Priest Ordination and Ruby Jubilee of St John Bosco Parish Senapati held
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, December 17 2017:
The Priestly ordination of Deacon Michael Kerketta, SJ cum Ruby Jubilee Celebration of St John Bosco Parish, Maram Khunou Senapati was held on December 16 and 17 at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School ground, Senapati DHQ .
With the theme "Lord, increase our faith", the two days celebration featured the celebration of 40 years of the DHQ Catholic parish and ordination of its first priest in 40 years .
Apart from remembering and paying rich tribute to pioneering missionary (L) Father John Med, SDB who established the DHQ parish in 1977, the congregation witnessed the huge turnout of people from different places, offering of religious Eucharistic Mass, felicitation programme, cultural presentation and community feast filled the two different occasions .
The priestly ordination mass and release of souvenir was administered by Archbishop of Imphal Dominic Lumon, DD, who along with 60 other religious priests offered the mass for the new priest who belongs to the Jesuit congregation .
A grand felicitation programme was also organized in which Father Arul Susaimanickam SJ, Regional Superior of Kohima Jesuit Region also expressed gratitude to the parishners and appealed for strengthening the missionary works in the regions through public support .
The Ruby Jubilee Celebration mass was graced by Provincial of Dimapur Province Father Nestor Guria, SDB who also blessed the Jubilee monument before the Mass .
On the occasion, 130 young children undertook their first holy communion while the church members also remembered pioneers and former Parish priest and church leaders during the last 40 years of religious journey .
A brief history of the St John Bosco Parish was also delivered by Touring catechist M Rafiiba Marius while Maram Khunou headman B Karaikangba and Father Akkarapatty Jose, Parish priest, St Paul Wokha also gave short speeches on the occasion.