OFM Franciscans - India

Secretariat For Missionary Evangelization

 

Secretary and Convener Br. Dominc CJ 
Members Br. Vijay Bhaskar (Provincial Definitor)
Br. Prem Kumar D’ Souza
Br.  Thomas MJ
Email smeofm@gmail.com

Note:

The Secretariat of Missionary Evangelization is an animating body of the Province with reference to matters related to pastoral, educational and Ashram ministries of the Province. This Secretariat will educate and promote the Brothers in the areas of inculturation, inter-religious dialogue, evangelization. It will create awareness of mission among the Brothers and communicate to them about the missionary projects and activities of the Order at the national and international levels.

The scope of this Secretariat is:

  • To facilitate contact with the “Mission” – both within and outside the country;
  • To disseminate information regarding missionary projects and activities in the Province;
  • To Celebrate Franciscan Mission Sunday
  • To organize annual programmes such as FRAYME (Franciscan Youth Meet)
  • To collaborate with other Secretariats and Councils
  • To identify and train personnel for missions;
  • To convene meetings of friars ministering in the Parishes/NGOs/Educational Institutions/Formators – at least once a year – in view of evaluating and updating the methodology of missionary evangelization.

 

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS

ST. FRANCIS

FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (March)

Date

Name of the Friars

Events

Year

03

Bipin Kishore Kandulna

+ Gregory Fernandes

Birth

Home

1990

2018

04

Joy Prakash

Davis Kallookaran

Alphonse Moras

Simon Pinto

+ Alexis v. Leeuwen

Birth

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Home

1948

1978

1978

1978

1999

05

Satynath Pegu

+Bal Raj Madanu

Birth

Home

1998

2018

09

Augustine Pinto

+ Gerald Scarisbrick

Sujit Ganji

Ordination

Home

Birth

1967

1980

1988

12

Gerald Lobo

Paul K.L.

St. Thomas Province – INDIA

Nichol John

Avinash Kujur

Ordination

Ordination

Erection

Birth

Birth

1977

1977

1985

1992

1995

13

Eugene A.

Samson

Tommy T.J.

Birth

S. Vows

S. Vows

1985

1985

1985

14

Jayapal Dwarakonda

Flame, Dindigul

Birth

Blessing

1979

2009

17

Basil Tirkey

Birth

1984

18

Johnvinzen Lyngdoh

Birth

1987

19

James N.

Ordination

1994

20

+ Sylvester Dias

Trevor D’Souza

Home

Ordination

1979

1993

21

+ Joseph Dias

Home

2002

23

Charles Mathew Kolanchery

Joy Prakash Kuzhiparambil

Bhatkal Friary – In Perpetum

+ Oswald Dijkstra

Ordination

Ordination

Acceptance 

Home

1974

1974

1989

2006

24



25

Lawrence Simon

Arok Sundar Sebastian

Dharma L. Bernard

Charles Bernard

Amaldas Belevendran

Andrew Edlin J.

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Birth

1979

1979

1979

1993

1995

2001

26

Santosh Ekka

Birth

1978

27

Babu Jose Pamplany

Birth

1966

28

M. Lenin Joseph

Birth

2001

30

Paul Kallan

Birth

1961

31

Sagaya Soosairaj A.

Ordination

1997