CSsR India

     The annual meeting of the Councils of the 3 Units (Bangalore, Liguori & Majella) is being held at Pilar in Goa, India from the 17th to 19th February 2020. The V. Province of Majella is hosting the meeting this year. Fr. Michael Brehl (Superior General), Fr. Sebastian Anidato (General Consultor), and Fr. Jovencio Ma (Conference Co-ordinator) are present for the meeting.

Three students (Joshy and Arun from the Bangalore Province and Sebastian from the Majella V. Province) made their First Profession on the 13th June 2019 at Mt. St. Joseph, Kotagiri in the Nilgiris in India. This was a historic occasion. It was the first time three major superiors in India (Bangalore, Liguori, and Majella) attended and celebrated at the First Profession Service.

(Bangalore, India) Today, 8^th June 2019 is a joyous day for the Province of Bangalore and for the Vice-Province of Majella as a few students belonging to their particular Units made their Perpetual Profession at Holy Ghost Church, Bangalore. Three clerical students from the Province of Bangalore (Bro. Prem, Bro. Vijay and Bro. Robin) and one clerical student from the Vice-Province of Majella (Bro. Dony) professed their vows for life before their families, friends, and the confreres. The mass was presided over by Fr.

The Councils of the 3 Units of India (Bangalore, Liguori, and Majella) met with Fr. Michael Brehl, Superior General and Fr. Jovencio Ma (Conference Coordinator) from the 7th to the 9th May at the Pastoral Center at Kanjirappaly in Kerela.

On 26 July 2018, Fr Clement Campos, C.Ss.R. sent a WhatsApp message to the Redemptorists in India with these words: “Yesterday, I celebrated my 47th anniversary of ordination. Yesterday God also told me I had cancer. He has invited me into a new way of participating in his redemption. Pray with me that I be faithful. I love you my confreres and I count on your support and prayer.”

Fr. Prodeep Mondol and Fr. Christopher Ponnuswamy are Celebrating their Silver Jubilee of Profession today. They made their First Profession on 27th June 1993 in Kotagiri.

There was a Eucharistic Celebration of the First Holy Communion of 72 people in Nithya Sahaya Matha Parish in Tenali on the 31st of May 2018.

We also concluded the Marian month with the procession of our Mother in the streets of Tenali.

Fr. Micheal Brehl, the Superior General met with the 3 (V) Provincial Councils of Bangalore, Liguori & Majella from the 14th to 16th of May at Liguori Bhavan in Bangalore. Fr. General is accompanied by Fr. Sebastian Anitdao (General Consultor) and Fr. Jovencio Ma (Conference Co-ordinator).

An MOU for a Common Philosophy Study House in Varca, Goa, called St. Gerard Majella Study House was signed on 16th May 2018 by the Provincial, Fr. S. Arulanandam (for The Province of Bangalore) and the V. Provincial, Fr. Joseph Ivel Mendanha (for the V. Province of Majella) in the presence of Fr. Michael Brehl, Superior General and Fr. Jovencio Ma, Conference Co-Ordinator and Fr. Sebastian Anidato, General Consultor.

The Final Session of the Extraordinary General Visitation and Assembly began on 7th May, 2018 in Bangalore, India. Along with Fr. Ben Ma, C.Ss.R. (Conference Coordinator) and Fr. Sebastian, C.Ss.R., (General Consultor) the General Superior, Fr. Michael Brehl is one of the Animators. The assembly of around hundred Redemptorists would spend time together reflecting upon the decisions of the twenty fifth General Chapter and finding ways to integrate with the long term and short term plans of the Congregation on the whole.