This is the day the Lord has made, we rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 11:24)

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches (Proverbs 24: 3-4).

11 January 2022 will be a memorable day in the history of Auxilium Convent, Kurtumgarh. The beautiful day dawned with an unparalleled air of joy and excitement in everyone. It was the long awaited day of the inauguration of the temporary residence of the Sisters in one wing of the new school building.

The historic event was graced by Fr. Jugal Kishore Digal the Parish Priest of Kurtumgarh, Fr. Aswin Singh the assistant Parish priest, Sr. Leelamma Palliparambil our Provincial and four provincial councillors – Srs Teresa Adampakallel, Lily D’Souza, Inocencia Jojo and Celine Alexander besides Mr. Bishember Nayak and Mr. Ugresan Nanda the representatives of Parish council, Mahila Samiti, Youth group, village leaders and other invited guests.

Fr. Jugal accorded a very warm and grateful welcome to Sr. Leelamma, councillors and the community Sisters of Kurtumgarh. They were greeted with a song, bouquets of flowers and Gamuchha. Fr. Jugal then enlightened all present on the importance of the house blessing. It was followed by the cutting of the ribbon by Sr. Leelamma and the lighting ceremony of the Indian lamp.  The Parish Priest conducted the rites and prayers of the house blessings.  The solemn Thanksgiving Holy Eucharistic celebration and the blessings of the new chapel followed. Fr. Jugal presided over the Holy Eucharist and Fr. Aswin Singh delivered the homily on the liturgical readings of the day highlighting the persistent prayer of Hannah, and Jesus in the synagogue teaching with authority. He compared the new house to the temple and invited all present to respect the place of prayer and to pray with faith and trust confident that God will hear our prayers and fulfil our hearts desire, like that of Hannah.

After the holy Mass, on behalf of the community Sr. Rinki Nayak extended her deepest gratitude to Sr. Leelamma Palliparambil for her untiring labour in establishing this wonderful house, and all the Sisters of the Province for their prayerful support. She also expressed her appreciation and thanks to the Parish Priest of Kurtumgarh Fr. Jugal Kishore Digal for his support and assistance offered from the time of our presence in Kurtumgarh, Fr. Aswin Singh, the assistant Parish priest, to all the invited guests and the provincial councillors. A sumptuous lunch was served for all present. Everyone raised a hymn of thanks for the good weather and the successful program.

Sr. Rinki Nayak

On 2^nd February 2015 was a memorable day in the annals of St. Anthony’s Convent School Jaigaon with the celebrations of the Day for the Consecrated, bicentennial of the birth of Don Bosco and the blessing of the newly built chapel and the hostel. The animators of the all the communities, the laity, parent of the boarders , friends and benefactors were present to witness this historical event.  The celebration commenced with the blessing of the new chapel and the boarding by the vicar General of the Diocese of Jalpaiguri, Rev. Fr. Thomas Borogaon along with Fr. Rajesh Barla, the parish priest and Fr. Kuriakose Thekkeparambil, while the congregation intoned hymns of blessing.  The celebrant made all conscious of the importance of the day of the consecrated by pinpointing the life of the sisters which is totally dedicated for the mission of the young.  To commemorate this event the sisters entered the chapel with the lighted candle to denote the words of our holy Father Pope Francis ,’the consecrated are called to awaken the world with the prophecy –the joyful witness of  their life. In his homily, the  celebrant Fr. Thomas exhorted all  to live the newness  that  God  enfolds each day  with all its challenges and problems.

The solemn Eucharistic celebration was followed by a cultural programme,  showcased by the young boarders was very entertaining and commemorative with songs, dances and skits drawn from the life of Don Bosco.  The days programme concluded with expressions of thanks for all  the benefactors whose generous donations made the construction possible and others who had contributed as architects, engineers and builders.  The Provincial Sr. Maria Pettayil thanked in a special way all the sisters who toiled to make this dream a reality.  The Festal agape served to one and all enhanced the family spirit that existed within the members of the educating community.

Sr. Stella P. & Sr. Rosalia Tirkey