Thursday, December 15, 2011

Fr. General’s canonical visit to India District in formation.

The Canonical visit of Fr. General

An outline of Fr. General’s canonical visit to India District in formation.




       Fr. General commenced his 12 days ’long Canonical visit to the India district in formation on October 30 ,2011 and concluded on November 12,2011.

     Here begins his tight schedule. On 31- 10- 2011: morning Fr. General had a Meeting with the Archbishop of Trivandrum and on the same day, he proceeded to Alleppey for the team meeting and to meet with the Bishop of Alleppey thereafter, and stayed overnight at the Bodhi Institute of Theology where two seminarians of our institute is doing Theology course. On Nov 1, he met with the Rector of the Institute of Theology and both the theology students of the institute. After that he proceeded to meet with the Bishop of Quilon and had lunch with him. In the afternoon, Fr. General met with the two Voluntas Dei priests in the parish which was allotted to the Voluntas Dei priests in the diocese of Quilon, which was followed by the team meeting in the presbytery. After the team meeting, Fr. General proceeded to meet with the Bishop of Punalur.
 Archbishop Most. Rev. Soosai Pakkiam M, Trivandrum archdiocese, with Fr. General and  Fr. District Director

     On 02th, morning, Fr. General visited the Bishop of Neyyattinkara where four IVDei priests were working, and had team meeting with the priests and married couples in the diocese.
On 03-11-2011 Fr. General stayed in Bethel seminary for the meeting with the minor seminarians and the formators in Bethel, which was followed by  individual meeting with the IVDei priests working in the Archdiocese of Trivandrum.
On 04-11-2011 early morning Fr. General departed to Ernakulam by Train to meet with the Archbishop of Verapoly, the Rectors of the major seminaries where the major seminarians are doing Philosophy and Theology and to visit the major seminary of the institute in Alwaye where he had meeting with the seminarians and the formators individually.

      On 05th after noon, Fr. General visited a new team at Kottappuram. After the team meeting he met with the Bishop of Kottappuram, and in the evening he departed for Chennai.

On 06th, he participated in the Team meeting in Valarpuram, Chennai, and had meeting with IVDei priests. In the evening, Fr. General offered Holy Mass in Thekkalur parish which was allotted to the institute in the diocese of Chennai.

On 07th, morning Fr. General visited Sacred Heart Seminary where one of our seminarians is doing Theology. Then he visited the Archbishop of Chennai and returned to Valarpuram to stay overnight.
On 08th, morning, he met with the Bishop of Chengleput. In the evening, he travelled to Rameswaram to meet with the Bishop of Sivagangai and for the team meeting in Rameswaram. After the team meeting in Rameswaram, he returned to Trivandrum for the sector meeting and for the priestly gathering.

On 10th, morning, he participated in the Trivandrum Sector meeting, and after Lunch, he met with all the Voluntas Dei priests in Bethel. On 11th morning, he participated in the district in formation council meeting and concluded his successful canonical visit on November 12th.

The maiden canonical visit of our Fr Director General brought new life and vitality to the institute in India, to move forward, keeping in mind the spirit behind founding the Secular Institute Voluntas Dei, by Rev Fr Louis- Marie- Parent who is interceding for us in heaven.

Voluntas Dei Per Mariam Immaculatem.


More photos

      Trivandrum sector members with all the IVD priests

    Fr. General with the Alleppey team members

       Fr. General, with  Bishop Rev. Stephen Athipozhiyil, bishop of Aleppey and Fr. Napoleon Gomez

  Fr . Eugene, Fr. Napoleon with Fr. General and Bishop Rev. Stanly Roman, Bishop of Quilon (Kollam), Fr. Sony NR and Fr. Martin Muttikkal

   Fr. General with Quilon team members after the team meeting.

    Fr. Napoleon Gomez , Bishop Rev. Silvester Ponnumuthan, Bishop of Punaloor  and Fr. General
     Fr. General with Rev. Bishop Neethinaathan, bishop of Chengalputt

 Rameshwaram team meeting

    Fr. General with the fathers and brothers of Our Lady of Miracle seminary, Vellaarappilly seminary.
 
   Fr. General with Rev. Bishop Soosai Manikkyam, bishop of Sivagangai
 




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