REVISED OFFICIAL TRANSFERS AND APPOINTMENTS-2014
Dear
and Rev. Fathers of Jamshedpur Diocese,
I had issued on Wednesday, April 9,
2014, the Official list of transfers and appointments of our priests.
Unfortunately, due to Fr. Gerald Martin’s sudden demise and some other
unavoidable circumstances, I have now readjusted the transfers and appointments
of some of our Priests. I thank these priests for their openness, understanding
and generosity in accepting the new appointments. Please find below the revised
list of Transfers and appointments-
NAME
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DESIGNATION
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PLACE
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Fr. Edwin Coelho
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Diocesan
Treasurer
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Bishop’s
House, Golmuri
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Fr. Cyprian Lobo
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Parish Priest
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Holy
Family Church, Kumardhubi
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Fr. A. Alphonse
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Parish Priest
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Sacred Heart Church, Adra
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Fr. Augustine Topno
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Asstt. PP & Principal
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Holy
Family Church/Schoo, Kumardhubi
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Fr. Eugene Ekka
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Asstt. PP & Principal
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Catholic Ashram/School, Purulia
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Fr. Emmanuel Horo
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Asstt. Parish Priest
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St. Paul’s Church, Maluka
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Fr. Junas Bhengra
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Mission In-Charge
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Jisu Marsal Ashram, Hathikunder
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Fr. Michael Deogam
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Asstt. Parish Priest
Asstt. Director
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St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Golmuri
St. Joseph’s Welfare Centre, Golmuri
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Fr. Pascal Toppo
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Asstt. Parish Priest
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St. Theresa’s Parish, Jhinkpani
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Note:
All changes will take place between 14th and 30th of
June 2014 (both days inclusive), unless otherwise agreed upon and informed to
the Bishop or the Vicar General.
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Wednesday,
April 09, 2014 +Felix Toppo, S.J.
Bishop’s House, Golmuri Bishop
of Jamshedpur
SYNOD OF BISHOPS ON FAMILY-2014
Family life is the focus of an
extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops that will meet at the
Vatican between 5-19 October 2014.
Around 150 Synod fathers will take part
in the meeting to discuss the "pastoral challenges of the family in the
context of evangelization." It is expected to last two weeks.
This is only the third 'extraordinary'
synod since Pope Paul VI reinstituted synods in 1965. According to the Code of
Canon Law, an “extraordinary general session” of the synod is held to “deal
with matters which require a speedy solution.”
The second stage focusing on this
important subject will be the 2015 Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of
Bishops. Following is the extract from the preparatory document on synod of
Bishops on the Family.
I.
Synod: Family and Evangelization
Concerns which were unheard of until a
few years ago have arisen today as a result of different
situations, from the widespread practice
of cohabitation, which does not lead to marriage, and sometimes even excludes
the idea of it, to same-sex unions between persons, who are, not infrequently,
permitted to adopt children. The many new situations requiring the Church's
attention and pastoral care include: mixed or inter-religious marriages; the
single-parent family; polygamy; marriages with the consequent problem of a
dowry, sometimes understood as the purchase price of the woman; the caste
system; a culture of non-commitment and a presumption that the marriage bond
can be temporary; forms of feminism hostile to the Church; migration and the
reformulation of the very concept of the family; relativist pluralism in the
conception of marriage; the influence of the media on popular culture in its understanding
of marriage and family life; underlying trends of thought in legislative
proposals which devalue the idea of permanence and faithfulness in the marriage
covenant; an increase in the practice of surrogate motherhood (wombs for
hire); and new interpretations of what is considered a human right. Within
the Church, faith in the sacramentality of marriage and the healing power of
the Sacrament of Penance show signs of weakness or total abandonment.
Consequently, we can well understand the
urgency with which the worldwide episcopate is called upon to gather cum et
sub Petro to address these challenges. For example, by simply calling to
mind the fact that, as a result of the current situation, many children and
young people will never see their parents receive the sacraments, then we
understand just how urgent are the challenges to evangelization arising from
the current situation, which can be seen in almost every part of the
"global village". Corresponding in a particular manner to this
reality today is the wide acceptance of the teaching on divine mercy and concern
towards people who suffer on the periphery of societies, globally and in
existential situations. Consequently, vast expectations exist concerning the
decisions which are to be made pastorally regarding the family. A reflection on
these issues by the Synod of Bishops, in addition to it being much needed and
urgent, is a dutiful expression of charity towards those entrusted to the
Bishops' care and the entire human family.
II.
The Church and the Gospel on the Family
The good news of divine love is to be
proclaimed to all those personally living this basic human
experience of couples and of a communion
open to the gift of children, which is the family community. The teachings of
the faith on marriage is to be presented in an articulate and efficacious
manner, so that it might reach hearts and transform them in accordance with
God's will, made manifest in Jesus Christ.
The citation of biblical sources on
marriage and family in this document are essential references
only. The same is true for documentation
from the Magisterium which is limited to that of a universal character,
including some texts from the Pontifical Council for the Family. It will be
left to the bishop participants at the synod to cite documents from their own Episcopal
assemblies.
In every age, and in the many different
cultures, the teaching of the Pastors has been clear nor has there been lacking
the concrete testimony of believers -- men and women — in very diverse circumstances
who have lived the Gospel of the family as an inestimable gift for their life
and their children. The commitment for the next Extraordinary Synod is inspired
and sustained by the desire to communicate this message with greater
incisiveness, in the hope that "the treasure of revelation, entrusted to
the Church, more and more fill the hearts of each person" (DV, 26).
The
Church's Teaching on the Family
Even in the early Christian community
the family appeared as the "domestic church" (cf. CCC,
1655): In the so-called "family
canons" of the Apostolic letters of the New Testament, the great family of
the ancient world is identified as the place of a profound solidarity between
husbands and wives, between parents and children, and between the wealthy and
the poor (cf. Eph 5:21-6:9; Col 3:18-4:1; 1Tim 2:8-15; Titus
2:1-10; I Pt 2:13-3:7; cf. also the Letter to Philemon). In
particular, the Letter to the Ephesians recognized the nuptial love between man
and woman as "the great mystery", making present in the world the love
of Christ and the Church (cf. Eph 5:31-32).
Over the centuries, especially in modem
times to the present, the Church has not failed to continually teach and
develop her doctrine on the family and marriage which founded her. One of its highest
expressions has been proposed by the Second Vatican Council in the Pastoral
Constitution Gaudium et spes, which, in treating certain pressing
problems, dedicated an entire chapter to the promotion of the dignity of
marriage and the family, as seen in the description of their value for the constitution
of society: "the family, in which the various generations come together
and help one another grow wiser and harmonize personal rights with the other
requirements of social life, is the very foundation of society" (GS, 52).
Particularly striking is its appeal for a Christ-centered spirituality in the spouses'
life of faith: "Let the spouses themselves, made to the image of the
living God and enjoying the authentic dignity of persons, be joined to one
another in equal affection, harmony of mind and the work of mutual
sanctification. Thus, following Christ who is the principle of life, by the
sacrifices and joys of their vocation and through their faithful love, married
people can become witnesses of the mystery of love which the Lord revealed to
the world by his dying and his rising up to life again"(GS, 52).
After the Second Vatican Council, the
successors of St. Peter enriched this teaching on marriage
and the family, especially Pope Paul VI
with the Enyclical Humanae vitae, which offers specific
principles and guidelines. Subsequently,
in his Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris consortio, Pope John Paul II
insisted on proposing the divine plan in the basic truths of married love and
the family: "The only 'place' in which this self-giving in its whole truth
is made possible is marriage, the covenant of conjugal love freely and
consciously chosen, whereby man and woman accept the intimate community of life
and love willed by God himself(cf. Gaudium et spes, 48) which only in
this light manifests its true meaning. The institution of marriage is not an
undue interference by society or authority, nor the extrinsic imposition of a
form. Rather it is an interior requirement of the covenant of conjugal love which
is publicly affirmed as unique and exclusive, in order to live in complete
fidelity to the plan of God, the Creator. A person's freedom, far from being
restricted by this fidelity, is secured against every form of subjectivism or
relativism and is made a sharer in creative Wisdom" (FC, 11).
The Catechism of the Catholic
Church gathers
together the fundamental aspects of this teaching:
"The marriage covenant, by which a
man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love,
has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its
very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the
generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between
the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament [cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical
Council, Gaudium et spes, 48; Code of Canon Law, 1055,
1]"(CCC 1660).
The doctrine presented in the Catechism
touches on both theological principles and moral behaviours, developed
under two separate headings: The Sacrament of Matrimony (nos. 1601-1658)
and The Sixth Commandment (nos. 2331-2391). An attentive reading of
these sections of the Catechism provides an updated understanding of the
doctrine of faith, which supports the Church's work in the face of modern-day
challenges. The Church's pastoral ministry finds inspiration in the truth of
marriage viewed as part of the plan of God, who created man and woman and, in
the fullness of time, revealed in Jesus the completeness of spousal love
elevated to the level of sacrament. Christian marriage founded on consensus is
also endowed with its own effects such as the goods and duties of the spouses.
At the same time, marriage is not immune from the effects of sin (cf. Gen
3:1-24), which can cause deep wounds and even abuses to the dignity of the
sacrament.
The recent encyclical of Pope Francis, Lumen
fidei, speaks of the family in the context of a reflection on how faith
reveals "just how firm the bonds between people can be when God is present
in their midst" (LF, 50). "The first setting in which faith
enlightens the human city is the family. I think first and foremost of the
stable union of man and woman in marriage. This union is born of their love, as
a sign and presence of God's own love, and of the acknowledgment and acceptance
of the goodness of sexual differentiation, whereby spouses can become one flesh
(cf. Gen 2:24) and are enabled to give birth to a new life, a
manifestation of the Creator's goodness, wisdom and loving plan. Grounded in
this love, a man and a woman can promise each other mutual love in a gesture
which engages their entire lives and mirrors many features of faith. Promising
love for ever is possible when we perceive a plan bigger than our own ideas and
undertakings, a plan which sustains us and enables us to surrender our future
entirely to the one we love" (LF, 52). "Faith is no refuge for
the fainthearted, but something which enhances our lives. It makes us aware of
a magnificent calling, the vocation of love. It assures us that this love is
trustworthy and worth embracing, for it is based on God's faithfulness which is
stronger than our every weakness" (LF, 53).
FEAST OF MERCY CONVENT
“Showers
of blessing, showers of blessing we need…” was the joyful cry of SCJM Sisters
as they celebrated the House Feast of Mercy Convent on 5th May,
2014. They were so overwhelmed with joy that they invited Bishop’s House, St.
Joseph’s Cathedral and Domincan Community to share their joy. Bishop Felix
Toppo, S.J. was the main celebrant of the evening. Fr. C. R. Prabhu preached a
beautiful sermon on community life and exhorted to be filled with the holy
spirit to build the grace filled community. At the end of the Mass the house
was blessed and thereafter the table celebration continued. Thanks to SCJM
Sisters for their service.
GOLDEN JUBILEE AT PURULIA CONVENT
Counting
God’s numerous blessing in her religious life Sr. Adriana celebrated her Golden
Jubilee on 14th May, 2014 with her invited guests, relatives and
friends. Bishop’s Felix Toppo,S.J. was the main celebrated of the thanks giving
mass which was celebrated in the school hall. Good number of priests and
Sisters from Purulia deanery joined the celebration and congratulated Sr.
Adriana for her thanking her for all the services and blessing that she brought
upon the people through her commited life.
Afte
the Mass a short cultural program was put up on the stage by the parishioners
and hostel boys and girls to felicitate and thank her. A delious family meal
was prepared for all which was served by the Sister. Congratulation Sr. Adriana!
LEADERSHIP CAMP FOR
KRUSVEERS
As planned in the Krusveer Animators’
meeting on 22nd Feb, 2014 Divya Bharati organized an overnight
leadership camp for the Krusveers and animators on 26th and 27th
April, 2014. The response was very encouraging.
There were 56 Krusveers, 13 animators from 14 schools participated with
great enthusiasm and open heart, ever ready to learn something new. The program started with cross procession,
short prayer service, lighting of the lamp and a key note address by Fr John
Mundu, sj. The Krusveers came to know
each other through the ice-breaking games and human housie. Later participants
were divided into 13 small groups. After the supper Fr. Niranjan showed video
on Young Don Bosco. On 27th April, Sunday morning the participants
met in their respective groups for meditation and Gospel sharing conducted by
the animators. The resource person Fr.
Niranjan Minj through power point presentation and video clips ably tried to
impart leadership qualities among the young hearts referring the great leaders
in the Holy Scripture. On the Feat day of Good Shepherd Sunday the children had
an opportunity to attend the Holy Mass in which the Shepherd Rt Rev. Bishop
Felix Toppo, sj was the main celebrant. The animators had prepared the children
very well for the very meaningful and solemn
Mass. After the lunch children prepared with the help of animators and
presented the Bible play. The Play was based on the Bible passage which they
took for the morning prayer and sharing. Rt Rev. Bishop Felix Toppo, sj once
again encouraged the children with his loving
Ashirwachan and wished them to be great leaders. The animators and Krusveers filled with
enthusiasm decided to do many things once they go back to their schools.
CLC
(CHRISTIAN LIVING COMMUNITY) IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
The First Orientation Program in order
to start CLC for the High School students and animators in the Diocese of
Jamshedpur was held at Divya Bharati, Chaibasa on April 26 and 27, 2014. It was
organized by Divya Bharati Team – Frs Niranjan Minj and Cyril Tigga. Seven
Animators and thirty seven students from seven Schools participated in the program with great
enthusiasm.
The program started with a procession – singing Marian hymns and the chanting of Our Diocesan
Golden Jubilee Theme – Towards the fullness of life as slogan – “Chalo hum Chalen – Sampurn jeevan ki Or.” Fr
Edwin Coelo, Parish Priest and Dean of Chaibasa Deanery, gave the key note
address in which he said we need
to build deep faith among the students
in Kolhan and CLC will play an important role in building strong faith. It will be an effective instrument of
building community in school, parish and in our villages. It will inspire the
students and animators to serve – serve the people, the church, the society and
the nation. And it is one of the platforms where the students learn to lead and
to become leader. After the inaugural session Fr Niranjan led the group to
forget oneself, know the other and fully be involved in the orientation program
through the ice-breaking games. On the
second day Fr Niranjan Minj dealt the spirituality needed for CLCs. Through the
power point presentation he disclosed the origin and brief history of CLC and
its purpose. The participants collectively prepared a meaningful liturgy. Fr Kishore Lugun, sj the main celebrant
inspired the participants by his well prepared sermon fitting to the occasion.
All the CLC members both the animators and students committed themselves in the
hand Mary to serve God and his people through meaningful Christian Living.
After the lunch the participants presented the bible play on Resurrection theme
in groups. The animators recalled
their CLC experiences and shared with the
new members what we can be, do and make differences school life. The just formed
CLCs met in their school units to make their future plans for actions. Some of
the important points are: 1. Students and animators wish to have CLC in their
schools and they will take a lead to membership drive. 2. They wish to have
every month a meeting, Holy Mass, Confession etc in their respective schools,
promote Marian devotion in villages 3. They would like to know more about CLC,
its aim and purposes, to have common meetings occasionally, retreat and at least one convention for the CLCs in a
year and so on.
To keep the CLC going in the Chaibasa
Deanery we have formed a team to work,
plan and lead:
1. Fr Kishore
Lugun, sj -St Xavier’s School,
Lupungutu;
2. Sr Lily Bara,
dsa - St Xaveir’s Girls School, Chaibasa;
3. Bro Anil
Kujur, dds – St Xaveir’s Boys School, Chaibasa
Members: Fr Sushil Kerketta,sj - Rengra; Mr Charles Kayom- Tepasai; Miss Seema Bara-
Jhinkpani; Ms Jagriti Tuti, Bor Arnold, Sr Asha OSU,
Students’ representatives: 1. Samu Kari,
Tepasai; 2. Mukta Bankira, Tepasai 3. Elisaba , SXG Chaibasa 4. Kishore
Aind , SXB, Chaibasa
Diocesan Directors : Fr Dilip Marandi
Fr Niranjan Minj, sj
The CLC orientation program was
concluded with a short evaluation, short prayer and veneration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, the constant companion and guide of every CLC member.
THE
LAST GOOD BYE
The Loyolian family at Taldanga, had
started off in high spirits in this new academic year. We were very eagerly
awaiting an impressive change where both technology and human would stand side
by side to give a brilliant shape to the process of Education.
However, the Almighty had some other
plans. The sudden demise of our dear Principal Rev. Fr. Gerry, left us
emotionally drained and speechless. In his short stay with us, he was able to
imbibe certain very important values, which will remain with us always. We
admire his patients, tolerance, uprightness, gentleness, and above all his cool
temperance.
A Prayer Service was held on Monday 28th
April, in the school auditorium. Students, teachers, staff, parents, people of
the locality, friends and many others had gathered to pay their last respect to
Fr. Gerald Martin D’souza. The school remained closed till his funeral rites
were over on Wednesday 30th April in Jamshedpur. We pray that his
soul may rest in peace.
Due to the heat the school timings had
to be changed again to 6:20am - 10:30am. The school closed for the summer
vacation on the 9th of May.
ISC 2014 results have been declared.
There was much trouble in accessing the Council site but finally we could relax
as the results were printed. This year the Commerce topper has secured 92% and
the Science topper 91%. (Rita Sen)
PRIESTLY
ORDINATION
After the ordination ceremony a short
cultural program was arranged by the parishioner to felicitate the new priest
to thank Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J. for his blessings upon the ordinandi. It was
a big feast for all the people who came in the liturgincal function. At the end
of the program all shared the feastival meal together. Thanks and
congratulation to the Prist In-charge Fr. Sanjay Kujur C.SS.R and his team!
CONFIRMATION
Bordor: 9th
May, 2014 was a memorable day for 32 boys and girls of St. Paul Miki Church, Bordor who received the Sacrament of
Confirmation by Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J.
Illu-Jhargo: In Sacred Heart
Catholic Ashram, Illu-Jhargo 17 boys
and girls received the Confirmation and First communion on 18th May,
2014 of which 4 were from St. Xavier’s Mision Balarampur. It was also the
anniversary of the inauguration of the Sacred Heart Catholic Ashram,
Illu-Jhargo. On this joyous day Frs. Jerome Periera and John Otto were present.
After the Mass the parishioners welcomed
and thanked the bishop. The Confirmation certificate was given to all the boys
and girls who received the Sacrament. Congratulations to the parish priests and
their team!
SUMMER
SPECIAL FOR JSR DIOCESAN SEMINARIANS
ST.
XAVIER’S ENGLISH SCHOOL, CHAKRADHARPUR
As the beginning
of summer started with light warm breeze, St. Xavier’s English School,
Chakradharpur also started the new session 2014-2015 from 10th of
March. Everybody’s presence on the first day of the school was with full of
energy. The day started by taking God’s name. All the daily activities of the
school began. On 22nd of March we had Intra class competitions for
all the classes. For Std. L.K.G & U.K.G we had “Observation of Articles”,
for Std. I to VI we had singing competition and for Std. VII to X we had Essay
Competition. Soon after that, all over, India was getting ready for the general
Elections of Lok Sabha. Xavier’s Students were also in full enthusiasm to have
their general elections for Student’s Council. It was held on 29th
of March and after counting, the results were declared on 31st March
2014. It was 5th April 2014 when we had the second set of
competitions, and was the day for the selected members of Student’s Council to
take Oath; Fr. Tony John was the chief Guest on this day. He presided over the
Oath taking ceremony of the student’s council and encouraged them to lead
selflessly. From 17th April
to 21st April, School was closed for Easter holidays. Our Summer
school timing has started. Now the students and staff are getting ready for the
big programme, which is the Inauguration of the Administrative Block on 9th
May 2014. Children are wholly and solely engrossed in practicing for this
programme to make it success, on this day our school’s first issue of the
Magazine “SOPHIZOMAI” will also be released. Before that, we also have the
Felicitations ceremony of our Maintenance staff on 1st May. From 10th
of May onwards our school summer Vacation will begin. School will reopen on the
17th of June 2014.
“CELEBRATION TIME” CISCE result is out, Congratulations
to all the students for securing good percentage. Best of Luck for their bright
future.
JAC MATRIC RESULTS OF-2014
Name of School
|
1st Div
|
2nd Div
|
3rd Div
|
Fail
|
Total
|
St.
Robert’s School, Parsudih
|
114
|
04
|
-
|
118
|
|
St.
Xavier’s Boys H.S., Chaibasa
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
St.
Joseph’s School, Charbandia
|
60
|
85
|
-
|
04
|
149
|
St.
Mary’s Hindi School, Bistupur
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
St.
Paul’s School, Maluka
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
St.
Teresa’s School, Jinkpani
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
St.
Anthony’s School, Dhanbad
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
St.
Joseph’s School, Golmuri
|
123
|
02
|
-
|
-
|
125
|
BIRTHDAY
BABIES - JUNE
Date
|
Name
|
16
|
Fr. Halan Bodra
|
24
|
Fr. Michael Jojo
|
30
|
Fr. Roque Cardoza
|
