Mount St Joseph chapel became the point of intersection for the
province Jesuit family on the way to greet the seven jubilarians. The province
jubilarians – Frs Simon Furtado (60 years as a priest)
Claude D’Souza, (50 years as a priest) Maxim Rasquinha, Stanislaus Miranda (60
years as Jesuits), John Mendonca, Boniface Lewis and Pradeep Sequeira (50 years
as Jesuits), with the testimony of their lives have inspired the entire
province. In one voice, the province family thanked the Lord for the gift of
these seven committed lives during the Holy Mass in the morning. Many were too willing to
speak and shower praises on the jubilarians during the felicitation function.
Fr Francis Serrao SJ, the Provincial thanked them for playing a crucial role in
building our province. The ever-young in spirit, Fr Denis Coelho with his cheeky humour took the function by storm as he proposed the toast. In
the course of their many years in religious life, the jubilarians have gleaned a lot of
experience, which was shared by Fr Pradeep during the homily and by Fr Maxim
during the felicitation programme. The entire event took on a festive mood and
it became a great occasion to spend time with the other. We congratulate the
jubilarians and pray that they may continue to inspire many by their lives of
unflinching commitment to the Lord and the Society of Jesus.
“The distance is
nothing; it is only the first step that costs.” Mme. Du Deffand
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