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Provincial’s Programme

SEPTEMBER 2018

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Dear Brothers,Prayerful greetings to you all in the sweet name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.“God saw everything that he had made, and indeed it was

good.” - Gen 1:31a. He handed over the responsibility of ruling it and utilizing its yield to the MaN, he created. But

WHaT iS TODaY’S ReaLiTY? We have witnessed a deadliest natural disaster in our neighboring state Kerala, in which we have also lost our beloved brother M. antony adimai. at this juncture, i earnestly request all of you to extend your fervent prayers for the repose of the departed soul and i gently remind the superiors to offer three masses in your community.This is not a time to find out who is responsible for this unimaginable natural disaster. However, one thing is very much sure; the insensitiveness of the people towards the nature and their neighbor has brought this unforeseen consequences. The love of neighbor is questioned and craving for luxurious life and accumulating things to create comfort zones have become the top priorities in the modern world. in this context, what is our role? What should be our mission? Our vision and mission need a different strategic plans and actions. i have heard from our elderly brothers saying that they were with the people throughout the week and return to our communities only at the weekend. Today, we are fully occupied with our institutional works throughout the week and we find it very difficult to meet the people even at the weekend. in those days, our brothers went to the villages to meet and work with the people but today we expect the people to come to our institutions just to get the works done. it is the right time to introspect ourselves and make radical changes in our mission strategies. as we celebrate the feast of the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary on 8th of September, let us seek her blessings to carry out our mission to the people who are in need as she did to elizabeth. The other example is MOTHeR TeReSa who really reached out the people and touched the hearts of many through her simple works with great love. as a committed religious, she spent all her times with the needy and radiated God’s unconditional love with the unloved ones. i wish and pray that the missionary zeal of Mother Theresa inspire us to live the charism of our institute “Preaching the good news to the poor in the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus”.i am also happy to greet all the teachers on the occasion of the Teachers’ Day on 5th of September, who are rendering their selfless service in our educational institutions.Let us wish and appreciate all the Brothers who are celebrating their Birthdays and Feast days in this month.May i also request you to remember all the brothers who had rested in the Lord in this month in your daily prayers.

You can’t change what’s going on around you until you change what’s going on within you.

01 VICKRAMASINGAPURAM Sports Day

02 SUHALAYAM Monthly Recollection

09 PROVINCIALATE Correspondents, Headmasters

and Principals Meeting

09 SUHALAYAM Council Meeting

25-26 CRI, BANGALORE Major Superiors Meeting

SEPTEMBER01 Thinking Day for Students

02 Monthly Recollection – Community Level

08 Thinking Day for Teachers

09 Correspondents, Headmasters and Principals Meeting

15 FSH meeting for FSH In-charge Brothers and Lay people

26 Major Superiors Meeting

27 167th Birth Anniversary of Rev. Fr. Adrian Caussanel SJ.,

“Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage”. Psalm 33:12

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• August 2, 2018 ; We celebrated the birthday of our Superior Bro. Pancras. Parish Priest was invited for this wonderful event. We had Prayer service and Holy Mass on the occasion.

• August 3, 2018 ; We had a special prayer service at our schools on first Friday.

• August 5, 2018 ; Zonal level monthly recollection was held at Panagudi. 31 Brothers participated in it. Fr. Libin CR from Vadakankulam helped our Brothers to recollect in a meaningful way.

• August 12, 2018 ; Our Sacred Heart Hr. Sec. School students Panagudi took part in Vallioor Zonal level sports competition and won prizes in various games.

• August 16, 2018 ; NSS Students of our School removed the branches and cleaned our School premises on the time of Storm.

• T-shirts were gifted by Mr. Johnson, Panagudi to NSS students and a motivational talk was given by our Headmaster.

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Zonal Level Vocation Meeting; Vickramsingapuram and Palay Zonal level vocation in-charge brothers meeting were held on 19th and 23rd august. Br. Jeyakumar, the vocation promoter of our province welcomed the brothers to the meeting and Br. Provincial Superior appreciated all the brothers for their involvement in Vocation Promotion. Br. Maria Soosai adaikalam, asst. General Superior and Br. arul Joseph, Superior of Suhalayam enlightened the brothers by sharing their experience and valuable words.

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• July 15, 2018; Our school celebrated Kamarajar’s birthday as “Kalvi Valarchi Naal”. On that day itself we announced the opening ceremony of clubs and movements for this year. Our Chief Guests Mr. H. Vasantha Kumar M.L.a, Nanguneri, Mr. M. Udhaya Kumar aDSP, Tirunelveli, Mr. M. Kumar, Tamil Professor, PKC, alwarkurichi had made this function a vibrant one.

• July 21, 2018; The school administration arranged a “Magic show” for the students to relax their mind.

• July 24, 2018; as our Provincial said, “Get the attitude of being available to all” and according to the vision of our H.M Br. Joe antony we adopted the villages (Vadamalai Samuthiram, arunachala puram) for the betterment of their lives in the field of agriculture, cattle wealth and education.

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August 5, 2018; Zonal level monthly recollection was held on 5th July 2018. Fr. Savarimuthu SJ., gave a talk and made us to reflect our Religious Life. Brothers from neighboring communities participated in the recollection.

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• August 15, 2018 ; Our Community celebrated our institution day on 15th August 2018. Our celebration was graced with the presence of our Provincial Superior. Our community wished Br. Mariadas on his feast and our Provincial Superior greeted him with shawl. Nearby religious also took part in our celebrations.

• August 15, 2018 ; Our 72nd independence day was celebrated in our school. Mr. antonysamy, Drawing Master of our school hoisted the national flag.

• August 21, 2018 ; St. Mary’s Hr.Sec.School celebrated sales day. Our inspiring innovator Br.Sengole inaugurated the function. The school teachers and students transformed our spacious field into a family-friendly playground, with old fashioned games, grafts, live music, local foods etc... we all had a happy day of fun on this day.

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• August 25, 2018; St.Mary’s Hr.Sec.School celebrated cultural day. Various Cultural competitions were held to bring out the talents embedded in the students. Mr. Jawahar Jesudas, Principal of Vikasa School was a special chief guest for the function and Br. Sengole our Correspondent, Br. a. Mariadas, Province Procurator and Br. James elango HM SJPS Presided over the function. The winners were awarded with prizes and students performed colorful events.

• August 21, 2018 : St. Joseph’s High School participated in the zonal level competition. our students Nallammal and Uma Maheswari won Five Gold and three silver medals. Senior and Junior Students got the Second and first places in the Hockey competitions. The students those who participated in the competitions brought laurels to our school.

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• 15th August 2018; Christhu Jyothi Primary School celebrated independence Day. Br. arockiam presided over the function The students performed colorful program.

• August 23, 2018; We had a farewell function for Mr. Robin from Germany who rendered his service to our children for the past one year at St. Michael’s High School and Nursery Primary School, Singmapatty.

• August 15, 2018; St. Mary’s Boys Hr.Sec.School celebrated independence Day. Br. arockiasamy, our Head Master presided over the function and delivered a speech to the students. The students gave wonderful cultural programmes.

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Untimely demise of Bro. antony adimai has come as a bolt in the marrow. We have lost a good soul, great companion, humble disciple of God who strove against all the odds to prove himself as God’s wonder and his unwavering strength. i think sharing our grief would help us ease our burdens. as i began to reach out for the right words to express my thoughts about Brother Tony, i remembered the many valued and meaningful roles that he played throughout his life. Our brother may have meant something to every one of us; personally, he was a guardian angel for many of the younger brothers of our Caussanel Province.

as a Director of Junior Brothers, he was also very endearing. He was a very loyal and kind formatter. He was remarkable in so many ways. He lived his life to the fullest and touched so many people during his time here with us; He loved his mother society profoundly. He was a devoted brother and friend. Looking back, he was always a religious man.

Brother Tony played all of the roles in his life at our congregation with more responsibility. He was at his happiest when he was surrounded by the small children especially the semi orphans - even during those inevitable tough times of his life. His devotion to Mother Mary was the foundation of his actions - the anchor that defined and shaped his life. i saw him a religious who defiant and unwilling to settle for less. He lived a principled life underpinned by a strong sense of right and wrong.

as i turn the next page of Brother Tony’s life, i see the friend. Whether you needed simple advice, an empathetic ear, a shoulder to lean on; companionable silence, a listener if you will; if all you wanted was a pass the time, he was your man; ready, steadfast, willing and good fun. i’m sure you all will remember him in your very own special way.

i see him as a respected leader. He shared his expertise with anyone who would listen, he worked hard and consistently and he remained a student of life. He never stopped learning especially through his loving brothers and students. He never sat back and became complacent. He led by example as he mentored his nephews and nieces and boarding children in a way that anyone of them can say that he was an inspiration in their lives.

He loved seeing Sacred Heart Home children involved in sports and activities that built character. His pride was to see those children grow spiritually, physically and psychologically.

He also believed that when a person passed away, it was simply a part of God’s plan. i take comfort in knowing that he is at heaven now with our Lord and Savior

The physical reality of Bro. antony adimai has gone but his footprints remains and his life - and his death. While we are here, our task is to live our life fully, to seek happiness and to love each other. Brother, May your soul rest in peace.

- Br. Sunil

IN EMBRACING REMEMBRANCE OF BRO. ANTONY ADIMAI

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POPE INTENTION

You are requested to send your house and institutional news with photos to Caussanel Province e-mail iD on or before 25th of every month.

caussanel ProvincialateSuhalayam, irudhayakulamTirunelveli DistrictPhone : 04634 221448 email : caussanelprovince@gmail.comWebsite : www.caussanelprovince.com

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Obituary• Mr. Arockiam aged 68, Father of Br. Arockia Abinash rested in the Lord on 15, August 2018.

• Mr. Mathew aged 80, the elder brother of Br. K.P. Arul Joseph rested in the Lord on 27, August 2018 afternoon.

May God in His eternal mercy grant these soul peace and rest.

AUGUST 2018

Birth Day04 Bro. A. Maria Joseph Antony 13 Bro. S. Maria Soosai Adaikalam14 Bro. A. Maria Selvam16 Bro. K.A. Chinappan Prasad 23 Bro. A. David Francis 29 Bro. N.M. Michael Raj

Feast Day08 Bro. S. Arockianathan 08 Bro. R. Arockiampeter 08 Bro. S. Arockiasamy 08 Bro. M. Arockiaraj 08 Bro. I. Arockiam 08 Bro. A. Arockiam Abinash 08 Bro. S. Arockiaraj 21 Bro. L. Franklin Mathew 27 Bro. A. Vincent Paul 29 Bro. N.M. Michael Raj 29 Bro. A. Michael29 Bro. V. Raphael Alex

Departed03 Bro. R. Amaladas08 Bro. Antony T. Ramayil 10 Bro. M. Joseph 11 Bro. J. Maria Innacimuthu12 Bro. V. Arulanandam 17 Bro. M. Francis 19 Bro. G. Boniface22 Bro. S. Maria Pragasam 22 Bro. P.M. Chacko23 Bro. A. Augustine Poonusamy25 Bro. F. Manuel Esther Fernandes26 Bro. A. Maria Soosai

O Mother of God, accept these salutations in union with the respect and veneration with which he Angel Gabriel first hailed you “Full of Grace”, I wish mot sincerely that they may become so many gems in the crown of your Heavenly glory, which will increase in brightness to the end of the world. I beseech you, O Comfortress of the afflicted, by the joy you received, when the Word was made Flesh, to obtain for me the Favours and Graces, which I have now implored through your Powerful intercession. For this end I offer you all the good works, which have ever been performed in your honour, I most humbly entreat you, for the love of the amiable heart of Jesus, with which yours was ever so inflamed, to hear my humble prayers and obtain my requests. Amen.

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