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Dear All,
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative.
and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up,to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the Americas will stand in darkness. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet. Let’s make 2010 the biggest Earth Hour yet! It’s Showtime! Show the world what can be done. Dear All,
This is the article of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador who was brutally assassinated by right wing Military death squads of his country exactly thirty years ago,
A new book by Scott Wright entitled "Oscar Romero and the Communion of Saints: a biography ".It is reviewed in THE TABLET (March, 13th 2010), which says, “Oscar Romero was steeped in the social teaching of the Church, as well as in the Scriptures and the lives of the poor. He prepared his homilies meticulously. As archbishop; he would meet weekly with advisers to explore what to say. He would often spend the time from 10 p.m. on Saturday evening until 4 a.m. on Sunday preparing what he would say, sleep for a couple of hours and then arrive at the cathedral at 8 a.m. to prepare to celebrate Mass. “The glory of God”, he would say, “is the living,poor person.”
“My life has been threatened many times. I have to confess that as a Christian, I don’t believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me, I will rise again in the Salvadorian people.” 
an invitation to every reader to ponder the same questions that faced Monsenor." Yes there is truly much we need to learn from Archbishop Romero...Let his words challenge us all today.... We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us......
The concept of mission comes from the Great Commission of Lord Jesus to his disciples to make disciples from all nations.(St. Matthew 28:19-20). The material supports initiated by the apostles and the missionaries were originally aimed at helping the lesser privileged people and to demonstrate the great love of God through their spiritual and material growth. Thus, Church continued to collect funds from different places and send to growing missions in the world. The Indian Church too imbibed and executed it in the same Sprite until 1970s when it adopted the resolution to expand its mission concentrating on education besides health and other social welfare activities. 
This has also led to a grant burial of the Church’s motto of social enlistment of the poor and the needy through ministry of education. Now tokenism takes the central stage of the Church’s education system that those involved in it make sure that they organise a few programmes every year to make people (poor) believe that they are concerned about them. With the result,the gap between the Church’s concern (poor people) and its institutions and those managing them are widening. 
Nearly two kilometres away from there, around fourteen Catholic families live on penury near a rail track almost like in shanties. A woman from this place is still running from pillar to post requesting to accommodate her in the job of a peon in the school but there is no one to listen to her.The only reason for denial of job to her, as I understand is nothing but the crime of being a Catholic. Whenever there are attacks from the fundamental groups or problems arise against these institutions and the dedicated persons serving in them no one (laity) seems not bothered leaving them to their fate, barring a couple of exceptions.
one belonging to you, and the other to Me. When the last scene of your life flashed before you, you looked back at the footprints in the sand. You noticed that many times along the path of your life there was only one set of footprints. You also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in your life. This bothered you, and you questioned Me about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you would walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me." I replied, "My precious, precious child. I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
It is a great achievement of the Society of Jesus and of all Christians as he was from Spain and ruled the village. Every year all Christians of Gujarat flock at Anklav to say 'Way Of The Cross' as the church has the relic of the Holy Cross.
Today there is a religious fair at Anklav in Gujarat.
Will be back soon with a video and photoes of Anklav . Stay tuned.
The Supreme Court of India today [March 19] asked Madhya Pradesh state to explain its move to enact a state law to manage Christian properties in the state.
The Church refused and took the matter to the Madhya Pradesh High Court and then to higher court when the state court failed to stop the state moves.
Its top ranking office bearers spend much of their time in planning meetings.The reports of these meetings would provide us with beautiful strategy to implement but there would be no word about the budget.
poor children who excel in their studies, targeted programmes for the youths, empowerment of women, employment generation for poor Christians etc. remain on papers. The Church has many departments to deal with almost all issues with chairmen at national and state and executive secretaries but no word on available resources. It would not be an exaggeration to say that after all these marathon meetings every individual units, (Dioceses & Religious Orders), decides everything in their own way. 
As St. Paul collected offerings from the Church of Greece for the famine struck Church in Jerusalem , our fore fathers supported the missions across the world.Even today this support is continuing to a great extend. The rich churches supported the Christians living in the mission areas. They supported to build educational and health infrastructures, social apostolate, income generating projects, Churches, convents etc. It was all meant to strengthen the Christians and thus the Catholic Church. The laity regardless of rich or poor contributes to Church in the form of tithes, monthly contribution, offerings during the Holy Mass, collections for various celebrations etc. Even in the missions, the willingness of people to support Church is growing. 
The Church in India became rich but life of a good section of laity remained very little improved. The institutions have become source of income generation. The money collected from these institutions are sent to the expansion of such institutions elsewhere. This has given these religious organizations a status of industrial units. The religious congregations and dioceses have developed an institutional work culture. As a result, expansions of institutions are fast growing. Priesthood and religious life has become institutionalised. A new concept has stemmed from this that at all possibility we must give best quality service and maximum profit to support the expansion of missions. It has resulted in an indifference towards the poor Christians at all levels. 
The Church as a single unit must set up a common fund and common programmes for the empowerment of laity and the poor Christians in particular. It can be used for the work of different commissions and common cause of the Church.? Lay people in the Church are contributing to the running of the Church. We have a number of institutions earning crores every year. Why don’t such institutions contribute to the development of lay people in whose name they are working. Catholic Bishops Conference of India, the apex body, must initiate steps to do it. It is the right of the people to have a share of funds raised by these institutions.If the Church initiates national and state level budgeting, the Indian Church will become economically strong. This strength of the Church will unite and strengthen the Christians. If the Church as a single unit does not initiate such steps, the poor will continue to be neglected, meetings and plannings will remain on papers and above all an official Church might find itself fighting against the poor of the Lord Jesus . Probably it is fitting to say let us reflect on the great saying,” CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME”.
where humble people and humble needs come first. Pastoral Centre, Nadiad is trying to reach out for the same.
The Director of Pastoral Centre Fr.Lawrence who has done Master's in Youth Ministry, He has also done his Phd in Pastoral Theology in Innsbruck, Austria.
Hello friends, 
St. Joseph patron of the house has saved each one of us and also the house. We are glad.
since it was in the centre of the house. We lost many glass wears and other things. Even so many Televisions of our ladies were fallen and broken in to pieces.After that we were without light and water. You can imagine the struggle we past through. Here there is no system of storage of water. Now we have water and the light too. But there are in the town so many areas that still do not have light, communication and the water.
It has so many cracks that it looks just now it will fall. All our houses and the sisters are safe. Only minor repairs are needed. 
In my diocese there are 103 churches out of which 43 are fallen down. My parish too is damaged very badly. All the statues and the alters are fallen and broken in to pieces. No priest is able to celebrate mass in the church. Yesterday Sunday we had mass in the park.
If it happens during the day we have many people to help us to save the old ladies but night we are only 3 sisters with 3 persons having night duties. I do not know how to express in words the experience that we are going through.
Yesterday LOM (Legion Of Mary)celebrated one year of completion in Bhumel. 
The president of LOM Kantibhai Ashabhai Parmar.He is a retired man but has a motto to do more and more for God.
In the beggining there were only 8 members joined for LOM and now it has 13 members.This is the group of women and men and youth. Legion of Mary conducts prayers for sick and needy everyday and especially every Sunday at 3:00 pm. Many people get together and pray for every Bhumelians and for the world. The president of Legion of Mary is Kantibhai Ashabhai Parmar and vice president Maniben Josephbhai Parmar who are full of energy to reach out needy and sick people. They are trying even to conduct prayers near by villages to bring awareness and meaning of prayer through Legion of Mary
They celebrated it by arranging Sport's Day for every age and a grand mass celebration by Fr. General Tony Lopes SFX (Society Of Francis Xavier,known as Pillar Fathers), Provincial Saby Mascarenes SFX. 
And from left Bro.Diogo SFX and Fr.Vinayak Jadav S.J.and Fr. Stany SFX
This is Mr. Kantibhai Ranchodbhai Macwan. The first Catholic Sarpanch of Bhumel.(Sarpanch is the head of an Indian village).
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