Feast of Mary Immaculate celebrated

Dimapur, December 11 (MExN): The Daughters of Mary Immaculate (DMI) Sisters and Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (MMI) Fathers celebrated the feast of their Patroness, Mary Immaculate, on December 8 in the campus of the newly established St. Joseph University, Dimapur.  

Fr. Justine MMI introduced the feast of the Immaculate Conception. He informed that on December 8, 1854, through the papal bull ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX declared, “the Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved, in the first instant of her conception, from all stain of original sin.” Thus, the observance of the feast of the Immaculate Conception became universal.  

The celebration of the Holy Eucharist was presided over by Fr. George Punnoli, financial administrator of the diocese of Kohima, while 19 other priests concelebrated with him. Fr. Chacko Karinthayil, Rector of Good Shepherd Seminary and one of the diocesan consulters, preached the homily.

Over 25 Sisters from various religious congregations in and around Dimapur as well as many lay Christians participated in the Eucharist, informed a press release issued by Jonas Kerketta from Bosco B. Ed College, Dimapur.  

Fr. Ashok MMI presented a brief history of the DMI Sisters and MMI Fathers. Rev. Fr. J. E. Arulraj founded the Congregation of the DMI Sisters in 1984 in Tamil Nadu. He then founded the Congregation of the MMI fathers in 2000. In just 32 years, the DMI Sisters number 450 while the MMI Fathers have 200 members in just 16 years, he stated. Both Congregations jointly run seven engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. They have three universities in the African continent – one each in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. In January 2017, 33 deacons will be ordained priests for the MMI Congregation.



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