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: