Hojagiri Dance

Holy Cross Kathalcherra

Holy Cross Kumarghat

Holy Cross Panisagar

Holy Cross Tuikyrmaw

Notre Dame Holy Cross

St Andre School

Students of Holy Cross Schoool, Agartala presenting a brief history of Holy Cross in NE india.

St. Joseph's International School - Zokhawthar

St. Joseph's International School is situated at the border of India and Myanmar. it is owned and managed by the Fathers of Holy Cross NE India. It has about 220 students from Nursery to Class VIII, out of which about 60 students are from Myanmar, coming to the school across the border.

As you can see these pictures, we have very dedicated and committed teachers who tried their best to impart knowledge and educating the heart and mind of these simple, lovely children. In spite of poor infrastructure and lack of facilities, these children seem to be happy and proud being part of Holy Cross institution. If the facilities were better, there could have been more students.

On behalf of the school management and the students, I implore you all those individual generous people, Agencies, NGO's and anyone who see these pictures, to come forwards and extend a helping hand in building a better infrastructure and facilities for these school children. They are eagerly waiting for some help, so that they can study better, enjoy better facilities and are able to complete like any other students. 

By: Fr John Pau Khaw Chin, CSC

Do you want to help them? Will you be part of their lives by improving their school environment?

For further details, please contact me in my email.

john.pkc@gmail.com

The Holy Cross Fathers in NorthEast India are also actively involve in Prison Ministry India. They visit prison, giving them emotional and spiritual support in different ways and means. This is another way of Evangelist and serving the people of God according to the Gospel values. I request your prayerful support for the success of Prison Ministry India (PMI). Fr John PKC, CSC

Good News for Holy Cross NE Province:
The newly appointed Vocation Promoter for the province of Northeast India, Rev Fr. Kitbok Khongrymmai, CSC (son of the soil) has just finished his training at NVSC, Pune. Now, we are hoping that this training will enhance him in promoting more local vocation to join Holy Cross and Holy Cross in northeast India will grow in size and numbers within the coming few years. We wish him all the best and let us assure him of our support and cooperation

St Joseph Oratory, Montreal, Canada, 

a world famous pilgrimage center founded by 

St Andre CSC, a simple and devoted Holy Cross Brother.

Our Lady of Sorrows

The Solemnity of Our Lady of Sorrows, September 15

“There stood by the Cross of Jesus his mother Mary, who knew grief and was a Lady of Sorrows. She is our special patroness, a woman who bore much she could not understand and who stood fast. To her many sons and daughters, whose devotions ought to bring them often to her side, she tells much of this daily cross and its daily hope” (Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 8:120).

When deciding on a patron for the Congregation of Holy Cross, our founder Blessed Basil Moreau selected Our Lady of Sorrows.

Moreau’s original vision was that the Congregation of Holy Cross be one community of priests, brothers and sisters living and working together in imitation of the Holy Family. He consecrated the priests to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the sisters to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the brothers to Saint Joseph, but he placed the entire Congregation under the patronage of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Moreau often stressed the importance of conforming one’s entire life to Christ, which Mary models through her Seven Sorrows. He said, “It is (in her sorrows) that we shall see to what extent she has loved us! She stood at the foot of the cross, among the executioners and soldiers, so close to her dying Son that no detail of his death could escape her. … What did she do in this circumstance, so painful for her heart, being minister before the altar on which the sacrifice of our redemption was accomplished? Truly, she fulfills fully her part in the work of Christ, to ‘fill up, in her own flesh, those things that are lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, which is the Church.’”

HAPPY FEAST DAY TO ONE AND ALL

Feast of seven sorrows of Mother Mary

Mary, surrounded by the Seven Sorrows

 

The Seven Sorrows (or Dolors) are events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary that are a popular devotion and are frequently depicted in art.^[1]
It is a common devotion for Catholics to say daily one Our Father and seven Hail Marys for each.

1. The Prophecy of Simeon. (Luke 2:34–35) or the Circumcision of Christ
2. The Flight into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13)
3. The loss of the child Jesus in the Temple. (Luke 2:43–45)
4. Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary.
5. Jesus dies on the cross. (John 19:25)
6. The piercing of the side of Jesus, and Mary's receiving the body of Jesus in her arms. (Matthew 27:57–59)
7. The body of Jesus is placed in the tomb. (John 19:40–42)

Teachers' Day celebrated in all the Holy Cross Schools

Teachers' Day was celebrated in all our institutions in a grand manner. Students themselves took initiative, performed cultural programs to entertain their teachers to show their gratitude and presented gifts as a symbol of their love to their teachers. We have different school's pictures of teachers' day celebrations as follows:

Holy Cross College Celebrates the Fourth Graduation Day

Holy Cross College celebrated the 4^th Graduation Day, on 25^th July 2015, at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan, Agartala. The function began with a ceremonial procession of graduates, members of the teaching faculty and dignitaries in colorful graduation attires with the accompaniment of the School, BSF and Police bands.

The official function began with a prayer song followed by the welcome address by the Principal, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Kallarackal, CSC. In his welcome speech he acknowledged the support, love and the contributions of the guests and dignitaries to Holy Cross College and welcomed them to the function with flowers. He invited the graduates “to go forth to learn and serve with love” in their hearts which was the theme of the day.

The welcome speech was followed by the lighting of the ceremonial lamp, symbolically inviting God’s presence at the program.  The Chief Guest of the occasion was Shri Tathagatha Roy, Hon’ble Governor of Tripura. In his speech he invited the new graduates to serve the society with dedication and commitment and make a difference. He himself was proud to be a student of a Catholic institution in his younger days. He was happy that he learned many values in his life through the Moral Science classes in the school. He hoped that this practice is continued to this day in Catholic institutions.  He invited the graduates to go out in to the wider world with the values they learned at Holy Cross College and to be proud of Tripura and make Tripura proud.

Professor Anjan Kumar Ghosh, the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Tripura University, in his speech congratulated the outgoing graduates and invited them to achieve excellence through their hard work. They should strive to be good citizens of the country and make Holy Cross College, their alma mater proud.

Rev. Fr. K. J Abhraham, CSC, Chairman of the Holy Cross Educational Foundation presided over the function and gave the benediction. In his message he congratulated the graduates and invited them to spend themselves at the service of the people and the nation. He said “Graduation is a ticket to make a difference in the society.”

The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Pankaj Chakraborty, the academic coordinator.  A total of seventy students of Holy Cross College, the class of 2015, which is the fourth batch, graduated from the college with their BA, B.Sc, and BBA degrees. 

Fifteenth Death Anniversary of Fr Victor Crasta CSC.

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Death Anniversary of Fr. Bijoy John CSC.

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With Fr Theophilus Sohtun CSC at the Moreau Community House, Agartala

Bethany foundation day celebration at Holy Cross Campus at Agartala

Inauguration of B.Ed. at Holy Cross College on the July 17, 2015.

Visit of Sisters of the Holy Cross from Bangladesh.

Inaugural speech of Fr KJ Abraham

Inaugural speech of Fr KJ Abraham

Tribal dance

Male voices

Hostel girls

A prayer dance

Kokborok Modern Dance

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The marvellous creation of God

Beautiful scenery on the way to Trichy, Tamilnadu

With some of the students who celebrates their Birthday...

Farewell to you my dear students

Farewell

To the school management, teaching and non teaching staff and to you my dear students,

One year has gone by since I landed here. It is fresh in memories like yesterday, when I was warmly welcomed and introduced to you all. But now, it’s time to bid farewell to you as it is time for me to part from you.

With gratitude I take this opportunity to express my sincere thank to each and every one of you for accepting me as I am, and made me feel at home here. Thank you for understanding me in spite of differences in cultural background.

You have taught me good lessons to change my life and become a better human person. I am deeply inspired by the commitment, dedication, hard work and creativity of the teachers. I experienced, curiosity to learn, creativity in expression, discipline in life and seriousness in learning from the students. I learned lots from my loving little kids of LKG, UKG and Class I, the value of simplicity, truthfulness and generosity.

Even though I have not contributed much for this institution and for the growth of each individual, yet I am sure that I have touched the hearts of some of you in one way or the other through our interactions in and outside the class. Some of you will remember me for the song “ Chini sunani….sana sunani”.

So, this is my prayer that this institution may grow into a mighty tree to impart good education to many more people around here and that God will bless the management, staff and students of Holy Cross Matriculation School with success.

As I take leave of you, I will carry along with me the enriching experiences and wonderful moments I spent with you. Because you are the one who made my stay comfortable, my life enjoyable and wonderful. I want you to know that I will always remember and cherish these enriching experiences in my life. Thank you.

A FILM name "CHATI" (that mean The light) Releasing Ceremony at Agartala in January 2011.

A Koborok feature film is the story of an orphan girl child who is considered to be nobody in the society, yet she became a light in the family and in the society. Directed by John Pau Khaw Chin, CSC, and produced by Holy Cross Media Ministry.The film was officially released by Most Rev. Bishop Lumen Monteiro, CSC, DD, Bishop of Agartala.

Welcome back

Dear friends,

This particular Website or Blog (holycrossmediaministry-ne.blogspot.com) was created in few years back to keep in touch with our brothers and sisters in different parts of the world, sharing information about the work and ministry of Holy Cross in the northeast India. This is also to connect and link with people of good will, who are interested in our mission and ministries and that someone might get inspired through the services we render in this part of the world.

It was sad that this web site was discontinued due to unavoidable reasons and now we are resuming once again and hoping to update regularly in the future. 

Your positive strokes and concrete suggestions, feed back and comments for the betterment of this web site is always welcomed. I expect your sincere cooperation and support.

John Pau Khaw Chin, CSC