Sunday With E-sermon By Rev. Fr. Maxim SJ

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BBN at work for preparing a small video of  the employees of Anand Press and Gujarati Sahitya Prakash on the occasion of The Feast Of St. Ignatius Of Loyola . Stay tuned will back at 4:00 Pm on 31-07-2011

Dear All,

Thank you for staying connected with BBN. We have received few comments this week but could not publish them due internet problem. Now they are published. Pls send us your email id when you request for a particular priests or place. Your coordination will make us work more and more.

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A Voice Against Global Warming - Anand

Today Francis Xavier Parish Youth Group, organized planting trees in Anand-Gamdi Church. There were around 550 plants sold within few hours. It was well organized with a global warming exhibition. The group has 60 young girls and boys. Many people came and made the program vibrant and supported and appreciated the Group for the beautiful activity. It was a beautiful attempt against global warming.

Please click to watch the video of Anand people and the activity done today.






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Sunday With Bible (Video)

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આદિવાસી ડાંગી નૃત્ય_Dance Of Dangi Tribal Society

નીચેનો વિડીયો શામગહાન- સાપુતારામાં યોજાયેલ "ડાંગી ભાષાનું  વ્યાકરણ" ના    લોકાર્પણમાં   આપણા    ડાંગી જનો  દ્વારા  કરેલ ડાંગી નૃત્યનો છે. 

      એકજ શ્વાસે  !!!

આ ડાંગી નૃત્યની  એક  વિશેષતા છે કે વાજિંત્ર મો થી એકજ શ્વાસે વગાડી  અને  બંધ કર્યા  વગર નૃત્ય કરવામાં આવે છે.  આ  નૃત્યમાં  બતાવામાં  આવતી  કળાઓ  આંખ  ને વળગે તેવી  છે    

It is not only the Dangi language but also their cultural activities should have an identity, having such a great dream,  Rev. Fr. Raymund Chauhan SJ and Rev. Fr. Iswan Gamit SJ working for the same which can be seen in this video.

You will be surprised to watch the dancing man in this beautiful Dangi Dance. The dance is an example of  community life. This video contains Welcoming of Dangi Kings followed by the Dangi Dance.

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Can click here for Savaya Gamit Part - 1 

એકતાનું પ્રતિક 

Note: This is the part -2 of Savaya Gamit Fr. Raymund Chauhan Sj and the Dance was recorded during the releasing program  of "Dangui Bhasanu Vykaran" last month. Due to technical problem was not able to upload the video. Inconvenience is regretted


Special thanks to Rev. Fr. Raymund Chauhan Sj and Re. Fr. Isvan Gamit SJ from Shamghan, Saputara.


BBN also thanks Mr.Rameshbhai (John) Yohakimbhai Parmar our correspondent and his daughter Miss Romika John Johnson for being kind towards BBN.


Stay tuned for our  Savaya Gamit  Part-3


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Sunday With E-sermon By Fr Sandip Madhukar

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Special Thanks To Rev. Fr. Sandip Madhukar And Rev. Fr. Tony

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Like Leaven_ By Rev. Fr. Valentine de Souza Sj

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A) 17 July 2011

LIKE LEAVEN

Matthew 13, 24-43

José Antonio Pagola translated by  Rev. Fr. Valentine de Souza SJ

Rev.Fr.Valentine de Souza SJ

With unheard of boldness Jesus surprised everyone by proclaiming something no prophet ever dared say: “God is already here with his creative power for justice opening up a way in the world to make life for his children more humane and happy.” It is necessary that we change. We have to learn to live believing in this Good News: the Kingdom of God is coming.

   Jesus spoke with passion. Many were drawn to his message. Others had many doubts. Wasn’t it all some sort of madness? Where could one see the power of God changing the world? Who could rock the powerful Roman Empire?

   One day Jesus told a very short parable. It is so brief and simple that very often it has remained unnoticed by Christians. This is what it says:

The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.

   Those simple people knew what Jesus was speaking to them about. All of them had seen their mothers prepare bread in the courtyards of their houses. They knew that the leaven remained “hidden”, but not inactive. In a quiet, hidden manner it keeps fermenting everything from within. In the same way God is acting within life. 

   God does not impose himself from the outside, but transforms people from within. He does not dominate with his power but attracts with love towards good. He does not bring pressure on the freedom of anyone but offers himself to make our lives happier. We too must act in the same way to open up paths to his kingdom.

   We are at a new juncture in the Church. Christians have to learn to live as a minority within a plural, secularized society. In many places, the future of Christianity will depend largely on the birth of small groups of believers who are attracted by the Gospel and unite around the person of Jesus.

   Slowly we will learn to live the faith in a quiet manner, without much noise or staging grand shows. We will no longer look so much for power or prestige. We will not waste our energies in image-building performances. We will seek what is essential. We will walk in the truth of Jesus.

   Following his wishes, we will try to live like the “leaven” of a healthy life in the midst of society and like a little “salt” which gets diluted unnoticed to give an evangelical flavor to modern life. We will transmit all about us the lifestyle of Jesus and radiate the inspiring and transforming power of his Gospel. We will spend our lives doing good, as Jesus did.

Insert the leaven of the Gospel in the world

Source: URL of José Antonio Pagola's Buenas Noticias Web site 

http://sanvicentemartirdeabando.org

Website for Spanish original and translations: www.eclesalia.net

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

English Transation by  (Valentine) Vally de Souza S.J.  vallydesouza@jesuits.net,   Mandal, Gujarat , India.

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E-sermon By 95 Years old Fr. Pariza SJ

Rev.Fr. Pariza SJ

His Cycle never stopped  for spreading  the love and peace of Christ.

(Photo was clicked at the time of visiting people of Anand-Gamdi) Now does not ride.















Please click on the video for the e-sermon by Rev. Fr. Pariza SJ




Special thanks to Rev. Fr. Pariza SJ for the e-sermon

Photo By
Bro. Alpesh Chauhan SJ

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CHRISTIANS CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSCIENCE OF GUJARAT

Rev. Bishop Thomas Macwan

            “We Christians have played a significant role in forming the conscience of the people in Gujarat,” said Bishop Thomas Macwan in a personal interview given in his office at Mirzapur, Ahmedabad on July 8, 2011.

            Bishop Macwan was speaking about a lacuna in the type-set copy of a book entitled “Vikasna Humsafar…” about the Contributions of Christians to the Development of Gujarat. After reading the whole book, Bishop Macwan appreciated it saying that “it would be an excellent production”.

“I felt contented with the materials you have chosen for the whole book. They are good and extensive, taking all aspects of human life! The topics are well chosen and treated comprehensively with expertise. The book has a lot of historical materials and it would be an excellent reference book,” added Bishop Macwan.

            Elaborating on Christians’ contribution to the forming of conscience of the people in the State, Bishop Macwan said that in his journeys like in a train trip he often meets people who have studied in Christian schools, colleges or other institutions. “When I asked them what they have profited most from a Christian institution, inevitably most people would say that they have profited most from the moral science classes”, said Bishop Macwan.

“All our schools impart moral education and we are educating a good number of boys and girls in our schools. Ahmedabad Diocese alone educates 52173 students. Gandhinagar Archdiocese has fewer students than us; but Rajkot Diocese and Baroda Diocese – each educate many more students than Ahmedabad Diocese!” said Bishop Macwan.

“Then, there are thousands of Christian teachers in the government run primary schools. They also contribute in the forming of moral conscience of their children” added Bishop Macwan.

Bishop Macwan also said that some of our institutions like Social Work Centres, Legal Aid Centres, Prashant, etc. are contributing much to the formation of conscience of the people in Gujarat.

-  News  Courtesy 

AHMEDABAD (SAR News)

email by

Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ

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High Court notice to MP Government on RTE misuse

Bhopal: 

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court served a notice on the state government on Wednesday seeking its reply on the alleged misuse of Right To Education (RTE) Act in implementation in minority- run education institutions in the state.

The court order came in response to a writ petition filed by Catholic Council of Bishops of Madhya Pradesh through its spokesperson Father Anand Muttungal.

The petition has challenged gazette notification issued by the state government for implementation of the RTE in the state.

The state government order, he said, undermined the rights guaranteed to the minority institutions and allowing government officials to began to meddle in with the administration of the minority schools. They also issued illegal orders for admission with direction for compliance report and also interfered with the day to day administration in schools.

He contented that this interference only was violation of the constitutional safeguards to minority educational institutions guaranteed under Articles 29 and 30 but also affected quality education the institutions are providing.

The petition has also included direction issued by the Central government to state government reminding it that the RTE Act was made keeping in view of the constitutional safeguards guaranteed to the minorities.

Even after these clarification from the Central government, the state government officials continued to use the RTE as a means to harass minority run education institution, he alleged in the petition.

Advocate James Antony appeared for the petitioner. The bench of Chief Justice Rafat Alam and Justice Alok Aradhe posted matter for next hearing after a month.

 

Roy John Thatta

Secretary

Public Relations Office

Catholic Church M.P

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GOING OUT TO SOW By Rev.Fr. Valentine de Souza SJ

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ( A) – 10 July 2011

GOING OUT TO SOW

Matthew  13, 1-23

José Antonio Pagola  

 Translated by Fr. Valentine de Souza SJ

Rev.Fr. Valentine de Souza SJ

Before relating the parable of the sower who went out to sow, the evangelist presents Jesus who "goes out of the house" to meet the people to "sit" leisurely with them, and devotes himself "for a long time" to sowing the Gospel among all kinds of people. According to Matthew,  Jesus is the real sower. We have to learn from him today how to sow the seed of the Gospel.

   The first thing is to leave our homes. It's what Jesus always asks from his disciples: "Go throughout the whole world…" "Go and make disciples…" To sow the Gospel we have to leave our security and our concerns. To evangelize is to move out, to seek to meet people, to communicate with the men and women of today, not to live enclosed in our own ecclesiastical world.

   This reaching out to others is not proselytizing. There is no imposition or winning back. It is to offer people an opportunity to meet Jesus, to learn the Good News and, if they accept it, to be able to help them to live better and more rightly and healthily. That’s what’s important.

   We cannot go out to sow seed unless we have the seed. Before thinking of proclaiming the Gospel to others, we have to accept it in the Church, in our communities, and in our lives. It's a mistake to consider ourselves depositories of Christian tradition with the sole task of transmitting it to others. A Church that does not live the Gospel cannot transmit it. A community that does not breathe an atmosphere that fosters the desire to follow in the footsteps of Jesus cannot invite anyone to follow him.

   The spiritual energies that we have in our communities at times remain untapped, blocked by a general atmosphere of discouragement and disappointment. We have taken to “surviving” rather than to sowing new life. We have to revive our faith.

   The crisis we are experiencing is leading us to the end of a certain kind of Christianity, but also to the beginning of a renewed faith that is more faithful to Jesus and more true to the Gospel. The Gospel has the power to generate new faith in Christ in every age in surprisingly new ways. It does so in our times too.

   But we have to learn to sow it with faith, with common sense and with truth.  To evangelize is not to hand down a legacy, but to lay the ground for the birth of a faith that grows, not as a clone of the past, but as a new response to the Gospel in answer to the problems, the sufferings, the joys, and the hopes of our age. It is not the time to distract people with trifles. It is the time to sow the essence of the Gospel in the hearts of people.

Sow the Gospel of Jesus.

Source: URL of José Antonio Pagola's Buenas Noticias Web site 

http://sanvicentemartirdeabando.org

Website for Spanish original and translations: www.eclesalia.net

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

English Translation by  (Valentine) Vally de Souza S.J.  vallydesouza@jesuits.net,   Mandal, Gujarat , India

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Book Released

St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad  released a book YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM at a function  held at the Jai Chemical-XRF Hall, St. Xavier’s College Campus on Wednesday, 6th July 2011 at 5.30 pm. 

The book was released by His Grace, Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes. Fr. Jose Changanacherry S.J., Provincial was the Chief Guest.

The Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP) documents the ‘Education Plus’ program specially designed and developed for students from disadvantaged backgrounds by the faculty of the College in collaboration with the Catholic Relief Services (C.R.S).




Rev.Fr. Lancy D'cruz SJ

  The purpose of this publication is to document this model of empowerment and learning so that it can be used as a manual by any institution of learning to engage students coming from disadvantaged communities. The documentation has been done by Shilpa Vasavada and the book published by the Gujarat Sahitya Prakash. For more information contact Fr Lancy D’Cruz s.j. at lancy_dcruz@hotmail.com

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ખ્રિસ્તી સમુદાય માટે ગૌરવ_ડો. કલ્પેશ કુમાર ઈશ્વરભાઈ મેકવાન

From left: Dr. Thomas Parmar, Dr.Kalpesh Macwan and Rev. Fr. Rocky Pinto  ( Principal Of St.Mary's School, Nadiad)

 

Dr. Kalpeshkumar Macwan

 ડો. કલ્પેશ કુમાર ઈશ્વરભાઈ મેકવાન વડતાલ ગામના છે અને સેન્ટ મેરી'સ  સ્કુલ, નડિયાદ ખાતે શિક્ષક તરીકે ફરજ બજાવે છે. સ્કુલમાં શૈક્ષણિક જવાબદારી અને પ્રવૃતિઓ અને ત્યારબાદ ઘરની અને સામાજિક જવાબદારીઓ બાદ સખત મહેનત કરી  હિન્દી વિષય ઉપર  PH.D. ની પદવી  પ્રાપ્ત કરી છે, જે વડતાલ માટે તો ખરુજ  પણ સમગ્ર ખ્રિસ્તી સમુદાય માટે ગૌરવ ભર્યું કહેવાય .

તેમની સાથે વાત કરતા તેમને જણાવ્યું હતું કે PH.D પૂરી કરવામાં ત્રણ વર્ષનો લાંબો સમય ગાળો અને કઠીન પરિશ્રમ બાદ જે આનંદ છે તે સમાતો નથી.  આ પ્રસંગે તેમણે વધુમાં જણાવ્યું હતું કે  આપણા સમાજમાં ઘણા ઓછા લોકો છે જેમણે PH. D નો  અભ્યાસ કરેલ છે, આવા ઉચ્ચ અભ્યાસ  કરવાથી પણ સમાજ  ને વધુ આગળ લાવવામાં અને તટસ્થ બનાવવામાં ઉપયોગી નીવડી શકીશું તેવી લાગણી તેમણે વ્યક્ત કરી હતી. વધુ માં તેમણે  તે પણ જણાવ્યું હતું કે આજનો આપણો યુવા વર્ગ ઉચ્ચ અભ્યાસ તરફથી પાછા પગલા માંડી રહેલો લાગે છે, તેના કારણો અન્ય હોઈ શકે છે, પણ, અમુક અભ્યાસ કર્યા પછી નોકરી મેળવી યુવાવર્ગ  સ્થાયી બની જાય  છે જેનાથી સમાજ અને પોતાના વ્યક્તિત્વનો  વિકાસ અટકી જાય છે.  આવા કારણોથી પર થઇ જો યુવાવર્ગ  ઉચ્ચ અભ્યાસ તરફ પ્રયાણ કરશે તો આપણો સમાજ ઘણા તારલાઓથી  ઝળહળી ઉઠશે.

PH . D ના અભ્યાસ માટે ફા.લોરેન્સ  (જેઓ હાલમાં સેન્ટ ઝેવિયર સ્કુલ, હાંસોલ ,અમદાવાદમાં પ્રિન્સીપાલ  તરીકે ફરજ બજાવે છે)  અને તેમના મોટાભાઈ યોગેન્દ્રભાઈનો ઉત્તમ ફાળો રહેલો છે.

ડો. કલ્પેશ કુમાર મેકવાનનો સન્માન સંભારભ સેન્ટ મેરી'સ સ્કુલ નડિયાદ ખાતે આજે રાખવામાં આવ્યો હતો. આ પ્રસંગ વેળાએ "દૂત" ના તંત્રી માનનીય ડો. થોમાસ પરમારે હાજરી આપી કાર્યક્રમને વધુ સુશોભાવિત કર્યો હતો. પ્રસંગ દરમ્યાન સ્કુલ તરફથી માનનીય પ્રિન્સીપાલ ફા. રોકી પિન્ટો દ્વારા ડો. કલ્પેશને  ફૂલહાર અને શાલ ઓઢાવી  સન્માનિત કર્યા  હતા. પ્રસંગ દરમ્યાન હાજર રહેલ વડતાલના ફાધર્સ અને સિસ્ટર અને અતિ સન્માનિત એવા તેમના માતા-પિતાની ઉપસ્થી કાર્યક્રમ ને વધુ રંગતભર્યો બનાવ્યો હતો. તેમના માતા-પિતા તરફથી ૫૦૦૦ હાજર રૂપયા  સ્કુલના વિધાર્થીગણ માટે પ્રિન્સીપાલને આપવામાં આપ્યા હતા.  
           

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Invitation From St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad will be releasing a book YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM at a function to be held at the Jai Chemical-XRF Hall, St. Xavier’s College Campus on Wednesday, 6th July 2011 at 5.30 pm. The book will be released by His Grace, Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes. Fr. Jose Changanacherry S.J., Provincial will be the Chief Guest. Invitation

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The Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP) documents the ‘Education Plus’ program specially designed and developed for students from disadvantaged backgrounds by the faculty of the College in collaboration with the Catholic Relief Services (C.R.S).

After changing its admission policy to enable students from disadvantaged communities have access to excellence in higher education, the College formed a special ‘Cell’ JAGRAT) to cater to the needs of these students.

However, with a significant increase in the number of these students in the college over the last few years, the College felt the need to move beyond merely conducting activities to working through a process which would be more empowering and would generate better students and potential leaders who would be committed to their own communities.

With the C.R.S. sharing a similar vision of education as empowerment, the two institutions embarked on a process of putting together a program along these lines. C.R.S. insisted on first empowering the faculty of the College who would then devise and carry out such a program. Excellent trainings provided for the faculty by competent resource persons, gradually resulted in the coming together of a ‘core group of faulty’ who at some stage opted to become ‘facilitators’ rather than merely ‘teachers’.

The program they then designed consciously emphasizes ‘learning through creative methodologies’. It stretches the boundaries of learning beyond the classroom while mixing rote learning with fun. The focus is to ensure that the student is not alienated from his/her community back home.

The purpose of this publication is to document this model of empowerment and learning so that it can be used as a manual by any institution of learning to engage students coming from disadvantaged communities. The documentation has been done by Shilpa Vasavada and the book published by the Gujarat Sahitya Prakash. For more information contact Fr Lancy D’Cruz s.j. at lancy_dcruz@hotmail.com

- News By

Rev. Fr. Lancy D'Cruz SJ

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Sunday With e-Sermon By Fr. Anil Severin SJ

ઈસુના પૂજ્ય હૃદયના તહેવાર  નિમિત્તે આણંદ - ગામડી ચર્ચમાં શુક્રવારે જે મિસ રાખવામાં આવેલ તે સમયે  આ બોધ રેકોર્ડ કરી મુકેલ છે. 

   

Please click to watch Sunday With e-sermon in Gujarati by Fr. Anil Sevrin SJ (Gamdi-Anand Church). This e-sermon was recorded during Friday afternoon mass in the Church



Special thanks to Fr. Anil Severin SJ for the e-sermon. We also  thank Gurjarvani for music courtesy

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