The foundation stone for the new Chapel at Vianney Bhavan was blessed by Rt. Rev. Sarat Chandra Nayak, Bishop of Berhampur, and laid by Most Rev. John Barwa, SVD, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in the presence of Rt. Rev. Lucas Kerketta, SVD, Bishop of Sambalpur, Priests, Sisters, Faithful and Seminarians on the 4th of December 2012 on the occasion of the pastoral visitation of the Bishops’ of Odisha to the Seminary.
Rev. Fr. Thomas Parayil, Rector, Staff and Students of Vianney Bhavan are grateful to Pontifical Society of Saint Peter the Apostle (POSPA) and MISSIO Aachen for granting us the necessary Funds for realizing our long cherished dream. The work of the Chapel is in full swing. We hope to complete it in time for the silver jubilee of the Seminary which commences this year
Vianney Bhavan, being the Regional Philosophy Seminary for the formation of the Diocesan Clergy in Odisha, strives to foster ‘Diocesan Spirituality’ in the lives of the seminarian.