St John Bosco Parish Maram celebrates silver jubilee
Source: The Sangai Express
Maram, February 01 2015:
The Parish of St John Bosco, Maram celebrated its silver jubilee at the Maram Helipad Ground, Hornbill reported.
The Parish which has 8 Church units with about 4000 faithfuls came together to celebrate the silver jubilee.
The silver jubilee Holy Eucharistic mass was celebrated by Dominic Lumon, DD, Archbishop, of Imphal.
During the celebration, the Tribal Archbishop, hailing from Mongsang community of Chandel, congratulated the religious congregation of the Selisians of Don Bosco, and the faithfuls for their steadfast faith and assured prayers for the Parish.
The St John Bosco Parish, Maram has produced its first local Priest, Fr Puba James, SDB, and two other priests from the Parish along with many religious nuns, among the tribe of Maram.
During the Holy Eucharistic celebration, accompanied by about 15 priest from the neighbouring Parish and more than 30 nuns, the Sacrament of Confirmation was bestowed on more than 200 Catholics from the Parish.
After the Holy Eucharistic celebration, chief guest, Francis Ngajokpa, Minister, RD/PR, and Eco/Statistics, unveiled the monolith stone erected for the occasion of silver jubilee, which was blessed by the Archbishop, Dominic Lumon.
Ex-Parish priests including Fr AD Jose, SDB, Fr MD Varghese, Fr Mathew Tharakan, SDB, Fr Joseph Kindo, SDB, attended as special guests on the occasion.
Later, a cultural session highlighted by song competition, Bible drama, and quiz competitions was also carried out as a part of the silver jubilee celebration.
The Archbishop also released a new Maram hymn book during the celebration.
Ngajokpa Francis during his speech briefly dwelled on human values.
He pointed out that enormous responsibility is laid on women in upbringing and mentoring the children in the family.
Women, in this regard, could be considered as an asset of a family.
The Minister also advised the Parishioners of Maram to abide and live by realizing the value of the sacrament.