We celebrated 25 years of our presence in Roha on 2nd October, 2015.

You can read the messages sent by Srs.Josephina Llach,  Audry Andrade and Noella Periera      on  this occasion.

“What a beautiful celebration, these 25 years of sharing, of learning to know each other and of mutual enrichment. The merciful Lord has been building in you all and between you something really big. Through the humble love of each one many are enjoying a better life, a dignified existence and in a special way a large hope. It would have been more than wonderful to be there physically sharing with you. But in the meantime HAPPY FEAST DAY for you all. May the Lord continue his work through your work, his joy through your joy. I assure you that lots of blessings and good energy will be arriving there from Argentina. Lots lots lots of love and beautiful memories”.  Josefina Llach aci

“It is indeed with a sense of pride and pleasure I join you in celebrating the silver Jubliee of SnehavardiniRoha. How I wish I could be present with you not only in spirit but also in person. However I will have you all in my thoughts and prayers today.
As I walk down memory lane with you, I look at the past with a sense of gratitude to God for accompanying us on our journey these past 25 years that have been years of grace.
As the first superior of our community in Roha, along with the first members of the community, Kochurani, Kochuthressia, and Philo, faced a twofold challenge before us, the challenge of a new ministry that we as a congregation in India, were entering into and the challenge of an inserted community of responding to this new mission.
As I recall history, it is a moment to recognize the openness to the spirit, the courage of conviction and commitment to what we believed and lived that has borne fruit, grown and developed as it is to its present times.
‘ Snehavarhini ‘ house of love’ was a response of love and in love. The years lived in Roha were memorable days, that were filled with happinessand joy coupled with adventure that brought wonder and awe into our lives.We had our moments of disappointments, disillusion and discouragement too that often dampened our spirits but those moments only motivated us to work harder towards our commitment to Roha Mission. There was always a sunrise and a light at the end of the tunnel and with Divine Providence we were motivated to move on.
I recall with gratitude too and cannot forget the love, help, support and encouragement ofsome people who contributed and played a great role in making things happen for us in Roha. To mention in particular, Fr. Sopena, Mr. Bardeskar and others of the local community in Roha.
And so as we celebrate the silver jubilee of our foundation, may the same spirit move us on calling us to a greater creativity to continue to meet the pressing needs of our people in Roha.
We thank the Lord for these 25 years of grace and look forward with faith and hope to continue His mission with love in the spirit of Sr. Raphaela. I wish Sr. Janet and the present community heartfelt congratulations and the courage to move on. My love to all”. Audry Andrade aci

“On this wonderful day, I wish to thank my God for all the wonders he has worked in and through each one who has in some way or another been a part of this Dream Project of the Lord.
The success of our work in Roha as with apostolate anywhere in the world has no real success unless we lets God’s love flood our lives and go out through us to his people our people.
That was the message he gave us symbolically when we left for Roha it rained and rained and flooded the earth.
So too in our work there often everything we work for comes to nothing, but that is only the Lord showing us that we are not the ones doing the work we are mere instruments, he is the Boss.
I thank the Lord for being so much a part of our work , I salute all those who have gone before us who like Mary had to renew their ‘YES’ even when things seemed impossible.
And in a special way I pray for all the people we serve. Their life is full of hardships, failures, and small pleasures that disappear with the Morning sun. So I earnestly pray that their sorrow may be turned into Joy.
I pray for you who continue to work with them that you may be the instruments to fulfil Tagore’s dream for all the people of India,”
‘Where the mind is without fear and the head held high; Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action;
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.’Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Noella Pereira aci