“PLACED WITH CHRIST YOUR SON”

(contributed by the Vovents)

Eighteen of our Novices (Derrick, Dayle, Jeevan Gomes, Jeevan James, John Baptist, Kiran, Lumnesh, Merwyn, Ronald, Sudhir and Suman in Bengaluru; Joel, Nithin and Vivian in Belgaum; Antony, Canet, Jaysheelan and Leo in Guntur) pronounced their First Vows on the 21^st of June.
“Only You, only you will I Seek,Only You, only you will I Praise, Only You, only you will I Love Because You made me to desire only You.”

This hymn was an outpouring from the depths of our hearts to the Almighty God on the day when we offered ourselves to Him. The chapel of Mount St Joseph looked heavenly amidst the angelic choir led by Fr Henry Saldanha. The presence of a large number of religious to celebrate our heart’s ‘Magnificat’ added to our joy. “Placed With Christ Your Son” was the theme of the Eucharist. Fr Vijay Kumar Prabhu, the Provincial of the Karnataka Province, presided over the Eucharist and received our vows. We express our sincere thanks to him. Fr Jossie D’Mello gave an inspiring and thought provoking homily and Fr Dion, the Novice Director, inspired us with his moving message. Soon after the Eucharist, we had a short felicitation ceremony in the community refectory to greet the vovents. During the Programme, the Annual bulletin of the Novitiate “Navataranga-2008” was released by Fr Simon Furtado. We owe a deep sense of gratitude to the Lord for His benevolence and love. We thank Frs William Sequeira, Dion, Manoj and Sunil for their encouragement and leading us to commit ourselves entirely to the Lord. We also thank all the Fathers of Mount St Joseph community for their prayerful support. Our Special thanks to our senior companions who lead us during the first year of our Novitiate and our junior companions who shared our life for the last one year. We thank them for making our vows day a memorable one. We will cherish and treasure this day all through our lives. We also thank all of you for your prayers.