EVENTS
Feast of St. Maria Micaela
On 25th August, the entire
congregation joined together along with the universal
church to celebrate the death anniversary of St. Maria
Micaela, a lover of Jesus in the Eucharist and in Blessed
Sacrament.
She established in the universal Church the congregation
of sisters Adorers, handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and
of Charity with its double edged spirituality of Adoration
and Liberation of women marginalized. She embraced the
heavenly bliss on 25th August 1860. From then, onwards her
followers have continued to walk on her footsteps and
blessed Charism.
In preparation for this auspicious day, all sisters in the
congregation joined together to Adore the Lord in the
Blessed Sacrament. Some Communities had 40 hours adoration
and some according to plight of the community. Communities
who celebrated the feast ended the adoration with solemn
Holy Eucharistic celebration with Laity, benefactors and
friends.. It was a joyful and memorable day to sing a loud
the praises of Yahweh for the gift of St. Maria Micaela.
Final Profession
15th
August 2025, was an auspicious day dawn in Mumbai province
as two of our Sisters Phulmani Majhi and Ankita Marvi
chose to continue to Walk on the footsteps of Jesus
forever with their Final YES.
Sr. Phulmani Majhi hails from
Odisha, a village called Mandelia. She was born to Mr.
Stansilas and Mr. Salomi on 8th December 1991 in
Rantapali. She is from Diocese of Rourkela. And belong to
Holy family Church Rantapali. She joined the Congregation
of sisters Adorers on 15th June 2012.
Sr. Ankita Marvi hails from
Maharashtra, Mumbai, a village called Bhayandar, Uttan.
She was born to Mr. Boitur and Mrs. Lucy Marvi in
Bhayandar on 11th December 1997. She is from Archdiocese
of Mumbai and belong to Our Lady of Sea Parish, Uttan. She
joined the Congregation of Sisters Adorers in year 24th
June 2016.
“The Lord has done wonderful
things for us. Great and amazing are the deeds of the
Lord” Like Mary who raised her song of praise, our beloved
sisters Phulmani Majhi and Ankita Bointur Marvi were in
praises of Yahweh for His steadfast love and faithfulness.
As they said their Perpetual YES in the presence of our
Superior General Sr. Pilar Casas Navarro, Vicar General
Sr. Rosaura Patiño Pava and Sr. Rincy Sebastian the
Provincial Superior of Mumbai Province. His Lordship
Dominic Savio Fernandes presided over the Holy Eucharist.
The theme, “ Anchored in Christ to be beacons of hope”
resonated in the sacred sanctuary of Vincent Pallotti
church on 15th August 2025. Sisters, inmates, Neighbours,
benefactors blessed the finally professed with their
presence and prayers. A joyous program and agape added joy
and vigour to the celebration. Indeed it is a moment of
grace and blessings for Mumbai Province and the
Congregation to have two valiant and cheerful young
anchors in Christ. May St. Maria Micaela our Foundress
accompany them to be beacons of hope in this world
specially to the marginalised girls and women.
Welcome of Mother general and Asst. General
On the midnight of the 14th,
our community was blessed with the arrival of our beloved
Mother General. A group of sisters joyfully welcomed her
at the airport with a bouquet of fresh flowers, expressing
our love and reverence. Upon reaching the convent, she was
given a traditional welcome with aarti and a garland. This
was followed by the lighting of the samai (ceremonial
lamp), invoking God’s presence and blessings upon her
visit. A short prayer of blessing was then offered, and
together we sang a hymn of praise and thanksgiving. Her
gracious presence filled our hearts with deep joy and
renewed zeal to live our consecrated life with greater
commitment.
On the same day, we also had the privilege of receiving
our Assistant General. She too was warmly welcomed with
flowers upon her arrival. A simple yet heartfelt reception
was prepared in her honor, and the community gathered to
extend our love and gratitude. Her presence brought
encouragement and inspiration to us, and we looked forward
to the enriching moments of her visit.
Both visits were truly moments of blessing for our
community, filling us with gratitude to God for the gift
of their presence and guidance.
Silver years
in Religious Life
Name: Sr. Rincy Sebastian
Place of Birth:
Payyavor, Vembua, Kannur District, Kerala
Family: Born into a loving Catholic
family with five siblings, the fourth child.
Parents Name: Sebastian Ellil and Mary
Ellil.
Religious Life
Year of Joining: 1996
Place of Entrance: Nuvem, Goa Candidate ship
1997 - Postulancy in Puri
1998-2000: Novitiate in Nuvem
First Profession: 15th June 2000, Nuvem
Final Profession: 29th May 2006, Mumbai
Education and Formation
Master’s in Social Work (MSW): Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kerala
Theological Studies: Mater Dei Institute, Goa
Communities Served
Provincial House-Mumbai,Mumbai
Residence,Chembur,Tivim,Nachinola,Changanacherry,Moothakara
and Nuvem
Key Responsibilities Held*
Animator of the community
Assistant Superior
Economer
Sacristan
Incharge of apostolic activities in the community
Coordinator of project of Caritas Goa
Provincial councillor
Directress of Juniors
Novice Mistress
Pastoral works and Social Worker
Sr. Kanakalatha Singh
On 17th June 2025 was an
auspicious day in the life of Sr. Kanakalatha Singh as she
completed 25 years of religious life with commitment,
dedication and faithfulness in our congregation. And also
a day of celebrating the gift of life; a birthday of Sr.
Kanakalatha Singh!
Sr. Lissy the superior of Velsao community along with her
team members with deep Joy and happiness celebrated the
Jubilee. The Parish Priest was the principal celebrant of
the Jubilee mass. He spoke on consecrated and community
life in way that lead everyone to God to strengthen
eachother walk towards him.
The sisters from Goa and Karnataka region along with some
friends from Velsao witness the Faithfulness! The
celebration ended with delicious meal and togetherness!
Juniorate 2025 Mumbai
Experience of our Juniorate
This year our Juniorate was held at Andheri in Provincial
house. We
were two of us from the Mumbai province. We were glad to
have our Juniorate in Mumbai. We were warmly welcomed by
the community sisters.
On 25th May, we began our Juniorate with the
opening prayer in the morning by Sr. Elsy our Junior
Mistress. She focused on the Jubilee Year theme ‘Pilgrims
of Hope’. Sister explained the theme and connected to
Prophetic dimension of vowed and consecrated life. it
helped us to understand how we have to be responsible in
our commitment.
From 26th to 29th we had classes by
Sr. Soniya. She highlighted on theme, ‘Living my call to
serve and love with passion, Joy, gratitude and purpose
and challenges and renewal. The sessions were very
meaningful and were focused on our call and vocation how
each of us are called for a special purpose and witness
joyfully and live our life in holiness. On 30th
Sr. Rincy took session on Jubilee theme; it was very
interactive which helped us to reflect and understand the
theme in deeper way.
On 31st May 1st June Sr. Elsy took
classes on Pilgrims of hope walking together. It is a time
for grace, renewal and recommitment to God’s mission. Our
vocation as pilgrims of hope and we are called to witness
to hope. it encouraged us to keep walking and keep hoping
to bring hope in our communities and ministries.
It was time to focus on personal life, prayer and
reflection as we began our retreat on 2nd to 8th
June preached by SVD fathers at Atma Darshan. They dealt
on the following theme: Inner child healing retreat, Judge
not and you will not be judged. Each one of us has within
oneself child hidden. This was a time to reflect and
meditate on one’s life and bring healing from our
childhood wounds. Theme for meditation were bodily
sensation, nature meditation that helped us to talk to
ourself and in the interior silence of our heart and mind.
The Eucharist and sacrament of reconciliation enriched and
enlightened us with new knowledge and inspiration for our
spiritual journey. Our retreat ended with lunch.
On 9th we had outing, we visited the park in
Arey colony and the Mall. It was very nice and had good
time and refreshing. On 10th of June, we had
class on our Constitution and our Vowed life by Sr.
Catherine. she focused on the important of constitution,
also dealing with our Consecrated life, sister explained
about vows and prepared us to make our profession.
On 11th and 12th, we had evaluation
of our juniors and personal projects, Sr. Elsy helped us
to evaluate our project.
On 13th June we had
recollection, we reflected on profession formula which
prepared us to renew our vows meaningfully and with full
awareness. We extended our heartfelt gratitude to God and
all the sisters and Provincial Sr. Rincy for having given
us the opportunity. We were privileged to have such an
opportunity, it was wonderful experience, cherishing and
strengthening our spiritual journey.
Feast of St. Joseph- Patron of Mumbai Province
On the 19th of March, the
Mumbai region communities (Residence, Chembur and
Provincial house) celebrated the feast of St. Joseph the
patron of our Mumbai Province in the Provincial house in
the presence of our Provincial, Councilars and the sisters
from all three communities. We had the Solemn Eucharistic
Mass dedicated to our entire province and all its
intentions. It was a great joy to each one of us to honour
our patron Saint who continues to lead and guide our
province silently as he was in doing the Will of God. He
teaches us to be the same in living our commitment and
doing His Will in faith and trust in God the provider and
protector.
We seek the blessings of our Almighty God on our entire
Adorers family through the intercession of St. Joseph our
patron to pray for us and inspire us to be the true
witnesses of God.
St. Joseph Pray for us!
