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Saturday, June 28, 2014

THEMES AND CONTEXTS

St. Peter & St. Paul 
29 June 2014

THEMES AND CONTEXTS

José Enrique Galarreta S.J.

Rev. Fr. Valentine D'Souza S.J.
Today’s texts try to distribute our attention between Peter and Paul. Today we celebrate both their feasts, although gradually, Peter has appropriated it to himself, displacing Paul. For most Christians it is the Feast of St. Peter alone. It’s the same with the texts: the first is dedicated to Peter, the second to Paul... and the third again to Peter (because in the Gospels Paul does not appear) so that we will have to think that it can be applied to both.  



THE TEXT OF THE ACTS 

The earliest communities of Jerusalem have difficulties with the authorities ( much fewer with the people just as Jesus had). The Sanhedrin had ordered Stephen to be stoned to death (year 60). Then there is a period of a certain peace, until (year 44) King Herod (grandson of Herod the Great), wanting to ingratiate himself with the Jewish authorities, persecuted the followers of Jesus. He has James Zebedeus (the brother of John) beheaded and imprisons Peter with the intention of having him tried (and undoubtedly eliminated too). The text wants to emphasize how the church prays intensely for him and God frees him miraculously. The literary genre of the text does not allow us to distinguish between the historical and symbolic content, still less when the reaction of Peter on being freed will be to escape from Jerusalem. 



THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY

It is a writing from among those called “deutero-pauline”, that is, by someone in his entourage, very probably after his death. It forms part of those called “pastoral letters” (two to Timothy and one to Titus, his co-workers).

In it he calls Timothy “my beloved son and faithful to the Lord”. Born a pagan, he was baptized by Paul. He is his most faithful collaborator, and Paul sends him on sensitive missions in his name. It seems he governed the Church of Crete and some traditions place him at the head of the church of Ephesus.

The letter contains ideas of Paul, but completely modified, and his style is very different from the properly called Pauline letters. So it seems they can probably be attributed to a disciple of Paul who wants to follow his way of thinking, although his greatest worry is the organization of the churches. As to the date of composition, specialists are inclined to place it towards the end of the first century or beginning of the second.

This paragraph contains a “confession”  presumably that of Paul ( and perhaps indeed his, for the author has been able to get together previous writings of Paul) in which he reveals his feelings towards his imminent death. It is moving to notice the similarity with the (almost) last words of Jesus on the cross: “It is finished” ( = mission accomplished). There is a precious passage in the letter to the Philippians in which Paul speaks of his feelings faced with death:

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient  courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body... (Philippians 1:20 ss...)


Hence the text does not offer us more than this aspect of the spirit of Paul among so many rich examples that could have been presented.


THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

The people are confused and split over the prophet of Nazareth: whether he is a new prophet or an old prophet returned to life, even John the Baptist himself risen (to the fright of Herod). But Jesus asks his own people who they believe he is. As always, Peter stands up as the spokesman and declares his faith that Jesus is the Messiah.


Here the texts take different directions according to Matthew and Mark. For Matthew, Jesus “rewards” the confession of Peter with the promise of the “keys” which establish him as head of the future Church. But a few verses further on, the expression is used for all the disciples (a text that the reading of today has taken very good care to omit) and between the two, Jesus tells them what he will have to suffer and how he will die rejected by the leaders of the people, which Peter violently opposes. Jesus reprimands him firmly, calls him “Satan” (the tempter) and tells him he thinks as men do, not as God.


Naturally between the reprimand and the enthronement, the personal significance of Peter and the task entrusted to the group, for the feast of Peter the personal enthronement has been chosen (no attention paid to Paul).


R E F L E C T I O N

To reflect on history: about Peter we know little after his miraculous liberation, except for his presence at the so called “council of Jerusalem” (Acts 15) and for this quotation, which can place him in Antioch some time later. Tradition shows him in Rome when the Christian community had already been established, and martyred in the persecution of Nero – a very  venerable tradition  but difficult to  prove historically.


Regarding Paul we know a little more from the account of his apostolic journeys in the Acts, which end leaving him a prisoner in Rome. The story of his later journey to Spain is founded on his expressed desire in the letter to the Romans 15:24 and 28.  Another venerable tradition places his death also in the persecution of Nero, although it is not connected with that of Peter. But let us pass on to more transcendental themes.

Our texts have chosen carefully everything that avoids the most troublesome problems (and hence also the most valuable messages).


Peter, an enthusiastic follower of Jesus, ready to lay down his life for him, incapable of even thinking of abandoning him even if all the others did so, is bogged down in an archaic messianism and thinks of Jesus as a King of Israel, as one of the earliest Old Testament messiahs.

He will receive from Jesus the task of caring for the group after his death, and he will fulfill it. In the earliest community he will be one of its “pillars” , the person with the most prestige and spokesman for the twelve. And he will the first to understand that what Jesus signified was not only for Israel, but for all, daring to enter the house of a pagan, eat with them and baptize them (Acts 10) thus raising protests from the most strict observers of Judaism within the Christian fold in Jerusalem.


Paul, a Pharisee of the school of Gamaliel, will initially cruelly persecute the new sect, be an outstanding witness to the stoning of Stephen  and with orders from the Sanhedrin have many imprisoned. Being converted to Christ on the road to Damascus,  he will be the most ardent apostle and the one chiefly responsible for opening the Church to “the gentiles” while abandoning the letter of the Law, circumcision, prohibition of certain food items, and affirming the equality of all, Jews and gentiles, men and women, free men and slaves, in the Church. This stance will bring him problems from the strongest Judaizers  (specially those belonging to the group of James, the brother of the “Lord”, in Jerusalem) including Peter, as it is recounted in the letter to the Galatians (2,11 ss):

“But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him in public, because he was clearly wrong.”


Both of them were “apostles”, in the original meaning of the word, that is “sent”. Peter, with the other ten, is sent directly by Jesus. (Matthias, the substitute for Judas, is an apostle, chosen by the community of Jerusalem). Paul says of himself that Jesus sent him, personally and specially, and it’s the reason why he is called an apostle, even though in fact he is truly an apostle  for being sent by the communities, specially by that of Antioch. All of this allows us to recover the  original meaning of “apostle”, that is, sent by Jesus, directly or through the Church, to preach the Gospel. And that is the reason why the Church is “apostolic”, not so much because it comes from the twelve apostles, but because it has the mission of Jesus to preach the gospel to the world.


Peter receives “the keys” and Jesus says to him “whatever you bind in heaven shall be bound on earth... etc. etc.” It is significant that this very phrase is used as we have seen, in the very Gospel of Matthew (18, 18) applied to the whole group of disciples. To know exactly what this phrase means there is no better way than to verify what the disciples themselves understood it to mean for which we have the precious witness of the Acts, the way of proceeding of the community and its leaders, concretely of Peter, specifically regarding the exercise of authority.


PETER IN ACTS

The figure of Peter appears frequently in the first part of the book to disappear in the last part, in which Paul has the leading role.



THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS

c. 1: V.15  In those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers – the number of those gathered there was about a hundred and twenty.

There is business to be transacted: Peter takes the floor as a leader. But he proposes to all of them that they decide and then the assembly accepts.



PENTECOST

C.2:  V.14 Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd: Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem...

After Pentecost, the Eleven always present themselves presided over by Peter, who is the one who speaks first.


THE PARALYTIC AT THE TEMPLE

C. 3: v1 Peter and John went up to the Temple for prayer at the ninth hour.

V2 There was  a man there lame from birth...


SPEECH OF PETER TO THE PEOPLE

V 12 Peter, on seeing this, addressed the people: Fellow Israelites, why are you surprised at this.

In the episode of the healing of the paralytic, the protagonists are Peter and John: the one who speaks is Peter.


c.5: THE CASE OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA

Even though the whole community takes part, it is Peter who shows himself in charge.


DURING THE SECOND PERSECUTION

C 5: V26 So the officer went off with his men and brought the apostles back. They did not use force, however, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

 V 27 They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the council , and the High Priest questioned them.

 v 28 and he said to them: WE gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man, but see what you have done. We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man, but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem and you want to make us responsible for his death.”

 V.29 Peter and the other apostles replied: We must obey God not men.” Peter and the Apostles is a significant expression: they are a group, with a leader who speaks for all.


THE EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA:

C  8: V14 The apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had received the Word of God, so they sent Peter and John to them.

THEY SEND PETER AND JOHN: Peter is sent by the community as an “itinerant apostle”. .This is confirmed in the whole of Chapter 9.


CONSEQUENCES:

C 11 v1 The apostles and the other believers throughout Judea heard that the gentiles had received the Word of God.

 v2 When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who were in favor of circumcising Gentiles criticized him

v3 saying: You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised gentiles, and you even ate with them.”


V4 So Peter gave them a complete account of what had happened from the very beginning: While I was praying... (here Peter again narrates in detail the whole epidsode)

V17 It is clear that God gave those Gentiles the same gift that he gave us   when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ: who was I, then, to stop God!”
V18 When they heard this they stopped their criticism and praised God saying: Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!”

“The apostles and the brethren in Judaea” were scandalized. And they feel entitled, even duty bound to reproach Peter for what he did. The community demand an account from the Pope for his behavior: I’d love to phantasize regarding the incident:

 “And Peter replied: Who are you to question my decisions? To me and to me alone was given the power of the keys and the personal assistance of the Spirit...It’s your business to obey the voice of God who speaks through me.”

But nothing of the sort happened. Peter does not resolve the conflict by laying down the law but by explaining his actions. This is not the only incident. We shall see it repeated in Chapter 15.


IN THE “COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM”

C 15: v 6 The apostles and the elders met together to consider this question. V7 After a long debate, Peter stood up and said: My brothers, you know that a long time ago God chose me from among you to preach the Good News to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Word of God and believe...”

Peter intervenes, not to decide, but to put order and to have Paul and Barnabas heard.


The assembly takes the final decision by accepting the proposal of James. In the final letter to those at Antioch no proper name is mentioned of the one sending it: it is the community of Jerusalem that sends it.

(C 15) v.22  Then the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, decided to choose some men from the group and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; and these were Judas, called Barsabas and Silas who were highly respected by the believers.

V23 And they sent the following letter by them: We, the apostles and the elders, your borthers, send greetings to all our brothers of gentile birth who live in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

V24 We have heard that some men who went from our group have troubled and upset you by what they said; they had not, however, received any instructions from us.

 V 25 And so we have met together and have all agreed to choose some messengers and send them to you. They will go with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul who have risked their lives in the service of Our Lord Jesus Christ.


V 27 We send you, Judas and Silas, who will tell you in person the same things we are writing.

V28 The Holy Spirit and we have agreed not to put any other burden on you besides these necessary rules: eat no food that has been offered to idols; eat no blood; eat no animal that has been strangled; and keep yourselves from sexual immorality. You will do well if you take care not to do these things. With our best wishes.”


LETTER OF PAUL TO THE GALATIANS.

“But when Peter came to Antioch, I confronted him face to face, because he deserved to be reprehended.”


When Peter visited  Antioch, he maintains an ambivalent attitude with regard to  eating certain foods and Paul reproaches him. Who is Paul to demand an account from him?


AS A CONSEQUENCE:

Peter occupies an outstanding place in the community, a kind of leadership. He takes some initiatives and speeches are attributed to him, those that are the earliest kerygma of the Church.

Whenever decisions are taken, it is not Peter but the community gathered in assembly that takes them. Peter on his own takes only one decision: that of entering the houses of pagans, eating with them and baptizing them (C.10).

On his return to Jerusalem the community demands an explanation from him, and Peter gives it as a matter of course.

Even Paul, a late arrival, reproaches Peter for attitudes that do not seem right to him.



TO summarize: Peter is presented as a distinguished person among the other “Apostles”, a leader of the community. But he does not exercise the functions of decision making nor of power. In spite of Peter being highly respected, in spite of his position of “first among the Apostles”, his function is not that of an absolute leader, nor of having the last word. We get the impression that there is no absolute leader and that the last word always rests with the assembly.


In any case, and this is what matters most to us, “the keys”, “to bind and loose” and “the rock”: these are evidently symbolic expressions. They can be interpreted as conferring absolute power... and they can be interpreted as pre-eminence, a greater responsibility.


In fact, against the opinion that tends to understand these texts as conferring absolute power, different and above all other powers, a kind of naming of the successor of Jesus, there is the inescapable witness of how Peter himself and the earliest communities understood this legacy . We know it only too well, and that is why we have quoted carefully the texts in which it is made abundantly clear.

Even though the expression may seem excessively frivolous, the reading of these passages of the Acts would justify the Acts being  sub-titled: “And where are the keys?” 




To conclude


The primacy of Peter over the other “apostles” has a basis in Jesus, and this is shown in the first communities. The manner of exercising his mission has no basis in them, nothing that can make it look like “a primacy of immediate episcopal jurisdiction as was made out later, that is , it has nothing to do with absolute monarchy from which it derives any other power through delegation. This, like the attributes of King, High Priest, and  many others are little more than later accretions , excesses that have slowly gone on obscuring the evangelical meaning of the mission of the Bishop of Rome. 


The church owes much that is positive to the See of Rome. Much of its unity, of its preservation of the purity of the faith, of the missionary initiative that covered the whole of Europe, is due to Rome.

The Church also owes much negatively to the interpretation of this mission as if it
were an absolute monarchy and a monopoly of the Holy Spirit.


The times go on shedding this regal, wealthy, palatial and political image of the Bishops of Rome... Vatican II returned the bishops to their status and the faithful to their place as church... but there is a long way to go yet.


AND BUSY WITH ALL THIS WE HAVE NATURALLY FORGOTTEN PAUL, THE APOSTLE WHO DID NOT DEPEND FOR HIS ELECTION ON PETER NOR ON THE TWELVE, THE ONE WHO OPENED THE CHURCH TO THE PAGANS, THAT IS, TO THE WORLD, BRINING IT OUT OF THE STRAIGHT JACKET OF JUDAISM, AND WHO STOOD UP TO PETER (THE POPE) WHEN IT SEEMED TO HIM HE ACTED WRONGLY.



BUT I THINK IT IS NOT YET TIME FOR MORE.

Translated by Rev. Fr. Valentine D'Souza S.J.

Friday, June 27, 2014

RIP : Mr. Markhus Dabhi (Karsan kaka) - Vadodara



Mr. Markhus Dabhi, popularly known as Karsan kaka from St. Joseph's Parish, Vadodara, expired this morning. He is the father of Sr. Vandana Dabhi, (Daughters of the Cross)

 Funeral will be held at 9.30 am on Saturday, 28 June 2014, 
Place:  Pensionpura Cemetery, Vadodara.

May his soul rest in peace

 Funeral will be held at 9.30 am on Saturday, 28 June 2014, at Pensionpura Cemetery, Vadodara.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

RIP - Sr. Ermilinda - Mount Carmel

 Sr. Ermelinda died yesterday in Mount Carmel - Navarangpura- Ahmedabad. Her funeral will be today at 9:30 am in St. Xavier's Church-Navarangpura


Friday, June 20, 2014

Funeral - Sr. Vijaya Parmar OP


Late Sister Vijaya Parmar - a Dominican sister - died on 17-06-2014. The funeral mass was today on 20-06-2014 at 10:00 am in St. Joseph's Church - Baroda.
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સિસ્ટર વિજયાની જીવનયાત્રા  વિષે...

 સિસ્ટર વિજયા પરમારનો જન્મ ભૂમેલના પડોશ ગામ ઉત્તરસંડામાં પહેલી નવેમ્બર 1950ના રોજ થયો હતો. તેમના માતાશ્રી સ્વ.આગ્થાબેન અને પિતાશ્રી સ્વ.અન્તોનભાઈ હતાં તેમના ત્રણ સંતાનોમાં સિસ્ટર લાડકવાયા હતાં

 પ્રભુની સેવાનો દીવડો પ્રજવલિત રાખવા તેઓ દોમેનીક મંડળના સાધ્વી સંઘમાં તા. 06-01-1974 ના રોજ ગોવા ખાતે પ્રથમ વ્રત  ધારણ કર્યા હતાં અને તેમને તેમના છેલ્લાં વ્રત માર્ચ 1979 માં લીધા હતાં. સિસ્ટર વિજુના હુલામણા નામથી જાણીતા બની સર્વ ઇસુપંથી શ્રધાળુંઓના માનીતા બન્યાં

 તેમના સેવા કાર્યની વાત કરીએ તો સિસ્ટર વિજુ પરમાર 1982માં કરુણા નિકેતન હાઇસ્કુલ - બાલાસિનોરમાં ગુજરાતી અને સંસ્કૃતના મુખ્ય વિષય શિક્ષિકા તરીકે જોડાયા  આજ સ્કુલમાં ઉચ્ચત્તર માધ્યમિક વિભાગ ની શરૂયાત થતા તેમની નિમણુંક ગુજરાતી શિક્ષિકા તરીકે કરવામાં આવી હતી પોતાની નિવૃત્તિ સુધી પૂરી કર્તવ્ય નિષ્ઠાથી પૂર્ણ કરી તેમનો ઉમદા સ્વભાવ અને સાદગી વડે સર્વ મળનારના દિલ જીતી લેતા હતા. સામાજિક દુષણો અટકાવવા માટે તેઓ વિધાર્થીઓને સતત જાગ્રત રાખતા હતાં 

 નિવૃત્તિ બાદ ઝુપડપટ્ટીના બાળકો માટે વિશેષ વર્ગોનું આયોજન, કેદીઓની મુલાકાત, ધર્મ વિભાગના કાર્યમાં ખડે પગે હાજર રહેતા

 તેમને દૂત અંતે સંત જોસેફ ધર્મવિભાગના સામયિકો માં પોતાના વિચારોને રજુ કરીને પોતાના નીવૃતીમય જીવનને તેમણે પ્રવૃત્તિ બનાવ્યું હતું

તા.10-06-2014ના રોજ હાર્ટ હોસ્પિટલ નડિયાદ ખાતે સિસ્ટર વિજુને બાય પાસ સર્જરી કરવામાં આવી સર્જરી બાદ અન્ય શારીરિક તકલીફો ઉભી થતા તા.17-06-2014 ના રોજ સવારે તેમને આ ક્ષણભંગુર જીવન યાત્રાના અંતિમ શ્વાસ લીધા

તા 17-06-2014 ના રોજ સંત જોસેફ ચર્ચ ખાતે તેમને અંતિમ વિદાઈ આપતા પહેલા ગાંધીનગર ધર્મપ્રાંતના માનનીય આર્ચ બિશપ રેવ. સ્ટેની ફર્નાડીસ, બરોડા ધર્મપ્રાંતના માનનીય બિશપ ગોડ્ફ્રી દે રોસરીયો તથા અમદાવાદ ધર્મપ્રાંતના માનનીય બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાન હાજર રહી ખ્રિસ્તયજ્ઞ અર્પણ કરી અને અંતિમ આશીર્વાદ આપ્યા હતા. આ દુઃખદ પ્રસંગે સિ. વિજુના કુટુંબીજનો તથા મોટી સંખ્યામાં શ્રધાળુઓ, સાધ્વીગણ અને પુરોહિતગણ સિસ્ટર વિજુને  વિદાય આપવા હાજર રહ્યા હતા.

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Late Sister Vijya Parmar


Late Sister Vijya Parmar a Domnican Sister died on 17-June-2014 her funeral is on 20-June-2014 at St. Joseph's Church - Baroda.

May her soul rest in Peace

Sunday, June 15, 2014

50 years of religious life - Sr. Lucy

15-Jun-2014, Sunday
Sr. Lucy (St. Anne) celebrated her 50 years of religious life at her native place Vadtal. More will be uploaded soon on BBN, stay tuned.


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Saturday, June 14, 2014

સુબીરમાં ધર્મજનો માટે પ્રાર્થના હોલનું ઉદ્ઘઘાટન

ગત અઠવાડીયે તા.09-06-2014 ના રોજ સુબીરમાં નવા હોલનું ઉદ્ઘઘાટન ઇસુ સંઘના સોસીયસ રેવ. ફા.લોરેન્સ દ્વારા આશીર્વાદ આપી કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું સુબીરની ધર્મસભા માટે પ્રાર્થના અને ખ્રિસ્તયજ્ઞ માટે દ્વાર ખુલ્લા મુક્યા હતા.

આ સમયે મોટી સંખ્યામાં ધર્મજનો હાજર રહ્યા હતા. અહી ઉદ્ઘઘાટન અને ત્યારબાદ ખ્રિસ્ત યજ્ઞ અર્પણ કરવામાં આવ્યો હતો અને હાજર સર્વેને ભોજન આપવા બાદ રાત્રી આરાધનાની આયોજન ભક્તો માટે કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. આ હોલ ઉપરાંત પુરોહિતગણ માટે રેસિડન્સનું પણ ઉદ્ઘઘાટન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું.

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Photos and news by Rev. Fr. Sanjay Parmar - Subir

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

RIP - Mariamben Victorbhai Macwan - Nadiad


તા 09-06-2014 ના રોજ 72 વર્ષીય મરીયમબેન વિક્ટરભાઈ મેકવાનનું અવસાન તેમના રહેઠાણ જગ પ્રકાશ સોસાયટી નડીયાદ  ખાતે થયું હતું. 
આજે તા 10-06-2014 ના રોજ સાંજે ચાર કલાકે દફનવિધિ પહેલા સેન્ટ મેરી'સ  ચર્ચ- નડિયાદ ખાતે ખ્રિસ્તયજ્ઞ અને છેલ્લી પ્રાર્થના વિધિ માનનીય રેવ. બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાન (અમદાવાદ ધર્મપ્રાંત) તથા રેવ. ફા. ફ્રાન્સિસ પરમાર ( ઇસુ સંઘ-ગુજરાતના પ્રાંતપતિ) તથા સદગતના દીકરા રેવ. ફા.  ફ્રાન્સીસ વિ. મેકવાન એસ. જે.  દ્વારા કરવામાં આવી હતી.

આ દુઃખદ  પ્રસંગે તેમના કુટુંબીજનો, તથા હાજર મોટી સંખ્યામાં આવેલ ધર્મજનો, પુરોહિતગણ, સાધ્વીગણ સર્વે તેમને અંતિમ વિદાય આપી હતી.   

પ્રભુ તેમના આત્માને શાંતિ અર્પે.
વધુ ફોટો માટે નીચેની લીનક ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો.


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 BBN 

Monday, June 9, 2014

25 years of Religious life - Sr. Nayna Peter


સિસ્ટર નયના પીટર  ચાવડાપુરા- આણંદના રહેવાસી જેમણે સંત આન્ના મંડળમાં તેમના સન્યસ્ત જીવનના 25 વર્ષની ઉજવણી તા. 18-05-2014 ના રોજ ચાવડાપુરામાં  મહા ખ્રિસ્તયજ્ઞ અર્પણ કરી કુટુંબીજનો સાથે ઉજવી હતી.  માનનીય સિસ્ટર હાલમાં તેમની પ્રભુ સેવા ઉત્તર ગુજરાતમાં ડીસા ખાતે આપી રહેલ છે. હમેશા પોતાના ચહેરા ઉપર સ્મિત રાખી પ્રભુ સંદેશ આપતા રહે છે. આ શુભ પ્રસંગ ટાણે પોતાના કુટુંબીજનો દ્વારા રજત જયંતી નિમિત્તે સન્માન પત્ર આપી નીવાજ્યા હતાં. 

પ્રભુ તેમને નિરંતર તેમની છાયા હેઠળ રાખે અને હમેશા પ્રેમના સાગરમાં નિત્ય રાખે તેવી પ્રાર્થના અને શુભેચ્છાઓ.

 તે સમયની યાદો નિહાળવા માટે નીચે આપેલ લિંક ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો


Sr. Nayna Peter, (St. Anne - Disa) celebrated her Silver Jubilee at her home Chavdapura - Anand on 18-05-2014. May God bless her.

Sister Nayna with her mother and father

- Vijay BBN

Mother Of Fatima Chapel was inaugurated at Jod village

 

 તા 08-06-2014 રવિવારના રોજ જોળ ગામે  ફાતિમા માતાનું દેવાલયનું ઉદ્ઘાઘાટન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. આ પ્રસંગે ગામના ખ્રિસ્તી સમુદાયે માનનીય રેવ બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાન (અમદાવાદ ધર્મપ્રાંત) ને આમંત્રણ પાઠવ્યું હતું.

 આ પ્રસંગની શરૂયાત બિશપશ્રીને ખ્રિસ્તી સમુદાયના એક પીઢ દ્વારા ફૂલહારથી વધાવી લેવામાં આવ્યા હતા ત્યારબાદ ગામ થી દેવાલય સુધી સરઘસ સ્વરૂપે પવિત્ર મારિયા અને પ્રભુ ઈસુની પ્રતિમાને આશીર્વાદ આપી લાવવામાં આવ્યા હતાં. ગામના દરેકમાં આંનદની લાગણી જોવા મળતી હતી

  ઉદ્ઘાઘાટન ટાણે  બિશપશ્રીએ હાજર બે બાળાઓને બોલાવીને આશીર્વાદ આપી બાળાઓ દ્વારા દેવાલયના બારણાં ભક્તો માટે ખુલ્લા મુક્યા હતા ત્યારબાદ ખ્રિસ્તયજ્ઞ અર્પણ કરી સર્વે આ દેવાલયમાં આવી રોજબરોજ પ્રાર્થના માટે ઉપયોગ કરે તે માટે જણાવ્યું હતું.  અંતે હાજર રહેલ સાધ્વીગણ અને પુરોહિતગણનું બહુમાન કર્યું હતું અને સર્વે ભક્તગણ સાથે ભોજનના મીઠાં આહાર બાદ છુટા પડ્યા હતા   
              
New Mother Of Fatima Chapel was inaugurated by Rt. Bishop Thomas Macwan at Jod village in Vadtal Parish - Gujarat.

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- News By Vijay BBN

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Rip - Sr. Francis Terese Mandonca


તા 07-06-2014 ની સાંજે  5:55 ના સુમારે સિસ્ટર ફ્રાન્સિસ મેન્ડોન્સાનું અવસાન થયું અને તેમની દફન વિધિ રવિવારે તા 08-06-2014 રોજ રાખવામાં આવી હતી.
 
Sr. Francis Terese Mandonca 
died  on 07-06-2014. evening at 5:55 pm

The funeral mass  was on  08-06-2014 Sunday
Time: 10:00 amin the St. Xavier's Church - Gamdi-Anand

May her soul rest in peace

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Funeral Photos


- Vijay BBN


Friday, June 6, 2014

'દૂત' જુન - 2014 - Doot June -2014

જુન - 2014 મહિનાનો  'દૂત'  વાંચવા માટે નીચે આપેલ કવર ઉપર ક્લિક કરશો.

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 June Doot - 2014

સૌજન્ય : રેવ. ફા. જેરી સિકવેરા 
ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય પ્રકાશ - આણંદ 


Wednesday, June 4, 2014

RIP - Fr. Brazil D'Mello - Baroda Diocese

R.I.P.


Fr. Brazil D'Mello died on 03-06-2014 in Baroda. The funeral will be at 4:00 pm  in Catholic Church - Surat tomorrow (05-06-2014). He was born on 24-03-1946 in Vasai - Maharstra.

Important Details 

DATE & PLACE OF ORDINATION ON 15.12.1985 
At ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH, MULGAON

WORKED IN PARISHES SO FAR 

GOTHADA 1985-1990 
SURAT 1990-1997 
ZAROLI 1997-1999 
GOTHADA 1999-2005 
NANI SINGLOTI 2005-2009 
JHAGADIA 2009-2012 
RAJPIPLA 2012- 

May his soul rest in peace

News By Rev. Fr. Vincent Macwan
Secretary - Bishop House - Baroda