respectively. Presently the total

strength of the boy's hostel is 250

and Girls hostel is 105 leaving out

class 11 who are yet to take their

admission. On 16th April Kishore

celebrated the Mass for all the

Christian students invoking the

Holy Spirit.

Kishore had gone to Bhopal on rd23 of April for the four sheet

exam of the Pre-novices.

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hours.

A j i t o r g a n i z e d a d a y ' s

orientation programme for the stOdiya School teachers on the 1

of April. Fr. Dayanidhi was the

resource person. Odiya School began their thnew session on the 4 of April. When the

school was forced to shut down, Ajit also

arranged extra classes for the 9 – 10 students.

Ajit has been going around different offices

of the education department for

the renewal of NOC of the

school, which has become

mandatory for the old and new

English and Odiya schools.


School: The academic year 2015-

16 ended on March 31 by

officially declaring the results.

Many students did not turn up to

get their report cards and almost

30 students took their TCs this

year. The admission for the new

academic year began on 23 March

without a significant rush. The

effect of drought is felt very early

this year and hence the hostellers

had to be sent to home due to lack

of water. The new academic year

began on 4 April but within a

week we had to declare the

holidays as the per Government

order, due to extreme heat in the state.

Community: The Holy Week services were

held in all the mandalis and it was a great solace

to our efforts to see the full and active

participation of the faithful and sharing the joy

of resurrection in singing and dancing. Two of

our novices: Pradeep and Amit strengthened

their faith experiences being with the people

and returned from their respective mandalis

leaving behind lasting spiritual impressions

among the people. The visit of Fr R Tony,

novice master, revitalized the spirit of the

novices. The Superior, Joe went to Pathalgaon

for SAP and returned with enriching

experiences as a member of Universal body and

meeting old soul-mates after many years. Fr.

Victor Joseph is back and back,

back with a lot of hope. Welcome

Fr Victor as the Headmaster of the

school. On 2 April, community

and the extended community

members, Sisters, went for a

p i c n i c t o M u n i g u d a a n d

witnessed the vibrant life of the

Christian community and also

relived the pain of riots while

being in the burnt Church

building. The vibration of the

Christian community only shows

that the blood of the martyrs never

goes waste.

Tony, synonyms with Emotional

Intelligence, is available where it

requires the most. On April 1-2,

he offered two days seminar for

the 25 teachers of Bishop

Hartmann Girls School, Kurji,

Patna helped them on working

with emotional intelligence in

pursuit of integrating Socio-

Emotional Learning in the

academic curriculum of their own students.

SXCE hosted the NAAC peer team visit on

April 11-13. Under the leadership of Tony, a

hectic preparation led up to the final show of

actual visit and it was one of Kabhi Khushi

Kabhie Gham as the proceedings touched the

ebb and flow of our emotional upheavals. On

19 and 23, April 2016, at Navajyoti Niketan,

Patna, Tony spent two days with pre-regents

and shared his expertise on the Milestones of

Human Development and the

other on Integral Pedagogical

Paradigm (IPP). He ended the

month at St. Karen's Secondary

School, Khagaul Road, Danapur,

on 30 April. He gave a talk to

Karen's fraternity on Modern

Trend in Education, followed by

Thanksgiving Holy Eucharist

for the academic year 2015-16.

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A grand and meaningful Holy

Week service was attended by a

huge crowd. The parish youth

played a key role in organizing the

s e r v i c e s , l e a d i n g t o t h e

expe r i ence o f t he j oy o f

resurrection. Before the Holy

Week, novices Asheem and

Arun prepared the Crus Veer

children well. Fr James, the

headmaster started a new initiative of taking

students beyond Jharkhand boundaries. Along

with his team, he accompanied 40 students to

Darjeeling from March 28 to April 3. The new

academic year 2016-17, began on 5 April and

on the inaugural day a band of village heads

graced the occasion and encouraged children to

be dynamic in all the fields of education.

Finally, the required documents for NOC are

tabled in the Primary Education Office, Ranchi

and we hope that we have crossed

all the hurdles. On 12 April Frs.

Jerome, Jerry and Joe Surin

came to Tepasai to verify the

proposed land for the school at

Sonua. The scorching heat does

not stop Fr. Sushil Jojo and Fr.

Pawan and team for going to the

villages for the Easter house

blessing.

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Xavier University campus had for

the first time the Holy Triduum and

Easter Celebrations in its new

beautiful Chapel as witness to the

risen Christ. The campus folk

participated with utmost devotion

and reverence reflecting on the

sacred mysteries.

We thank God for the wonderful year we have had

and celebrated the second convocation of the

Xavier University which was held on 29th March,

2016 and graced by Mr. Suresh, CMD, Nestle India

and the Board members of both XIMB and XUB

and by many distinguished guests and proud

parents. XIMB and XUB gave the

world 578 graduates as corporate

citizens, change agents, media

professionals, future leaders etc. We

thank Frs. George Fernandes,

Abraham E., Felix Raj, Nicholas

Tete, Tony S, Augustine Ezha,

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Bhincent Rutungia Hit by Heat and Drought


EDC XLRI: The sixth batch of

PGP-CEM students returned to

XLRI on April 9, 2016 for the

Graduation Ceremony at Tata

Auditorium. Altogether 55 of

them received certificates on

successfully completing the six-

m o n t h E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p

Management Programme at

XITE campus in Gamharia.

Xavier School: During the

absence of Fr. Kuruvilla from

the school for a week, Sch. Alok

Minj was holding the fort and

very confidently handled the

school affairs. Due to the

persistent bad weather and

extreme heat, the school had to

go for the morning session from

11 June, 2016.

On Saturday, 2nd April, the

school had Talent Hunt, and the

World health day was celebrated

on Thursday 7 April in the school

assembly. Drawing competition

was held for the students of class

I to class X on Monday 18 April.

In solidarity with the rest of the

world, the Earth Day was

celebrated on 22 April.

The new basketball court was

inaugurated on 12 April at 9.00

in the morning for which Mr. P

Bhattacharjee, Vice President (HR) of RSB

Transmissions was present. Our top athlete,

Krish Raji won the Hindhustan Olympiad

award of Rs. 3100/- for standing second in the

district.

The 'Prize Nite' was held on 23 April with a

grand programme to recognize the unending

talents of our kids, especially the girls. The

chief guest was Mr. Varun Ranjan, I.A.S

probationer from Saraikela in place of the

Deputy Commissioner who was not available.

The guests of honours were Mr. Rahul Kumar

Bagaria, Sr. GM. RKF and Mr. G Krishnsami,

Vice President, Corporate RSB Transmissions

Ltd.

Jesuit Community: On 31 March, the

community together with the Jesuits of the

city gave a grand farewell to the SCN Sisters,

who played a very significant role in sharing

our ministry at XITE from its inception,

recognizing their contribution in the human

and educational development of our students,

especially the Tribal girls in the hostel.

In the mid-April two representatives from the

CTC Sisters Congregation visited XITE to

take stock of the situation and the future needs

of their sisters who will be joining us to be

partners in our mission from the beginning of

June 2016.

In keeping with his other responsibilities,

Staney is keeping himself busy supervising

the construction of the school building. Joe

went for the Easter house blessings in and

around Gamharia . He too

accompanied Frs. Jerome and

Jerry to Sonua to see a piece of

land.

XITE College: From 1 April

about fifty students joined six-

month certificate course in IT

Skill Enhancement Training at

Adityapur Auto Cluster, offered

by Tata Technologies Ltd.

After rendering almost a five

year priceless service at the

college Sr. Mary K.A., SCN was

given a fond farewell by the

college on 30 March. On the

same day Mr. Flavian Topno was

welcomed to the College to teach

English.

On 31 March Mr. & Mrs. Timken

and Mr. James M. Gresh from

T i m k e n F o u n d a t i o n

accompanied by the Chairman

and Managing Director, the

General Manager and the HR

Head of Timken India Ltd.

visited the college to see the PG

block, which was donated by

them with the initiative of Fr. E.

Augustine, S.J. They were

given a rousing welcome with

tribal dance, prayer dance and

other colourful items by the

School and College Students.

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Alwyn, and many others who

graced the occasion. The whole

ceremony was broadcast live on

YOUTUBE by our Xavier School

of Communications. A big thank

you to all who contributed and

helped make this academic year

successful and we look forward to

your support for the coming year.

We had the honour and privilege to

host the visit of his Excellency, Dr.

Hyun Cho, Ambassador to Korea,

along with his better half Mrs. Cho

and Mr. Song, his political secretary.

The visit opened the doors for

possible student and faculty

e x c h a n g e s b e t w e e n K o r e a n

Universities and our University. The

Korean Ambassador found the new

campus very ultra-modern and found the students

brilliant in the questions they put to him.

The community was privileged to have the

visit of Frs. Alwyn, Joshy, and Kiran, as

prospective doctoral candidates in the Xavier

University in the coming year. Other

prospective doctoral candidates also are most

welcome in the future.

XIMB is poised to draw up a five year

perspective plan in the coming months and is

making preparatory plans. XUB is racing

against time to have the second round of

instructional infrastructure development for

the new courses. We expect about 17 to 20

new faculty members to join us before the

academic session starts in June.

XUB is privileged to support the Water

Mission of the HUD department of the

Government of Odisha by having three month

certificate programme for one

hundred and thirty four Assistant

Executive Engineers from all

over the State. Their mission is to

provide water for the people and

we hope through their training at

our university we help them in

their mission and make them

more responsive in providing

drinking water to people and

conserve water for other needs as

well and serve people with great

effectiveness and efficiency in

managing water resources.

All the community members

have been working very hard and

in turns will be out for some

w e l l - d e s e r v e d b r e a k t o

rejuvenate their strengths.


They left with satisfaction and

promised financial help to put up

a college hostel. Thanks to Frs.

Jerry, Jerome and Alwyn for

their presence.

From 11 April, the college took

the initiative and arranged for a

coaching program at the campus

to prepare the hostel students for

the CAT-MAT.

On 9 April 2016, one of our

faculty members, Prof. Rani

Sushma, who was with us from

2014, passed away in Tata

Motors Hospital after suffering from a brain

haemorrhage and stroke. All the fathers from

XITE and a good number of students were

present for her funeral Mass at Golmuri

Church. A Requiem Mass was offered in the

College in her honour and prayers said for the

repose of her soul. All the faculty members

and the students attended it.

The First and Second Year BCA & Second

Year B.Com students went for an industrial-

cum-exposure trip to Atomic Energy Centre,

Karandih.

Fr. Joe Surin along with Prof. Dr. Partha

Priya Das attended a meeting of college

Principals with the NAAC Peer

Team that was visiting Kolhan

University for its accreditation.

The college students took part in

the “Aghaaz”, a Management

Fest, organized by Jain College,

Gamharia, and won 3 prizes as

runners-up in Fashion show,

Talent Hunt and Logo-rhythm.

Now admission forms are being

sold for BBA, BCA & B.Com

courses for the session 2016-19.

02� Ranjit B Kerketta

03 � Anthres Dungdung

� Paul Hembrom

� Sunny Jacob

08� Mukti Clarence

09� George P Joseph

� Jobin Sebastian

12� Naresh Digal

� Jerome Sequeira

15� Rajesh Dungdung

� Oscar Horo

19� Joseph Kalathil

20� Rohit Ekka

23� Amos Bage

24� Gregory Xaxa

26� Benjamin Lakra

27� Sylvester Ekka

28� Anil Ajay Kerketta

29� Telesphore Toppo

30� Praful Barla

� Francis Bodra

Birthdays of the Month

02 � P John C Baker

05� P Patrick F Murray

11� P Edward H Nash

16� F Guy Ames

� P John F Guidera

17� P Gnanarethinam

� P Gerald Kerketta

20� P Lawrence J Hunt

22� P Julian Bilmeyer

23� P Jesus Calvo

31� F Wency D'Souza

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