Tribute Sister PC , A Great Communicator of Patna

Patna: On the 29th of April, Sister Mary Peter Claver ND [86]
one, of the most loved and respected nun of Patna breathed her last at the Regina Health Center, Richfield USA.

Sister Peter Claver, fondly called Sister PC, was missioned to India in 1961.
She ministered as high school teacher and principal but is best known as the American Sister who founded the Notre Dame Communication Center in Patna in 1977. The Center provides education and training in communications for young people in India. Its goal is to make the latest technology available to all sections of society. The NDCC is one of her great gifts to the youth of Bihar.

Sister PC served for 31 years in India with sensitivity and compassion, empowering others and bringing much vibrancy and joy to her sisters and collaborators.

When she returned to the United States in 1993, she continued her evangelization and work with the poor in several parishes in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wherever she was, she spread the gospel with dedication, honesty, vitality, and enthusiasm.

In 2004, Sister moved to the Provincial Center and assisted with pastoral care in the Health Care Center. When her dementia progressed and her physical condition deteriorated, Sister PC became a resident at Regina Health Center. Here she
continued to raise the spirits of others and give care and comfort to those she touched each day. Her smile, her laughter, her respect for others were contagious.

Sister Josita , now in charge of the NDCC says, “I had the joy and the challenge of working with her for 7 long years. She was indeed a committed and visionary leader. Nothing seemed to stand on her way of accomplishing the task. She walked the talk. She was a person much ahead of her time. She inspired many women to join the media communication. “
Sister PC was the vice president of All India catholic communicators organization (SIGNIS) FROM 1985-1988

All us of the media family are sad. We have lost a true friend and guide .

May her soul rest in Peace.

Allen Johannes
Press Secretary Archdiocese of Patna

Pix by Siddhant Anthony Johannes

The St. Mary’s Choir - How Sweet the sound.

Easter Services this year was a blissful and memorable one for me.
I had the good fortune attending services in the St. Mary’s Parish Church,
Ripon Street, Kolkata.
The Sunday prayer service was truly inspiring .The Choir of St. Mary’s
Church made the worship more meaningful and fulfilling than ever.
The singing was simply soul-lifting.
Every hymn was perfectly presented. Every hymn was inspiring.
It is like a feeling which overtakes you like when you attend a live show
of your favorite band.
You feel drawn to join the singers in praise of the Lord.
I have heard many choirs before in different places, I have yet come across
a choir as good the St. Mary’s Choir.
At the end of the service, a sense of gratitude overcame me…..I whispered a
thank you to God for giving the opportunity to feast on such beautiful music.


The choir has been there since the beginning of the church.
Year after year, talented people like Michael Monier and Charles Sasoon
and friends have faithfully come together for sessions of practice where hymns
and selected, created and recreated , till they become perfect for the final
presentation in the church.
The members of the choir sing because they love singing for the Lord.
There are not after fame or money. They have often been asked to perform
and have been offered handsome emoluments, they have been asked to
record their song commercially, but they have gracefully declined such offers.
“We do it for God and that is ! ” says Michael Monier.
That Sunday the choir presented some of the most beautiful hymns such as
“Handel’s Alleluia Chorus”, a hymn rendered on the tune of Elvis Presley’s
“Can’t help fallen in love with you,” and many others.
People coming to this church for the first time, go back home spiritually charged
carrying in their hearts a part of the hymn.