19th July 2023 was a great day at Snehalaya, JMJ Provincialate. The day has dawned with scintillating joy and enthusing energy for all the Diamond, Golden and Silver Jubilarians of Congregation of JMJ, JMJ Guntur Province. It was a celebration of God’s faithfulness and love.

All the Jubilarians entered God’s dwelling place in a procession along with Rev Fr. ArokiasamySJthe chief celebrant and the concelebrants.Sr. SanthaKumari P the councillor welcomed everyone to the Solemn Holy Eucharist with her prayerful and heart-warming introduction in which she highlighted the significance of symbolic offerings and their meaning in our lives as the jubillarians placed the placards at the altar of God.

The main celebrant has given a very inspiring and thought-provoking homily; it stirred the hearts and minds to deepen our commitment to the Lord. Meaningful intercessory prayers were offeredsymbolically as Sr. Kochu Mary, a member of the Council. During the doxology,Aarathi was given to the Eucharistic Lord by theJubilarians.Sr. Mercy, the councillor proposed the vote of thanks and thanked everyone for their presence and praying for the jubilarians.

After the devote and meaningful Eucharistic celebrations, there was a short felicitation for all the jubilarians by our Provincial Superior Rev.Sr.TresaK and council followed by all the far and near community sisters in the province. In the end, we had a cake-cutting ceremony and a greeting song to the celebrities of the day. The students from JMJ English Medium School, Nagarjuna Nagar, enthralled the audience with the delightful cultural programme. Finally, a sumptuous dinner was served. Indeed this day was remarkable to all the Jubilarians.