This day was dedicated to the Jubilarians. Seven Jubilarians blessed the Seminary with their loving presence. The day began with the Holy Eucharistic celebration at 06:45 hr. The Holy mass was concelebrated with Seven Jubilarian priests, staff and the visiting professors. The main celebrant of the Holy mass was Rev. Fr. Ashish Augustine, IMS from Mumbai. Fr. John Carvalho of Ajmer Diocese had given the introduction Rev. Fr. John Xavier of Gwalior diocese preached the homily. Rev. Fr. Francis Xavier thanked God Almighty for all the blessings. After the mass, there was cake cutting ceremony and wishing followed by a delicious breakfast.
At 09:45 a.m., the first sharing session was held with the Jubilarians. The whole community participated in it. With a tea break the sessions continued till mid noon. In the evening at 4.00 p.m. a friendly basketball match was held. All the Jubilarians participated in the friendly match. We had a cultural gathering at 6:00 p.m. Every Jubilarian was appreciated and congratulated with a shawl and memento. Rev. Fr. Soosai Rathinam, one of the Jubilarians made all happy with his melodious singing. Rev. Fr. A. Sebastian welcomed everyone. Rev. Fr. Richard A. talked on how beautiful was the day, the arrangements, memories and gave some message as we persevere in our mission and studies here. At last, Rev. Fr. Rector spoke too praising them. Finally, vote of thanks was proposed by the house beadle and the program culminated with the Seminary Anthem followed by a thanksgiving agape.
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