CHANDA MISSION
A UNIQUE MISSION
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CHANDA MISSIONAbstract
Sambhaje Mahi Diyani, “Sharing everything dynamically divine,” in
other words, consciously getting involved in the great process of
redemption and development. With this Motto in their hearts and on
their lips, the first six Missionaries from the Congregation of the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), belonging to the Syro-
Malabar Church of Oriental Rite, came to the newly erected Mission
territory called Chanda, under the able guidance of his Excellency
Bishop Januarius CMI, on 13 August 1962. In order to meet the new
challenges and the great opportunities of evangelization and
development of the Church in India the Holy See thought that the St
Thomas Christians were vital. The history making event officially
took place when Pope John XXlll by his apostolic decree “Ad Lucem
Sancti Evangelii” established this new ecclesiastical Unit and
entrusted it to the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary
Immaculate on 31 March 1962, for pioneer evangelization work. The
formal handing over of the territory to Bp. Januarius by Msgr.
Cassidy, the personal representative of the Apostolic Internuncio,
took place on Wednesday, 15 August 1962, at a simple but impressive
ceremony in the Chapel of the Archbishop’s house, Nagpur.
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