Holy mass was celebrated on the occasion of the inauguration of the New Academic year 2023

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas the Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj exhorted the Minor Seminarians of Ranchi and Daltonganj Dioceses who are studying in the Minor Seminary at Chianki, Daltonganj.

Speaking on the occasion of Inauguration of a New playground for the seminarians, Bishop Theodore told them that God is good to us all the time.  And this goodness we realise in our day to day lives.He spoke of the need to grow holistically.  God  gives us gifts. So  we are grateful to God. Everything we do is our gift to God be it Studies, games, recreation, manual work or other activities. We need to do everything with dedication, sincerity and selflessness. Then Bishop then blessed the whole ground. 

Thereafter, a Holy mass was celebrated on the occasion of the inauguration of the New Academic year 2023. In his homily, Bishop Theodore explained to the Seminarians that the world needs good priests. Being a good priest means being self-disciplined, selfless, dedicated and loving God and loving the neighbour specially those marginalized and poor.  To be God’s priests there are certain  qualities required: the  first quality is to Get Jesus in to your life. You will be Jesus’ priests. Second quality  is to be priests totally at the  service of others. There is  joy in living for others, he said. The Third  quality is that a priest lives so that he can have eternal life. All other things come and go  what remains is eternal life remains.  After the Holy mass there was a cultural program. The seminarians got the chance to show their talents and skills. Bro. Binay Barla welcomed the gathering for cultural programme with a beautiful welcome speech. There were 5 items. The Minor seminarians performed a  skit on pros and cons of  social media in our life. This was very much thought provoking. The seminarians from seeds of hope put up  wonderful dance.  Bishop on his speech once again encouraged the seminarians to be dedicated and sincere in the process of learning.

In the inaugural ceremony Fr. Arvind Munda the director of Minor Seminary Fr. Ezekiel the vice director, Fr. Pradeep Baxla the director of pastoral centre Chianki Daltonganj, Fr. Sanjay the Education director Daltonganj Diocese, Fr. Suman, the manager of St. Xavier’s Academy Latehar, Fr. Basil the principal of Christ the King English Medium school Chandwa, Fr. Fabianus Sinduria the treasurer of Daltonganj Diocese, Fr. Maurice Kujur Parish priest of Cathedral, Fr.  Anish Sj and other priests were present for the ceremony. There were around 100 religious sisters and   Seminarians present.