Praying with People

Fr. Markus Mardi, the Assistant Director of Social Welfare Institute, Raiganj had beautiful opportunity to pray with the faithfuls of Kaliaganj Mission when Fr. Dionis Back had invited him to give the retreat to his parishioners during the Holy Week . Kaliyaganj Mission is situated at Mustafanagar Village which is 31 Kms from Raiganj town of Uttar Dinajpur District, West Benagal. The Retreat stared on 19th March evening and ended on 22nd March 2008. The theme of the retreat was " How to be united with Risen Christ" . All the parishioners were very happy with the meaningful retreat during the Holy Week.

Giving remembers you

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received – only what you have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.

_{—St. Francis of Assisi}

Diocesan Core Team for JPDC

On 23^rd of February 2008, Justice, Peace & Development Commission’s meeting was conducted at Bishop’s House, Chotparua and formed a Diocesan Core Team (DCT) of JPDC for the Raiganj Diocese. The names and designation of DCT will be given bellow:

1. Rt. Rev. Dr. Alphonsus D’Souza S.J. : Chairman

2. Fr. Markus Mardi : Secretary

3. Sr. Tesy SCCG : Treasurer

4. Fr. S. Santhappan : Member

5. Fr. Sunny M.V. : Member

6. Fr. George Uttrakulam S.J. : Member

7. Sr. Anisha SDS : Member

8. Mr. Anil Sircar : Member

9. Mr. Antony Mardi : Member.

10. Fr. R. Puthumai A. Nazarene : Member

A Hearty congratulation to all the members of JPDC and best wishes for their new ministry.

Commissions in Raiganj Diocese

Rt. Rev.Dr. Alphonsus D’Souza, S.J., the Bishop of Raiganj Diocese, officially published in Raiganj Diocesan Circular No.RDC-2008/ 317 dated 1^stFebruary 2008, the names of Diocesan Directors of Different Commissions. All the directors were requested to select the members for their commissions. Fr. Markus Mardi, Asst. Director of Social Welfare Institute,Raiganj has been selected as the Diocesan Director of Justice, Peace & Development commission.

History of Raiganj Diocese, West Bengal

The Diocese of Raiganj was erected by Pope Paul VI by the Apostolic Bull “Ut Petrus et Pastor” dated June 8, 1978. The Diocese lies in the State of West Bengal. In 1952 a part of West Dinajpur and Malda was detached from the Diocese of Dinajpur (now in Bangladesh and the Prefecture of Malda was erected under the care of the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missionaries of Milan. But in 1962, when the Diocese of Dumka was erected, the Prefecture of Malda was suppressed. In 1978 the District of Malda and erstwhile West Dinajpur (now divided into Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur Districts) were bifurcated from Dumka in order to form the Diocese of Raiganj. Rt. Rev. Leo Tigga, S.J., who was then Bishop of Dumka, was appointed the first Bishop of Raiganj in 1978. He left for his heavenly abode on 29^th January 1987. Rt. Rev. Alphonsus D’Souza S.J., was appointed second Bishop of Raiganj Diocese on 26^th January, 1987.

First Post

Hello there!
This is my first post at my new Blog.
From Johannes, I recieved the image you see on the right, its fr Romus at the Morning Star College at Kolkata. If you want to visit the blog of Johannes, you can do that. This is the Blog of johannes Becker.



Have a nice day,
marcus