Rooted in Love & Service

Twelve of our brothers strongly feel rooted in love and service to our Lord Jesus Christ. They came forward courageously to be and to go with Christ, looking on the world with His eyes, loving it with His heart and entering into its depth with His unlimited compassion. We had a two-fold celebration. First of all, twelve of our brothers (Ashwin D’Silva, Arvin Pais, Jaison D’Souza, Jason Marits, John Saldanha, Joyson Vaz, Martin Joseph, Paul Anand, Pradeep, Ruben D’souza, Ryan Rodrigues & Yesunand Karlekar) made their First Profession by placing themselves to be rooted in Christ’s love and to be the servants of His Kingdom. Secondly, we celebrated the feast of a young Saint of the Society of Jesus, St Aloysius Gonzaga - a man of great conviction who stood by the Spirit which led his faith into action. His motto: “The service of humanity is the service of God” is an inspiration for all of us.
The theme of the Eucharist was “Rooted in Love & Service.” Fr Francis Serrao, the Provincial of the Karnataka Province, presided over the Eucharist and received the Vows. 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-2010" was released by Fr William Sequeira, our former Rector. The vovents feel grateful to Frs Francis Menezes (our Rector), William, Dion, Sunil & the Mount St Joseph community for their prayerful support and encouragement to commit ourselves entirely to the Lord. Above all, we thank the Lord and all of you for making this day a memorable one.