Arrival of Mother Yvonne Reungoat FMA in Kolkata

Jan23

Mother Yvonne Reungoat arrived in the Province of Mary Help of Christians Kolkata, the city of joy, the city of Don Bosco’s  4th missionary dream along with Sr. Phyllis Neves, at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 7.40 am,  for the FMA PCI, Triennial Evaluation. She was welcomed with bouquet of flowers by Provincial Sr. Rose Ezarath, Sisters, Students of Auxilium Dum Dum, Parents and Past pupils.

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Around 80 students assembled at the school premises and the Provincial House, Dum Dum bubbling with excitement to welcome Mother Yvonne Renugoat. The students greeted Mother with smiling faces as they happily swayed to the  tune of ‘Anando loke’ along with other children showering her with rose petals and greeting her with pom poms. Mother was ushered into the chapel by the sisters.

 

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Sr. Lily Perumpettikunnel welcomed mother on behalf of the Province and led the moment of prayer and asked the Almighty to bless her with good health and assured all that mother’s presence would light up the lives of the sisters and transform them into a better Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Later she was invited to light the Indian traditional lamp, symbol of God’s presence in the person of Mother Yvonne. The chapel was filled with the melodious hymn “Shine, Jesus, shine”. Mother Yvonne expressed her gladness at being a part of the Province. She was overjoyed to meet the sisters and teachers especially the children and brightened up our lives with her glorious presence.

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Surprise Visitors from Rome

Jan22

visitThe surprising visit of Sr. Alaide Deretti and Sr. Lucy Rose Ozhukayil, the two General Councilors brought in much joy and happiness to the two communities of Barasat. They were accompanied by Sr. Rosy Veliyan from Auxilium Dum Dum and on their arrival at Auxilium Convent, Barasat they were warmly welcomed by the sisters and boarders. The children sang a festal song in honor of Bl. Laura Vicuna whose feast is celebrated today and an Italian song to make them feel at home. They spent a few minutes of friendly chat with the sisters then they proceeded to Auxilium Aspirantate.

The Aspirants were eagerly waiting for their arrival at the gate. With an action song they welcomed them and escorted them to the chapel. Sr. Alaide spoke to them at length. She exhorted them how to be FMA missionaries of the Gospel starting from the initial stages of their formation. ‘The only thing essential is to offer our lives for the other, utilising our entire being in order to be at the service of others’, she said.

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FMA General Councillor for Youth Pastoral,  Sr. Runita Borja visits Auxilium Snehalaya

Jan21

On 20 January 2018, Sr. Runita Borja, General Councillor for Youth Pastoral visited

Auxilium Snehalaya.  It was an exciting experience for the children and for the community.  On her arrival she was given a traditional welcome and offered garland and bouquets.   She spent the evening with the children and they felicitated her with the beautiful programme.

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 Auxilium Bandel bids farewell to Miss Kakoli Bose and Class XII Students  

Jan12

On 6th January 2018,  Auxilium Convent School,  Bandel geared up for a memorable  event of bidding farewell to the  outgoing students of  class XII who had spent 14 years under the loving canopy of Auxilum. The void in the heart of Auxilium was further deepened, when on the same occasion, Miss. Kakoli Bose was to bow out on her active service after years of meritorious teaching.

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After extending a warm welcome to Class XII and Miss .Kakoli, along with our respected sisters, teachers, the programme started with a prayer service for the success and well being of the outgoing students. A beautiful ensemble of speeches, poems, songs and dance followed in honour of Miss.Kakoli. She was presented with flowers and cards by the students and teacher body, as a token of her untiring service and love rendered to the school.

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The students of Class XI put up wonderful performances for class XII, a rhythmic presentation of their life changing journey of 14 years, a comic rendition of a popular movie 3 idiots focusing on changing perceptions and a medley of melodies that perfectly captured the big and small moments of their school life. On request Ms. Kakoli came up to the stage and addressed the gathering, sharing her varied experiences and memories with the Auxilium family, whom she had accepted as her own. The superior Sr.Elizabeth Valliyil spoke to the outgoing students of Class XII and to Ms.Kakoli wishing them all luck, success and health. Finally, the school leaders came up to the stage for one last time to hand over the responsibilities they had dutifully discharged over the past two years, to Sr. Elizabeth Valliyil  the Superior. The school captain expressed her love and gratitude to the school, on behalf of her batch mates.

Annual   Retreat

Jan7

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 AUXILIUM BANDEL: 58 sisters of our province filled with great thirst for God gathered at Auxilium Bandel for their Annual Spiritual Retreat, from 28 December – 04 January 2018. A renowned preacher Fr. Biji Thomas SDB, helped the retreatants to experience God from the various angle of their lives – prayer, evangelical council, Community living and mission, supporting his views purely from the Holy Bible.

 The retreatants were given a warm welcome by Provincial Rev. Sr. Rose Ezarath. In her introductory talk she boosted the spirit of the sisters quoting from Pope Francis “Our call is to seek the will of God “. Thus the sisters began to encounter the Lord firstly through a meaningful Eucharistic celebration. The theme rolled around these days of race was “for the greater glory of God”. Each morning dawned with a Eucharistic adoration, followed by the powerful prayers for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Holy men and women of the church were called upon to protect and deliver us from all evil. Fr. Biji in his first talk encouraged the retreatants  to prepare for a good confession. This Sacrament indeed was a trustful meeting with our heavenly father where one experienced His forgiveness and the grace to live a holy life.

The limitations of our community life brought into light through fitting examples from Bible stories, parables and the life of Christ. Fr. Biji urged us to live in all sincerity and truthfulness. Never to justify oneself at the advantage of others. In all these things doing the will of God is the greatest. At the mercy hour the retreatants were helped to contemplate the Paschal mystery through well animated chaplet of Divine mercy, the Holy rosary and the way of the cross. These days of grace being with our beloved Lord helped us to renew and commit ourselves totally for the glory of God. They were days of transformation than just formation. The encounter with the Lord made us to be seekers and God givers and urged us to make the necessary ‘shifts’ and ‘U turn’ in our lives journey.

At the end the retreatants were taken for a Picnic to a Santhal mission area (Sinet) run by the Salesian fathers. The sisters enjoyed themselves with various creative games and danced to the sound of the drum. Finally a good meal was served. Our sincere gratitude  to Rev. Sr. Rose Ezarath our Provincial for her active and guiding presence in our midst and to Sr. Elizabeth Valliyil and the community for their hospitality and family spirit in hosting this great event.

Lunch with the poor children – Auxilium Kalyani

Dec31

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In solidarity with the poor, Auxilium Kalyani had Lunch with 40 children on 25th December. A few days earlier Sr. Margaret Barla had visited the families of these children and invited them to share our meal on Christmas day and they accepted our invitation very happily and willingly. This event brought us great joy on this great feast of love and sharing. After the meal a piece of cake and sweets too were distributed to all. They thanked the sisters and didis and left happily back home.

CHRISTMAS Celebration at Auxilium, Najafgarh

Dec31

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The little angels of Auxilium, Najafgarh with great joy and enthusiasm celebrated the Christmas. The Auxilium premises  was adorned with flowers . The children of Nursery, K.G and Class I  in their party dresses and broad smiles added  to the beauty of the garden and started the programme with greetings and singings. With the arrival of the Kings and Santa’s  family with sweets, the  joy filled cheers, fun and laughter would be heard in the clouds. The vast areas surrounding Auxilium too was adorned in glowing colours of yellow flowers of the season dazzling in the bright sun added extra beauty to the celebration and give  GLORY TO GOD and PEACE to people of Good Will.  After the celebration, to make the day a very remarkable one the children had some games played and prizes were also distributed.

 

Christmas at Kalyani

Dec30

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The little ones of  Auxilium, Kalyani portrayed the joy and splendor of Christmas  in action and dance: Jingle Bells rock; Spirit of Christmas; I’m the happiest Christmas tree; Mary’s Boy child Jesus Christ; the Last Christmas. The tableau by classes II and III gave the message that Jesus is the way, the Truth and the Life. That he was born for you and me and to save us all from sin he came. The celebration concluded with the distribution of the Class IV Final Exam results of the Bengali medium and their prizes for the various activities for the year 2017 after which they all left happily to enjoy their winter break.

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The teachers were then invited to a small tea party. A happy and exciting moment was the exchange of gifts with the respective Christmas friend, as they unwrapped them eagerly with much joy. Above all every one appreciated one another for their talents, gifts and various gestures of love, more especially for the gift of prayer during this Advent Season. The teachers offered the community a beautiful card prepared by Ms. Margaret D’Costa and a cake as a token of their love and gratitude. Finally all exchanged greetings for a happy Christmas and a Bright and prosperous New Year.

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Moments with the poor – Auxilium Kurtumagrh

Dec30

On 21 December 2017 together with the parish community and some youth of the parish we prepared a delicious meal for the most neglected and poor children of Sunasahi, Kurtumgarh.  There were 40 children and some old ladies.  All of them were non-catholics.  Sr. Prisca Bara animated some group games which they enjoyed very much. Sr. Shanti Tirkey gave them instruction on cleanliness and hygiene as well as taught them good manners.  It was followed by a good lunch.  Finally Fr. Jugal Kishore Digal, the parish priest, Fr. Bikram Pradhan, the assistant parish priest and Sr. Annie Theyattil, the sister in charge distributed Christmas gifts for them.  All went home happy and contented.