Classmates' gathering at Mount St.Thomas,Nov.13,12

The gathering of the Classmates took place n Nov.13th at Mount St.Thomas. The Major Archbishop Cardinal Mar George Alencherry greeted all the priests very warmly. His presence lent a great charm to the gathering.
More than 40 of  our classmates who were ordained on Dec.18,1967 came for the gathering. This was the 45th anniversary of our ordination.All were given a copy of Santimon's book,Garshominte Suvishem.All the priests gave a short overview of their life and experiences at this gathering.
In the morning, we had a  concelebrated mass. I was the Main the Celebrant and Frs.JoseP. Kottaram and Mupparathara were the con-celebrants.I mentioned the words of Cardinal  Kaspar on priesthood in the homily and one of the sisters came at the conclusion of the mass  to thank me for highlighting the need of priests to reflect the mercy and love of Jesus.
The Cardinal  in his greeting made the priests understand with great awareness the differences in perspectives between the older and the younger clergy.He requested the priests to show more understanding and sensititvenesss to the younger generation of priests.All were happy for the great welcome they got at Mount St.Thomas and they  appreciated very much   the the service rendered to them by the fathers and sisters of the house.
The Major Archbishop along with Bishop Mar  Bosco Puthur was present also  for breakfast .

After dinner, a group picture was taken with the Archbishop.The picture appeared in the Deepika the next day.