BANGALORE, India – On June 5, 2018, the Indian Province celebrated the priestly ordination of six Montfortian deacons at St. Thomas Forane Church. The day was also remarkable because it was the ordination day of our...

KANATHI, India – On 30th May 2018, during the morning prayer, in the presence of our Superior General, Rev. Fr. Luis Augusto Stefani SMM, the General assistant, Fr. Rozario Menezes SMM along with the Secretary General, Fr. Balaswamy SMM, our Novice Master, Fr. Reni Joseph SMM and many of our Indian confreres, we made our entry to the SMM Novitiate.

Kanathi, Chikmangalur – On 31st May 2018, Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! It’s indeed a great day to rejoice and remember as ten of our Novices made their First Religious Profession and said a firm ‘Yes’ to...

MARIA BHAVAN– BANGALORE, India - The anticipated gathering, Provincial Assembly 2017 took place in Maria Bhavan, our Scholastic house, in Bangalore dating from 6th to 7th of December. Indeed it created a fraternal...

MYSORE, India - December 10, 2017 was a special day for the Montfortian family because the six of us namely, Arun D’souza, Jayakumar, Gnana Prakash, Bala Raju, Arul Jose Nashwin, and Ravi Thappeta were ordainded...

BANGALORE, India - After completing their Theological studies at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK) College and fulfilling the basic requirements for priestly formation, six of our brothers, namely, Brothers...

BANGALORE, India - “Let the little children come to me for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:14). This was the core message of the children’s day celebration that we conducted on 19th November 2017 at Maria...

BANGALORE, India - On 5th of November 2017, there was a seminar on “Mary: A Theological Perspective,” which was arranged by Rev. Fr. Peter Mascarenhas who is the director of the Marian Centre in Maria Bhavan. For...

GURUMANDIR, India - Following our founder St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, we have renovated the Grotto of Our Lady of Favours situated at Gurumandir, our postulant house. It was blessed and consecrated on 12th October 2017...

BANGALORE, India – The Marian Centre in the Vice Province of India has initiated to organize a half-day Marian Seminars in the month of September, October and December...

BANGALORE, India - We the Montfort Missionaries in the Indian Province had our Provincial assembly in view of the forthcoming General Chapter in Rome. The assembly was held at Maria Bhavan, the Scholasticate on 31st of January to 2nd of February 2017 in Bangalore. All the senior professed membersattended the meeting. The total number of the participants for the assembly was 44...

KANATHI, CHIKMAGLAUR, India – On 31st May 2016, nine Indian Novices made their First Religious Profession at the Assumption Hall of Sneha Bhavan. Rev. Fr. Michael Sahayaraj, SMM received the vows in the presence of the Novice Master, Rev. Fr. Reni, SMM and other Montfortian priests, priests...

VIJAYAWADA, India – In this Year of Mercy, the Montfortian family rejoiced when Pope Francis appointed Most Rev. Thelagathoti Joseph Raja Rao, S.M.M. to become the shepherd of the flock in Vijayawada. Msgr. Thelagathoti Joseph Raja Rao was born on 8th March 1952 at Pedda Avutapalli to...

BANGALORE, India - It’s been a great joy for the Company of Mary in general and particularly to the Vice-Province of India, as two of our brothers Robert and Prashanth made their Final Profession. Having completed their priestly studies in various stages of their formation, they prepared themselves along...

Children’s Day at Maria Bhavan in Bangalore

New International Scholasticate in India