The St Pius X family celebrated India's 74th Republic day. We began with the Holy Eucharist at 6.45am celebrated by Fr Aniceto Pereira and a beautiful reflection preached by Br Ashley Vaz reminding us of the virtue of freedom. After the Eucharist we assembled outside the porch for the flag hoisting ceremony. Br. Aldin Koli was the commander and the chief guest for the event was Sr. Fabian Jose who hoisted the national flag, after which she gave us an insightful message on the

Pongal is the main festival celebrated in southern India. It is a harvest festival. The celebration marks the importance of natural resources and a good harvest for the season. Therefore, the brothers belonging to the various dioceses of southern India along with the St. Pius X Community celebrated Pongal festival in the seminary on January 20, 2023. The day began with a solemn Eucharistic celebration at 7 a.m. with Fr. Gnana Jyothi, Priest-in-charge at Christ the King Church

A Family Day program was organized for the families of the Bombay brothers. The family members came to the seminary at 9 am for breakfast, after which a program was organized for them in the Seminary Auditorium comprising of icebreakers, group games, lucky dips, etc. The Eucharist was celebrated at 12 noon in the Seminary Chapel by His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias followed by lunch in the Auditorium. The Cardinal was felicitated for having completed his episcopal silver j

The Brothers belonging to the Archdiocese of Bombay returned to the seminary on 5th January for dinner. The Bombay Brothers along with Fr Aniceto and Fr Prashant left for Alibag from Gateway of India and reached Alibag via the Jetty. Fr Simon Rodrigues being the Asst. Parish Priest of Mary of Nazareth Church, Alibaug welcomed us and made arrangements for our food and stay in the parish itself. We started with a session given by Fr Simon followed by Mass and lunch. The brother