VOL. LIX NO. 11 NOVEMBER 2019 CHRIST HALL KOZHIKODE PROVINCIAL’S PROGRAMME From the Provincial’s desk NOVEMBER My dear friends in the Lord, 02 - 04 : St Michaels Kannur, visitation I write these few lines as we are concluding the 05 - 08 : S M Farm, Pariyaram JCSA in Ranchi. It has been a wonderful experience 09 - 12 : Satya Nilayam, Chennai for me to become aware of the varieties of our 15 : JEPASA meeting, Christ Hall Jesuit involvement in the Assistancy and to be 20 - 23 : Meeting of ADO, Christ Hall, Kozhikode part of the deliberations. 24 –26 : Vidyaniketan, Thiruvananthapuram You will soon be hearing from the president of 30 : North zone gathering of Jesuit schools’ JCSA regarding the closure of the REGE-II process staff at St Joseph’s, Kozhikode and the various efforts in the Assistancy to develop DECEMBER 02 - 03 : Ashakiran, Mangalore Gospel. At this juncture of our Jesuit involvement 04 - 08 : JDV Pune, visitation ina spiritualitythe Assistency, of careit was with quite the apt flavour that the of JCSA the took place in Ranchi after a gap of 33 years. The FOR YOUR INFORMATION IGNATIAN YEAR AND CONGREGATION OF what we are all experiencing in varying degrees PROCURATORS whereversocio-political we arescenario placed. ofIt canJharkhand be summed reflects up Fr General, in his circular dated Sept 27, 2019, has in the poignant question once asked by a parent announced the Ignatian Year to commemorate the of a school to a Jesuit Principal in Dumka. “Why conversion of Ignatius while convalescing at Loyola after the battle of Pamplona. The Ignatian Year will are you educating these Adivasis? They do not open on May 20, 2021 (anniversary of the injury at deserve it.” The Adivasis and the poor, beyond Pamplona), and will conclude on July 31, 2022. The the caste hierarchy, are supposed to serve the centre of the Ignatian Year will fall on March 12, 2019, privileged. Such a mind-set coupled with the the 4th centenary of the canonization of St Ignatius dangerous mix of religion, politics and corporate with St Francis Xavier. interests have vitiated the atmosphere in the The same circular mentions Fr General’s intention to country. We should not think that we in Kerala convoke the 71st Congregation of Procurators in the normal way. This will take place in Loyola (Spain), May can remain insulated. Let our Jesuit tradition of commitment to the of Procurators on January 15, 2021. poor enthuse us to move forward courageously. 16-22, 2022. He will officially convoke the Congregation CATALOGUE OF THE KERALA PROVINCE 2020 E. P. Mathew The Catalogue is ready, and copies will soon reach all our communities and individual Jesuits. The credit for Kerala Tidings s 2019 November 1 the beautiful cover page goes to Fr Sheise. If anybody fails to receive a copy, please contact the Socius. ORDINATIONS Dn Jose Pittappillil will be ordained by Mar George Madathikandathil, Bishop of Kothamangalam, at 2.15 pm on December 29, 2019 at St Joseph’s Church, Nellimattam (Kothamangalam). Dn Adhul Thomas Ulloppillil will be ordained by Mar Jose Porunnedam, Bishop of Mananthavady, at 9.00 am on January 18, 2020 at St. Catherine's Forane Church Payyampally, (Mananthavady). PRAYERS REQUESTED! serving in the parish were honoured with a fellowship to make their month-long Ignatian Spiritual meal. Fr Raju has given a facelift to the parish church SadhanaOur first year from novices, 12th November five in number, to 12th are December.scheduled in view of the parish feast. The church building looks And the second years, four in number, will be out elegant now after getting a facelift under the direction for their Work Experiment during the same period. of Fr Raju, the parish priest. Please remember these young men in a special way The family members of Fr Kurien Kunnumpuram joined in your prayers during these days. October 23. Fr Anto Muringathery APPOINTMENT homily.Christ Hall The Communityoccasion was on used his to first release death a book anniversary written in honour of Fr Kurien, “COMMITTED preached TO THE CHURCH a fitting has appointed Fr Jijimon Puthuveettilkalam as an AND THE COUNTRY”, with Fr Joe Thayil presenting observerThe Pontifical in the Council plenary for ofPromoting the Joint Christian International Unity Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Fr Kurien. The community celebrated the birthdays Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, ofthe Br first John copy Molekunnel, to Sr. Sabinus Frs FCC,Varghese the elder Malpan sister and of which will take place in Vatican, from 21-22 November Joseph Chitooparambil. Fr K J Thomas represented 2019. the Jesuits at the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Sacred MARK YOUR CALENDAR Heart Church, Thiruvambadi, which was founded and christened by James Montanari S J in 1944. SUMMER PROGRAMME SCHEDULE (2020) i. Province Retreat: May 2 even to 10 even Jomon (Dir: Fr Tony D’Souza, SJ) ST JOSEPH’S, KOZHIKODE ii. Province Assembly : May 11 & 12 iii. Province Holidays : May 13 to 20 iv. Scholastics’ Retreat : May 20 even to 28 even visitation of the provincial from 7th to 10th October. The most significant event of the month was the (Dir: Fr Francis Puducherry, SJ) LEFT THE SOCIETY: Sch Gijo John Kochuparambil heThis was was assigned the first to visitation after his of early the newJesuit provincial formation and in left the Society of Jesus on 19.10.2019. Patna.St Joseph’s His presence was the in first the communitycommunity andin theour provincepersonal meetings with him enabled us to become more aware FROM OUR INSTITUTIONS of the Jesuit charism of holding on to the vision and CHRIST HALL, KOZHIKODE mission of the Society of Jesus. Christuraja parish conducted ten days of Rosary and The senior school witnessed a variety of programmes Holy Mass from October 17 to 27 culminating in a for the students during this month. Apart from the combined celebration with the Extraordinary Month annual sports meet, the school was able to send a good of Mission. Fr K J Thomas was the main celebrant at number of students for various state level and district level competitions. Two of our Plus Two students have the Grotto, children put up tableaus depicting various eventsthe Eucharist in the on life the of final Mother day. AfterMary. the As procession part of the to which will be held at Agra on 7th November. Members celebration of the Extraordinary Month, the religious ofqualified our aquatic for the team National became Gymnastics the champions Championship, in the 2 Kerala Tidings s 2019 November Fr E.J. Thomas guided us through our monthly Recollection. He is now with us making his ownour self annual confidence. retreat. As this goes to press the Year I novices are attending a 5-day NLP program under Fr Toby’s guidance. We are deeply grateful to all these Fathers. We were also privileged to attend the National Seminar on Fr Sebastian Kappen held at the Renewal Centre, Kaloor, Ernakulam. Though our main task was to serve as volunteers, it was a wonderful learning experience for us. Fr Jacob was out for several days directing eight- day retreats. Adolf Johnson SAMEEKSHA, ATMAMITRA AND JEEVIKA, KALADY Sameeksha hosted the 10-day Rosary Devotion of the Kalady parish; lay women/men preached on Gaudete et Exsultate, the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Kozhikode Revenue District Aquatic Championship Francis, every day. Fr Jacob Madukakuzhy gave an competitions. Mr Babu Raj, our former Malayalam Ignatian retreat to Sister-novices. Shoukath, a Muslim teacher passed away on Friday, 18th November. Preparations are on foot for the North Zone Jesuit from all three religions. The All India Ashram Aikya had school collaborators gathering to be held on 30th Nov. itsseeker, biennial conducted meeting a at five-day Sameeksha retreat from with 21 to participants 25 October. in our HSS campus. Forty Catholic Ashramites participated in it. There were presentations on the different methods of meditation the National Spell Bee exam. Master Pavel Syam of Std X in the Indian spiritual traditions. Prior to the Aikya, wasSixteen the studentstopper for of the the OISCA Junior scholarship School got exam. qualified An eyefor test camp was conducted here under the auspices of the school PTA. Students of Std IX had their study tour to Bangalore. Under the patronage of the Central Govt. Solar Mission Project, our senior students got a chance to make solar lamps. Joseph Edassery LOYOLA, ALUVA In October this year we, the community, went through two major sad events. Damas, brother-in-law of Fr Rachans passed away on 13th. He has been suffering from serious ailments for several months. On 28th, Sujith, eldest brother of Sebin passed away. Sujith was just 40 years; he suddenly collapsed and died due to gave an Indian Contemplative cardiac arrest. We extend our heartfelt condolences & Fr Sebastian Painadath Retreat on Theosis. The 17th batch of the Kalady-based prayerful support to the bereaved families of Fr Rachans and Sebin. Loyola had our own share of illnesses too during this participants.Jnanasameeksha Xavier group attended received the PWPN the JDV Consultation Certificates at month. Many were affected by viral fever; was Praveen Punein Theology. and the AssistancyThe 19th Dialogue batch startedCommission with Meeting fifteen hospitalized for almost a week. Now the community’s health situation is back to normalcy! On the positive on the Spirituality of Interreligious Harmony at EAPI, side, we had several enriching experiences, too. The Manila.in Delhi. He Fr presentedSebastian Painadatha paper on gave Cultural a five Diversity day course at Rosary month was observed with great fervour. The Year the Kappen Seminar organised by the Province. He II novices had a very fruitful week of Personal Growth Anukampadasakam of Sree Workshop at Santhigram under the able guidance of Narayana Guru at the SNDP Study Series, Kalady.