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Bishop's House, Baruipur P.O., Kolkata - 700 144, India342
October 2017
Mission Sunday this year is on October 15. At this occasion Pope
Francis tells, “that World Mission Sunday gathers us around the
person of Jesus, the
very first and greatest evangelizer”(EN 7), who continually
sends us forth to proclaim the Gospel of love of God the Father in
the power of the Holy Spirit. This day invites us to reflect a new
on the mission at the heart of Christian faith. Church is
missionary by nature; otherwise she would no longer be the church
of Christ, but one group among many others that soon end up serving
their purpose and passing away.
Mission and the transformative power of the Gospel of Christ,
the Way, the truth and the life: Church's mission is based on the
transformative power of the Gospel. Gospel is Good News filled with
contagious joy because it contains and offers new life: life of
Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. In Following
Jesus our way, we experience the truth and receive his Life. That
life sets us free from every kind of selfishness, and is a source
of creativity in life.
Mission Inspires a spirituality of Constant exodus, pilgrimage
and exile: Church's mission is enlivened by the spirituality of
constant exodus. We are “challenged to go forth from our own
comfort zone in order to reach all the peripheries in the need of
the light of the Gospel.”(EG 20) The Church's mission impels us to
undertake a constant pilgrimage across the various deserts of life,
through the different experience of hunger and thirst for the truth
and justice. The church's mission inspires a sense of constant
exile, to make us aware, in our thirst for truth and justice.
Mission reminds the church that she is not an end unto herself,
but a humble instrument and mediation of the Kingdom. A
self-referential church , one content with earthly success, is not
the church of Christ, his crucified and glorious body. That is why
we should prefer “a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty
because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church
which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own
security,”(EG 49)
Young people, the hope of the Mission: Young people are the hope
of mission. The person of Jesus Christ and the Good News he
proclaimed continue to attract many young people. They seek ways to
put themselves with courage and enthusiasm at the service of
humanity. “There are many young people who offer their solidarity
in the face of evils of the world and engage in various forms of
militancy and volunteering …How beautiful it is to see that young
people are 'street preachers', joyfully bringing Jesus to every
street, every town square and every corner of the earth
(EG109).
The Service of the Pontifical Mission Societies: The Pontifical
Mission Societies are a precious means of awakening in every
Christian community a desire to reach beyond its own confines and
security in order to proclaim the Gospel to all. World Mission
Sunday is good opportunity for enabling the missionary heart of
Christian Communities to join in prayer, testimony of life and
communion of goods, in responding to the vast and pressing needs of
evangelization. Let me repeat again what I wrote earlier in the
context of Mission Sunday, “What I kept, I lost, what I spent, I
gave, I have”.
Carrying our mission with Mary, the Mother of Evangelization:
Moved by the Spirit may welcomed the word of life in the depth of
her humble faith. May she help us and intercede for us so that we
can acquire the holy audacity needed to discover new ways to bring
the gift of salvation to every man and woman.
Let the celebration of Mission Sunday this year become an
occasion to practice the command of Jesus, Go to spread the words
of eternal life. Go to spread this good news of Jesus Christ: God
is love.
Mission Sunday - 2017
+ Salvadore Lobo
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[ 2 ] October 2017
Visit of Caritas India team to Sundarban: Fr. Frederick D'Souza,
Executive director of Caritas India along with his 7 staff members
th thpaid a visit to Sundarban on 7 and 8 September, 2017. The
objective of visit was to
thunderstand the life, livelihood and struggle of people living
in locality of Sundarban. On 7 September, 2017 Fr. Frederick
D'Souza and his team met Rt. Rev. Salvadore Lobo at Bishop's House
Baruipur there he shared the purpose of their visit. After the
meeting Rt. Rev. Salvadore Lobo handed over Rs. 1.5 lack to Fr.
Frederick D'Souza towards solidarity fund raised by Palli Unnayan
Samiti Baruipur for the flood victims of North Bengal. Under the
guidance of Palli Unnayan Samiti Baruipur Caritas team then went to
Dhamakhali, North 24 Parganas to witness the crab cultivation of
Mr. Oli Molla. They then moved to Chandipur in Birpradaspur GP
under Gosaba block where a community meeting was organized for the
visiting team. Mr. Jogodish Mandal and Asit Halder, residents of
Sundarban said, “Sundarban is like mother to the
people of Sundarban as we go to forest to collect honey and fire
wood and we go to river to catch tiger prawn, fish, crab etc. for
our survival.” Mrs. Tagari Mandal, Mrs. Mamoni Mohota and Mrs.
Sujata Mandal said that they go to river to catch 'shrim' locally
called min to support their families. Mr. Kalipada Halder shared
that farmers have only two options either to cultivate paddy or
vegetable. Fr. Frederick D'Souza requested them saying that if
Sundarban is your mother then you are to take care of Sundarban as
it gives your livelihood and also it is a biggest mangrove forest
in the world. On 8th September Caritas team visited Tridipnagar
village in Jharkhali GP under Basanti block where they had
interaction with a group of fishermen and widows whose husbands
were killed by the Royal Bengal Tiger as they went to forest to
collect honey, firewood and catch fish and crabs from river. Then
the Caritas team went to see the Sundarban forest. Fr. Frederick
D'Souza expressed a sincere thanks
thto Palli Unnayan Samiti Baruipur for organizing their visit to
Sundarban and on 9 September, 2017 they left for Delhi.
Workshop on Reflection and Planning on Policy Making”: Policies
are important to social work organization because they help the
organization to run in a professional way. In the light of it All
Bengal Collaborators for Development (ABCD) conducted workshop on
“Reflection and Planning of Policies Making” at Palli Unnayan
Samiti
th thBaruipur from 11 to 13 September, 2017.
Mr. Sanjay Rozario and Mr. Surya Ghosh were the resource
persons. Mr. Sanjay Rozarion shared the objective of the workshop
as per Caritas India initiatives. Policies are very important for
any social work organization. We, as Diocesan Social service
Society (DSSS) have to have policies as per Caritas India
Guideline. Caritas India takes initiative to help DSSS to develop,
review and modify different policies needs as the guides for
organization. Beside this the capacity & skill building of the
project staffs have to be
updated time to time for monitoring & evaluation of the
project in global changing phenomenon of NGO sector. Based on it 4
Policies of PUS i.e. Human Resource Policy, Finance Policy, Gender
Policy and Child Protection Policy were reviewed and modified and 2
more policies namely Social Inclusion Policy and Local Resource
Mobilization Policy were developed during the workshop. Palli
Unnayan Samiti Baruipur will send the above mentioned 6 policies to
ABCD for correction and then it will be placed to the Governing
Body of PUS for approval.
Fr. Parimal Kanji expressed a sincere thanks to Mr. Sanjay
Rozario and Mr. Surya Ghosh for helping PUS in review and modifying
of its policies.
Events at PUS Baruipur
- Mr. Provakar Bar & Mr. Sanjiv Mandal
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[ 3 ]October 2017
MSC Celebrates the Feast of Patroness
n 8th Sep 2017 Morning Star Regional Seminary, Barrackpore
celebrated the feast of the Nativity of the BVM, the Patroness of
the Seminary. The seminarians had their annual retreat at the
beginning of September, preparing for this Ooccasion with a
positive interior disposition. The Solemn concelebrated
Eucharist on 8th Sept. was presided over by Rt. Rev. Cyprian
Monis, Bishop of Asansol and 28 priests from the MSC and the
neighbouring communities. In his homily Bp. Cyprian encapsulated
the role of Mother Mary among the faithful as the source and summit
of Christian life. The esteemed presence of neighbouring
communities, benefactors and well-wishers made the day
prominent.
On this graceful occasion 21 theologians of 4th year were
admitted to the candidacy to the Holy Order and 19 theologians of
3rd year received the ministry of Acolyte whereas 21 theologians of
2nd year received the ministry of Lector.
Rev. Fr. J. A. Santhanam, the Rector of MSC articulated his
heartfelt joy in welcoming and wishing one and all. The entire
ceremony was wound up with a delectable fellowship meal in the MSC
auditorium.
ollowing the tradition, this year also we have celebrated the
Feast of our Lady of Vailankanni on 8th September, 2017 in St.
Anthony's Church, Keorapukur. Nine days Novena was Forganized for
fruitful celebration of the feast. It began with the hosting of the
flag of our Lady
of Vailankanni on 29th August, 2017. The main celebrant was Rev.
Fr. Arockiasamy, Principal of Morning Star College, Barrackpore.
The nine days Novena was conducted by various groups of the parish.
Each day a priest preached the Novena with the thought provoking
homilies. On the feast day Fr. Aloke Kanji was the main celebrant
and Fr. Kanauj Roy preached an apt homily for the day. People
brought various kinds of eatables as offerings and after the mass
it was distributed to all the faithful. Fr. Kanauj Roy, Parish
Priest thanked each of them for their generosity and helping had
for the celebration.
- Ms. Archana Corraya
Feast Day of Our Lady of VailankanniSt. Anthony's Church,
Keorapukur
Annual Retreat at Vailankanni
- Bro. Sanjay Dhara
The Bishop and 25 priests of the Diocese of Baruipur went on a
pilgrimage-cum-retreat at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Health,
Vailankanni. The retreat started on the 12th of September, 2017.
Fr. J. M. Britto of
Sivagangai diocese guided the presbyterium in its annual
spiritual journey. The preacher enriched the retreat with simple
but edifying experiences from daily living. These were days of
intense prayer and reflection in thanking for the graces received
and preparing for the mission ahead. On the last day of the
retreat, Holy Mass was celebrated by the Bishop Salvadore Lobo and
the priests of the diocese at the altar of the main shrine. Bishop
Lobo in his homily asked the priests assembled to spread the
Mission and the transformative power of the Gospel of Christ, the
Way, the truth and the life. Church's mission is based on the
transformative power of the Gospel. Gospel is Good News filled with
contagious joy because it contains and offers new life: life of
Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. In Following
Jesus our way, we experience the truth and receive his Life. That
life sets us free from every kind of selfishness. He also asked the
priests to take special care of the young people and childr4en who
are the hope of mission. The person of Jesus Christ and the Good
News he proclaimed continue to attract many children and young
people.
It was a unique spiritual experience for all to pray under the
mantle of Our Lady like the apostles did in their time. The retreat
ended on the 16th of September.
- Fr. Tushar A. Gomes
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Intentions for the Apostleship of Prayer, Month of October
2017
Workers and the Unemployed
That all workers may receive respect and protection of their
rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to
contribute to the common good.
Bishop Lobo's Programme for October 2017
24 Fr. Indrajit Sardar
25 Fr. Pradeep Roy
• This year we observe the Mission Sunday on 15th October 2017.
Kindly make evangelization the first priority in life.
• Golden Jubilee of the charismatic movement shall be held in
the diocesan level at Sacred Heart Church, Thakurpukur, from 20th
to 22nd October 2017. All are welcome to attend. The inaugural
function will be held at 11.00 a.m. Bishop Stephen Lepcha will
on the first day.
• Diocesan Pastoral Centre is organizing one day seminar (2
Days) for the Altar Severs which will be held at Dishari Pastoral
Centre, Baruipur on 6th October & 7th October 2017.
• Diocesan Pastoral Centre is organizing a Retreat for Youth
which will be held at Dishari Pastoral Centre, Baruipur from 13th
to 15th October 2017.
• Diocesan Pastoral Centre is organizing a Retreat for Adults
(man & women) which will be held at Dishari Pastoral Centre,
Baruipur from 27th to 29th October 2017 .
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Date Day Time Place Programme
01 Sun 08.00 a.m. Sonarpur Mass and Confirmation
02 Mon 06.30 a.m. Kalyanpur Mass for the feast day of Holy
Angels
04 Wed 11.00 a.m. Baruipur G.B. Meeting of Paribar Jyothi
05 Thu 06.30 a.m. Kolkata Mass for M.C. Brothers at Tangra
06 Fri Baruipur Foundation day celebration of PUS
09 Mon Goes to Delhi
10 Tue 09.00 a.m. Vaishali G.B. Meeting of NISCORT
11 Wed Returns to Baruipur
12 Thu Krishnagar Visits Seminarians at Amghata & M.C.
Sisters
14 Sat 09.30 a.m.04.00 p.m.
15 Sun 07.00 a.m. Ranigarh Mission Sunday Mass and
confirmations
17 Tue Asansol BRBC, CRI and CDPI annual meet
18 Wed Asansol BRBC, CRI and CDPI annual meet
19 Thu Asansol BRBC, CRI and CDPI annual meet
20 Fri 10.00 a.m. Thakurpukur Celebration of Golden Jubilee of
Charismatic Moment
21 Sat 10.30 a.m. Basanti Golden Jubilee celebration of Srs.
Shanti Sardar & Emilia Dias F.C.
22 Sun 07.30 a.m. Khari Mass and confirmations
24 Tue 11.00 a.m.
04.00 p.m.
25-26 Wed-Thu New Delhi G.B. Meeting of Caritas India
27 Fri Returns to Baruipur
31 Tue 05.00 p.m. St. Xavier's College, Ecumenical symposium
Kumrokhali C.L.C. Annual gatheringGoes to Ranigarh
Raghabpur Blessing of the New building at St. Xavier's College,
RaghabpurGoes to Delhi
Kolkata
Birthday Celebration of
Bishop L. N. Gomes S.J.
Bishop, Fathers, Brothers and Sisters of Baruipur Diocese were
very happy to wish our Bishop Emeritus Rt. Rev. Bishop Linus Nirmal
Gomes S.J. on his 97th Birthday. In the chapel of St. Xavier's
College, Kolkata there was a solemn concelebrated Eucharist
presided over by Bishop Emeritus Rt. Rev. Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes
S.J., Archbp Thomas D'Souza, Bishop Salvadore Lobo, Fr. Noel
D'Souza S.J. Fr. Jayaraj Veluswamy S.J., Fr. Raphael J. Hyde S.J.,
Fr. Dominic Savio S.J. and more than twenty five priests
participated in the mass in the evening. There was a fellowship
gathering after the mass. We wish him a very long life.