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Community
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On
June 21, 1976, Srs Vincent, Cristiana and Cristina left Bombay
for Secunderabad to open a new branch. It was the initiative
of Fr. Balaguer S.J, that we were invited to the Diocese.
Sr. Vincent has this hand account:
"On Ferbruary 1976, Sr. Cristiana and self went to Secunderabad
for our mission and to find a place for our stay. Since for
a long time we did not find a house we wanted to go back.
When we mentioned about it to the Bishop he was displeased.
But Sr Perluisa told us to return Then we spoke to Fr. Balaguer.
He suggested that we stay on," says \sr. Vincent Padinjaredeth..
"He found a house which belonged to a gentleman who was
his acquaintance. Meanwhile we also found a place for the
Book Centre. We informed Sr. Pierluisa about the progress.
We returned to Bombay in March and got ready to go back to
Secunderabad. We went back in June. This time too we stayed
with the St. Anne's Sisters but only for two weeks. Meanwhile
we found a house for us. The parlour of the house was used
as a clinic by the sisters of Mother Theresa. On June 29 the
Bishop in the presence of our friends blessed the house. After
a few months Srs. Marie and Cecilia joined the community.
We have the following first person account from Sr. Cristiana,
"This would be our seventh house in the Indian Province.
We left Bombay with some books, few indispensable items for
the house, little money and lots of doubts"
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"The
Bishop was kept informed of the difficulty in getting
a place suitable for a Convent and Media Centre. He showed
great concern until one day he decided to offer us the
Vacant land the Diocese had at the back of St.Mary's Parish,
near the Bishop's house.
"It was indeed a good offer and free of charge, and
we gladly accepted it. Soon applied for permission to
construct. For this we had a lot of difficulties. But
we found great help in two Jesuits, Fr. Balaguer and Fr.
Ray. While Fr. Balaguer helped us in all the legal matters
and the agreements with the Bishop, Fr. Rey was our spiritual
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"The
house was not yet ready when the Bishop almost ordered us to
vacate the cottage, because it had been donated to the Missionaries
of Charity. And in one of those days Mother Theresa would arrive
to see the house. So we wee compelled to move to the incomplete
house.
In 1979, the St. Paul Book and AV Centre were inaugurated in
Secunderabad by Archbishop Arulappa.
After a two-week course in Radio and TV, Sr Clare Ukken joined
the staff at Amruthavani Communication Centre, as a member of
the Editorial Board. At first she stayed at the Fatima Hostel
and later in the Community.
We reachout to the whole of Andhra and surrounding places. Besides
the dissemination of our productions the community has come
out with a Telugu Prayer book and 3 cassettes in Telugu. Besides
this we organise programmes during Press Month and Communication
Sundays. Lots of animation work is also done from this community.
Annually, we organise a Book and Media Fair at our premises. Enquiry: Pauline Book and Media Centre |
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