Our small Community still finds the will of God which unites our wills and moves us as one among His will with all our strengths and weaknesses, but especially with all His Blessings.
It was holiday, 1st of October, but a raining day too; our Community went for fishing to the dam, and there we get always tiny fish. On October 4 we started our inter-class matches of football in the High School; there was also a team of teachers where Brothers played in it and they went into semifinal. Due to the retreat of other priests the first week of this month, on Sunday there was only one priest in the parish who celebrated 1st and 2nd Mass. Our Brothers were asked to distribute Holy Communion.
After the arrival of parish priest everything went as a routine, but a phone call from some unwanted person that perturbed the Priests of the parish as well as us, made a priest come to our house as a refuge and he stayed here till night, then he went to parish room. For some days we were advised to be careful in going out and to go to sleep little earlier switching off generator and lights.
Sudden change of climate in northern part of India by the cyclone, and heavy downpour we could not move anywhere. Few people in the Sunday Mass, lots of phone calls from our families asking for our well-being, etc. These things did not disturb us much, and especially our time table of prayer and other activities could be done at home as scheduled. As it was also time of harvest many paddy fields were full of water and grains were spoiled, so we were asked to pray for the farmers’ needs in their difficult moments.
In the middle of this month our Community had a Recollection Day. The Superior of the Daughter of St. Ann’s Community to reflect on the sense of Religious Life with her talks and her experiences. On 18th of this month our Superior with the Delegate in India, Bro. Justo Rubio, arrived in our house. We were very happy to have them again in our Community.
This “canonical” visit had been fruitful for our Community: a special thing we had is that we introduced in our Chapel the Tabernacle with the Holy Sacrament –authorized by the Bishop,- and we celebrated the first Eucharist in our Community. A day before a strike in Jharkhand we dropped Bro. Justo in Raurkela on 24th October. Our Community helped him with means that we could afford and that we can get.
We had Community meeting with all the members of the Community especially of sharing the experiences and difficulties of our Community in the absence of the Superior. We also took note of the tasks that should be carried out in the following days.
Last week of this month, a Sister and an aspirant came for vocation promotion from Andhra Pradesh, who were the neighbors in beginning of the Holy Family Brothers in AP. We helped them in finding vocations here as they helped us.
These days were getting cooler in the morning, darker in the evening yet we adopt ourselves with our timetable. Besides teaching our Brothers are in training the students as a physical education teacher for Sports and games, in particular Hockey in the Middle School, which next week there will be one week competitions and tournaments of different schools here in Kurdeg parish.
May the Lord help us to find the work our hands for the better of our Community and the people of this place. May the Holy Family and Venerable Brother Gabriel Taborin, our Founder, guide us in all our daily activities and bless them all.
The Community of Kurdeg
