100 years ago, a tiny seed was planted at Majlispur, nourished and nurtured with love and dedication by our pioneers. Today its stands firm, majestic and tall – as the Santal Church – testimony of God’s goodness and kindness, protection and guidance. We recall with gratitude the pioneers led by Fr. Antony Debono and other Maltese and Sicilian missionaries who laboured in this vineyard called Santal Mission. As Fr, General, Arturo Sosa has repeatedly reminded our province, let us make this jubilee year a time of spiritual renewal and rejuvenation. For in today’s context, we are called, as Pope Francis says, “a Holy Year marked by the hope that does not fade, our hope in God. May it help us to recover the confident trust that we require, in the Church and in society, in our interpersonal relationships, and in our task of promoting the dignity of all persons and respect for God’s gift of creation. May the witness of believers be for our world a leaven of authentic hope, a harbinger of new heavens and a new earth (cf. 2 Pet 3:13), where men and women will dwell in justice and harmony, in joyful expectation of the fulfilment of the Lord’s promises.” A very Joyful Jubilee year to all our companions, all our partners in mission and all our well-wishers.