Happy Birthday!

Presently there are 48 professed members in the SCJ India District:
14 priests, 1 Deacon, 3 Brothers, and 30 scholastics (and 8 novices.)
AND:
25 philosophy students (Dehon Vidya Sadhan, Aluva, Kerala)
9 older candidates (Dehon Bhavan, Kumbalanghy, Kerala)
36 minor seminarians (Dehon Bhavan, Kumbalanghy, Kerala & Dehon Prema Nilayam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh)

Every SCJ community puts importance on birthday celebrations!

On the last Saturday of each month the Eluru community celebrates the birth of those born during that month:
The most recent birthdays were for Michael B, Fr. Beppe, Sunderaj, and Roy.

Besides the usual cake and ice cream there was popcorn,

and entertainment.

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