ICPA team interacts with religious, media people

44th World Day of Communications is on May 16, 2010

ICPA team interacts with religious, media people at Vijayawada meet.An orientation and training programme to the priests and media persons was held in the Social Service Centre in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on April 16 in connection with the celebration of the Jubilee Year of the Priests and the World Communication Day, 2010.

Seventy participants, most of them young priests and nuns participated in the programme conducted by the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) in collaboration with the Media Communication Commission of the local diocese under the direction of Fr. Muvala Prasad.Fr. Muvala Prasad heads the Social Service Centre. a campus located metres away from the famed shrine of Our Lady at Gunatala.Delegates of twelve dioceses, the Director and the staff of Amruthavani media centre of Hyderabad also participated in the programme.

Bishop Mallavarapu Prakash who presided over the inaugural session lauded the efforts taken by the Church to disseminate media culture among the Church personnel.Quoting the Holy Father’s message to the World Day of Communication, the prelate said that there are vast and new possibilities for carrying out the priestly ministry in the digital world of communication.

Amruthavani Director, Fr. David Raju shared his views on the World Day of Communications and how it could be celebrated in India year after year.

ICPA secretary F A Nathan briefed the gathering on the goals and work of the ICPA.

In her vote of thanks, Sr. Benigna, the sole woman representative in the executive body of the ICPA expressed her happiness at the good response of the local priests and of the immense support provided by Fr. Muvala Prasad.

Several youth from Prerana Youth Centre along with Fr. Bosco, the diocesan youth director were present.Some nuns of the Nirmala Niketan, St. Ann’s of Luzern, St. Ann’s of Madhavaram and of St.Aloysius also participated in the seminar.

Chennai born Vice-President of the ICPA, Vincent D’ Souza made a presentation on the New Media tools available to people and how members of the church could use them.He demonstrated how a cell phone could be used to save a soul in despair or share information on church services, how priests could create and run their own blogs and how parishes must have web sites which are updated all the time.

Plans were floated to form a local body of people who practise different forms of writing was formed

Reported by Sr. Benigna Menezes
Courtesy: Vincent D'souza (Vijaywada,India)

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A Meditation

'We can only pray to change ourselves, not to change God'

When we pray do we ask God to make a situation different, to change somebody who we find difficult to bear, to fix what is broken, to provide what we can not? We all pray for these things with the simple faith of a child who turns to a parent in whom we can trust. After all, did Christ not say: '...Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you' (Luke 11:9)?

But what of asking God to change us? To bring us to a true conversion? Meditate on what it means to pray to God that we may be emptied of 'self', only to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Meditate on what it means to abandon oneself - one's ego, and to be empty in order to be filled only by God. Pray that God will fill you with the will to love Him above all others, to live so that everything you do is a prayer, that it be God's will and not our own that guides all that we do. God has promised to give you what you desire if it what He desires for you.When we are filled with the Holy Spirit we no longer feel the despair of carrying heavy burdens alone, nor do we feel helpless in our times of trail. Rather, we feel soothed and comforted by our God who takes all things and makes them new. To be empty of self frees one from the demands of the ego, of pride, of selfishness, and of our appetites. Are these not the things we often pray to be free of? And what better prayer to God than to offer Him the very body, mind and soul which he gave to us in order to do with as we will.

Give all your thoughts, your actions, your words, and your feelings to Mary Our Mother, and ask her to give them to her Son that He may take them and offer them as a prayer to our Father in Heaven. And as you empty yourself of 'self', praise God for His goodness and pray that He sends His spirit to dwell within you.




Courtesy: Joanne Saliba from Australia
Blog: www.christslittleones.org

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Save Beautiful Wildlife

WWF says, "Save Tigers" BBN would like to add to this that let us all come forward and save all wildlife as they are also created by God (Genesis Chp 1:25). Today there are many animals and birds are killed by vehicles on roads. Let us stop our vehicle for a second when any wildlife crosses our way. Remember your one second will help birds and animals live a beautiful life.

As God says, (Genesis Chp 1:25-26)
"25. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

And therefore need your support to save beautiful wildlife.

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Indian Priest’s Film Wins Award

35-minute short film called The Last Appeal written, directed and produced by Fr. Bala Shoury Udumala of Vijayawada Diocese received two International Prestigious Recognition Awards in USA. It was aired on EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network), the largest Catholic channel on April 11. Fr. Bala Udumala graduated in Masters from Loyola Mary Mount University in Los Angeles in Film and Television Production in 2008.
The Las Vegas International Film Festival 2009 awarded the director the “Official Finalist Award” this month in Las Vegas. The Mexico International Film Festivals also has awarded “The Silver Palm Award” for the film in the Student Category. About 2000 films from over 50 countries represented at each of these film festivals.
The film portrays the true story of a peasant girl, Helen who later becomes a nun in a convent in Poland. Jesus chose her to be the message of his mercy. The film brings out vividly the struggle Helen Kowalska went through in the process of delivering the message through the humble life of a nun in a convent in Poland at the beginning of the 20th century. The film depicts the revelations and visions of God to Helen. Besides English and Spanish, the film has been dubbed into several Indian languages. The Gurjarvani production of Gujarat has already dubbed the film into Hindi and Telugu. The Hindi version was recently released in Mumbai by Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Telugu version by Bishop Prakash Mallavarapu in Vijayawada.
The last appeal is a compelling message of Divine Mercy for our time that has already touched millions of people. In the U.S. The film is being distributed by Vision Video, a Protestant company that has distributed films like Bella, The Nativity Story

- News courtesy CBCI News,NEW DELHI.

News sent by Amrut Macwan from USA who helped Fr. Bala. He and his brother were help for this film in Los Angeles. You can find the name of Amrut Macwan at the end of the movie.

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Priest selected for US leadership program

About 5,000 people from around the world are expected for the April 19 to May 7 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in Washington, according to a US Consulate official in Mumbai.A Catholic priest is among two Indians the US government has invited to a leadership program.

The official, who requested anonymity, told UCA News on April 15 that her government selected Father Anand Muttungal in recognition of his leadership abilities and efforts toward peace-building in Madhya Pradesh state.

The Bhopal archdiocesan priest is spokesperson of the Catholic Church in the central Indian state where Christians have been facing trouble from Hindu hardliners for several years.

The US official said the priest was selected purely on merit “as we don’t invite applications or inform the candidate until the completion of the selection.” She said the priest will be “our esteemed guest” during the trip.

Father Muttungal told UCA News that his selection is the recognition of the “good works” the Church is doing for the poor and disadvantaged in the state. “I am humbled,” he said, and added that he had only done what was assigned to him as a priest.

Program aims to help people exchange ideas

The US official said participants will interact with each other on “community approaches to social issues.” According to her, the IVLP is an annual professional exchange program the US Department of State started in 1940 to help people from around the world exchange ideas and get exposed to American culture and diversity.

She said American Foreign Service Officers select current or potential leaders in government, politics, media, education and other fields for the program.

More than 200 current and former heads of state have attended the program. They included two presidents and four prime ministers from India.

Jomey Joseph, Catholic Relief Services program officer, is the other Indian participants this year.

Father Muttungal, who has initiated several programs to foster inter religious harmony in Madhya Pradesh, has already won several awards.

Buddhists in India awarded him their highest award for world peace and harmony in January. Two years ago, a literary organization in Madhya Pradesh awarded him for his peace efforts, and the previous year, Sikhs in the state honored him.

(Courtesy UCAN NEWS)

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Roy John Thatta

Secretary

Regional Public Relations Office

Catholic Church, M.P, India

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Belated Happy Birthday To Our Pope

04/16/2010 15:53
INDIA - VATICAN
Card. Gracias of Mumbai sends Pope Birthday Wishes from18million Catholics
By Card. Oswald Gracias

On the occasion of 83rd birthday of Benedict XVI, Cardinal. Oswald Gracias, President of the Bishops' Conference of India has sent his best wishes through AsiaNews, together with those of all the bishops in India and the nations’ 18 million Catholics.

Mumbai (AsiaNews) - The Church in India greets our Most Holy Father on this happy occasion of his birthday and we wish our Beloved Pope all God’s Blessings and Strength to continue to lead and guide the Church. The Church in India gives grateful thanks for his Leadership and Defense of Gospel Values. Our hearts are filled with joy and pride for our Beloved Pope who is a Visionary and one, who leads the Church Universal in the way taught by our Lord and as a faithful descendant of the Apostle Peter.

Our Holy Father Benedict XVI is the world's leading voice for human dignity founded upon the divine creation of man. Our Holy Fathers staunch defense of Human Rights and Human Dignity was already recognized and well noted when he was Cardinal Ratzinger, as Prefect of the Congregation of Faith. In his Pontificate, the Holy Father is acknowledged and respected by all as the Promoter of Peace and his passionate Defense of Creation – the Pope has made a an strong connection between protecting the environment and promoting peace and emphatically stated that : "If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation",
Cardinal Oswald Gracias is also President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) belonging to the bishops of Latin rite, said :”We also give thanks to God for the Pontificate of His Holiness Benedict XVI, which has been a continuity from our most cherished and loved Servant of God John Paul II . Very close to Pope Benedict’s XVI and pontificate was the implementation of Vatican II.

Unity of Churches, has been a significant during the Pontificate of Benedict XVI . Ecumenism has been a focus of the Pontificate of the Holy Father. Dialogue with other religions has received an impetus during the pontificate or Pope Benedict XVI who has long been hailed as a scholar and a statesman and a gifted academic,.
Church in India, the Bishops and the faithful are praying for the Holy Father in these challenging times and pray that God gives a long life to our Beloved Pope.
God Bless Pope Benedict XVI !

-News courtesy by Asia News

- Special Thanks to Mr. Amrut Macwan for providing the news through mail communication

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Proud To Be Catholic

This was written by a Jewish business man...We Catholics could take some PR lessons from him.

Excerpts of an article written by Sam Miller, prominent Cleveland Jewish businessman - NOT Catholic.

Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta on one of the most important institutions that we have today in the United States, namely the Catholic Church?




Do you know - the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million elementary and high school students everyday at the cost to that Church of 10 billion dollars, and a savings on the other hand to the American taxpayer of 18 billion dollars. The graduates go on to university studies at the rate of 92%.

The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. with an enrollment of 700,000 students.

The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people - not just Catholics - in the United States today



But the press is vindictive and trying to totally denigrate in every way the Catholic Church in this country. They have blamed the disease of pedophilia on the Catholic Church, which is as irresponsible as blaming adultery on the institution of marriage.

Let me give you some figures that Catholics should know and remember. For example, 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner; 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual contact in a study by the United Methodist Church , 41.8% of clergy women reported unwanted sexual behavior; 17% of laywomen have been sexually harassed.

Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia. 10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia. This is not just a Catholic problem.


A study of American priests showed that most are happy in the priesthood and find it even better than they had expected, and that most, if given the choice, would choose to be priests again in face of all this obnoxious PR the church has been receiving.

The Catholic Church is bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The agony that Catholics have felt and suffered is not necessarily the fault of the Church. You have been hurt by a small number of wayward priests that have probably been weeded out by now.





Walk with your shoulders high and your head higher. Be a proud member of the most important non-governmental entity in the United States today. Then remember what Jeremiah said: 'Stand by the roads, and look and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it, and find rest for your souls'. Be proud to speak up for your faith with pride and reverence and learn what your Church does for all other religions. Be proud that you're a Catholic.


Courtesy:- Sam Miller, prominent Cleveland Jewish businessman - NOT Catholic.


If Sam Miller,prominent Cleveland Jewish businessman can respect the "CHURCH" why can not we respect our "CHURCH" and make it participatory ?
CHURCH OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
- Vijay Macwan (Bhumel)

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Gregorian music led me to Christ, says Gaurav Shroff

Here is the story of conversion of a young Gujarati Hindu, who went from fascination with sacred music to discover the love of Christ on the Cross. Now he wants to become a priest and missionary.

Mumbai (AsiaNews) – Towering at 6 ft 3 in (191 cm), Gaurav literally looks down on people. This young Gujarati convert was captivated by Christian music of the Renaissance era, and choral music awakened in him a quest for beauty.

Gaurav Shroff was born on 30 December 1972 at Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi (“I joke with my parents that ‘Holy Family’ should have been a clue to my future!”). His early childhood was spent in Bethesda, MD (a suburb of Washington DC), when his father was working for the World Bank. The family returned to India when he was around 6 years old, and he attended St Xavier’s Loyola Hall, a school in Ahmedabad where he joined the school choir. His only knowledge of Christians was that they did not speak Gujarati or Hindi fluently and that they buried the dead, something that intrigued him.

Describing his own religious upbringing, Gaurav said, “My father worked at the World Bank and later was the editor of the Economic Times. My mother was the first woman district collector of Gujarat. While there was an emphasis was on traditional Indian values, they espoused secular humanist ideals and values. However, it was from my grandmother that I learned the ancient stories of the Hindu religion—the epics of the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and the Bhagavad Gita.”

“It was aesthetics,” Gaurav said. “The beauty of sacred music held me spellbound at my first ever experience of the Eucharist at St Xavier’s College, Mumbai on 15 August, Indian Independence Day and the Feast of the Assumption. The sublime music of the Mass undoubtedly assured me of God's presence; the Gregorian chants elevated my spirits, creating in me a sense of awe for the Sacred. I was instinctively drawn by the aesthetic beauty of the Eucharist and this experience filled my heart with immense joy.”

This young man, an idealistic, Westernized 18-year-old upper caste Hindu, who was trained in Hindustani classical music, began studying Church history, in an attempt to understand “what could have inspired the genius of great musicians to compose some of the greatest classical works in honour of the Divine and place their art at the service of the liturgy.”

Gaurav spent hours poring over books at St Xavier’s Library, teaching himself Latin from the pre-Vatican II Missals to learn and understand the Latin Gregorian chants: the Credo, the Gloria, the other parts of the Mass.

So fascinated was he by the sacred music of the Eucharist, that he attended Midnight Mass the same year at Holy Name Cathedral, accompanied by his father. As he became increasingly interested in the solemn liturgies, his friends invited him to the Easter Triduum the following year, with the simple directive not to receive Holy Communion.

Therefore, in 1991, Gaurav went for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at Holy Name Cathedral. “Nothing had prepared me for the ‘Washing of the Feet’. I watched with amazement as Archbishop Simon Pimenta disrobed and knelt down, washing the feet of 12 men. I had never witnessed such humility in a spiritual leader.” He began reflecting on the nature of these priests, this servant leadership, which was an alien concept.

At the Good Friday service, since his friends had only barred him from communion, he went for the Veneration of the Cross. “As I knelt down and kissed the Cross, I vividly remember the clear voice in my heart saying to me: ‘I died for you,’ and I began to weep unashamedly, and though I did not understand what it meant, I was certain, that the Crucified Christ loved me. Then it wasn’t about music anymore, I wanted to learn more about this Jesus. Either Jesus was completely crazy or he was God.”

He began reading everything about the Catholic faith, the Bible and regularly went for Sunday Mass. In 1993, Gaurav went to a Jesuit retreat praying alone at night before the Blessed Sacrament. “I strongly felt the presence of the Divine, the deep love of God for me, and in the darkness, I was illuminated: My life belonged to Jesus, to know him, to love him and to serve him. This was my mission and vocation. I felt called to be a priest.”

“I also had a very serious talk with my family about my decision to become Catholic and be baptised. ‘As long as you do not sever family ties and do not go aggressively proselytizing, you have our Blessings!’ was my father’s response.”

On August 15 1994, the Feast of the Assumption, Gaurav was baptised at St Peter’s Church, Bandra, surrounded by 20 friends, Hindus, Catholics, and Muslims.

Two weeks after his baptism, Gaurav arrived in the United States into an intellectual climate that bred suspicion of the Catholic Church. “God was always faithful, and under the protection of His Blessed Mother, I persevered in the Faith.”

“The next four years of my life were the time that God allowed me to see my reality; but even in crises, the calling to the priesthood hauntingly persisted. So, in order to attempt to discern God’s plan in my life, in 1998, I started a second Masters in Religious Studies, also at the University of South Carolina, and received an MA in Religious Studies, with a concentration in New Testament, in 2001.”

That same year, he started work full time at the St. Thomas More Catholic Student Center at the University of South Carolina as the Associate Campus Minister, where he was responsible for the faith formation of the small University parish. His zeal for evangelisation led him in 2006 to the novitiate of the Paulist Fathers (an American religious order), which took him to Washington, DC.

“In 2006, my father was diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. I always had a close relationship with him, and this was devastating. This was just before I entered the novitiate, and I got to spend a few months with him before I left for Washington. God's generosity knows no bounds and I was able to be in India for the last two weeks of his life.”

In 2007, he discerned that God was calling him to the diocesan priesthood and so he moved back to the South, and applied to the Archdiocese of Atlanta. After some pastoral work in the diocese, he was sent to Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 2008.

Currently, he is finishing the first of four years of Theological Studies at the seminary, and “God willing, I will be ordained to the diaconate in 2012 and the priesthood in 2013, for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.”

“The intervention of God at the foot of the cross in 1991 changed the course of my life forever. Evangelisation and the vocation of the laity will be the central passion of my ministry as a diocesan priest. I see my future role as someone who leads, sanctifies, teaches the laity, not as passive recipients”, I shall be “someone who calls out their gifts, talents, charisms, so that the Christ's lay faithful can be equipped to bring the Gospel to the world, and share in the Church's mission.”

“I hope, through my calling, to proclaim the Love of Christ Crucified to the people and to bring our people to connect with Jesus Christ, to get to know Him in a deep, intimate relationship,” for “he is the source of all love and happiness.”


News and Photoes Courtesy - Nirmala Carvalho
(AsiaNews,Mumbai)

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Our Lady Of Angels

For All who love Mother Mary

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Courtesy: from the mail of
Pravin G. Christian,
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad

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Religious Fair At Salun village

Yesterday there was a Religious Fair at Salun village in Gujarat. Many people flocked to thank our Lord for all mercy they received from Him. Rev. Bishop Thomas Macwan celebrated grand mass with a very beautiful sermon. He asked every Catholic to have passion and pray in difficulties and be faithful to Church as today there are many who go against their Faith.

Catholics always stand out with rich culture and faith. Salun Religious Fair is the example of community life and sharing joy of God's mercy. Please click the below given video of it.

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ગુજરાતી કેથોલિક સમાજ ઑફ યુએસએ

Would request every reader to send this to all Gujarati Catholics who stay in USA.

Let us grow togather

પ્રિય મિત્રો,

આજે આ સમાચાર જણાવતાં આનંદ અને ગૌરવની લાગણી થાય છે કે આપણે ગુજરાતી કેથોલિક સમાજ ઑફ યુએસએની સ્થાપના કરી છે. આ સંસ્થા ગુજરાતની ગુજરાતી કેથોલિક સમાજની ભગિની સંસ્થા છે.મારી બધા અમેરિકાસ્થિત ગુજરાતી કેથોલિક વ્યક્તિને નમ્ર વિનંતિ છે કે આ સંસ્થાના સભ્ય બને. આ સંસ્થાની વેબસાઈટ તૈયાર થઈ ગઈ છે જેની ઉપર સભ્યપદ માટે ફોર્મ ભરી સ્ભ્યપદની જરૂરી ફી ભરી સભ્યપદ મેળવવા અમેરિકાસ્થિત દરેક કેથોલિકને જોડાવા માટે ભાવભર્યું આમંત્રણ છે. આ સંસ્થા તરફથી સમયાંતરે સામાજિક, ધાર્મિક, સાંસ્કૃતિક સાહિત્યિક પ્રસંગોની ગોઠવણ થતી રહેશે. તમારી જાણમાં હોય તે બધા અમેરિકાસ્થિત ગુજરાતી કેથોલિક આ સમાચાર જાણાવવા આગ્રહપૂર્વક વિનંતી કરું છે.

સંસ્થાની પહેલી મીટીંગ રવિવાર એપ્રિલ ૧૧ ૨૦૧૦ દિવસે બપોરે ૪ વાગે ૩૩૫૯ જે.એફ.કેનેડી બુલેવર્ડ પર રાખવામાં આવી છે. બધા ગુજરાતી કેથોલિકને આમંત્રણ છે.

સંસ્થાની વેબસાઈટ:

Click ગુજરાતી કેથોલિક સમાજ ઑફ યુએસએ

www.gcsofusa.org or www.gujaraticatholicsamajofusa.org
www.gcsofusa.com or www.gujaraticatholicsamajofusa.com

- News Courtesy:
Jagadish Christian (USA) www.jagadishchristian.com

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Risen Lord Part 2

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Enactment of Way Of The Cross

There was Enactment of Way Of The Cross scene on Good Friday morning at St. Xavier's Parish, Navarangpura in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It was done in a way that one could feel the real Passion of Christ.All credit of direction goes to the ever creative Fr. Jerry Fernandez, S.J. - Asst. Parish priest.

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Courtesy:Fr.Devasia Muthuplackal S.J., Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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Risen Lord Part-1

This film has enactment of Resurrection scene and an Easter message of Fr.Vinayak S.J. during the Easter Vigil at Vadtal church on 3-4-2010



- Vijay Macwan(Bhumel)

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The Lost pearl-ll

Today there was a prayer service at Anand for Late Shree Josephbhai Macwan. Many well known people came for the same. Please find the below given film, The Lost pearl-ll.

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Last Supper

This is the movie of Last Supper and Mass celebrated at Vadtal in Gujarat, India

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INTER RELIGIOUS PEACE DAY

The Event was held in Jan-2010 but it gives a powerful massage from our people. It is the example of peace and harmony. The below given DAY OF INTER RELIGIOUS PEACE DAY was organised in Chennai in India.

DAY OF INTER RELIGIOUS PEACE DAY 17-JAN-2010

This Great Day was venue in Fatima Church Kodambakkam, India ,Rev. Fr. parish priest was kind enough to accept to this rare celebrations, and shabnam resources took the mantle of responsibility on organizing and executing the event. we invited the Leaders of the Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the brethren who presented themselves on the day were Respectful Shri.Harban singh Anand, secy of Gurudwara and Sikh foundation, professor Janab Abdul Khadir ,poet and exponent in Islamic and urdu studies, Ms. Kala dinakar of harmony of Hindu commune.

The setting was inside the Fatima church around 7.30 am on Jan 17th Sunday morning where the large gathering of more than 5000 parishioners and others present to welcome and participate in the Tamil mass. Rev.fr. Joe arun (jesuit priest) director of inter dialogue cultural relations chennai india was the Main celebrant, the guests along with father, weekly animators, altar boys went as a procession towards the altar, the altar was well adorned with icons of the above religions. The special guests lighted the Big Light (traditional kuttuvillaku) symbolizing God is one with all religions. Later they were escorted to seats closest to altar. The Mass well began with special Hymns and readings well animated.

Rev. fr. Joe Arun in his Sermon , described about the incident in Mother Teresa’s congregation where a high level Government official was refused adoption from Mother Teresa’s congregation for the reason the prospective adopting couple were curious to know about the religion of the child and sisters of the congregation gave an appropriate reply stating ‘CHILD HOLDS NO RELIGION’ therefore the stigma would affect the child if its raised with those parents. The sisters of Mother Teresa revealed the truth of ALL ARE EQUAL before the GREAT CREATOR, where by crosscutting religion, race, creed etc As the Mass was nearing close, there was a special eulogy done by Rev.fr .Eucharist (parish priest of Fatima church) to the Special guests, I had the opportunity to shawl main celebrant Rev.Fr. Joe Arun and all the guests were invited before the altar and rev.fr.joe shawl all of them as great Indian Honor the congregation gave rising ovation.

Later they were escorted among the congregation to the Entrance and every parishioner wished the special guests which brought tears of joy from the special guests . Believe it or not this was an univocal comment by all the special guests GOD IS PRESENT HERE . Please continue to pray for us.

In fraternity

News and Mass celebration photo by Dr.M.R.HUBERT
CHENNAI,India.

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