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In 2006 Superior
General, Salvatore Izzo along with the priests and students of our
Indian Mission, celebr
ated a Mass of Thanksgiving, dedicating
the coming year as a time of prayer and reflection on the
significance and achievements
of our Missionaries in India.
This was the prelude to the 2007
25th anniversary celebration of the founding of
our Indian mission in May of 1982.
Fr. Izzo, who was one of the founding priests of the first religious
house in Bangalore,
India
and worked there for many years building the community, will be
present. He will be joined with several former Superior Generals of
the congregation and
General Council members and friends of the congregation.
The current schedule for the celebration will begin on August 4 with
Solemn Mass with the Archbishop of Bangalore, Most Rev. Bernard
Moras presiding. The day
will also feature a film presentation depicting the history,
spirituality and activities of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts
in India
during the past 25 years and a cultural program presented by the
laity.
Celebrations will also take place at Tamil Nadu where a new
presbytery will be inaugurated.
The Bishop of Trichy will preside a Mass concelebrated
with Fr. Izzo and our priests.
The children of our school will present a cultural program
and scholarships will be presented to several lay students based on
their academic achievement in an educational program sponsored by our congregation.
Opening Mass of the reflection year celebrating
25 anniversary of our Mission in India.
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Superior General Fr. Salvatore Izzo with gathering of Indian
school children sponsored by our congregation.
Students and members of
our Indian community.
On August 19 in Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh) the blessing of the new
parish church will take place.
The church, built by our Missionaries, will be dedicated to
our Founder, Blessed Gaetano Errico.
Also a new seminary and a new hostel for our seminarians will
be dedicated to Servant of God, Raffaele Menella. Presiding
at the Mass will be the Bishop of Guntur, Most Rev. Gali Bali.
Additional scholarships will be rewarded and our missionaries
will also present funds for the construction of three more homes for
the villagers. This continues
a program initiated in the past few years which has already provided
new homes to improve the living conditions of families in the
village area.
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