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The community of Mangalore and all the Children of the St. Michael's Care Home wish you a happy new year 2015! ...

With this evocative image of the Sanctuary of Betharram, we send you our best wishes for a happy 2016!

A new year has just been ushered in! It is the year of the General Chapter! The editors of the NEF have already visited the places where the Chapter will be held and send you these striking images.

With the new year we are renewing the graphic design of the NEF! The liveliness and the difference of colors indicate the richness of our religious family, that is, many faces, different cultures, multiple activities. All contribute to bring out the beauty and the richness of God.

«Dear Betharramites, in this year dedicated to going out to share, let us contemplate the marvellous spectacle of a humble God, who says "Yes" to his Father and stays that "Yes", clothed with gentleness and humility, becoming ever more free for a love that gives life.» (Fr. Gustavo Agín scj)

“We go out, in community, to meet life in the margins”. «The Betharramite is either a missionary, or he is not. We are all conscious that any mission answers a call, a sending. It is not only a personal taste, but a Fiat Voluntas Dei, an adhesion to God’s will.» (Fr. Tobia Sosio SCJ)

“The theme "We go out to share joy" brings to my mind the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the arms outstretched and an open heart welcoming his followers to be part of his mission.” (Br. Stephen Ragu SCJ)

“2022 will be a special year, first of all, because it will be the year of preparation for the General Chapter of 2023; But we will also continue with the year of Father Etchecopar until May 30, and then we will begin the centenary year of the first arrival of the Betharramite missionaries to China. These two celebrations mark the institutional dimension of the religious family, the communication of the charism, and the missionary outing to the peripheries.

“So Betharramites who are walking together towards the 2023 General Chapter, do we want to join that dream?…