Lavras .......St.Ana Parish

I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY EASTER.
How are you? I hope that you all had a good and joyful Easter celebration in your respective communities. I had a wonderful time in another state of Brazil. I was in a parish for the Holy Week and the Easter celebration. The parish is St.Ana, an SCJ parish in Lavras, Minas Gerais(state) . I was staying with fathers, there are 5 priests in the parish. I was helping the priests for teh Masses and other Liturgical celebrations. And also I was learning from them something for my life in the future. I was going to different sub-stations with fathers. I was introduced to the people and the people had many questions about India, culture and Catholics in India. Eventhough I am still limited in language I tried to answer some of the questions of the people. It was a meaningful time for me. During these day the Provicial of Congo was present in the parish. A happy and joyful religious.

What touched my heart is that for all the celebrations the people were flocking. Every day in the Holy Week there were processions. .....I never saw this much people anywhere in the celebrations. I felt that the whole people of Minas Gerais is there in the Church. Their faith and active participation made me to think about my own life as Christian more than that as a religious. This experience is something meaningful for my religious life. Beside this I had an interview with a nes paper there. They asked me about India, Catholics in India, my vocation and my experience in Lavras.

I thank all the fathers of Conventinho and father Sebastin Pitz fr giving me the opertunity to experience soemthing different in my life. I pray for all of you.
God bless you all

In the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Christy Peter
Brazil, Taubate.