CIRCULARS

12December2011

The Provincial Circular is one of the principal means of animation and communication available for all the confreres of the province. It is written by the Provincial, if need be in consultation with others, the Circular then becomes the official communiqué from the Provincial office. All official matters, news, views and reflections on the Province are contained in the Provincial Circular.

The Good Shepherd Province of New Delhi also has its own Provincial Circular, written by the Provincial every month or as and whenever it is required. It is sent from the Provincial office.

Rev. Fr. Peedikayil Michael SDB took charge as the third Provincial of the Salesian Province of New Delhi in January 2009.

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.