CATHOLIC ASHRAM, JUMAIKELA
12December2011


CATHOLIC ASHRAM, JUMAIKELA

Diocese of Jashpur
1989 – Don Bosco

Historical Perspective

Jumaikela Parish was carved out of Jokbahla and Ginabahar parishes of Raigarh diocese, (now Jashpur) in 1989. The parish has 20 villages and a Primary School under its care. The house had a humble beginning under a tinned roof. Soon a building was added for the hostel and other parish activities. In 1998, a 2nd floor was built to the hostel to accommodate more boys. Now, another new building is completed which serves as the hostel for school going boys and the nor-formal technical students. The House is attached to Jokbahala.

The Salesian Sisters run the primary and the higher secondary school. They also have a hostel for girls and a dispensary.

Services

The parish looks after a village primary school. Some of the social outreach programmes include Mobile Women’s Development programme, Agricultural Development through construction of proper irrigation system and periodic organization of health camps. The Centre has also been socially involved in the developmental activities of the people in their rural settings by helping them with water shed projects. The house runs a hostel for the boys. With the coming of new building, plans are in place to make the centre a full- fledged non-formal technical institute which would provide the following courses to the young people of the area:

  • Tailoring
  • Driving & Motor Mechanic
  • Welding
  • Electrician
  • Computer
  • Typing
  • Secretarial Practice
  • Study Centre and Remedial Classes.

Salesian Staff

Fr.Valerius Lakra                    Parish Priest
Fr. Chonhas Kujur                  APP 
Fr. Joe D'Souza                       APP
Br. Praful Lakra                      Principal Tech

Contact

Catholic Ashram
Jumaikela Jashpurnagar – Dt.
Chattishgarh – 496 223

(07764) 200 410, 201862   -  Parish


Provincial Speaks

The Province of Good Shepherd, New Delhi, has completed just 11 years. Our strength is 14 regular houses and 10 presences with 160 confreres. The geographical area under our care is very vast : 12 states and one Union Territory, where the youth in significant numbers are illiterate and poor, and the total Catholic population is a mere 0.4% that is 2 million.

We are aware that, with our present limited human and material resources, we may not be able to reach out to big numbers, but, as mother Teresa would say, we believe that, though we are but a drop in the ocean, still, if that drop is not there, the ocean is not full. We do wish to make a difference where we are present by being ‘Salt and Light’. We interpret the location of the Provincial House in the capital of the nation as a God-given exposure demanding great vocational responsibility. We feel indeed like the biblical ‘city on the mountain tip’ called to bear witness to Don Bosco and his spirit in an authentic way.