SACRED HEART NOVITIATE, RANCHI: The second phase of the Second Novitiate began at Sacred Heart Novitiate, Ranchi on 13th April 2018 with the theme of “I give my life into the potter’s hands”. Srs. Delpina Bag, Rose Mary Ekka, Sabita Nayak and Sumitra Ekka were welcomed by the Novitiate and Mazzarello community. During the inaugural talk Sr. Philomena Prabalanathan the animator of the second novitiate stressed on the significance of the second novitiate. Sr. Mukta Kerketta during the prayer service highlighted the theme of the Second Novitiate ‘we are the clay in the potter’s hands’. The four sisters were invited to carry the clay to offer it to the Lord as a symbolic gesture of surrendering oneself to the potter’s hands to be molded, shaped, filled and used. Through a short video clip Sr. Rosalia Tirkey, the animator of the community invited the sisters to trust and rest in the potter’s hands during the second Novitiate to become a perfect vessel for Him. Finally sisters and Novices wished God’s blessing and a fervent time of the Second Novitiate.