In Bengali, the word 'Arunoday' means sunrise. Arunoday, dedicated to the Rising Sun, Jesus, is the pre-novitiate of the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus. The house is situated at Malancha, on Taki Road, near Barasat, about 30 kms from Kolkata.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Farewell to Sch Roshan Tirkey

Sch Roshan Tirkey, who served Arunoday community for ten months as the Assistant Director of the Pre-Novitiate and minister, left us today to begin his new assignment as teacher at St Xavier’s Collegiate School, Kolkata. An evening farewell programme was organised by the pre-novices which began with a Eucharistic celebration and concluded with a dinner.
Pre-novice John Paul, in his introduction to the Eucharist, outlined the various ways through which Sch Roshan gave an example of Jesuit excellence. Later, speaking at the cultural programme, Fr Carvalho was all praise for Roshan’s qualities as a good organiser. Fr Sajeev spoke about Roshan’s interest in various fields and his commitment to ‘magis’. Pre-novice Varun Reddy was almost in tears as he recounted how Roshan reached out to all to help and to console.
In his turn, Sch Roshan explained how life in Arunoday was formative for himself. He said the value that he tried to live out here was generosity. He was equally appreciative of the chances he got to interact with the formees and the formators of the area.
Our new regent, Sch Narendra Singh, just back from his Philosophy studies at Pune JDV, fills the gap of Roshan. He was warmly welcomed yesterday. We wish him all the best and God’s blessings on this new venture.

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