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Wish You a Hope-Filled New Year 2021 PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR JANUARY 2021 DEAR CONFRERES, Cordial Greetings… Wish you a Hope-filled new year 2021. The entire world is imbalanced and gets worsened at the situation of the corona virus pandemic and much more panicked with the recent coronavirus-variant. The year 2020 has been a year of crisis, confusion and anxiety for so many of us. It has affected life around the globe. Isolation, contact restrictions and economic shutdown has imposed significantly a complete change to the psycho-social environment. But 2020 also was a year of contemplation. At this time of pandemic and other natural disasters, we have experienced various forms of reflection, critical evaluation of life, feeling remorse of the havocs done to the mother earth, contemplation on God and His will, etc. This pandemic has also moved us to a more important aspect of life, to acknowledge one another as brothers and sisters, to extend ourselves to those in need, to be part of the suffering of the victims and the neglected. 2020 was a strange year of learning strange lessons indeed. With a more positive outlook of humanitarian values, let us “Move by Hope” into 2021. The Lord has been so good and generous to all of us and his Love is constant. Let us reassure our hope in Him that he would deliver us from all dangers and would lead us in His wonderful ways of love and truth. FEAST OF OUR PATRON AND FOUNDER On 24 January, we celebrate the feast of St. Francis De Sales, the patron of our congregation, who inspired St. John Bosco with his teachings on loving-kindness. Let us pray to him that we may imitate his extraordinary meekness and kindness. On 31 January we celebrate the feast of our father and founder St. John Bosco. God has shown his loving face of a father to the poor and abandoned young people, in the person of St. John Bosco. This wonderful saint dedicated his entire life to the salvation of young people. And now we are his sons and we need to focus and refocus ourselves that we may imitate him in his divine love for young people. I recommend that we follow all our PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR (January/2021) – (4p.cir14/Jan) SALESIAN PROVINCE of TIRUCHY Page | 1 traditional practices of praying the novena, conducting triduum service, organizing Bosco Month, and celebrating the feast with our close collaborators, young people and lay mission partners. PONGAL – HARVEST FESTIVAL AND A DAY OF THANKSGIVING The farmers are going through a bad time these days as they fight untiringly for their rights and livelihood. A large number of farmers from all over the country have camped in protest, in and around the national capital, even at this coldest season of the year. Their agitation, agony, anxiety and anger are clearly expressed with the outburst of their cry and silent tears. At this time, when our farmers are disturbed and unhappy, the meaningful celebration of Pongal would be to join hands with them, in their protest for their rights. We extend our solidarity and gratitude to them, to their families, and wish them happiness and God’s Blessings so that they may enjoy a happy and secure life always. 152nd MISSIONARY EXPEDITION – AN APPEAL FROM THE RECTOR MAJOR Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez, our Beloved Rector Major, exhorts the Salesians to opt for missions especially at this time of distress, to be God’s sings and bearers of love and peace, to make all things new and to be the hope of the hopeless. Rector Major says, ‘If it had not been for the missionary spirit of Don Bosco and the missionary generosity of the first Salesians, probably today we would only be a small congregation with few members.’ He has proposed to the Salesian Congregation after GC28, that it is a time of generosity for our Congregation which is always a missionary. The Rector Major encourages all of us, to make a careful discernment if the Lord is calling to place ourselves for missio ad gentes, ad exteros, ad vitam anywhere in the world. The Rector Major specifies some of the urgencies identified, for the 152nd missionary expedition, which will be held on 26 September 2021 at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco. He expects a significant number of confreres to be sent for this 152nd expedition. 1. in our presences in the Amazon and some missionary frontiers of Latin America; 2. in Salesian presences at the service of refugees and in the new frontiers of Africa; 3. in Lithuania, Bulgaria and other new frontiers of the Project Europe; 4. in Azerbaijan, Laos, Nepal, Mongolia, Yakutsk; 5. in our numerous presences in the islands of Oceania. PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR (January/2021) – (4p.cir14/Jan) SALESIAN PROVINCE of TIRUCHY Page | 2 I invite you, dear Confreres, to pay heed to the call of the Rector Major, to give time for reflection and opt for missions, if there is a genuine urge for missionary experience. I would go one step further to say that all of us should go through missionary life at some part of our lives which will make our life more meaningful and happy. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PROVINCIALS ELECT – INK & INN Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, our Rector Major has appointed Fr. John Davis Maniparamben, SDB as the fifth Provincial of the Salesian Province of Jesus the Good Shepherd, New Delhi (INN), and Fr. Jose Koyickal, SDB as the eighth Provincial of the Sacred Heart Province, Bangalore (INK). On behalf of the confreres and the Salesian family members of Tiruchy Province, I extend my hearty wishes to the two Provincials Elect and wish them God’s blessings and accompaniment as they take up this greater responsibility of leading the province. Fr. John Davis will be installed on 08 February 2021 (05.00 pm) at Okhla New Delhi, and Fr. Jose Koyickal will be installed on 11 February 2021 (11.00 am) at Don Bosco Provincial House, Bangalore. THERESPURAM (CANONICAL ERECTION) MADURAI SURYA NAGAR (PRESENCE) Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, our Rector Major has given his approval for the canonical erection of the Therespuram Salesian community and to start an independent Salesian presence at Madurai Surya Nagar. I am grateful to the Rector Major and his Council for considering our request and granting the approval. I am also indebted to Most. Rev. Antony Stephen, Bishop of Thoothukudi, for his written consent to go ahead with the canonical erection of Therespuram community. The communities will function as per the approval, from the next academic year, June 2021. DISSEMINATION OF STRENNA 2021 The Dissemination of Strenna 2021 (Moved by Hope) will be held for all the leaders of our communities on 09 January 2021, Saturday at Don Bosco Provincial House, Kallukuzhy. The session will begin at 09.30 am and will get over by afternoon. The implementation of the Strenna at the province will be decided during this meeting. The Leaders in turn will organize a day of animation on the Strenna, in their respective Salesian presences, inviting all the Salesian Family members and young people of the neighborhood. The Rectors of the communities that are close by can decide to have the Strenna presentation together. PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR (January/2021) – (4p.cir14/Jan) SALESIAN PROVINCE of TIRUCHY Page | 3 PROVINCIAL COMMUNITY DAY This year the Provincial Community Day will be held at Don Bosco Youth Village Keeranur on 23 January 2021. It is our tradition that on this day we gather together to thank the Lord for the gifts and graces that we have received from Him and for the continuous assistance and accompaniment in our journey towards saving young souls. On this day we will felicitate the Jubilarians of the year: Diamond Jubilee of Ordination - Fr. Joseph Puthenkalam / Silver Jubilarians of Ordination - Fr. Albert Johnson, Fr. Doss Kennedy, Fr. Vincent Thamburaj / Diamond Jubilee of Religious Profession – Fr. John Vellayil / Silver Jubilarians of Religious Profession - Fr. David Lawrence, Fr. Vincent Vijayan. At this time of the pandemic, we are indebted to thank the Lord as a family for his protection and accompaniment. I invite you dear confreres to join this celebration to cherish our togetherness, express our deep sense of belonging to the Province, our appreciation for our confreres, members of the Salesian Family, Lay mission partners and renew our fidelity to the young. The programme will begin with the Holy Eucharist at 9.30 am. ANNUAL RETREAT (I) – GENERAL PATRONAGE The annual Retreat of the province is planned. Foreseeing the forthcoming legislative assembly elections, the first Retreat (General Patronage) is planned to be held in January. Retreat I: General Patronage, January 12 – 17 (Tuesday to Sunday). Fr. Suresh Felix of our Province, will be the preacher of the first retreat. This year, the Province will organize five retreats: Three general patronage and one for those due for the perpetual profession. All these retreats will be held at The Retreat, Yercaud. A separate retreat will be arranged for all the leaders of the province. This will take place in July 2021. Hence the leaders need not attend the retreats arranged during summer. I recommend the Rectors and Leaders to inform the community to plan their programme accordingly and observe this annual spiritual moment without any excuse. The Vice Provincial will send the details of the retreats to the communities and I recommend the Leaders to reply with the participants' list, at the earliest. VELLAKINAR and MANIKANDAM / Approval and Affiliation I am happy to inform you that our Don Bosco School of Excellence (CBSE) Vellakinar, is upgraded to Senior Secondary (XI, XII).
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