પુરોહિત દીક્ષા- "મોરના ઈંડા ચીતરવા ના પડે" - Ordination Of Rev. Fr. Sudhir SDB

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પુરોહિત દીક્ષા  

મોરના ઈંડા ચીતરવા ના પડે

 ગુજરાતીમાં કહેવત છે "મોરના ઈંડા ચીતરવા ના પડે" એ કહેવત અહી ફા. સુધીરની પુરોહિત દીક્ષા ટાણે સુયોગ્ય ગણાશે તેમના પરિવારની ઈશ્વર સેવા તેમના દાદા સ્વ. સેબાસ્તિયન એમ પરમાર ના સમયથી જોવા મળી રહી છે  ફા સુધીરના દાદા "મિસ્ત્રી"ના હુલામણા નામથી લોકપ્રિય હતા જેમને વડતાલ કેથોલિક ચર્ચમાં, ચર્ચ રજીસ્ટર પ્રમાણે 10 વર્ષની ઉમરે તા 28-06-1907 ના દિને સ્નાન સંસ્કાર મળ્યો હતો અને ઈ. સ. 1909માં બાર વર્ષની વયે માસિક છ પૈસાના પગાર ધોરણે ચર્ચમાં સેવા આપવાની શરૂયાત કરી હતી ત્યારથી સતત 72 વર્ષ સુધી તેઓએ ચર્ચમાં અવિરત સેવા આપી હતી. 

 "ગુજરાતની ધર્મસભાનો ઈતિહાસ" જેના જાણીતા પીઢ લેખક સ્વ. ફા. સુર્યા એસ. જે. અન્ય જગ્યાએ નોધ કરી છે કે  "વડતાલનો વ્યક્તિ ધર્મ વિભાગનો આધાર અને વફાદાર સેવક હતા"  તેમની અવિરત આજીવન સેવાની કદરરૂપે વડાધર્મગુરુ નામદાર મહાશ્રી પોપ પોલ છઠ્ઠા તરફથી તેમને સુવર્ણચંદ્રક અને પ્રમાણપત્રથી બહુમાન કરવામાં આવ્યા. તેઓ 85  વર્ષની વયે  તા. 17-10-1982 ના રોજ દુનિયાની સફર પૂરી કરી પ્રભુ પાસે પહોચી ગયા.

 તેમના ગુણ તેમના દીકરા અને ફા સુધીરના પિતાશ્રી સ્વ. માથીયાસ સેબાસ્તિયનમાં પણ જોવા મળતા. તેઓ પણ વડતાલ તાબાના ગામડાઓમાં ખુબજ જાણીતા અને લોકપ્રિય વ્યક્તિ બની રહ્યા હતા દાદાની જેમ સેવાભાવી અને વ્યવહારમાં અતિનમ્ર અને નિષ્ઠાવાન હતા તેમની સેવા વડતાલ,આણદ,નડીયાદ,રાજપીપળા વિધાનગર અને માતર જેવા મિશનોમાં આપી હતી.

 તેમની અવીરત વિવિધ જગ્યાઓએ આપેલ સેવાઓ બાદ પાછા પોતાના માદરે વતન વડતાલમાં આવી  1976 થી 1995 સુધી ફાધરના સહાયક તરીકે રહ્યા.મશીનરી અને ઈલેકટ્રોનિકસની તેમની જાણકારી બેનમુન હતી. પુરોહિતો અને ધર્મસભા માટે કામ કરવું તેમને એટલું વાહલું લાગેલું કે રેલવે તંત્રમાં મળેલ નોકરી છોડી અને પાછા ધર્મસભામાં કામ કરવા જોડાયેલ. તા. 6-06-2001ના રોજ 65 વર્ષની વયે તેમનું અચાનક મૃત્યુ થયેલ અને પ્રભુ પાસે પહોચી ગયા.

 ફા.સુધીરના ફોઈ સ્વ. સી.પુષ્પા જેઓ 1946માં લીટલ ડોટર્સ ઓફ સેન્ટ ફ્રાન્સીસ ઝેવિયરના મંડળમાં જોડાયા હતા જયારે તે સંઘના માત્ર નવ વર્ષ પુરા થયા હતા. તેમણે  પેટલાદમાં 16 વર્ષ અને વડોદરામાં 28 વર્ષ સુધી સેવા આપી હતી. 65 વર્ષની વય સુધી સાઇકલ ચલાવી વડોદરામાં ધર્મકાર્ય માટે ફરતા. તેઓશ્રી  તા 13 -09-2009 ના રોજ 83 વર્ષની ઉમરે પ્રભુને પ્યારા થયા હતા.

              પ્રભુ સેવા કરવાની ઝંખનાના બીજ તેમના કુટુંબમાંથી ફા. સુધીરને મળેલા જોવા મળે છે અને આમ આજે  એ  બીજ વૃક્ષ સમું બનીને ફા. સુધીર સંત ડોન બોસ્કો સંઘમાં જોડાયા અને પુરોહિત દીક્ષા ગ્રહણ કરી સુદાન દેશમાં (ઈસ્ટ આફ્રિકા ) પોતાની પુરોહિત તરીકેની સેવા આપશે.

તેમના જીવનની ઝાંખી નીચે પ્રમાણે છે

જન્મ : 22-09-1977 જનરલ હોસ્પિટલ ઉત્તરસંડા,ગુજરાત,

પ્રાથમિક શિક્ષણ:  આર. સિ.  મિશન સ્કુલ , વડતાલ,

માધ્યમિક શિક્ષણ :  સેન્ટ ઝેવિયર્સ સ્કુલ મિરઝાપુર અમદાવાદ, 

ઉચ્ચતર શિક્ષણ : એલ એન હાઇસ્કુલ વડતાલ,

સ્નાતક : સેન્ટ ઝેવિયર્સ કોલેજ, અમદાવાદ,

પાર્ટ ટાઈમ સર્વિસ: (1995 થી 1998),

કમ્પયુટર ડીપ્લોમાં: આણંદ પ્રેસ, ગામડી-આણંદ,   

ડોન બોસ્કો સંઘમાં: 1999, 

પ્રથમ વ્રત:  તા 24-05-2002,

ઈસ્ટ આફ્રિકામાં પ્રયાણ: તા 06-07-2006,

ધર્મવિદ્યા અભ્યાસ :  ઓગસ્ટ 2007  થી જાન્યુઆરી 2011 (તંગાઝા કોલેજ કેથોલિક યુનિ ઓફ ઈસ્ટ આફ્રિકા , નૈરોબી, કેન્યા,આફ્રિકા

  તા. 30-12-12 ના રોજ વડતાલ ખાતે પુરોહિત દીક્ષા માનનીય રેવ. બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાન અને માનનીય આર્ચ  બિશપ સ્ટેની ફર્નાડીઝ એસ. જે. દ્વારા આપવામાં આવી. આ પ્રસંગે ડોન બોસ્કો સંઘના ગુજરાત અને મહારાષ્ટ્રના પ્રાંતપતિ રેવ. ફા.માઈકલ ફર્નાડીઝ  એસ. ડી. બી. તથા મોટી સંખ્યામાં પુરોહિત ગણ, સાધ્વીગણ અને ધર્મજનો  હાજર રહ્યા હતા.
     

 આજે  રેવ ફા સુધીર SDBની પુરોહિત દિક્ષા તા 30-12-2012  રવિવારના રોજ સેક્રેડ હાર્ટ  કેથોલિક ચર્ચ વડતાલમાં રાખવામાં આવી હતી. આ શુભ ઘડીના ફોટો નિહાળશો,

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આ માહિતી માટે માંથીયાસ સેબાસ્તીયન પરિવાર અને  શ્રી અનિરુદ્ધ ડાભીનો ખુબ ખુબ અભાર જેમણે  આ દીક્ષા ટાણે પ્રસિદ્ધ થયેલ પુસ્તક " પુરોહિત દીક્ષા" માં આ માહિતી આપેલ છે

    

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Ordination Of Rev.Fr.Simon S.J. and Rev. Fr. Sanjay S.J

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 તા 29-12-2012 ની સાંજે  સેન્ટ ઝેવિયર્સ ચર્ચ, નવરંગપુરા અમદાવાદ ખાતે બે ઇસુસંઘી પુરોહિતોની પુરોહિતદિક્ષાથી ગુજરાતની ધર્મસભાને  બે નવપુરોહિતો મળ્યા જેમને મોટા ઉમળકાથી શ્રધાળુઓએ વધાવી લીધા હતા

 રેવ ફા સાયમન  એસ જે  જેઓ મૂળ સાબરમતી અમદાવાદના વતની છે અને રેવ ફા સંજય પરમાર એસ જે જેઓ મૂળ લસુન્દ્રા ગામના વતની છે.

 રેવ ફા સાયમન એસ.જે. નો જન્મ તા  21-01-1981 માં થયો હતો અને ઇસુ સંઘમાં  તા 30-07-2001ના રોજ જોડાયા હતા અને રેવ ફા સંજય પરમાર એસ. જે .નો જન્મ તા 30-05-1978 માં થયો હતો અને તા 30-07-2001 માં ઇસુ સંઘમાં જોડાયા હતા

 આજે લાંબી પુરોહિત માટેની સાધના બાદ બંને પુરોહિતોને માનનીય રેવ બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાન (અમદાવાદ ડીઓ) અને માનનીય આર્ચ  બિશપ સ્ટેની ફર્નાડીઝ  એસ જે  અને ગુજરાતના ઇસુ સંઘના પ્રાંતપતિ માનનીય રેવ ફા જોસ ચાગનાચેરી   એસ જે દ્વારા અભિષેક કરી ગુજરાતની કેથોલિક ધર્મ ભૂમિમાં આવકાર્યા હતા

 આ પ્રસંગે દુર દુર થી આવેલ પુરોહિતગણ, સાધ્વીગણ અને મોટી સંખ્યામાં ઉમટેલા ધર્મજનોએ બંને ધર્મ ગુરુઓને ફૂલહાર અને ભેટ આપી વધાવી લીધા હતા

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A DIFFERENT FAMILY - HOLY FAMILY

Rev. Fr. Valentine de Souza S.J.

A DIFFERENT FAMILY

José Antonio Pagola,

 Catholics almost instinctively defend the value of the family, but we do not stop to reflect on how family life, based on an understanding of the gospel and its values, would unfold. What would a family inspired by Jesus be like?

 The family, according to him, has its origin in the mystery of the Creator who attracts a man and a woman to become “one flesh”, sharing their lives in a mutual self-giving, prompted by a free and gratuitous love. This is basic and decisive. This loving experience of the parents can generate a healthy family.

 Following the deep call of their love, the parents become a source of new life. It’s their most exciting task. It can give a fresh depth and horizon to their love. It can strengthen and enhance forever their creative work in the world.

 Children are a gift and a responsibility, a difficult challenge and unparalleled satisfaction. The conduct of Jesus, in always defending the little ones, and embracing and blessing children, suggests a basic attitude: to nurture the fragile life of those beginning their journey through this world. No one can offer them anything better.

 A Christian family tries to go through an original experience inserted in a modern, indifferent and agnostic society : to build a family founded on Jesus. “Where two or three are gathered in my name there I am with them.” It is Jesus who inspires, sustains and directs the healthy life of the family.

 The home then becomes a privileged place to undertake the most basic experiences of the Christian faith: trust in a Good God, friend of the human being: the attraction for the way of life of Jesus; the discovery of the project of God to build a more dignified, just and kind world for all. To achieve all this, the family reading of the Gospel is a decisive experience.

 In a home where life is inspired by simple faith in Jesus, lived with great enthusiasm, the result is a family always welcoming, sensitive to the suffering of the most needy, where all learn to share and commit themselves to a more humane world; a family that does not live enclosed in their own interests and ambitions but lives open to the human family.

 Many parents today are overwhelmed by different problems, and too alone to face their task. Could they not receive more specific and effective help from Christian communities? Many believing fathers and mothers would benefit from meeting, sharing their worries and supporting each other. It is not in the spirit of the Gospel to demand of them heroic tasks and then ignore their struggles and sleepless nights.

Jose Antonio Pagola, vgentza@euskalnet.net , San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain.

English Translation by Valentine de Souza S.J. Mandal, Gujarat , India.394650

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Last Journey Of Late Smita Parmar

 Miss .Smita Parmar who was in coma for the past eight years (the Sister of Fr.Snehal Parmar-Sevasi Tech) died at 2.00 a.m on 28-12-2012 and the funeral was around 3.00 p.m on 28 Dec 2012 at St. Xavier’s Church Gamdi, Anand.. Below are the photos of her last journey

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Do click the link below given  to watch the interview of the family of Fr.Snehal S.J. who served as a wonderful example of love and commitment at the service of the bed ridden family member. This was recorded last year on 15-12-2011




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Silver Jubilee Of St. Yohan Catholic Church, Boriyavi - કેથોલિક દેવાલયની રજત જયંતી

આ પ્રસંગના ફોટો નીચે નિહાળશો.


 આજે તા. 28-12-2012 ની સવારે  બોરીયાવીમાં સંત યોહાન કેથોલિક દેવાલયની રજત જયંતી ઉજવવામાં આવી. આણંદ તાબામાં આવેલ બોરીયાવી ગામના ખ્રિસ્તી સમુદાય માટે આજે આનંદનો દિવસ બની રહ્યો હતો. અહી શ્રધાળુઓ દ્વારા માનનીય બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાનનું ગામની પાદરે સન્માન કર્યું હતું અને નાચ- ગાન સાથે તેમને કેથોલિક દેવાલયમાં લાવવામાં આવ્યા હતા.

 બોરીયાવીમાં આજે આ દેવાલયના 25 વર્ષ પુરા થયા છે તેની ઉજવણીથી લોકોમાં ભારે આનંદ વ્યક્ત થઇ રહ્યો હતો. આ આનંદની પળોમાં સભાપુરોહિત રેવ. ફા. આલ્બર્ટ એસ. જે. તથા રેવ. ફા. મેકક્ષીમ એસ. જે. ની હાજરીથી પ્રસંગ વધુ સુંદર બની રહ્યો હતો.

St.Yohan Catholic Church, Boriyavi

 Boriyavi belongs to Anand parish. Today the Christians celebrated the Silver Jubilee of St.Yohan Church. Rt. Bishop Thomas Macwan (Ahmedabad Dio.)Rev. Fr. Albert S.J. and Rev Fr. Maxim S.J. celebrated the mass.

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ગુજરાતમાં ઠેર  ઠેર જગ્યાએ ગભાણ બનાવવાનો એક અનેરો આનંદ નાનાથી માંડી મોટેરાઓમાં જોવા મળે છે. દરેક જગ્યાએ વધુ સુંદર ગભાણ બનાવવાની હરીફાઈ પણ ચાલતી હોય છે. આ સમયે પાધરીયા વિસ્તારના પ્રેસ કોલોનીના યુવાનોએ ભારે જહેમત ઉઠાવી એક સુંદર ગભાણ બનાવ્યું છે તે એસ્પના ગ્રુપનું ઇન્ટરવ્યુ  અને તેમનો આનંદ સંભાળવા માટે વીડિઓ ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો.      

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"એક શામ બાળકોને નામ"_Christmas Celebration

Christmas Celebration - Matruchaya Orphanage, Nadiad

ગરબો નિહાળવા માટે વીડિઓ ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો.

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 ગુજરાતની ધર્મસભામાં આ અઠવાડિયા દરમ્યાન નાતાલની ઉજવણી અલગ અંદાઝથી કરવામાં આવતી હોય છે ત્યારે ગઈ કાલે તા 26-12-2012 સાંજે,  નડિયાદમાં આવેલ માતૃછાયા અનાથ આશ્રમ, નડિયાદ ખાતે સિસ્ટર બેનીતા મેકવાન દ્વારા અનાથ બાળકો માટે મનોરંજનનો પ્રોગ્રામ રાખ્યો હતો.

 સંગીતના જાણીતા એવા શ્રી મુકેશભાઈ મેકવાનના સ્વરકંઠ દ્વારા અહી રહેતા અનાથ બાળકો માટે "એક શામ બાળકોને નામ" નો પ્રોગ્રામ પોતાની મ્યુઝિકલ પાર્ટી સાથે આપી સૌને ગરબા અને નાચ-ગાનમાં તરબોળ કરી દીધા હતા.આ ઉજવણી પછી શ્રી મુકેશભાઈ તરફથી સૌને ભોજન આપવામાં આવ્યુ હતું  અને સાધ્વી બહેનો દ્વારા હાજરી આપેલ સૌ માટે આભારની લાગણી વ્યક્ત કરી હતી.

 આ અનોખી ઉજવણીમાં માતૃછાયા અનાથ આશ્રમની હરહમેશ મદદ કરતા અને  સાથે રહેતા એવા કુટુંબો, મહેમાનો તથા સાધ્વીબહેનો અને માતૃછાયાના પરિવારના સભ્યોની હાજરીથી આ પ્રસંગ વધુ રંગત ભર્યો રહ્યો હતો.

 આવો પહેલ કરી આ નાતાલની ઉજવણીનો  આનંદ દરેક તરછોડાયેલા, ભારથી કચડાયેલા અને અન્ય દુઃખદ પરિસ્થિતિમાંથી પસાર થતા સર્વને આપીએ. " સૌને અનાદી નાતાલ"

આ પ્રસંગના ફોટો નીચે નિહાળશો 

Yesterday a musical party was sponsored by a well known singer Mr. Mukesh Macwan (originally from Gutal) to the children of Matruchaya Orphanage, Nadiad.

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વડોદરા શહેરમાં શાંતિના વાહકનો શુભ સંદેશ આપતું જીવંત ગભાણ જોવા માટે વીડિઓ ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો    

જીવંત ગભાણની ઝાંખી માટે ફોટા નિહાળશો

 ગઈ કાલે તા 23-12-2012, સંત જોસેફ ચર્ચ, વડોદરા ખાતે સભાયાજ્ઞિક રેવ. ફા. જયંત રાઠોડ એસ. જે. અને અહીના ધર્મજનો દ્વારા જીવતું ગભાણ વડોદરાના વિસ્તારોમાં લઇ જઈને પ્રભુના જન્મનો શુભ સંદેશ પાઠવવામાં આવ્યો હતો. આ "જીવંત ગભાણ" નું આયોજન અહી દર વર્ષે કરવામાં આવે છે .નાતાલના વધામણીના ભજનો અને સંગીતથી પવિત્રતા અને નાતાલનો માહોલ બની રહ્યો હતો.

  પ્રભુ ઈસુના આગમનની તૈયારી અર્થે અહી દરરોજ ખ્રિસ્ત યજ્ઞ અને બોધનું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું  ત્યારબાદ આજે સવારે આ જીવતા ગભાણનું સરઘસ  શરૂ  કરી રોડ ઉપર આવતા મોટાભાગના વિસ્તારો અને સોસાયટીઓને આવરી લઈ  દરેકને પ્રેમ અને શાંતિના પ્રતિક એવા બાળ ઈસુના જન્મની વધામણી આપતા યુવાન-યુવતીઓ,બાળકો, બહેનો અને વડીલો આ સરઘસને આગળ ધપાવતા સાંજે પરત ફર્યા હતા.

 આ સુંદર પ્રવૃતિથી ભેગા થયેલ લોકોમાં એક અનેરો આનંદ જોવા મળતો હતો આ માટે પેરીશ કાઉન્શીલના સભાસદો  તથા ધર્મજનો અને રેવ ફા જયંત રાઠોડ નો ખાસ પરિશ્રમ રહ્યો હતો.

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BELIEVING WOMEN

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

                                                                       Luke 1, 39-45

Rev. Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.

 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!

But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!”

BELIEVING WOMEN

José Antonio Pagola

After she received the call of God announcing to her that she would be the mother of the Messiah, Mary sets out on her way alone. A new life, at the service of her son Jesus, begins for her. She moves quickly, with determination. She feels the need to share her joy with her cousin Elizabeth and to put herself at her service in the last months of her pregnancy.

The meeting of the two mothers is an unusual scene. No males are present. Only two simple women, with no rank or relevance in the Jewish religion. Mary carries Jesus along with her everywhere and Elizabeth full of a prophetic spirit dares to bless her cousin without being a priest.

Mary enters the house of Zechariah but does not go to him. She goes directly to greet Elizabeth. Of the content of the greeting we know nothing, except that the salutation filled the house with overflowing joy. It is the joy that Mary experiences since she heard the voice of the angel:“Rejoice, you who are highly favored!”.

Elizabeth could not contain her surprise and her joy. As soon as she heard the greeting of Mary, she feels the movements of the creature she carries in her womb and interprets them as “leaping for joy”. Then she blesses Mary exclaiming “in a loud voice”:“Blessed are you among women and blessed is the child you will bear.”

At no time does she address Mary by her name. She regards her totally identified with her mission: she is the mother of her Lord. She sees her as a believing woman, in whom the plans of God will be fulfilled.

What surprises her most is the behavior of Mary. She has not come to show her dignity as mother of the Messiah. She is not there to be served but to serve. Elizabeth cannot get over her astonishment:“But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”

Quite a number of women do not live in peace in the Church. Indifference and unease keeps growing in some. They suffer when they see that in spite of being the first to collaborate in many areas, they are hardly counted on to think of , decide , and promote the progress of the Church. This situation is hurting all of us.

The weight of centuries of history, controlled and dominated by males, prevents us from realizing how impoverished the Church is by dispensing with a more effective presence of women. We may not listen to them, but God can raise believing women, full of a prophetic spirit who can infect us with joy and give the Church a more human face. They will be a blessing. They will teach us to follow Jesus with more ardor and fidelity.

Contribute to the conversion of the Church

Jose Antonio Pagola, vgentza@euskalnet.net , San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain.
English Translation by Valentine de Souza S.J. Mandal, Gujarat , India.394650

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WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (C) 

Luke 3, 10-18

Rev. Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.

“What should we do then?” the crowd asked. John answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.” Tax collectors also came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them. Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay”

 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” And with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

José Antonio Pagola

The preaching of John the Baptist shook the consciences of many. The prophet in the desert was telling them aloud what they were thinking in their hearts: they needed to change, return to God, prepare to receive the Messiah. Some of them approached him with this question: "What should we do then?"

John has thought out his message very clearly. He does not want to add new religious practices to their lives. He does not ask them to stay on in the desert doing penance. He does not speak of new precepts. They have to receive the Messiah by caring for the needy.

He is not lost in sublime theories or in profound motivation. In a direct way, in the most pure prophetic style, he summarizes everything in a brilliant formula: “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.” And we, what must we do to welcome Christ into this society in crisis?

First of all, try harder to find out what’s happening: lack of information is the first reason for our doing nothing. On the other hand, do not tolerate lies or cover-up of the truth. We must know in all its brutal reality the suffering unjustly being caused among us.

It wont do to be satisfied with little acts of generosity. We must take steps towards a more sober way of life; to dare to experience “impoverishing ourselves” little by little, cutting down on our present level of prosperity to share with the most needy so many things we have and don’t need.

We can take special care of those who have got into serious situations of social exclusion: those evicted, deprived of health care, without any income or other social resources… We must instinctively go out in defense of those sinking helplessly, or have lost all motivation to face their future.

In Christian communities we must develop various initiatives to be close to cases of social abandonment that hurt the most: specific information of situations, mobilization of people so as not to leave anyone out; provision of material resources, management of possible aid…

It’s going to be a long crisis. In the coming years we are going to be given the chance to humanize our crazy consumerism, make ourselves more sensitive to the suffering of victims, grow in practical solidarity, contribute to denouncing the lack of compassion in the management of the crisis… It will be our way of welcoming Christ more truly, realistically, in our lives.

Contribute to fostering compassion for those who suffer

Jose Antonio Pagola, vgentza@euskalnet.net , San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain.

English Translation by Valentine de Souza S.J. Mandal, Gujarat , India.394650

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Jayalalithaa credits Christian schooling for her progress

She thanked the teachers in her schools for helping her with a "strong foundation."

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Chennai:
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has said that she progressed in her life because of her schooling in Christian institutions.

 "The education and virtues taught there are the reasons for my progress. What I learned there are aiding me even today and help me in facing any big responsibilities," she said during a Christmas function in Chennai.

 She said that she had attended Sunday Bible classes at the Bangalore school and therefore had knowledge of all stories said in it.

 The chief minister also recalled her schooling at Bishop Cotton in Bangalore and Holy Angels and Church Park Convents in Chennai.

 "They preach the morals required for daily life and I am proud to say I have followed them," she said.

 She also thanked the teachers in her schools for helping her with a "strong foundation."

 The Chief Minister, who cut a big cake to mark the occasion, said Lord Jesus had preached love even to foes and urged one and all to follow it.

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Jesuit honored for pioneering film academia

Indian Film Theory Guru Honoured 

Father Gaston Roberge started “Chitrabani” communication centre in Kolkata in 1970.

 MUMBAI, (C.M. Paul) – Indian film theory guru and founder director of the first Church communication centre in Eastern India Jesuit Father Gaston Roberge was honoured last month in Mumbai by the Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society (19th Nov. 2012).

 The Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society was set up in 1997 to champion the cause of sensitive cinema and keep Bimal Roy’s unique legacy alive. Bimal Roy (1909-1966), the silent master of Indian cinema who spoke through pictures ushered in the golden age of Indian Cinema in the 1940′s. A socially committed director, his films had the power to inspire and move audiences.

 The citation stated the reason for the award as “Fr. Gaston Roberge for establishing the unique enabling institution of Chitrabani and thus pioneering film academia in India as well as cultivating and nurturing several generations of cineastes and filmmakers.”

 In addition, when in Mumbai, Fr. Roberge, 77 years old, gave a lecture on Amir Khan starring Bollywood film 3 idiots in two colleges: Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Whistling Woods International.

 Way back in 1970 Fr Gaston pioneered with the support of the late Satyajit Ray to start “Chitrabani,” a communication centre in Kolkata which he directed for 26 years until 1996.

 Former president of Unda/OCIC-India, Fr Gaston started the Educational Media Research Centre (EMRC) of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata in 1986 and directed it for ten years until 1996.

 After a three year stint as Executive Secretary for Social Communication, at the Society of Jesus Rome Headquarters Fr Gaston was Head of Department of Communications, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, until 2001.

 Author of some 25 books on cinema and communication Fr Gaston is still a faculty member of St. Xavier’s College`s Departments of Mass Communication and Film Studies and continues to write books on communication and spirituality. END

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આજે જયારે શહેર અને ગામડાઓમાં જોરશોરથી નાતાલની પૂર્વ તૈયારીઓ થતી જોવા મળે છે તે અનુસંધાનમાં વધુ રંગતભરી નાતાલનું આગમન થાય તે માટે થોડા નાતાલના ગરબા રજુ કરીએ છીએ.
 
 ભુમેલ અને વડતાલમાં દર નવા વર્ષે સરઘસ નીકળે છે જેમાં ખ્રિસ્તી શ્રદ્ધાળુઓ દરેકને નવા વર્ષની સલામ પાઠવતા આગળ વધતા હોય  છે. 1 જાન્યુઆરી વર્ષ 2012 વડતાલનું સરઘસ, નાચગાન, ગરબાની  રમઝટ અને સુંદર નાતાલનો  ગરબો સંભાળવા માટે વીડિઓ ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો.

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Ghelu Ghelu Thayu ..... Christmas Garba

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Yesterday was

Human Rights Day

 The United Nations' (UN) Human Rights Day is annually observed December 10 to mark the anniversary of the presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

What do people do?

 Events focused on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are held worldwide on and around December 10. Many events aim to educate people, especially children and teenagers, on their human rights and the importance of upholding these in their own communities and further afield.

 The day may also include protests to alert people of circumstances in parts of the world where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not recognized or respected, or where the importance of these rights are not considered to be important. Cultural events are also organized to celebrate the importance of human rights through music, dance, drama or fine art.

Public life

 Human Rights Day is a global observance and not a public holiday.

Background

 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted between January 1947 and December 1948. It aimed to form a basis for human rights all over the world and represented a significant change of direction from events during World War II and the continuing colonialism that was rife in the world at the time. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is considered as the most translated document in modern history. It is available in more than 360 languages and new translations are still being added.

 The UN General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France, on the December 10, 1948. All states and interested organizations were invited to mark December 10 as Human Rights Day at a UN meeting on December 4, 1950. It was first observed on December 10 that year and has been observed each year on the same date. Each year Human Rights Day has a theme. Some of these themes have focused on people knowing their human rights or the importance of human rights education.

Symbols

 The UN symbol (an azimuthal equidistant projection of the globe centered on the North Pole surrounded by olive branches) is often associated with Human Rights Day. Copies of the whole Universal Declaration of Human Rights are also regarded as symbolic of Human Rights Day and are often distributed on or around December 10.

Source: timeanddate.com

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Jesus Calls Everyone - Testimony Of A Family

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Jesus calls everyone.

During the Bible Adhiveshan at Dadhvada, BBN happend to meet a family who were nonchristian before but now they have strong faith in Christ. They are baptised in His name. They go to the places to share their experience of Christ and Jesus to everyone. Their faith and love for Christ was amazing. Please click on the video to listen to their testimony in Hindi. Have uploaded only part 1 now.

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Funeral Of Late Fr. Ordonez Ignacio S.J

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Personal Information

Birth: 23 -10-1928 (Spain, Navarra)

Entered SJ: 26-08-1944 ( Loyola Spain)

Priesthood: 24-03-1958 ( Anand- Gujarat)

Final vows: 02-02-1977 (Nanakantharia)

Responsibilities held

Asst PP: Retreat house, Baroda—1960

PP at Gothada—1961

Asst PP at Bhilodas—1971-1973

PP at Nanakantharia -- !973-1983

Socius to the Provincial –1984-1989

PP at Meghrej –1989-1993

Asst PP at Meghrej—1993-1994

Asst.PP at Bhiloda—1994-2004

Asst.PP at Unteshwari—2004-2012

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Rev. Fr. Socious Dharmaraj S.J.

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Passed away Fr .Ordonez Ignacio

R.I.P. Fr .Ordonez Ignacio (GUJ) 84/68 expired this morning due to heart attack (08- 12-2012 ) at Unteshwari.

The funeral will be held at 5.00 p.m ( today) in Unteshwari Shrine, Kadi on 08-12-2012. Funeral will be available on BBN soon

Please remember him in your prayers.
Fr.Lawrence Dharmaraj SJ
Socius
GUJ

Personal Information

Birth: 23 -10-1928 (Spain, Navarra)
Entered SJ: 26-08-1944 ( Loyola Spain)
Priesthood: 24-03-1958 ( Anand- Gujarat)
Final vows: 02-02-1977 (Nanakantharia)
Responsibilities held
Asst PP: Retreat house, Baroda—1960
PP at Gothada—1961
Asst PP at Bhilodas—1971-1973
PP at Nanakantharia -- !973-1983
Socius to the Provincial –1984-1989
PP at Meghrej –1989-1993
Asst PP at Meghrej—1993-1994

Asst.PP at Bhiloda—1994-2004

Asst.PP at Unteshwari—2004-2012

Funeral will be available on BBN soon

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OPEN NEW PATHS TO JESUS

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Luke 3, 1-6

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. 

He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. And all mankind will see God’s salvation.’ (NIV)

OPEN NEW PATHS TO JESUS

José Antonio Pagola

Rev. Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.

 The early Christians saw in the conduct of John the Baptist the prophet who decisively prepared the way for Jesus. So, through the centuries, the Baptist has become a call always urging us to prepare ways that will allow us to welcome Jesus among us.

 Luke has summarized his message in this cry taken from the prophet Isaiah: “Prepare the way of the Lord.” How should we listen to this voice in the Church today? How should we open ways for men and women of our times to encounter him? How should we welcome him in our communities?

 The first thing is to realize we need a much more lively contact with his person. It is not possible to survive only on the nourishment religious doctrine provides. It is not possible to follow a Jesus who has become a sublime abstraction. We need to identify ourselves with him in a vital relationship, to allow ourselves to fall in love with his way of living, to absorb his passion for God and the welfare of humanity.

 In the midst of the “spiritual desert” of modern society, we must conceive of and shape the Christian community as a place where the Gospel of Jesus is welcomed; create an experience that unites believers, lukewarm believers, those who hardly believe and even unbelievers, drawn together around the Gospel story of Jesus; give him an opportunity to permeate with his humanizing power our problems, crises, hopes and fears.

 We must not forget him. In the Gospels we do not learn an academic doctrine on Jesus, inevitably destined to grow old over the centuries. What we learn is a way of life valid for all times and in all cultures: the way of life of Jesus. Doctrines do not touch, much less win hearts; they do not convert people. Jesus does.

 Direct and immediate experience of the Gospel story brings into being a new faith in us, not through “indoctrination” or “theoretical learning”, but through vital contact with Jesus. It is he who teaches us to live the faith, not out of obligation but by attraction. He inspires in us a Christian life not as a duty but by being drawn to it through contagious influence. By contact with the Gospel we recover our true identity as followers of Jesus. 

 By following the story of the Gospels we come to realize that the invisible and silent presence of the Risen Christ takes on human features and acquires a specific voice. Suddenly everything changes: we can live accompanied by Someone who puts meaning, truth, and hope into our existence. The secret of the “new evangelization” lies in putting ourselves in direct and immediate contact with Jesus. Without him it is not possible to engender a new faith.

Open new paths to Jesus

Jose Antonio Pagola, vgentza@euskalnet.net , San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain.

English Translation by Valentine de Souza S.J. Mandal, Gujarat , India.394650

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Christians to be a deciding factor in Dang

Christians to be a deciding factor in Dang
Melvyn Thomas, TNN Nov 29, 2012, 11.14PM IST

SURAT: Christians in the state may have a little or no say during the assembly elections, but there is one constituency in the tribal-dominated south Gujarat where this minority community could become a deciding factor.

 Out of the total 1.44 lakh voters in the newly formed 173-Dang assembly constituency, there are 36,450 tribal electorates from Christian community and 46,659 from Kanbi community. There are 29,934 voters from Bhil, 19,475 from Varli and 3,237 from Muslim communities in this constituency. Earlier, Dang and Vansad in Valsad formed the assembly segment with 1.99 lakh voters until the constituency's boundary was redrawn by Election Commission of India.


Looking at the vote sharing percentage in the Dang assembly constituency, the tribal Christians could be a deciding factor with 26 per cent vote share though Kanbis may have a larger vote share of 31 per cent.

 In 2002 assembly elections, Dang-Vansda assembly constituency had elected Congress candidate Madhubhai Bhoye for the fourth consecutive term defeating BJP's Vijay Patel with a margin of 10,147 votes. In 2007 assembly elections, the 1.99 lakh electorates in the Dang-Vansda constituency voted in favour of Vijay Patel. He won with a margin of over 7,000 votes. This ended the two-decade long dominance of Congress.

This time around the Congress and the BJP have given tickets to non-Christian candidates. The BJP has renominated the sitting BJP MLA Vijay Patel as its candidate while Congress has given ticket to Mangal Gavit. However, Gujarat Parivartan Pary (GPP) has fielded a Christian Yogesh Bhoye.

 Political pundits said Dang district has come a long way after the communal unrest against Christians in 1998. In 2006, Subir in Dang district was in the limelight following the anti-conversion movement by the saffron groups.

 In the 2010 district and taluka panchayat elections, the BJP had offered tickets to five Christian candidates from Subir, including two women.

 "There is always a benefit for certain community which dominates a region like Christians do in Dang. This increase the bargaining capacity and speeds up development. There is a massive change in the district after the 1998 communal riots. Now, the tribal residents in Dang support those who talk of development," said Satyakam Joshi, associate professor, Centre for Social Studies ( CSI).

 Joshi said, "Dang is the only assembly constituency among the total 182 in Gujarat where you have Christian voters. But over the last many years polarization has definitely increased in Dang. In a family, one could find a brother following Hinduism and his other sibling Christianity."

 A Jesuit priest said, "Christian voters here will vote for development. There is no fundamentalism whatsoever in the Dang district."

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Christians must join politics to contribute to nation building

Christians must join politics to contribute to nation building: Isai Maha Sangh Bhopal: 1/12/2012:

 Isai Maha Sangh(IMS) organized its second Leadership Summit(LS) in Bhopal. It is the preparation for the forth coming 2013 Assembly Election in Madhya Pradesh. While speaking at the LS organized at Ravi Shankar Auditorium near Bitton Market in Bhopal, State President Sujit William said, “The Christians will have to join in politics to through it to extend its cooperation to build the nation in this decisive manner. The present scenario is clear that in the Hindi speaking regions Christian Socio-political leadership is very weak. We are making an effort to get more people with charismatic leadership emerge from the Christian community in this part of India.”

 The meeting is attended by around thousand delegates from Isai Maha Sangh. They are collectively discussing different programmes to infuse socio-political leadership in youth, women and men. IMS has emerged as a sole organization in the Country that has successfully motivated Christians to join sociopolitical leadership in the state.

 IMS State General Secretary Jerry Paul says that we have motivated our Christians as a community, we do not look any denominational difference, here ability of the person is very important. It is also to be noted that we are not undertaking any religious activity to collect people but motivate them for a right leadership. We also take up issues related to Christians even within the community.”

 This Leadership Summit is attended by senior leaders of all major political parties in Madhya Pradesh like Congress Party, Bhartya Janata Party, Communist Party of India, Community Party of India (Marxist), Jantadal United. The leaders have lauded the efforts of the organization to train more Christians into the political life of this country.

 Besides this LS was addressed by National Integration Council Vice Chairman Ramesh Sharma and Senior Government officials on Social leadership Conference also had secessions to address the problems of Christian Community very specially attacks from fundamental organizations. This issue was addressed by M S Sharma IPS (IG Intelligence) who is looking after the issues related to Christians in Madhya Pradesh.

 IMS is also honoring eighty six Christian leaders who are leading the leadership efforts of the organization to motivate more Christians to enter into active sociopolitical leadership. This team includes Sujit William, Jerry Paul, Sheela Santiago, John Anthony, David Francis, Marko Baba, Prem Sing Machard, Syilvester Gangle, Eric D’Cruz, Richard James, George Anthony, R D Lal, Samson Comfort, Ravi Sing, Christy Abraham etc.

 In the last Assembly Election there were eleven Christian candidates in the electoral field from various political parties and a few independents. IMS Political wing President, M S Manu, (Nation Election Officer of the Janta Dal United Party) said, we have been working in this line of leadership for very long time. We are not promoting any one political party but encouraging them to join which every political party suits them. All political parties are working to develop this country, it is the ideology that matters. We have elected members in the Assembly, Nagar Nigam, Nagar Palika Zilla Panchayath and in all democratic forums.

 The local organizing coordinators Richard James and George Anthony have said that we will set up a strong team in Bhopal, the Capital of Madhya Pradesh.

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Sister Prasannadevi in Junaghad forest

On 1st of Jan 1974, hearing God's call, Sr. Anne arrived the first time in Gujarat. She travelled all the way from south to west just to attain what she was called for . Sr. Anne had in the deepest corner of her heart the thought of taking up Indian Sanyasa. When the convent of Little Stars of Blessed. Fr. De Foucauld in India was closed down due to legal problems, this could not be considered anything less than a door opened by God,so that Sr. Anne may fulfill God's own will. Thus she started the life of a wanderer (Parivrajaka) which is considered as a must for any Sanyasis in Indian tradition.

In her quest for an Ashram life, she had visited most of the well-known ashrams and pilgrim centers of India and some of the leading Sanyasis of India like Swami Jnananda and Ramana Maharshi. She inspired her life by visiting and understanding the life styles of Shri Buddha, depicted in Ajanta, Ellora Caves, the prayerful atmosphere of Kurisumala ashram, Vagamon by Francis Acharya, Arunachala and Shantivanam, the spiritual birth place of Swami Abhishiktananda.

Sr. Prasannadevi's house

In 1975 she finally found a home for her hermit life near Atmeshwar (Girnar. Her friends built her a small hut in1976 which was called "Jyoti Mandir" now "Sneha Deepam", on the bank of a stream. This was an answer to her quest of a place to carry out her vocation. In July 1978, she was visited by Rev. Fr. Dominic of Ashirwanam Monestry (Kenkeiry, Banglore), whom she considers her Guru. He inclined his spiritual strength, prayers and teachings and continued his tsay in a hut opposite to Sneha Deepam till 1980. Fr. Dominic came because of an initiative-thought of Rt. Bishop Jona, the first Bishop Of Rajkot, to start an Ashram. Fr. Dominic though did not know the local language, through his silence and presence had inspired many visitors who started considering Fr. Dominic their Guru.

 Slowly and steadily Sr.Anne dissolved into the life of all the people who visited her. As time passed she started getting visitors from all over Gujarat. Some visited her occasionally, some regularly and some became  her very close friends. She by her simple living and teachings, has inspired hundreds and thousands of people.

 On 13th March-1975 Late Rt. Bishop Charles Gomez S.J. visited her on her birthday and in 1978 Rt. Bishop Jonas came and gave Sr. anne the right to have communion regularly. Those days once a week mass was celebrated and nowadays every Sunday  mass is conducted at Sneha Dipam by the parish priest of Junaghad.

 On 25th March 1997 in the presence of Rt. Bishop Gregory Karotemparel the Bishop Of Rajkot. parish council members,Carmelite sisters and youth of Junaghad: Sr. Prasannadevi made her perpetual vows as a hermit and were canonically accepted by the church. Sr. Anne would really have longed for such a day.

 In1999 her Hindu friends celebrated her arrival in Junaghad In year 2000,completion of 25 years of Sr. Anne's hermit life was celebrated in the presence of Bishop of Rajkotand the Junaghad parish.

Sr. Prasannadevi's Chapel

Sr. Anne had an inspiration from God , in which God said that He was pleased with her, and this is how Sr. Anne became Sr. Prasannadevi (The name which was officially given to her by Fr. Domnic). This grace of God has led her to live her hermit life with utter simplicity but with a great discipline . She rises up at 4:30 every morning and starts her day with prayer. Once it is enough light in her garden, she collects the most  beautiful  flowers and keeps them at the tabernacle. She has a small chapel which was built by her well wishers, and it is the holy place where she recites her prayers and mass is celebrated on Sundays..

 Describing about Sneha Deepam, it is a pure natural living place. It has a small hut where Sr. Prasannadevi lives and also a grotto and in front of it is a stream of water flowing through the rocks. She has cultivated a beautiful garden with variety of plants and colorful flowers. She also feeds birds and mongooses that come to her garden. She loves to spend her time in garden.

 She really has a loving heart with which she welcomes all who come to visit her. Her presence itself is inspirational. All the non Christians who visit her call MATAJI and great each other by saying " Jai Prabhu". Her simplicity and loving nature is very well revealed in the way she addresses all her visitors. All her visitors respect and love her and are very keen to visit her again and again . She also visits the poor people who are seriously sick and are hospitalized. Her love, prayer and guidance have helped many people. She also helps many poor people in the village financially,with the little collections she has from the visitors.

 The complaint mostly raised against the hermits is that they lead a very passive life, since they remain in the forest cut away from the active life of the world. But Sr. Prasannadevi has successfully combined both action and contemplation, It is her strong faith in God which has kept her firm to follow her vocation and fulfill God's will.

- Rojan Joseph

Rev. Fr. Vinod CMI

 We thank Rev. Fr. Vinod CMI the parish priest of Junaghad who took us to the forest to Sneha Deepam. We also thank Mr. Graem Tolly for this wonderful visit. During BBN interview with Sr. Prasannadevi, she expressed her feeling that she may not like her photo or video in any media. She said, " Jesus must increase and I must decrease". and therefore we will not be able to publish her photo here or in any media.    

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Tribal Bhajan Samelan of Vyara Part - 2.

Please click on the video for Tribal Bhajan Samelan of Vyara Part - 2. This was organized last month at Catholic Church, Vyara.

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Bharat Natyam - આરંગેત્રલ (ભારત નાટ્યમ) નો પદવી સંભારંભ

From Left:  Shikha and Chandani

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 ગઈ કાલે સાંજે સેન્ટ મેરીસ સ્કુલ, નડીયાદ ખાતે ભવ્ય આરંગેત્રલ (ભારત નાટ્યમ) નો પદવી સંભારંભ યોજાઓ હતો.

 ચાંદની અને શિખા નડિયાદની આપણી આ બંને દીકરીઓને કલાગુરુ સિસ્ટર એલીશા મેકવાન અને કલાગુરુ   જ્યોતિ મેકવાન દ્વારા ચાલતી દીવ્ય દયા નૃત્ય અકાદમી દ્વારા પદવી એનાયત કરવામાં આવી હતી આ શુભ પ્રસંગ ટાણે તેમણે રંગમંચ  ઉપર પદમ દ્વારા માતા મરિયમનું જીવન દર્શાવતું નૃત્ય  રજુ કરી સર્વે હાજરના દિલ જીતી લીધા હતા તે માટે વીડિઓ નિહાળશો.

 આ પ્રસંગે માનનીય બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાને આશીર્વચન આપ્યા હતા તથા કાર્યક્રમના મહેમાનપદે રેવ. ફા. રોકી પિંટો , રેવ ફા. એસ. બ્રીટો, રેવ. ફા. અરુલ, રેવ. ફા. અશોક વાઘેલા એસ. જે. તથા કેથોલિક સમાજના માનનીય શ્રી અન્તોનભાઈ તથા માનનીય આચાર્યશ્રી વિક્ટર ક્રિસ્ટી હાજર રહ્યા હતા અને કાર્યક્રમને વધુ સુંદર બનાવ્યો હતો.                        

   Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form originating in the South Indian state of  Tamil Nadu.This dance form denotes various 19th and 20th century reconstructions of Sadir, the art of temple dancers. Sadir in turn, is derived from ancient dance forms. Another aspect of this dance is Acrobatic Bharatanatyam 

  As Sister Elish Macwan Said the name depicts is the combination of: 'Bha' - Bhavam (means expression), 'Ra' - Ragam (means music), 'Ta - Talam (means beat or rhythm) and Natyam (means dance) in Tamil.

Bharatanatyam is a reworked dance-form from the traditional "sadir" known for its grace, purity, tenderness, and sculpturesque poses. Today, it is one of the most popular and widely performed dance styles and is practiced by male and female dancers all over the world.

 Yesterday there were two Catholic girls Shika and Chadani performed one of the dances on the Life of Mother Mary on their Certification day at St. Mary's School, Nadiad, Gujarat. The teachers Sr. Elisha Macwan and Jyoti Macwan from Divya Daya Dance Acadamy, Nadiad were happy to distrubute the certificates to their students. Please click on the video to watch the programme. 

Special Thanks To Prakashbhai and family, Nadiad

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FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING - 25-11-2012

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FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING (B)

John 18, 32-37

 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?” “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”

 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.” “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” (NIV)

MAKE THE TRUTH KNOWN

José Antonio Pagola

 The trial of Jesus probably took place in the palace of Pilate where he resided when he came to Jerusalem. There, one April morning of the year thirty, a helpless prisoner called Jesus and the representative of the powerful imperial system of Rome, met.

Rev. Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.

 The gospel of John reports the dialog between the two. In fact, more than an interrogation, it appears to be a discourse of Jesus to clarify some issues of great interest to the evangelist. At a certain point Jesus makes this solemn declaration: “For this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of the truth, listens to me.”

 This statement reflects a basic feature that defines the prophetic career of Jesus: his will to live in the truth of God. Jesus not only speaks the truth, but he seeks the truth, and only the truth of a God who wants a more humane world for all his sons and daughters.

 For this reason, Jesus speaks with authority, but without a false show of it. He speaks with sincerity , without being dogmatic. He does not speak like the fanatics who seek to impose their truth. Neither does he speak like officials obliged to defend what they do not believe in. He never feels he is a guardian of the truth but its witness.

 Jesus does not turn the truth of God into propaganda. He does not use it to his own advantage, but in defense of the poor. He does not tolerate lies, or cover-ups of injustices. He does not back manipulation. Jesus thus becomes “a voice of the voiceless, and a voice against those who have too much of a voice.” (Jon Sobrino)

 This voice is more necessary than ever in our society trapped in a serious economic crisis. The great financial powers and the political management under their control presumably function through suppression of the truth. They want us to live out the crisis in a web of lies.

 Everything possible is done to cover up the responsibility of the main agents who caused the crisis. The suffering of the weakest and most defenseless victims meanwhile is ignored in a vicious manner. We urgently need to humanize the crisis and to put at the center of our concern the truth about those who are suffering and the priority to be given to an increasingly serious situation.

 It is the most important truth to be recognized by all if we do not want to be inhuman; the key data to consider before any other. We must not get used to the social exclusion and the despair the weakest continue to suffer. Those of us who follow Jesus must hear his voice and instinctively go to their defense and help. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to his voice.

Work as a witness to the truth

Jose Antonio Pagola, vgentza@euskalnet.net , San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain.

English Translation by Valentine de Souza S.J. Mandal, Gujarat , India.394650

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