Yazha Thoni: OMI Newsletter Sep-Dec 2009 - oblate province of ...

He also spoke of the necessity of helping the foreignmissions in future. The scholasticate communityfeted Father General with delicious lunch.At the Holy Family ProvincialateWith the Formation CommitteeAfter the warm welcome by scholasticatecommunity, Fr. General, together with Fr.Provincial who is directly in-charge of formation,met the formation team of the Province at thescholasticate. While listening to the views of theformators, Fr. General also expressed the prioritygiven by the Congregation in the ministry offormation. Frs. Jerome Lambert, Anthonimuthu,Jayanthan Pachchek, S.J. Francis, PeterRajanayagan, Wenceslaus and Confucious werepresent at this meeting.On the 18 th afternoon Fr. General also paid a visit tothe Holy Family Provincialate together with Fr. PaulNadchethiram, the Provincial. Rev. Sr. Yolande, theProvincial of the Holy Family Sisters and theProvincialate community warmly welcomed FatherGeneral. They expressed their happiness andgratitude to Fr. General for his thoughtfulness andhis presence in their midst. They shared their viewswith Fr. General in a cordial manner and also assuredhim of their prayers and support to the Oblates intheir ministries.At the tomb of late FathersJesunesan OMIand Pavilupillai OMIOn the 18 thafternoon Fr.General visited thetombs of late Rev.Fr. P. JesunesanOMI and Rev. Fr.Pavilupillai OMI,and paid tributeto them at theirtombs.Fr. Jesunesan was a close associate of Fr. Generalas he also served as the General Councillor forAsia – Oceania region from 1998 to 2004 during10 Yazha Thoni