VATICAN CITY: THE DANGERS OF A "STERILE" FORM OF
CELIBACY
"A man who is alone ends up bitter, not fruitful, and he gossips about others," the pope said July 26 during a meeting with 123 priests working in the Diocese and 19 bishops from Italy's Campania region.
When a priest disagrees with his bishop or when bishops disagree with each other, they must air their differences - even loudly - but never talk behind each other's backs, Pope Francis told the group of bishops and priests.
"Say it to his
face," the pope recommended. "You're a man, so if you have something
against your bishop, go and tell him. There
may be consequences, but pick up your cross, be a man!"
Not for the first time, the pope admitted that he, too, has been tempted to gossip. "I've wondered if this isn't the consequence of a celibate life lived as sterility, not fruitfulness."
Not for the first time, the pope admitted that he, too, has been tempted to gossip. "I've wondered if this isn't the consequence of a celibate life lived as sterility, not fruitfulness."
A priest in Rome, he said, once told him that he was worried that so many priests and bishops are bitter and angry with each other.
"When we find a priest who lives with such anger and tension, we think: This man drinks vinegar for breakfast, then, for lunch, pickled vegetables and, in the evening, a nice glass of lemon juice," the pope said.
Pope Francis told the priests it is normal and even "healthy" to get angry, but wallowing in that, not getting it off his chest, not airing differences directly, but talking behind someone's back cause more damage.
The key to a fruitful life, the pope said, lies in "double fidelity and double transcendence: being faithful to God is seeking him, opening oneself to him in prayer, remembering that he is the faithful one," and "opening oneself to others" with empathy, respect and patience.
The pope told the priests that "creativity" is "a divine word," because God told Adam to care for the earth, make it bear fruit, "be creative."
But as priests, that creativity must be inspired by the Holy Spirit and the only hope for that to happen is "the path of prayer," he said. "A bishop who doesn't pray, a priest who doesn't pray, closes the door, closes the path to creativity."
Openness to the Spirit must be accompanied by openness to other people and to their real problems, the pope said. The only way to learn about the needs of others is to listen to them, patiently and resisting the temptation to give easy answers.
"We cannot be a Church closed in on itself, navel-gazing, a Church that is self-referential, that stares at itself and is incapable of transcendence," he said. "Going out is not an adventure, but a journey, it is the journey to which God has called us since the moment he told Abraham, 'Leave your homeland.'" (Source: Catholic News Service)
ST.
JOSEPH’S CATHEDRAL, GOLMURI
On 4th of
August: I love you. O
my God! And my only desire is to love You until the last breath of My life. I
love You, O my infinitely loveable God and I would rather die loving You than
live without loving You. I love You, Lord, and the only grace I ask
is to love You eternally…my God, if my tongue can not say in every moment
that I love You, I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw
breath.” says Saint John Mary Vianney. The feast day was
celebrated on August 3th 2014, at Cathedral. Bishop Felix
Toppo, S.J. was main celebrant and Frs.Camille, Walter, VG, Edwin,
Tobias, Linus, Dillep and Michael were concelebrant. The
students of St. Joseph School, Golmuri, led the priests to the altar through
entrance dance. On 4th of August, religious priests and sisters of JAM Denary
were invited for the fellowship meal.
On 10th of
August: Looking at the
need and value of the Krusvir in the Church, Frs. Dileep Marandi and
Niranjan, SJ, called for “Krusvir Animator Meeting”, which
was held at SJWC, Golmuri. Core Committee is formed. Office bearers are as
follows – a) President – Fr. Pascal Minz, Telco, b)
Vice-president– Sr. Lily Beck, SCN, Gyan deep, c)
Secretary – Frida, Telco and d) Treasurer –Leena
Kandulna, Rahargora Mass Centre.
On 27th of
August: “Nothing is far from God”, says Saint Monica. Fr. Walter, VG,
was busy on August 27th, nourishing the mothers of the Cathedral
Parish with spiritual food. Theme for the reflections on Monica Day
was,“Importance of Mothers in the families.” Rev. Fr. Walter presided
over the Holy Eucharist at Gyandeep Mass Centre for the mothers. Fr. Camille,
parish priest thanked all the mothers and wished them good apostolate in the
families. (Fr. Micheal Deogam)
ST.
MICHAEL MISSION, BURIGORA
Foundation Day of Burigora Mission was
celebrated on 4th August, 2014. As a preparation to this celebration
there was general health check up of the students of Jeevan Jyothi School,
Ichakuti as well as Inter school competition among the students of Ichakuti
village panchayat schools on various subjects like G.K., Drawing, Story
Telling, Poem reciting, Cultural programme etc. Mr. Madhu Kora, the former
chief minister of Jharkhand was the chief guest for the Foundation Day
celebration. He through his presence and speech encouraged the students and
people present for the function.
FEAST
OF ST. MONICA: MOTHER’S DAY
CHARBANDIA,
ANANDPUR
Fr. Valerian Lobo along with Fr. Alex
Dodrai moving from office to office in Chaibasa Court to get all the required
papers to settle all the issues of the middle and high School in Charbandia. To
get the documents cleared for the recognition of the school, Fr. Alex Dodrai is
seeing to the additional required class rooms and lab facilities. Taking a clue
from prime minister’s independence speech, he is constructing separated toilets
for the girls. The compound wall to the school property is being constructed
and the school playing ground is ready for the use in the coming football
tournament.
TALDANGA,
A PAT ON THE BACK
One of the most important programme on
the yearly calendar is the celebration of Loyola Day. This year the festivity
went on for two days. On 29th the Junior section had Fancy Dress
Contest, Fashion Show and Dance. On the
30th the Seniors began with Prayer Service : the theme was Light. It
was followed by a short cultural programme. The highlight was of course the Inter House Football final matches .
The Handwriting Competition was
conducted on the 1st of August for classes I to XII. Soon after this
the students started getting ready for the Inter House Dance Contest. The theme
for dance contest was Patriotism.
14th of August was yet
another day when children sat holding their breath. Classes III, IV & V
performed Tableau based on Freedom Struggle. The pages of History came alive
when little children of Class III showed Glimpses of India 1857 to 1947; Class IV
showed The Partition of Bengal 1905 and Class V stole the show with The Dandi
March.
The colourful costumes and
heart-rendering songs of the 8 group dances kept the auditorium awestruck.
However, Classes I & II were not far behind. They had a story - telling
contest.
The Flag was hoisted in the school
campus on the 15th of August to commemorate the 68th
Independence Day celebration. Both Rev Fr. Cyprian Lobo, the Chief Guest and
the Principal Rev. Fr. Augustine Topno said in their speeches that the day does
not only call for celebration but we must become more responsible and perform
our duties. This Freedom is very precious and we need to preserve it in the
best possible way. (Rita Sen)
ST.
XAVIER’S ENGLISH SCHOOL, CHAIBASA
Team-work always pays, and thus, we do
everything united. Even in the matters of teaching- learning processes, we
believe that joint efforts from school as well as parents yield wonderful
results. Hence, we try to interact with parents as often as possible. Our first
parents-teachers meet for KG section was held on 12th July and various issues
relating to their overall development were addressed.
On 21st July, we celebrated 21st
foundation Day of our school, with gratitude we remembered all the people who
contributed according to their capacity towards the growth of our school. We
especially remembered Fr. Cyril Fernandes, the founder of our school, who had
seen a dream and turned his dream into reality. We had a short cultural
programme to mark this special event, and a touching speech was delivered by
one of our students. It is heart warming to see how, despite its humble
beginning, the school is now standing ahead and doing so well in every sphere.
We had our open house (result
distribution) for the first terminal exams on 26th July. On 4th August we had
parents – teacher meet for the primary section and the secondary section.
Parents were made aware of their duties and responsibilities. We had a special
guest on the occasion, Fr.Tony. He was invited especially to address the
parents of secondary section. He touched various sensitive issues concerning
adolescent. With their extensive computer training, high-tech wizadry and
gadgetry, the teenagers are plunging headlong into a world which is not meant
for them. Fr. Tony gave an elaborate discourse on good parenting. His power of
oration is truly exceptional, and we hope to see more co-operation and
understanding from the parents henceforth.
First unit tests commenced for the
students of 11th std on 2nd August. We also introduced daily tests for all the
classes from 4th August in order to get better results. We are glad to see our
academics escalating slowly but steadily.
Being part of a secular nation, we make
it a point to honour all religious and our school celebrates every Indian
festival to make the students aware of our composite culture and appreciate the
diversity. We had Id celebration in our school on 29th July. The program was
short but sweet.
We had patriotic song competition for
the students of primary section. Secondary section had patriotic song/ dance/
skit competition. Students participated in these competitions with great
enthusiasm.
On 15th August, we had a big
celebration. Fr.Tom graced the occasion as our Chief Guest. We had colourful
programmes bathed in patriotism winners of Olympiad exams were honowred after
the programme. Our school also participated in a cultural programme organized
at Pillai hall, Chaibasa, on the occasion of Independence Day.
Sujal Sagar of std IV C bagged 4th prize
in the state level Yoga Championship, Aishikhi Nandi of std II A bagged the
first prize in Krishna Roop Sajja Competition organized at Pillai Hall on the
occasion of Janmashtami, Our school was also given a memento as a token of
appreciation. Overall, the past month had been very eventful.
ST.
JOSEPH’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE – MANGO
ST.MARY’S
ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL
ST.
XAVIER’S ENGLISH SCHOOL, CKP
The month began with the competition on
2/8/14. Spelling competition for Std.
L.K.G to Std. IV and Debate and Discussion for Std. V to Std. X were
held. All the clubs like science, Math, Geography, Hindi and English had a
meeting on 9/8/14. The practices for Independence Day celebration began in the
‘0’ period on 4/8/14. We celebrated this day with great zeal. Great
preparations were made in our school. Every one of us was eager to take part in
the Independence Day celebration. In the morning on 15th August we
gathered in the school ground. The students were asked to stand house wise.
Mrs. Joba Majhi, former minister for
child and women welfare, Jharkhand Govt. was invited as our chief guest. As
soon as she reached, the school band welcomed her with grand march past.
Exactly at 8:00a.m the flag was hoisted. After the flag hoisting ceremony the
programme began. The chief guest took guard and watched the parade with
delight. Children put up a good programme. Children danced to the tunes of
Vande Mataram, Nanhe- munne sainik etc. The flag hoisting ceremony came to a
close with a speech delivered by the chief guest. She threw light on the
importance of the day and our duties towards the country. All were very glad.
On 16th August 2014 competitions like singing, storytelling, essay
writing and Elocution were held. Again, the practices for house wise folk dance
competition began in the ‘0’ period on 16/8/14. On 23rd August 2014
Folk dance competition was held. The weather was very pleasant and cloudy, all
were happy to see the cloud laden sky. All the four houses, Red, Blue, Green
and yellow performed folk dances of different states and Countries like
Hawaiian, Japanese, Garba, Kashmiri, Pongal, Odissi and Rajasthani. The
function started at 8:00a.m with the welcoming of the judges. The judges for
the folk dance competition were Sr. Michael, Sr. Sabastiana, and Mrs. Leena
Toppo of Carmel School, Chakradharpur.
Music and songs filled the air with joy
and happiness. The programme was very colourful. Children dressed in colourful
dresses presented various folk dances. Sr. Michael spoke a few words of
encouragement for the children. Red House Senior & Junior were declared
winners of this competition. And, now toward the end of the month, children are
getting ready for teachers’ day celebrations. (Snehlata)
VARIOUS
PROGRAMMES CONDUCTED IN SCHOOLS
Fr. Camille Hembrom, the dean of
Jamshedpur led a prayer to inaugurate the day-long programme. Fr. Dileep
Marandi, the Diocesan KV Director, welcomed the participants and Fr. Niranjan
Minj, SJ, the resource person for the day opened the session with a question directed
to the participants: What is the need of a Krus Veer Movement? During his hour
long presentation assisted by inspiring PP slides and video clips, Fr. Niranjan
addressed the question and motivated the participants to work to strengthen the
Krus Veer in their respective schools and Parishes. Fr. Dileep conducted half
an hour workshop on the theme.
This was followed by the formation of a
new Deanery Krus Veer Team and the business session. The new team constitutes
of the following: President: Fr. Pascal
Minj (Telco); Vice President: Sr. Lily Beck, SCN (Gyandeep Vidyalaya);
Secretary: Freda Janet (LFS) and Treasurer: Leena Kandulna (Rahargora).
An action plan for a year was drawn at
both the meetings and the animators promised to implement it. It was agreed
upon that regular classes be taken for the Krus Veer children at least once a
month apart from the Catechism classes. The materials for the Krus Veer classes
are “Krus Veer Khristiya Andolan” and
“Krus Veer” leaflet (Prabhat
Prakashan, Digha Ghat, Patna) to be ordered by every School. (Fr. Dileep
Marandi)
GONE TO HEAVEN: R I P
We
express our heartfelt condolences to Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J., who lost his sister (Sr. Leona, OSU, Ranchi Province)
at Lohardaga. May the good Lord grant strength to all who experience the pain
separation and loss. May her soul Rest in Peace!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY- SEPTEMBER
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