Monday, January 14, 2008

Indian Jesuits A Part Of The GC 35 Celebrate "The Baptism Of The Lord" With Fellow Countrymen

Rome, Jan 14: On the last day of the Christmas season, Jan 13, 2008 the Sunday of the baptism of Jesus, nearly 60 members of the ‘Monglur Kutam’ in Rome came together in the SVD generalate to wish one another the joys of the season. While Fr. Pius D’Souza OCD, and Fr. Ronald Pereira SVD did the welcoming as the ‘family’ members arrived, Fr. Clifford D’Souza together with Sr. Thelma D’Paula prepared for the Holy Eucharist. Fr. Gregory Pinto SVD, General Councillor, presided over the Eucharist, while Frs. Vijay Prabhu SJ, Provincial of Karnataka province and Valerian Sequeira together with nearly 20 priests concelebrated. In his homily, Fr. Gregory highlighted that God was not obliged to send his Son to save mankind and in spite of man’s failure to love him he still sent his Son who would tell us how much the Father loves us! The choir led by Frs Reginald Furtado and Dolphy Pius, singing Christmas hymns in Konkani, revived the nostalgic feelings of the bygone days.

Read the full story and see all the great pictures (here)

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