Enter into the Lord’s Courts! Entrance Day 2010

We were glad to formally welcome sixteen new novices into the community of Mount St Joseph on their Entrance Day on June 30. During the Entrance Day Mass in the morning, the 16 freshers received a copy of the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus from the Novice Director Fr Dion Vaz. The Socius, Fr Sunil Fernandes, gave them a picture of Jesus to remind them forever their life commitment as they took their very first steps as Jesuits. Fr Francis Menezes, the Rector, in a very fitting homily spoke about the implications of living as Companions of Jesus. After the Holy Mass, the community gathered in the refectory to felicitate the new Novices and the seniors gave them handmade greeting cards. The hard fought basketball match in the evening and common recreation after the supper relaxed us and increased our joy.

“Home is where the heart is” – Pliny.

Navataranga 2010 on the Speedway

On the background of the Vows day on 21 June, the Annual magazine of the Novitiate , Navataranga saw the light of day. The title of this years issue is "God's Love Made Visible". The lift-off took place during the short felicitation programme following the Vows Day Eucharist in the evening. Fr Vijay Prabhu, the Rector of St Joseph's College, inaugurated the volume which has reached to its 33rd issue. Here are the modified excerpts from the speech of the vovent, Ryan Rodrigues, the editor of the issue. "God, the author of life's journey has become part of us. Nature reveals to us the magnanimity of God's love. The modern world stresses on experience. If we have not experienced His love, we have experienced nothing. Navataranga 2010 radiates to you all our lived experience with the Triune God. We pray that our spiritual experience may be yours too". We wish that Navataranga 2010 may inspire in you a greater love for Jesus and His work. 
"If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others." T Edwards

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.

New Spring! Entry of First Years

June 16 was a special day for the Novitiate. The future of the Society seemed brighter today with the arrival of 16 new Novices. The list consists of 2 Novices from our neighbouring Andhra Province and 14 for our province.

The names of the freshers are as follows: 1.Albert Vasanth 2.Calvin George Michael 3.Chethan Anil Pinto 4.Gladwin Fernandes 5.Godwin Sequeira 6.Jaison Lobo 7.Joyal Sandeep 8.Leston Baptist Lobo 9.Nithin Coelho 10.Praveen Kiran Martis 11.Rayan Monis 12.Sameer Francis 13.Sharun Roy D’Souza 14.Sudeep Pinto 15.Vincent Vijayakumar 16.Vinod Mathias Saldanha. We wish these generous followers of Christ all the best as they begin the first run with the Lord in the Novitiate.