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Vocation Expo

Pubblicato il: mercoledì 2 Novembre 2022

We, the SMI and PMI, had an opportunity to participate in the ‘Vocation Expo’ conducted in the Holy Family Church, Perumpilly in the diocese of Verapoli on 23 October. By the hard work and mutual help of our sisters and PMI brothers, we could make the stall that has been assigned to us more colourful and attractive.

The historical photos of our Congregation, specially that of Mother Carla, were used in the “expo” in a meaningfully way.  There were many photos that reveal our charism and mission. Inspiring quotes of Mother Carla were beautifully presented in many charts.  As the highlight of the event the video about the life of Mother Carla, which tells the story of our Congregation, was shown.  Thirteen religious congregations participated in this ‘Vocation Expo’.  Catechism students, teachers and parents from the parish and from neighbouring parishes had a beautiful experience in this event.  We are happy that some parents and students have shown interest to know about the charism and mission of our Congregation. It was a blessed occasion to share the joy of being a missionary of Incarnation.

Leaving the footprints…

Pubblicato il: sabato 24 Dicembre 2022

Everyone in this world wants to live their life until they die, but very few wants to live their life even after their death. They leave legacy behind them to inspire others to follow them. We must leave our footprints in the same way that Jesus, our master, lived a life and left a trail of evidence for us to follow. We should do simple things in the best way possible rather than always doing the most amazing things to be remembered. Mother Carla lived her life in this manner. She remained a pillar of the family from the start despite the difficulties she encountered. She offered unrestricted assistance and has done whatever it takes to provide for and protect her family. She was a source of comfort and support. She worked hard to ensure that her family is taken care of financially and emotionally.

When I think of her life, the challenges and the struggles that she underwent was to transform herself to make the foot prints. The life of mother Carla can be compared to the life of a butterfly. It is well intertwined. From a caterpillar to a butterfly takes flight, it is a story of change, growth, and Transformation. It is applicable to mother Carla because, like the butterfly, mother has gone through a process of transformation; from the worldly life to spiritual life, in order to create a history or to be a part in the history. She has taken long journey to reach her full potential. She has overcome obstacles and broken free from her own shells in order to realize her full potential, just as the caterpillar sheds its cocoon. The pure gold is always tested in the fire (1peter 1:7). Despite having wings, the butterfly cannot fly without the right circumstances; it must be in the right place at the right time. Similar to this, she had been searching for the appropriate time and location to accomplish her goal before finding it in the Lord. His power is made perfect in weakness (2cor 12:9). Mother has left many people with colorful memories in their hearts, just as the butterfly leaves a colorful mark on the finger where it rests. She left her mark indelible on the ground, which is followed by the members. That I could witness on the day in the joy of the members of the congregation.
The first missionary, His cherished mother, carried the word made flesh. Similar to this, the missionary sisters of incarnation represent Jesus through their deeds rather than just their words. That was the kind of spirit Carla, the mother, wanted to embody in order to inspire others to carry on the love of the father. In and through Jesus, the father’s unconditional love was made clear. So, even today, through her devoted children, Carla’s work has helped to bring Jesus to the least in society. I noticed the children of mother Carla were all together and joyful during the celebration. The cathedral and the home where we held the celebration were both filled with more people than with the congregation. I was intrigued and moved by the participation of the lay people, they too were the colourful foot prints the mother has left in this world. In addition, I have witnessed the love and concern of the Father and Mother Carla in the hospitality of the Sisters. The service rendered by Mother Carla’s children demonstrated her servanthood.
We ask the lord that the mother always lead and inspire her children to uphold the legacy she has left and serve as representatives of the father’s love, which served as the congregation’s charism.

Felcian Maria Jegan MMI.
La Giustiniana, Roma.
Missionaries of Mary Immaculate.

Pongalo Pongal

Pubblicato il: lunedì 16 Gennaio 2023

Pongal è il più grande festival nello Stato del Tamil Nadu ed è un momento di festa e ringraziamento per gli abbondanti raccolti dell’anno precedente. Il festival prende il nome dal cerimoniale “Pongal”, che significa “bollire, traboccare”. La gente grida “pongalo pongal” quando il riso raccolto bollisce con latte e Jaggery e ciò simboleggia l’abbondanza di benedizioni nelle famiglie e l’essere grati per l’abbondante grazia di Dio. “Che Dio ti benedica con un trabocco di pace e prosperità durante questa stagione festiva! Pongal felice!”

Per sempre

Pubblicato il: martedì 17 Gennaio 2023

Nel mondo di oggi tutto è effimero e immediato, non c’è nulla al di là. Tutto è qui e subito; questo è ciò che risuona nel mondo e attorno a noi. Decidere per tutta la vita allora è proprio per i coraggiosi! Questo è ciò che è accaduto il 14 gennaio 2023 presso il Convento di San Giuseppe a Cochin. Suor Vineetha Palliparambil ha emesso i voti perpetui nella Congregazione delle Sorelle Missionarie dell’Incarnazione (SMI). Dopo aver rinnovato i voti religiosi per cinque anni, ha fatto un salto di qualità che l’ha fatta cadere tra le braccia del Padre Celeste, le mani più sicure di tutto il mondo. Con una bella ma semplice cerimonia, si è svolta questo grande evento. Durante la Santa Messa, presieduta dal vicario generale della diocesi di Cochin e concelebrata da altri 7 sacerdoti, Suor Vineetha ha pronunciato il suo “Sì” definitivo. La presenza dei suoi genitori e parenti ha dato più calore e colore alla funzione. Auguriamo a Suor Vineetha tanta forza e coraggio per andare avanti sulla via della santità e per una buona missione ovunque il vento dello Spirito la porterà.

Mission experience

Pubblicato il: venerdì 20 Gennaio 2023

Helen Keller School for the Hearing Impaired is a school run by the Diocese of Kumbakonam and managed by the Missionary Sisters of the Incarnation. It was inaugurated in 1995 and since then, many students have passed through the school and have developed their talents and studies. These children are gifted in arts, sports, and other activities and have won first prize medals from the state for their extracurricular activities.

There are several competitions conducted by the district, state, and nation for hearing-impaired children. The government of Tamil Nadu has introduced several master plans and projects with modern techniques and equipment to encourage and foster these special students by providing opportunities for them to cultivate their talents at various levels.

During the academic year 2021-2022, our children were invited to participate in different programs. In November, they went to Chennai to participate in sports and games and won medals in various competitions.

God is present everywhere, including in and around vulnerable children. When we are with them, we can experience God’s wonderful providence, love, and mercy through them. Those who come into contact with them also say, “Here is God. God dwells in them. We don’t need to search for God anywhere else. They are God’s eyes and God’s hearts.”

Kumbakonam Community

Silence speaks!

Pubblicato il: domenica 19 Marzo 2023

The world and its history always search after the victorious deeds of people and the fame of names. But how does the silence make a man in the history renowned and fortune?  St. Joseph has divulged the divine secret in unveiling the silence. He is the only prominent figure who stuck the history of humanity with his grace of silence by opening the door for the mystery of Incarnation. God manifests himself in the moment of silence. God spoke to Joseph and he listened to God in silence. Pope Francis would confirm that Joseph’s silence is not a mutism or taciturn but it is a humble submission and confirmation of the readiness for the divine call. It is an offering with full of listening. “the Father spoke a word and it was his Son”, writes St. John of the Cross. The mystery of God invariably manifests in eternal silence. There is no wonder why Jesus loved the lonely place and spaces of silence. Because, he was brought up in the ‘school of the house of Nazareth’ with the daily examples of Joseph and Mary. It might have been the reason that Joseph disappears from the scriptural scenes silently after the story of Christ’s birth and Passover in Jerusalem at age of twelve.

Silence is not only a buffer zone but it frightens and challenges. The scripture does not utter a single word by St. Joseph of Nazareth, the humble carpenter. It might have been difficult for him to be the protector of the Word of God but even then, being a ‘just’ man, God makes him to say ‘yes’ to the eternal plan to be Mary’s husband and foster father of Jesus. In this sense, the salvific history is incomplete without the account of the ‘shield’ of the holy family.

Even in his darkest hours and midst of trials, after learning of Mary’s pregnancy, Joseph remained to be man of character. He himself did not fully understand the circumstances surrounding Christ’s conception and birth. But he was able to love what he did not fully understand. His sanctity and faith revealed in this love. The fullness of faith that bears in his heart combined in silence with action. He did not speak but demonstrated what Jesus once told his disciples, ““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Mt: 7/21). It is a virtue that acquired and fostered in his heart with humility that prompts him quietly draw back and silently obey the will of God. A vocation, completely in silence!

George Sinesh Karuppalyil SJ

Grandi cose ha fatto il Signore!

Pubblicato il: sabato 1 Aprile 2023

Carissimi lettori, dalle comunità dell’India vogliamo condividere la gioia che abbiamo vissuto con la Solenne celebrazione dell’Annunciazione di nostro Signore. Come Maria, due delle nostre sorelle, Sr. Sonali Nayak e Sr. Vipil Josna Alumparambil, hanno pronunciato il loro “Sì” offrendo la loro vita al Signore.

La Santa Messa è stata celebrata nella cappella di Cochin da padre Martino PMI e da altri sacerdoti. La Chiesa era piena di religiose e di tanti fedeli. I genitori e i famigliari delle professe hanno partecipato con una particolare commozione, felici di aver donato la loro figlia al Signore.

“Il Verbo che si è fatto carne” e continua ad attirare giovani verso di Lui per proclamare l’amore Incarnato a tutta l’umanità.  Madre Carla dal cielo avrà gioiato insieme a noi; ora le sue figlie continuano a portare avanti la sua eredità spirituale.

Preghiamo per lei e chiediamo a lei la sua intercessione!

Premio Asiriyar Thilaham

Pubblicato il: giovedì 14 Settembre 2023

Premio Asiriyar Thilaham

Cari lettori,

la comunità di St. Charles Home a Nagercoil (Tamil Nadu) vuole condividere la gioia per il riconoscimento ricevuto circa la nostra attività apostolica. La nostra cara Sr. Sirumalar Soja lo scorso 2 settembre ha ricevuto il premio ASIRIYAR THILAHAM, come migliore insegnante.

Sr. Soja era l’unica educatrice specializzata nel sostegno di bambine diversamente abili, il resto degli educatori provenivano da scuole diverse non interessate da disabilità.

Il Rotary club di Marthandam per selezionare la migliore insegnante, normalmente visita almeno 5 scuole del Distretto di Kanyakumari.

Quest’anno la nostra scuola: “School for the mentally changelled” è stata tra quelle oggetto di verifica. Il responsabile della verifica, è stato molto colpito dalle attività svolte, e soprattutto dall’amore e la cura con cui formiamo le nostre studentesse e portiamo avanti la scuola, e….. tenendo fede a ciò che recita  un noto  proverbio: “La prima impressione è sempre quella giusta”  la Rotary Club  ha deciso di assegnare questo premio alla nostra cara Sr. Soja .

Per questo riconoscimento, il merito va naturalmente alla nostra Congregazione: le Suore Missionarie dell’Incarnazione e soprattutto alla sua fondatrice: Madre Carla Borgheri che alcuni decenni fa ha avuto la giusta lungimiranza e attenzione per queste bambine abbandonate.

Come dice Madre Carla: qualche volta basta una parola, un piccolo gesto o un sorriso per risollevare la vita degli altri” ed è quello che ogni giorno cerchiamo di fare.

Nulla di tutto ciò però sarebbe stato possibile senza l’intervento e la volontà di Dio che

opera attraverso di noi in mezzo ai suoi figli per il bene delle sue creature. “Siamo infatti opera sua, creati in Cristo Gesù per le opere buone che Dio ha predisposto perché noi le praticassimo (Ef 2,10).

With His Grace 25 Years

Pubblicato il: lunedì 11 Dicembre 2023

With His Grace 25 Years

Dear readers,

 The community of St. Charles Home in Nagercoil (Tamil Nadu) St. Thomas region wants to share the joy of being 25 years of Religious life of our dear Sr. Antoniyammal, Sr.Savariyammal and Sr.Smitha James. They celebrated the thanks giving Holy mass on December 9th  2023. They are very grateful to all the people who accompanied them in these 25 years of life consecrated to God for others, in this great family of Missionary sisters of Incarnation.

Sr.Anthoniyammal belongs to Kottar diocese, Sr.Savariyammal belongs to Madurai Archdiocese and sr.Smitha James belongs to Kollam diocese. Thanks to their Parents who sacrificed their daughters to our Incarnation family.

The celebration held on 9th December at.5.pm, the holy Eucharistic celebration presided by Most. Rev. Peter Remigius D.D. emeritus. They too renewed their strength to work for the Lord again throughout their journey of life with Jesus. Our joy was immense!

A heartfelt thank you to all the sisters, Fathers and parishioners who participated in our joy. For all of them we ask the Lord to bless them and to grant them peace.

Jesus Incarnate Word bless everyone!

 

The Joy of Christmas

Pubblicato il: sabato 30 Dicembre 2023

On this occasion of Christmas season, with great joy, we the Missionary Sisters of Incarnation together with our inmates and their family members and our benefactors, celebrated the Christmas program at St. Charles Home, Tamil Nadu on 22nd Dec at 11.30 am. We invited Rev. Fr. Madhan, the correspondent of Bishop Arockiaswamy B.Ed. College as our Chief Guest and Paster Stephen, the Paster of Sahaya Nager AG Church and Mr.Vijai, Sub Inspector of Rajakamangalm who were our Special Guest. All our Chief Guests and Special guest were impressed by the cheerfulness and the programs of our dear children who are intellectually Disabled. This is the joy that we must learn from these special children and bring to others. Through the programme, we could see the possible effort and the dedication of all the sisters and the staff who are involved in their growth and education. We thank all our well-wishers, friends and relatives. May the infant Jesus bless you all and give you peace, joy and prosperity through this great festival of Christmas.