{"id":40033,"date":"2021-11-06T05:07:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T04:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdipime.org\/?p=40033"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T06:49:55","slug":"entrance-to-the-novitiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrance to the Novitiate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 28 October 2021, in the presence of the Province Leaders of the four Indian Organisms and Sr. Rekha Garwal, a missionary from Tunisia, the five postulants:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sophia Yanao Shimra<\/li>\n<li>Veronica Katara<\/li>\n<li>Chinnari Deepika Karumanchi<\/li>\n<li>Celcy Rose Johnson and<\/li>\n<li>Katta Prasanna<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>were initiated to novitiate, in the common Novitiate house of the Indian Organisms at Siliguri. At the very outset, Sr. Jacintha Xavier, the Novice mistress, lighted the candle in the hands of the would be novices, symbolically to represent lighting a spark in them of true discernment and love for our exclusively religious missionary Institute. In a prayerful ambient, <em>the Constitutions and the General Directory<\/em> were handed over to the novices by the respective leader of the organism. Sr.\u00a0 Thres Malar, the Province leader of Siliguri, explained about the importance of\u00a0 rule of life giving emphasis on interior and exterior silence, which can facilitate to\u00a0 permeate\u00a0 the essence of missionary call and its response.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-40033 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0676\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0676-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40036'>\n\t\t\t\tSr. Jacintha Xavier lighting the candle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0697\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0697-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40044'>\n\t\t\t\tWould be novices before the Altar of God\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0721\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0721-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40056'>\n\t\t\t\tSr. Blanche D&#8217;mello handing over the Constitution\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0725\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0725-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40060'>\n\t\t\t\tSr. Theresa Nazareth handing over the Constitution\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0716\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0716-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40052'>\n\t\t\t\tSr. Thres Malar handing over the Constitution\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img-20211029-wa0024\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211029-WA0024-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40092'>\n\t\t\t\tSr. Ancy Joseph handing over the Constitution\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/evidenza-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza-1-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40105'>\n\t\t\t\tThe formative community\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0736\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0736-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40064'>\n\t\t\t\tSr. Jacintha Xavier with the Novices\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/media-en\/entrance-to-the-novitiate\/attachment\/img_0769\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-40076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0769-1038x779.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-40076'>\n\t\t\t\tA moment of celebration\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 28 October 2021, in the presence of the Province Leaders of the four Indian Organisms and Sr. Rekha Garwal, a missionary from Tunisia, the five postulants: Sophia Yanao Shimra Veronica Katara Chinnari Deepika Karumanchi Celcy Rose Johnson and Katta Prasanna were initiated to novitiate, in the common Novitiate house of the Indian Organisms at Siliguri. At the very outset, Sr. Jacintha Xavier, the Novice mistress, lighted the candle in the hands of the would be novices, symbolically to represent lighting a spark in them of true discernment and love for our exclusively religious missionary Institute. In a prayerful ambient, the Constitutions and the General Directory were handed over to the novices by the respective leader of the organism. Sr.\u00a0 Thres Malar, the Province leader of Siliguri, explained about the importance of\u00a0 rule of life giving emphasis on interior and exterior silence, which can facilitate to\u00a0 permeate\u00a0 the essence of missionary call and its response. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,72],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-40033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-en","category-photos","tag-india-en","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/evidenza.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}