PIME VANI, 2020-21

 

 

Editor’s desk…………………….

Greetings and best wishes form PIME VIDYA BHAVAN COMMUNITY PUNE, to all the readers. Dear friends, for this issue we have taken theme “LET’S JOUNEY TOGETHER IN LOVE AND CARE (PANDEMIC).” We are all in the world where everyone is facing the disease called Corona Virus.

The whole world is filled with Love and Care in this time of Pandemic. Everyone is aware about the Covid-19. Yes, there were moments we just prayed for the people who were affected by Corona viruses but we did not take any concrete steps for them. It is in this time many have breathed their last. It did not give much thought into our hearts as it began in 2019. It is we, who have to take care of our brothers and sisters, so let us clean our hands all times and create distance for our sake and for the others so, we can prevent the Corona Viruses form spreading it and by wearing masks.

At first I express my heartfelt gratitude to God for his showers of blessings in bringing this issue. I sincerely thank Fr. John Berchman (Rector) for his constant support and guidance by encouraging us with his ideas in selecting the theme for this issue and also helping us to edit the issues. I am thankful to Fr. Vaktinath (Spiritual Director) for his support and words of encouragement. My heartfelt thanks to all those who, responded positively to our invitation with their wonderful articles, Poems and experiences. I thank the PIME VANI Group members for collaborating and helping to come up this issue. I hope all the readers would find meaning and enjoy reading. Thank you.

 

Wishing you a fruitful reading……………..

 

Prakash Nayak

IIYear Philosophy

How can we journey together with love and care?

These two years, we have tasted a different and a new experience. And we are addressed to a lot of challenges in our lives. On one hand we learnt many things due to Corona Virus, on other hand Pandemic also caused a lot of drastic things in our lives and society, we cannot meet each other, we cannot go to schools, colleges, a place of worship, place of entertainments and there is a lot of disturbance in our society. Apart from that pandemic also gives us chance to prove our humanity, unity and safeguard our own societies and countries. There are a lot of precautionary steps to prevent the attack of the virus. But how do we follow? We should keep our heart and soul to think about our fellow citizens or brethren rather than our own comfortable and luxurious structures. 

 

As Jesus taught us to love one another but how do we express our love towards others? We know that love and care go hand in hand, because if you love someone you also care for them. If you care for someone since you love them. We cannot part or separate them. If everyone follows the precautionary steps, we could have prevented the novel corona virus spreading everywhere in the world.

 

I would like to share my own experience. I was in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu when Corona Virus was furious in India, our formators instructed some of the precautionary steps to prevent Corona virus in our seminary. For several month we did not go out, through which we avoided social contact. We followed hygienic measures by washing our hands often and keeping our surroundings neat and tide. When we went outside, we made sure that wearing mask was mandatory.  Every day we used to consume Nilavembu kashaya water decoction or herbal water to boost up our immunity and support overall body health. As per my knowledge no one was found Covid-19 positive so far. By following these simple precautionary steps, we care for others those who are with us. In this way we show our love for them. Therefore, we should not fear to love and care

.However, our fear and selfish motives led us afar from our own people like parents, relatives, friends and all dear and near ones. We might also think this virus season is the period of test to love and care for own fellow brethren. St. Teresa of little flowers became the patroness of missions without going to the mission land but she was working pretty things in her community with heart and soul. Likewise, we need not become great scientists to prevent the virus from our society but by following the simple precautionary steps at home which are given by our elders and government. That shows our love and care for others.

If everyone follows it, we could have prevented virus in spreading everywhere, instead of blaming God. It is our human tendency to blame someone when things are not in good condition. We need to be responsible with the will of God. Hence, let us journey together with care and love.

                                                                                                             By Maddala Kishore

                                                                                                            I Year Philosophy

JOURNEY FROM TRICHY TO PUNE VIA VIJAYAWADA

 

          The journey how I undertook during the time of pandemic with my friends. This journey is one of the learning and memorable experience in my life. The precautions we have taken before our journey and how we reached the destination. I believed that when we were in difficulties, God will not abandon us, he will be with us always in our journeys. I would like to share my own experience, how I reached Pune. It was the time of lockdown, we were three of us, after finishing our course in Trichy, we were promoted to pune seminary to engage in further studies. We were stuck in Trichy for 7 months attending online classes.  People say, the train journey during pandemic is risky and this contagious virus transmits from one person to another.  The people were travelling by taking preventive steps in order to survive their families by working in different cities. In the time of lockdown, the government organized covid special trains, in railway stations there was a scrutiny and police were announcing, the people must wear masks and must carry their personal sanitizers and it is mandatory to maintain social distance. The rector of pune booked tickets from Trichy to Chennai, Chennai egmore to Vijayawada and to pune. Tickets from Vijayawada to pune were in waiting list. Before, we started our journey, we took masks, personal sanitizers, hand gloves and what we needed for the journey. By seeking the blessings from God, we started from seminary to Trichy railway station and waited for the train. We reached Chennai egmore. With lot of struggles we came outside and took auto for the next train in Chennai central. When we entered the station, there was checking by police officers and the station masters. They were allowing the passengers, whose tickets were confirmed. We got our seats. In the course of our journey, they maintained social distancing. We reached Vijayawada railway station and waited for next train. Before one hour, a message came to my mobile, that tickets were not confirmed. When we reached Vijayawada, it was midnight. Police men were not allowing us to get into the train to Pune.

     We stayed in vijawada railway station and made a phone call to rector. He suggested us to go to eluru and stay for few more days. Later, he told, he will book tickets. We got the bus and reached eluru and stayed in eluru seminary for 4 days. Later, I got a message from father, that tickets were confirmed. He booked from Hyderabad to Pune. We booked private travels from Eluru to Hyderabad. That night, we started our journey from Eluru to Hyderabad, Next day morning we reached hyd and got fresh up in bus stand and went to Hyderabad railway station. So we waited in the railway station. We saw numerous passengers who were waiting patiently in their respective platforms to get into the train. They were unconcerned about the pandemic and journeyed to reach their destinations. We had a good conversation with people and they helped us to know our platform and police advised us to take necessary preventive steps in the train and how to communicate with fellow passengers. We got seats, the passengers besides us introduced and shared their experiences, and they were good people. Same night at 11’o clock, we reached Pune. Like this I reached my destination, I thank God for these people who journeyed with me. We managed by taking necessary preventive steps, maintaining social distance and by following the instructions of police men. We reached our destination safe and care.

This above said experience is a proof that everything is possible for God, the one who believes in Him, and respects each other by following the rules and regulations, can be safe and achieve what is desired.                                                                       

                                                                                                                     Prathyush Sali

                                                                                                                       I Year Philosophy

Let's be kind 

Show kindness to others 

Treat all men as brothers 

Speak kindly to others and 

Wealth shall be yours 

The magic of story still lives in kind words let them be spoken 

And hearts will fly open 

Kinds words are ever more mighty then swords.

 

Let's be kind 

Around the world the tears of time are falling and for the loved and lost these human hearts are calling 

Let's be kind.

 

Let's be kind the way is long and lonely and human hearts are asking for this blessing only 

That we be kind.

 

We can't know the grief that men may borrow 

We can't see the souls storm swept by sorrow 

But love can shine upon the way today, tomorrow 

Let's be kind.

 

Scatter the seed of kindness and fear not 

A table will be spread what matter if you  are too weary 

To eat your hard earned bread 

Sow while the earth is broken 

For the hungry must be fed so 

Let's be kind.

 

                                                                                                     Ashish Korado

                                                                                                    Year of Spirituality

Inserting ourselves in the socio-cultural environment

St. Pope John Paul II says “Through socio-cultural development the church makes the Gospel incarnate in different cultures and at the same time introduces people, together with their cultures into her own community” Redemptories Missio 52

The message of the New Testament entails missionary activity. Several passages from the Gospels refer to the ‘Great Commission’ of the Apostles by Jesus. The church of Jesus has a mandate to take the salvific message of the Gospel to the ends of the earth and to make Disciples of Christ in every nation. Evangelization never takes place in abstract situation but is always addressed to concrete people who face the real challenges in their lives. This was witnessed in the social life of the first community of Jesus’s followers in Jerusalem who were deeply influenced by the Gospel and the mission of Christ. So the task of the missionaries in the present day is to carry out the Good News to all the nations.

The mission is signified basically as a communication among three cultures: the home culture of the missionary, the domestic culture of a country to which the missionary is assigned and then the culture of Palestine during the time of Jesus. The important task of the missionaries is to observe and understand these aspects and to broaden their way of thinking, traditional outlook and the lifestyle in a given cultural and geographical environment. Missionaries should find themselves situated in the inter-cultural context as it is very important to manage the social communication in the missionary work. The missionary has to be faithful always to the Gospel message that he is preaching and to the people to whom the message is being preached. In this aspect he has to be enriched by the communication in the socio-cultural context of the mission territory.

The second Vatican council says that Christ has sent the church to all the nations to be a sign of salvation for all (Ad Gentes). Therefore Church is not bound to any specific race, nation, ethnic group, lifestyle or culture. It should be able to get in contact with every culture and move towards all sections of the people. Through this the Gospel will continually revive life and the culture of the people. This is the prime reason for which a missionary is chosen by God.

Missionaries should give testimony about Jesus as someone who was here not two thousand years ago but as somebody from us who is here and now, participating in the culture of the present society. Considering the differences among human communities we should not forget the similarities and the common values. The Gospel message is a universal one and so it is assigned to the people of all cultures and traditions. The task of the missionary is to give this message in such a way so that it is communicated to all the people belonging to a particular culture in a particular context. People belonging to various cultures are naturally open for a communication with the other cultures. So the socio-cultural communication is an important factor which influences this dynamism. Through this the Mission of the church enters into the process of cross-cultural communication in the socio-cultural context. This also includes a readiness to share with everyone the riches of the Christian faith and to live a life embracing holistic spirituality.

Therefore the mission spirituality should be characterized by a universal openness to passionate concern for everybody and for any human problem. The main endowment requires a true availability, founded on the sense of faith and upon the pastoral charity to dedicate oneself to the spiritual well-being of the souls and to the propagation of the kingdom of Christ.

                                                                                                                           Parise Arun

                                                                                                   Year of spirituality

 Chronicles

January

3^rd spirituality brothers went for Ashram Experience in Mysore for one month.

14^th Pongal celebration

25^th we celebrated the Republic day in seminary

30^th Fr. Lourdh Xavier D.G visited our community

 February

18^th Feast celebration of St. Alberic Crescitelli

18^th Missionary sharing by Fr. Lourdh Xavier (Japan)

22^nd spirituality brothers went for charity experience in Mumbai.

March

17^th Retreat begins for spirituality brothers (Holo trophic breath work)

24^th Farwell to Fr. Bhaktinath (Spiritual Director)

26^th Leaving to Eluru for initial promise celebration.

28^th Brothers will receive initial promise in Eluru

29 – 30^th Holiday begins.

 

Our Community

Fr. Lourdh Xavier's visit 

Community days

Pongal Celebration