DON BOSCO Y.K, JHARSUGUDA
12December2011


DON BOSCO YUVA KENDRA, JHARSUGUDA

Diocese of Sambalpur
Don Bosco – 1994

Historical Perspective

Don Bosco Jharsuguda was blessed on 16th April 1997 by Bishop Lucas Kerketta of Sambalpur and inaugurated by the Provincial, Fr. K.A. Joseph, in the presence of all the leaders of our communities who were gathered at Jharsuguda for discernment and planning for the new province. The building is a result of the hard work of Fr. Thomas Anjilikuzhiyil (A.U) and Fr. Dino Colussi, who pioneered the work and saw to the construction of the building. It was begun as a centre for school dropouts to complete their studies. But for various reasons the project could not be materialized. So, with the permission of the Bishop, we turned it into an aspirantate. On 16th July 2000, Fr. Mathai, the Vice-Provincial, inaugurated the new aspirantate. There were 23 boys in the first batch. From 6th of June, 2002, it is the Pre-Novitiate house of the Province. The house was canonically erected on 4 June 2003.

In view of the decision to make it into the pre-novitiate house of the province, one more floor was added to the existing building. It was completed by June 2002. The first batch of the pre-novices to be formed in our province began their pre-novitiate on 6th June 2002. The new floor was blessed on the same day by Fr. K. A. Joseph, the Provincial.

Service

Even though the original scope of the house has been changed, the house still does some youth ministry in the parish. The priests of the house are available for pastoral ministry in the parish and the nearby communities. The pre-novices are involved in liturgy and youth animation in the parish.

Salesian Staff

Fr. Naresh Kujur                            -    Rector
Fr. Biju Akkilettu                           -    Dean & Bursar
Br. Andrew Jojo                              -   

Contact

Don Bosco Yuva Kendra
Post Box No. 20 Jharsuguda P.O. & Dt.
Orissa 768 201

(06645) 270 142

nareshsdb@rediffmail.com  -  Fr.Naresh
dbjhar@sancharnet.in  – House


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.