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01.01.2023 - St. Thomas Quasi Province, India, is blessed with a new priest on the day of New Year. The ordination was conferred by the Bishop of Thamarassery diocese, Mar Remigiose Inchananiyil. Many of our priests and brothers from different communities were present on the auspicious occasion to pray for Dn. Akhil and his family. Congratulations Fr Akhil.

29.12.2022 - Aluva (India)  S. Natale 2022 - Incontro con alcuni gruppi dei bambini sostenuti a distanza, secondo le varie zone chiamate Rog Units (Unitá Rogate)! L'incontro é stato organizzato dai PP. Saji e P. Christy coordinatori del Progetto delle adozioni a distanza in India! E' il momento migliore per sensibilizzare i bambini e le loro famiglie alla riconoscenza e alla preghiera per tutti i benefattori che pur senza conoscerli, fanno giungere a loro il frutto del loro lavoro e del loro sacrificio! E' Natale, la Festa del Dono!

(Dec-22: India) The conferring of minor orders of Lectorate (Karoyusa) and Acolytate (Heupadiakanusa) to our eight brothers { Bros. Shone Perukunnel, Ajeesh Mohan and Mathew Manalel for Heupadiakanusa, and Bros Rajesh R, Josekutten Koonathan, Sinto Pozholiparambil, Midhun Thoppil and Albin Melukunnel for Karoyusa} was taken place yesterday at Vincentian Generalate, Edappally, by His Excellency Emeritus Mathew Vaniakizhakkel, VC. The celebration began at 10 am.

      On the occasion of the General Assembly of the St. Thomas Quasi-Province held in Aluva on Dec. 1-4, 2022, Fr. Jose Maria Ezpeleta, Vicar General, and Fr. Brizio Greco, Treasurer General had several chances of meeting the educational community of the Rogationist Academy which is located in the Rogationist complex in Aluva. The two Fathers visited the school and interacted informally with the students and teachers of the Academy. On another occasion,  the met with the school community during the Morning assembly. Finally, they were also guests of honor during the 2022 Sports Meet.

(Dec-08, Aluva)“Champions are made from something deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.”

(Dec 08) Following the tradition of the congregation, five novices of St Thomas Quasi Province (STQP) have done their consecration to Mary on the Feast of Mary Immaculate, at the Marian Shrine,  Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, at Velankanny, India. The novices were accompanied by novice master Fr Babu and Fr Steny. They celebrated Mass in the chapel and then made their consecration. 

(Dec. 5-6) The Religious students in Philosophy and Theology of the Rogate Ashram Student Residence participated in a workshop conducted by Fr. Jose Maria Ezpeleta held for two afternoons at the Luigi Memorial Hall in Aluva. The young religious were introduced to the Rogationist resources in English available online and practiced how to access them. Then, they had training on the use of online translation tools so as to have access to the Rogationist literature in Italian.

(Dec. 5) Fr. Shajan Pazhayil, Major Superior of St. Thomas Quasi Province, accompanied Fr. Jose Maria Ezpeleta, Vicar General, and Fr. Brizio Greco, Bursar General, to Aimury, where the Smart Angels stitching unit and the Tasta Bakery unit are now in the final stages of relocation from Aluva to the new facilities being built on the Aimury property that has a good number of rubber trees. They have also met with the confreres assigned to that community. Next to our property is a new hospital under construction. 

                  Fr. Brizio Giovanni Greco, General Treasurer, opened the third day of the STQP General Assembly 2022 with the Holy Mass in Italian, on the feast of St. Francis Xavier, which is celebrated as a solemnity in India. In his homily, he highlighted the missionary dynamism of this zealous evangelizer in the Far East whom Fr. Hannibal called the Apostle of the Rogate. 

              The second day of the STQP General Assembly started with the Holy Mass presided by Fr. Jose Maria Ezpeleta, Vicar General, concelebrated by the confreres and animated by the Religious students of the Rogate Ashram Scholasticate.