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      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. 

St. Hannibal Mary in watercolor paintings by Fr. Vimal, rcj.

(Dec. 1) The St. Thomas Quasi Province re-launches the upgraded version of its official website, rcjindia.org, during the opening session of the Circumscription’s General Assembly. Fr. Prabhin Prabhinabhavan, in charge of the Rogate Empowerment Center, which is the communication arm of the Quasi Province, presented the improvements done to make the website become an effective channel for the propagation of our charism, life, charity, mission, and apostolate. Fr. Ezpeleta, Vicar General, and Fr.

             The St. Thomas Quasi Province (STQP) had the formal opening of the General Assembly of perpetually professed Confreres of the Circumscription held at the Fr. Luigi Memorial Hall in the Rogationist complex in Aluva, Kerala, India. Forty-two Confreres are participating in person while 27 others from the communities in India and abroad are joining by means of the online platform. The Assembly runs from December 1-4, 2022.