A Hearty Welcome to the Blooming Buds

            July 07, 2012 was set as the new comers’ Day, or freshets’ Day or Welcome day. This year God has blessed us with 26 new students from various dioceses and congregations. The Welcome Day began with all of us gathering in front of the portico. We had a procession to the main Chapel. The Holy Eucharist began immediately, and it was presided over by Fr. Albinus Kujur, SVD, who is also a new staff member. Fr. Albinus has come from KPRP as our new administrator. In the sermon Fr. Charles Pinto, SVD said that they were very happy to join KPRT as new members to the family. Fr. Charles has come as new spiritual director from Indore. After the mass we moved to the refectory, where the First years were welcomed with a felisitation song by Fourth Year brothers and by others. Today also it was special occasion as Bro. Suresh Malak celebrated his B’day, we all wished him a happy b’day and God’s blessings.

            The welcome program began around 3:00 pm with Fr. Rector presenting one each sapling to the first years which they planted around the ground. This is a beautiful tradition initiated three years back. After plantation by the new comers, there was an interesting football match between first years and rest of the community. After a long tussle the first years won the match by 1-0. This was a beautiful welcome on behalf of the community. Evening program began around 5:30. All the first year brothers were welcomed by washing their hand. Then we led them to the auditorium with singing and dancing. In the auditorium we had the introduction and talent show by the first years. There was also a dance by Bro. David Antony, and felicitation song by third years, a prayer song by second years. Fr. Rector, in his message said that it is nice to see so many new talents in the brothers. Each year when the newcomers come, lot of new talents are added to the community. After sumptuous supper, we had a movie.

New Comers This Year (2012)

A Hearty Welcome to the New Comers of This Year. We have 26 new comers this year...!!!

S.No.	Name	Diocese	B’day
01	William Vincent A.	OFM Cap	April 5
02	John Bhabor	Indore	Dec. 5
03	Reethan Praveen C.	OFM Cap	June 5
04	Prakash Damor	Jhabua	Feb. 2
05	Santosh Ekka	Ambikapur	May 11
06	Sunil Ekka	Ambikapur	Oct. 9
07	George S.	VPC	Dec. 15
08	Geo Joseph	Khandwa	May 14
09	John Sundar A.	Jhabua	April 24
10	Kamlesh Kulranjan K.	Hazaribag	July 2
11	Deepak Kispotta	Jhabua	Oct 3
12	Pradeep Kujur	HGN	Sept. 20
13	Sunil Lakra	Port Blair	April 23
14	Julius Kullu	Bhopal	May 21
15	Ravi Kumar M.	VPC	April 25
16	Suresh Malaka	VPC	July 7
17	Manoj Kumar	VPC	June 1
18	Suman Kishore Minj	Hazaribag	Nov. 18
19	Mukti Kumar	Ambikapur	June 8
20	Phiroj Nayak	SSP	Oct 4
21	Wilson Vijay S.	OFM Cap	Jan 2
22	Luke Nagahoto Sheqi	OFM Cap.	Feb. 6
23	Denis Tigga	Bhopal	May 28
24	Sudhir Toppo	HGN	Aug. 26
25	Preetam Vasuniya	Indore	Dec. 8
26	Pranam Xalxo	Bhopal	March 26
Abbreviations:                                  VPC = Voluntary Priests for Christ                                  HGN = Heralds of Good News                                  SSP = Sanjoe Society for Prisoners

Picnic to Bhopal (18-02-2012)

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Every year we have a number of picnics such as class picnic, diocese or congregation picnic and annual picnic. Most interesting and most thrilling of them is the annual picnic. Last year we had gone to Indore and had great fun, but this year was more enjoyable and more fun-filled. This year we had chosen Bhopal as our picnic spot.

            It was the beautiful morning of 18^th February 2012 that brought the bright son of great thrill. The day began with Holy Eucharist at 6 in the morning. Soon after the Holy Eucharist we had breakfast and prepared to go. The bus that was hired for the purpose was already parked in the play ground. Since the archbishop of Nagpur was coming to visit the brothers from Nagpur, so they had to stay back to welcome their archbishop.  However rest of us started with singing and shouting at about 7:30 a.m. on the way there was lots of fun and frolic with singing and playing different music instruments. Scarcely had we felt the distance of almost 2 hours, and we were there.

            The first stoppage was the biggest mosque of India, the Tajul Masazid (the full name is Darul Uloom Tajul Masajid) which means the crown among all the mosques. There we were explained by a gentleman all about the mosque. He said this was built by certain Begam Shahajehan who started the work in 1887 and somehow passed away without completing it in 1901. Latter on this was completed by following ruler. At the time of its completion, this was the biggest mosque in whole of Islam world. But presently it has the prestigious credit of being the biggest in India. According to the brochure given to us at the place, the purpose of this mosque was to keep alive the culture and education of the Arabs (Muslims). It was for this purpose that the network of many madrsas was spread all over India. This was to be the biggest center of not only Muslim learning but also praying, and that’s the reason that this mosque has four hostels for the students of different ages numbering around 700. Another speciality of this mosque is that it has special place for women to pray. It was great visit.

            Our next stoppage was the Bidla Temple and Bidla museum. None of us was interested to see the museum, however we went to the temple and it was beautiful to see the city from the top. It is built on a high place.

            After seeing the temple we started straight to Ratanpur parish, where there was also our next destination. There were welcomed by the parish priest, and also a priest of Sagar diocese. There we had sumptuous lunch which we had carried with us. Little while later, after lunch we went to the Fun City. We had got the tickets on concession with the help of Fr. Biju Philip of Sagar. In the Fun City we had great fun on the swings, train, thrillarium and many more games and sites. After about one hour we entered in the water park inside the fun city itself. We had great fun, swimming, and enjoying in the cool water. We enjoyed in the water for almost one hour. From fun city we came back to the parish and some snacks and cold drinks.

            On the way while coming back we also visited the DB City (a shopping mall from Dainik Bhaskar). We enjoyed seeing such a beautiful place and very specially going up and coming down on the escalators. After that we started back and did not stop anywhere except for tea. Around 9 p.m. we reached back to the seminary and thanked God and everyone for making the day special and enjoyable. Now we look forward for the long tour next year which comes after three years.

Birthday of Fr. Pius (Feb 4)

 "Fr. Pius enjoys life..."
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February 4^th is special day not only for the Catholics of India, as it is the feast day of St. John De Britto, but it is a special day in a special way for Khrist Premalaya Family, very specially for Fr. Pius Lakra, SVD. This is the day on which he was born. We were glad to celebrate his birthday with great euphoria and glee. Unlike previous year, this day was a holiday, so we had the full day at our disposal.

            The day began at 6 in the morning with the rising bell. After some time we gathered in front of the main building and there was a short welcoming ceremony guided by Bro. Carol Antony. After washing of the hands and garlanding the main celebrant, we proceeded in a procession to the chapel. During the holy Eucharist, Bro. Rajesh Sarrel, in his introduction said, that Fr. Pius is very cheerful person and very much concerned about the brothers. He also gave some of his biographical information in short. The Liturgy and other programmes for the day were organized under the leadership of the first year theologians as Fr. Pius is the moderator for them.

            After the mass there was the sumptuous breakfast. In the afternoon there was a cricket match of fifteen overs each between the teams divided under the captainship of Fr. Johny and Fr. Pius. Fr. John’s team won the toss and chose to bat first. With their enthusiastic performance they set a score of 108 runs before the opponent team with 32 highest runs by Bro. Shijo John with 2 sixes and 4 fours. Fr. Pius team began the chase after 10 minutes’ tea break with relatively moderate pace. After sometime the wickets started falling rapidly and the whole team was flat at 68 runs, losing the match by 40 runs. Bro. Manoj Kujur hit highest 3 sixes.

            In the evening, the guests were invited from the nearing communities. There was a short felicitation programme by the first years. They showed a short skit and sang songs. Bro. Carol Antony spoke of the first years’ experience with Fr. Pius, he said that Fr. Pius always keeps smiling and he is so friendly with the brothers that we don’t hesitate to approach him anytime. Fr. Rector spoke on behalf of the staff and said that Fr. Pius makes the community life lively and enjoys life. We are very glad to have him amidst us. At the end Fr. thanked everyone for making the day a special one, and after the blessing for the meal we began the banquet. The day ended with a movie.

Classes Begin in the New Academic Block...

After waiting almost for two weeks after the inauguration of the New Academic Block, the classes began in the same. It was inaugurated on 15^th of January, 2012 by two bishops, namely Archbishop Leo Cornelio, SVD and Bishop Chacko T, SVD. Today (30^th January, 2012) was not an ordinary day. For past two years we had been seeing the construction work of the New Block under process and it finally came to its complete this year in the beginning of January. Before starting the classes in the New Block we were having classes in the auditorium and reference hall of the library. It is great joy for us to have a new Academic block. It is furnished with modern facilities, airy rooms with sufficient natural light. First year theologians have their class room on the ground floor whereas the second and third year students are given a class room on the first floor. The first classes taken in the New Academic Block were by Rev. Fr. Savari Rayan, SVD of the subject “letter to the Hebrews and other epistles” whereas the first class for the first years was taken by the Dean himself (Dr. Jesuraj Rayappan, SVD) on the subject of Church History: ancient and medieval.

            Just before starting the classes we had class wise picnics in the around places of Ashta. Before that the last was filled with sports and cultural activities as it was the week of KHRISPO 2012-2013.

Christian Unity Week

 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins

         

The Christian Unity Week begins in Khrist Premalaya Seminary with a creative evening worship, under the theme "We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ". The Week is promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 Churches seeking unity, common witness and Christian service. The Catholic Church participates in this ecumenical initiative, despite not being a member of the WCC.

   What is Christian Unity Week? The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally celebrated from 18 to 15 January in the northern hemisphere, and around the time of Pentecost in the southern hemisphere. It brings together Christian parishes and congregations from different confessional families all over the world, who meet and pray together in special ecumenical celebrations.

   Each year ecumenical partners in a particular region are asked to prepare a basic text on a biblical theme. Then an international group with WCC-sponsored (Protestant and Orthodox) and Roman Catholic participants edits this text to ensure it is linked with the search for Christian unity. The text is jointly published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and by the WCC's Commission on Faith and Order which also accompanies the entire production process of the text. The final material is sent to member Churches and Roman Catholic dioceses, which are invited to translate the text and contextualise it for their own use.

   This year's theme comes from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians which promises the transformation of human life - with all its apparent dimensions of 'triumph' and 'defeat' - through the victory of Christ's resurrection.