By Sybil Azavedo
The 8th Small Christian Community (SCC) Mission in Communion was held at St. John’s Church, Chelidanga, Asansol, 20 to 22 February, 2015.
Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur along with Bishop Cyprian Monis of Asansol, Bishop Clement Tirkey of Jalpaiguri, President SCC-Bengal/Sikkim Region, Fr. I. P. Sarto, Secretary and 30 priests, offered the inaugural Eucharist. The main celebrant on 21 February was Bishop Julius Marandi of Dumka and on 22 February, it was Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata.
Besides daily Gospel Sharing and the day’s review, there was a panel discussion in which 144 participants from Darjeeling/Sikkim, Jalpaiguri, Raiganj, Bagdogra, Baruipur, Krishnanagar, Kolkata and Asansol dioceses took part. The topic was “SCC for Evangelization”.
The panelists were:
• Fr. Jagdish Parmar, S.J. (Darjeeling)
• Mrs. SulataHaldar (Kolkata)
• Mr. Lawrence Murmu (Raiganj)
• Mrs. ArunaMondal (Krishnagar) and
• Mrs. Bridget Victor (Asansol).
Fr. Christodass of Dumka gave an inspiring power-point presentation on “Families and SCC”, while “Clerical and Religious Vocation” was well presented by Fr. Sebastian Rodrigues, Sr. Sarita SCCG, and Sr. Agnes Bhutia IBVM.
Reports on success stories of transformation were presented by Fr. David R., Baruipur; Mr. Jerome Sharma, Darjeeling/Sikkim; Sr. MeenaTirkey, Kolkata; Fr. James Gonsalves, Bagdogra; Fr. Ignatius Topno, Jalpaiguri; Sr. Rosita, Asansol; Mr. Horen Biswas, Krishnagar and Fr. Paulus, Raiganj.
On the penultimate day, the participants were entertained with a Cultural Programme by St. John’s Parish led by Desmond Peterson and Mrs. Bridget Victor.
The programme ended with the 144 Participants and Parishioners of St. John’s Parish, Chelidanga moving, prayerfully from the Grotto of Mother Teresa on the highway, down Mother Teresa Road and lanes, with a huge Hindi Bible being carried by four men on a beautifully decorated palanquin with an equally decorated canopy carried by four others to St. John’s Church, Chelidanga. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata, Fr. Cyprian Monis of Asansol, Fr. Clement Tirkey of Jalpaiguri and Chairman of the SCC Commission with Fr. I. P. Sarto, Secretary, moved in front of the Bible.
Fr. Martin Behara, Parish Priest, his assistants, Frs. Peter, Anand and Joseph; lay leaders, Mrs. Bridget Victor, Mr. Desmond Paterson, Ravi, Solomon and the youth planned and directed the procession well. In the Church, while the palanquin was placed in the Sanctuary, Mr. Desmond Paterson’s youth choir sang beautifully as in the previous three day.
The 8th Small Christian Community (SCC) Mission in Communion was held at St. John’s Church, Chelidanga, Asansol, 20 to 22 February, 2015.
Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur along with Bishop Cyprian Monis of Asansol, Bishop Clement Tirkey of Jalpaiguri, President SCC-Bengal/Sikkim Region, Fr. I. P. Sarto, Secretary and 30 priests, offered the inaugural Eucharist. The main celebrant on 21 February was Bishop Julius Marandi of Dumka and on 22 February, it was Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata.
The panelists were:
• Fr. Jagdish Parmar, S.J. (Darjeeling)
• Mrs. SulataHaldar (Kolkata)
• Mr. Lawrence Murmu (Raiganj)
• Mrs. ArunaMondal (Krishnagar) and
• Mrs. Bridget Victor (Asansol).
Fr. Christodass of Dumka gave an inspiring power-point presentation on “Families and SCC”, while “Clerical and Religious Vocation” was well presented by Fr. Sebastian Rodrigues, Sr. Sarita SCCG, and Sr. Agnes Bhutia IBVM.
Reports on success stories of transformation were presented by Fr. David R., Baruipur; Mr. Jerome Sharma, Darjeeling/Sikkim; Sr. MeenaTirkey, Kolkata; Fr. James Gonsalves, Bagdogra; Fr. Ignatius Topno, Jalpaiguri; Sr. Rosita, Asansol; Mr. Horen Biswas, Krishnagar and Fr. Paulus, Raiganj.
On the penultimate day, the participants were entertained with a Cultural Programme by St. John’s Parish led by Desmond Peterson and Mrs. Bridget Victor.
The programme ended with the 144 Participants and Parishioners of St. John’s Parish, Chelidanga moving, prayerfully from the Grotto of Mother Teresa on the highway, down Mother Teresa Road and lanes, with a huge Hindi Bible being carried by four men on a beautifully decorated palanquin with an equally decorated canopy carried by four others to St. John’s Church, Chelidanga. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata, Fr. Cyprian Monis of Asansol, Fr. Clement Tirkey of Jalpaiguri and Chairman of the SCC Commission with Fr. I. P. Sarto, Secretary, moved in front of the Bible.
Fr. Martin Behara, Parish Priest, his assistants, Frs. Peter, Anand and Joseph; lay leaders, Mrs. Bridget Victor, Mr. Desmond Paterson, Ravi, Solomon and the youth planned and directed the procession well. In the Church, while the palanquin was placed in the Sanctuary, Mr. Desmond Paterson’s youth choir sang beautifully as in the previous three day.
No comments:
Post a Comment