Jesuit Ordination_Fr. Cyprian SJ

Fr.Cyprian Monis was ordained Priest by Bishop Aloysius Paul D'souza of Mangalore on December 27th..Two other Jesuits for the Karnataka Province were ordained together with him
The Ordination Ceremony ,con- celebrated by over 70 Priests, was a solemn and a spiritually enriching event, for the large crowd gathered at the St Aloysius College Hall..



Fr.Cyprian was led to the altar by his aged mother and eldest brother
A tastefully prepared back drop and a choir which led the Congregation in song, added to the solemnity of the service, which was completely in Konkani Apart from the fact that he was ordained ,Fr. Cyprian was also happy that there was a fairly large Jesuit contingent from Gujarat which included. Jerry Sequeira,Lawrence Lobo, Felix Gonsalves,Robert Mascarenhas,Erwin Lasrado,Maxim Crasta,Ronald Sanctis and Cedric Prakash.

Fr.Jerry, spoke at the public felicitation Ceremomy which followed the ordinations
Fr Cyprian s celebrated his first Eucharist on December 28th in his home parish of St Peter Claver(a Jesuit saint).in Arva...some 70 kms away from Mangalore.This Church was built almost one hundred years ago by a Jesuit and Fr Cyprian is the very first Jesuit Priest from the parish.The First Mass and the Parish reception which followed were indeed memorable events

Fr. Cyprian has been posted to Zankhvav,in the Baroda Diocese

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Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ
"PRASHANT'
(A Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace)
Ahmedabad,
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