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Feb 21

Two groups in our guest house. February 14 - 21, 2019.

On the 14^th of February two groups of people arrived to stay in our guest house. One was a group of 20 people, 17 lay people, both men and women and 3 Sisters. All these were teachers

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Feb 19

The Cellarer’s visit to Karivedakam and Mandapam. February 15-18, 2019.

On the 15^th of February, Fr. Reji Edavazhickal, the Cellarer of Kappadu left for the north of Kerala to visit our two daughter houses there. He spent three days with the two communitie

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Feb 13

Outing for the students of Theology. February 12, 2019.

On February 12, our six students of Theology had an outing to Trivandrum with their Master Fr. Reji Edavazhickal. Trivandrum is around 175 kilometers from Kappadu. They left early morning after a

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Feb 10

A course on the Gospel of John. February 4 - 9, 2019.

From the 4^th till the 9^th of February, Abbot John taught a course on the theme of Witness in the Gospel of John to the postgraduate students of Biblical Theology,

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Feb 09

Work camp for Junior monks. January 30 - February 8, 2019.

From January 30 till February 9 our 8 students of Philosophy had a work camp in the two daughter houses in the north of Kerala. Most of the days were spent at Karivedakam, harvesting pepper. At t

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Jan 25

Outing for Fathers. January 24, 2019.

On January 24, a group of 13 fathers had an outing in the direction of Sabarimala, the most famous Hindu pilgrimage centre in Kerala. They did not have the time to go up Sabarimala but visited pl

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Jan 23

Outing for the Postulants. January 22, 2019.

A common outing for all postulants was organised on the 22^nd of January. With the Masters of the various groups they had an outing to Trivandrum, which is the capital city of Kera

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Jan 21

Home Day. January 20, 2019.

Home Day is the celebration of the anniversary of the founding of Kappadu way back on January 20, 1988. Naturally it always falls on the 20^th of January. This year we had the usua

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Jan 20

Parents' Day. January 19, 2019.

On the 19^th of January, we celebrated the Parents Day. Unlike in the previous years, this year we had a combined celebration of the Parents Day of the postulants, the novices and

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Jan 18

Classes at Shanti Nilayam Abbey. January 14 -17, 2019.

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Dec 26

Christmas. December 25, 2018.

On the 24^th and 25^th the community had Christmas celebrations as usual. A beautiful crib was made by the novices with the help of some of the other Brothers. After

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Dec 23

Annual Retreat for the Community. December 17 - 22, 2018.

From the 17^th till the 22^nd of December we had the annual Retreat for the community. The preacher was Rev. Fr. Vincent Mattummel, the Superior General of the Norbe

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Dec 03

Second Study program for the Priests of the Diocese of Pala. December 02-03, 2018

Another group of 30 young priests from Palai arrived at 5:00 p.m. On December 2, and they were here till 5:00 p.m the following day. At the suggestion of the Bishop Abbot John conducted the class

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Dec 02

Classes on Benedictine Spirituality. November 26 - 30, 2018.

From the 26^th till the 30^th of November Abbot John taught a course on Benedictine Spirituality to the post graduate students at the Indian Institute of Spiritualit

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Dec 01

Visit of an English man. September 28, 2018.

Mr. Ken, a British by birth but settled in Goa, India, since several years came to Kappadu on September 28^th with the intention of spending a few months in the silent and prayerfu

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Nov 23

Study program for the Priests of the Diocese of Pala. November 21-22, 2018.

On November 21^st at 5:00 p.m 30 young priests from the diocese of Palai arrived at Kappadu along with their Bishop and one of the Vicars General. They had tea in the monastery. Be

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Oct 27

Visit of Bishop Mar Joseph Kallanrangatt of Pala. October 26, 2018.

On October 26^th His Excellency Mar Joseph Kallarangatt, Bishop of Palai, along with his secretary paid a visit to Kappadu in the evening. The main purpose of the visit was to disc

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