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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Life of Saint M. Faustina Kowalska_સંત ફોસ્તીના_જીવન વિષે

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સલુણ (નડીયાદ) ગામમાં દિવ્યદયાનું દેવળ આવેલ છે જ્યાં સંત ફોસ્તીનાનો અવશેષ રાખવામાં આવેલ છે. આ અવશેષ માનનીય બિશપ થોમસ મેકવાન દ્વારા પોલેન્ડથી લાવવામાં આવ્યો હતો. અહી સલુણ દેવળમાં દર મહિનાના પ્રથમ શુક્રવારે બપોરે ત્રણ વાગે ઈશ્વરની દિવ્યદયાની ભક્તિ કરવામાં આવે છે.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

A DECISIVE QUESTION_ John 6, 60-69

TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B)
John 6, 60-69
José Antonio Pagola
English Translation by Valentine de Souza S.J.

Rev.Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.
 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. 

 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.” From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

A DECISIVE QUESTION

 The Gospel of John has preserved the memory of a severe crisis among the followers of Jesus. We have hardly any facts. We are only told that the disciples found his language hard. Probably, it seemed he’d gone too far in demanding fidelity to him. The time came when “many of his disciples turned back.” They no longer followed him.

 For the first time Jesus found his words did not have the desired effect. However, he does not retract them but insists all the more: “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” His words seem hard but transmit life, for they contain the Spirit of God.

 Jesus remains unperturbed. The failure does not affect him. Addressing the Twelve he asks them a crucial question: “You do not want to leave too, do you?” He does not want to hold them back by force. He leaves them free to decide. His disciples must not be servants but friends. If they want they may return home.

 Once more Peter answers on behalf of all. His answer is exemplary: sincere, humble, sensible, characteristic of a disciple who knows Jesus enough not to leave him. His attitude even today can help those who, when their faith wavers, propose to dispense with all faith.

 “Lord to whom shall we go?” It makes no sense to abandon Jesus unthinkingly without having found a better and more convincing alternative. If they do not follow Jesus they will remain without knowing whom to follow. They should not take a hasty decision. It is not good to be without light or a guide in life.

 Peter is pragmatic. Is it good to leave Jesus without having found a more convincing and attractive hope? Is it enough to replace him with lowered ideals in life without any goals or horizon? Is it better to live without questions, issues, or search of any kind?

 There is something Peter has not forgotten: “You have the words of eternal life.” He feels the words of Jesus are not empty or misleading. With him they have found another way of life. His message has opened them to eternal life. With what will they be able to replace the Gospel of Jesus? Where will they find better Good News from God?

 Finally, Peter recalls the fundamental experience. Living with Jesus they discovered that he comes from the Mystery of God. From far, at a distance, out of indifference or a lack of interest the mystery hidden in Jesus cannot be recognized. The Twelve have known him closely. So they can say: ”We believe and know.” They will continue to be with Jesus.

Help to awaken faith in Jesus


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



Thursday, August 23, 2012

Saved by massive heart attack_Fr. Leslie

Rev. Fr.Leslie D'souza S.J
Rev. Fr.Leslie D'souza S.J. (Dhandhuka) had a massive heart attack yesterday on 22-08-2012 . By the grace of Our Lord Jesus is saved and now he is in heart hospital, Nadiad. Please pray for him.

Photo courtesy: Fr.Anthony Pitchai S.J

Dead Animals dumped near girl's hostel at Pansora

Girl's Hostel , Pansora

Dead animals beside girls hostel
Girl's Hostel , Pansora

 ડોન  બોસ્કોના સલેશિયન સિસ્ટર્સ દ્વારા ચાલતી જગપ્રકાશ કન્યા છાત્રાલય પણસોરામાં આવેલ છે. તેની આજુ બાજુ રહેતા અન્ય લોકો દ્વારા મૃત્યુ પામેલ ઢોરનો ઢગલો કરવામાં આવે છે. આ મૃત ઢોર ઢાંખર ની ગંધના કારણે સંસ્થામાં રહેતા 100 (52 છાત્રાઓ સહીત) લોકો ત્રાહીમામ થઇ ગયા છે. અવાર નવાર કલેકટર તથા ગામના આગેવાનોને મળવા છતા પણ આ સમસ્યાનો નિકાલ આવ્યો નથી.  હોસ્ટેલમાં ઉભા રહેવું તે અસહ્ય બની ગયેલ છે. ગંભીર બીમારીઓથી રક્ષણ મળે તે હેતુસર પગલા સિસ્ટર્સ દ્વારા લેવામાં આવ્યા છે તેમ છતા ગંધથી રક્ષણ મેળવવું ગંભીર બનેલ છે. બાળકો, સાધ્વી બહેનો  થતા ત્યાના સ્ટાફનું  આરોગ્ય  જોખમમાં રહેલ છે. આ પ્રશ્નનું નિરાકરણ તંત્ર દ્વારા જલ્દી લાવવામાં આવે તેવી રાહ જોતા રહેલ અહીના સર્વે મદદ પોકારી રહ્યા છે.    

 સર્વેની જો મદદ મળે તો આ પ્રશ્નનું નિરાકરણ તુરંત આવી શકે તેવી શક્યતા રહેશે એવી લાગણી અહીના સિ. લવિટાએ  રજુ કરી હતી.

ફોટો અને ન્યુઝ 
બી. બી. એન.                 

Sunday, August 19, 2012

A Marian Congress for Anand deanery

 The parish pastoral council of Gamdi Anand parish and the Legend of Marry presidium of Anand arranged a Marian Congress for Anand deanery at Gamdi Anand. Around 550 people from different parishes  of deanery as well as people from other  parishes attended  this congress. There were five speakers namely Fr, Ambrose Dabhi, Fr, Richard  Lopes sj, Fr.Tony, Fr. Nilesh and Sr. Marry Dabhi LD gave wonderful speeches.



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Fr. Ambrose spoke about the importance of Rosary in our lives. The devotion of Rosary keeps alive and sustains us .Devotion means a bridge between devotee and God. Devotion means life giving bread, my love relationship with God, My dialogue with God, my meeting with God, Devotion showers God’s grace in my life, it’s also life giving.

 The second speaker Fr, Richard Lopes spoke about the participation of Mother Marry in God’s plan of salvation This plan which God will complete when the time is right, is to bring all creation together, everything in heaven and on Earth, with Christ as it’s head.

 The son of Marry will realize the plan of God in the world and make Gods life flow. God chose Marry as Mother of His son because God so loved the world that He gave His only so that we may have life and life in abundance for which Mary’s YES was of prime importance. “I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to your word.

 Mary’s life was God centered; Jesus centered which means every part of her body and soul is Jesus. It is through Mary the saviour of all people and of all ages and of all nations was shown as life giving source and the light. At the wedding at Cana Jesus starts the proclamation of God’s kingdom and Mary who initiates this process by saying do as He tell you and Mary withdraws to background. Mary again appears only at the foot of the cross where Jesus offers his Mother in the hands of John his disciple and thus, Marry becomes the Mother of all human kind because of which Mary is the first one to participate in the assention of Jesus and becomes the queen of heaven and earth. Mary becomes one with Jesus and She wants us to be one with her son.

 The third speaker Sr, Mary Dabhi LD, elaborated the womanhood of Mary. As a woman and as a mother, She is the role model for all women through her ideals;

1. Love God and God alone.

2. Always obedient to God.

3. In all things have faith in God.

 The fourth and fifth speakers Fr. Tony and Fr. Nilesh had a power point presentation about the apparitions of Mother Mary at different places such as Lourdes, Fathima, Gudaluppe, Valanakanni and Valencia.


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Fr. Maxim S.J.

 The whole Marian Congress programme was anchored and handled by Fr, Maxim Crasta sj, the spiritual director of Legend of Marry.



Saturday, August 18, 2012

LET JESUS FEED US

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) 19 August 2012
John 6, 51-58

 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.”

 Rev.Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.
 LET JESUS FEED US
                                                    José Antonio Pagola
Translated by Rev.Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.
 
 According to the story of John, the Jews, unable to transcend physical and material reality, and shocked by the forceful language he uses, once more interrupt Jesus: “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus does not go back on his statement but gives his words a deeper meaning.
 
 The core of what he explained allows us to delve into the experience of the first Christian communities as they celebrated the Eucharist. According to Jesus, the disciples not only have to believe in him, but they need to feed and nourish their lives on his very person. The Eucharist is a central experience in the lives of the followers of Jesus.

 The words that follow only highlight its fundamental and indispensable nature: “My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.” If the disciples do not find nourishment in him, they will be able to do and say many things, but they should not forget his words: “You have no life in you.”

 To have life in us we need to be fed by Jesus, nourished by his life giving inspiration by internalizing his attitudes and values. This is the secret and the power of the Eucharist. Only those know it who are one with him in holy communion and are sustained by his passion for the Father and his love for his children.

 The language Jesus uses has great power to express his message. To whoever knows how to be fed by him, he makes this promise: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me, and I in him. Those nourished by the Eucharist go through the experience that their relationship with Jesus is not something external. Jesus is not a model we imitate from the outside. He nurtures our life from within.

 This experience of “dwelling” in Jesus and allowing Jesus to “dwell” in us can radically change our faith. This mutual exchange, this intimate communion, difficult to express in words, constitutes the true relationship of the disciple with Jesus. This is what it means to be sustained by his life-giving power.

 The life which Jesus transmits to his disciples in the Eucharist is the one he himself receives from the Father, the inexhaustible source of the fullness of life, a life that is not extinguished by our biological death. That is why Jesus dares to makes this promise to his own: “ Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

 Without a doubt, the most serious sign of the crisis of the Christian faith among us is the general neglect of the Sunday Eucharist. It is painful for whoever loves Jesus to observe how the Eucharist is losing its power to draw people. But it is even more painful to see how even as a Church we witness this fact without daring to react to it. Why?

Spread the power contained in the Eucharist


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

Friday, August 17, 2012

15th August Celebration_Limdapura


Place: Limdapura, Nr.Samarkha
Flag hosting by Mr.Jayanti Parmar
15th August 2012


India celebrated Independence Day on 15th August 2012. It was observed all over India with flag-hoisting ceremonies, parades and cultural events. St. Xavier's Vidhya Vihar, Limdapura also celebrated it by inviting Mr. Jayantibhai Parmar (Admin in Gujarat Sahitya Prakash) who is very good in Mathematics and gives his service to the hostel boys and girls in our schools around Anand. Sr. Ramila LD (Principal) welcomed him for the national flag hosting.  He addressed the students and asked them to remember the people who died for the freedom of Mother India and also asked them to be faithful to the country. He also thanked Sr. Khalak LD (School Manager), teachers and the school children and the staff. There was also a beautiful patriotic songs and cultural program arranged by the school.

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Blood Donation Camp By SFPY

Blood Donation Camp was organized by SFPY (Saint Francis Parish Youth) at Community Hall, Gamdi-Anand Yesterday. Please click on the video to watch the camp and interviews of the members.




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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Kapadvanj conducts a Marian quiz for the deanery


 On the 12th of August, the parish of Don Bosco Kapadvanj conducted a Marian quiz for the parishes of the deanery. Six parishes participated. The dynamic assistant parish priest of Kapadvanj prepared and sent out a set of questions to all the parishes by email and also hard copy to many of them.


The 12th was a very rainy day but nobody complained since the rains were sorely needed and it brought an end to two months of drought. Our Lady surely blessed this effort to propagate devotion to her with the much needed rains. Many teams arrived late so we were able to start only at 11.30 a.m.


 The aspirants participated in this programme by preparing the hall, arranging the sound system and computer, being part of the quiz team and serving the food. Fr. Mayank was the main organizer of the competition while Fr. Ivan and Bro. Shaun worked behind the scenes with all the arrangements. Our aspirants got a first hand experience of how these programmes are to be organized.

  Kudos to the whole parish community because every one cooperated. One of the parishioners sponsored the meal, a young college girl was the quiz master and our clerk who can almost be considered a parishioner was the score keeper.


 The parish of Khempur emerged victors and the runners up were the children of Balasinor. In the third place were the children of Umreth. The Chief Guest was the new Dean, Fr. Titus D’Costa who appreciated the amount of work that went into conducting the quiz in a novel way, using the projector to project the questions and answers. He congratulated all the participants for getting high scores and giving a close fight to the winners.

The whole programme ended with the serving of tasty food prepared by our five star cooks. It was a wonderful activity that kept each and every one connected with Mother Mary through out the quiz. Such quiz   make church vibrant today. At the end of the quiz the winners were presented gifts.



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Rev.Fr. Mayank Parmar SDB

Message By Rev.Fr.Anil Severin S.J.

Message by Rev.Fr.Anil Severin S.J.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Raj Mane Lagyo Kasumbi No Rang

15th August Special
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Best way to believe in Jesus

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) 12 August 2012
John 6, 41-51

At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

Rev. Fr.Valentine de Souza S.J.
 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.

 I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

 THE WAY TO BELIEF IN JESUS
 José Antonio Pagola

 According to John’s account Jesus openly repeats, increasingly so, that he comes from God to offer everyone a food that gives eternal life. People can no longer listen to something so unreasonable without reacting. They know his parents. How can he say he comes from God?

 Their reaction surprises no one. Is it reasonable to believe in Jesus? How can we believe that in this particular man, born shortly before the death of Herod the Great, and known for his prophetic activity in Galilee about the year 30, the unfathomable Mystery of God became incarnate?

Jesus does not answer their objections. He homes in on the roots of their unbelief: “Stop grumbling among yourselves.” It is wrong to resist the radical newness of his person, obstinately continuing to think they already know everything about his real identity. He will show them the way they can follow.

Jesus assumes that no one can believe in him unless attracted to his person. That’s for sure. From our cultural viewpoint, perhaps, we understand him better than those people of Capernaum. It’s getting increasingly difficult to believe in doctrines and ideologies. Faith and trust arise in us when we feel drawn to someone who does good to us or helps us live.

But Jesus draws their attention to something very important: “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” God himself produces the attraction for Jesus. The Father who has sent him to the world prompts our hearts to come to Jesus with joy and trust, overcoming doubts and resistance.

Therefore we must listen to the voice of God in our hearts and allow ourselves to be led by him to Jesus; to be docile to the Father teaching us for he is the Creator of life and Friend of human beings: “Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.”

The statement of Jesus struck those Hebrews as revolutionary. Biblical tradition taught people to listen in their hearts to the call of God to faithfully fulfill the Law. The prophet Jeremiah had thus proclaimed the promise of God: “I will put my Law within you and I will write it in your hearts.”

The words of Jesus invite us to go through a different experience. Conscience is not the only hidden and privileged place in which we can listen to the Law of God. If in the depths of our being, we feel attracted by what is good, beautiful, and noble, by what does good to human beings and builds a better world, we will easily feel invited by God to be of one mind and heart with Jesus. It’s the best way to believe in him.

Spread the attraction for Jesus

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


Friday, August 10, 2012

Rally and Demonstration in New Delhi on 1, August 2012


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Rally and Demonstration in New Delhi on 1, August 2012

Thousands of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims rallied from the Ram Lila Maidan to Jantar Mantar in the heavy downpour, demanding the repealing of the unconstitutional Constitution (Scheduled Caste) order, 1950 and reinstate SC status for Christian and Muslim Dalits. The adverse climate could not alter the determination of these thousands of people who have been struggling for the past sixty years for their constitutional rights.

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 The rally began with the prayers by Mr. Alwan Masih (General Secretary, the Church of North India) and Maulana Rafeeque Alum. The flag was handed over to Mr. Sathar Saheb by Bishop Neethinathan (Chairperson, CBCI office for SC/BC). 1. Most Rev. Vincent Consessao, Archbishop of Delhi, 2. Most Rev. Franco, Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, 3. Most Rev. Stanislaus Fernandes, SJ, Archbishop of Gandhinagar, 4. Most Rev. Chinnappa, Archbishop of Madras Mylapore, 5. Most Rev. Selvister Ponnumuthan, Bishop of Punalur, 6. Most Rev. Neethinathan, Bishop of Chingleput, 7. Most Rev. Antony Poola, Bishop of Kurnool, 8. Most Rev. Francis Kalist, Bishop of Meerut participated in the Rally and demonstration. Priests, nuns and people from Mostly from Delhi, Punjab, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala Tamil Nadu and Puducherry participated in the protest.

 The rally took more than an hour to reach Jantar Mantar where the demonstration took place. Most Rev.Vincent Concessao Archbsihop of Delhi inaugurated the Dharna. Archbishop of Delhi Vincent Concessao declared that the discrimination against Dalit Christians and Muslims goes against the Constitution which is secular in nature.He said "We are to not only to promote what is good, we must also oppose what is evil. Discrimination based on religion is an evil we must fight. It is our duty and our responsibility."

 Mr. Ali Anwar Ansari Member of the Parliament(Rajya Sabha) spoke about the political contours of the struggle of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims.

 Adv. Franklin Caesar gave details about the case pending in the Supreme Court about this issue. He clearly pointed out that the political parties, especially the Congress-led UPA government, are not willing to take up this issue in a positive way. If the UPA government stops evading this issue and presents an answer to the query from the Supreme Court, this issue will be settled. Mr. D. Raja (Communist Party of India), Mr. Charles Dias M. P., Mr. Danam IAS, Archbishop Chinnappa (Chennai), Bishop Subodh Mondal (Methodist Church in India), Rev. Davidson Daniel (Salvation Army), and many other dignitaries spoke during the Demonstration. A tableau depicting the crucifixion of Dalit Christians by the Indian Government was presented. So also dances, songs, and drum playing were performed.

 Meanwhile various delegations comprising representatives from the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, National Council of Churches India, and the National Council of Dalit Christians, visited the Central ministers of India Mr. A. K. Antony, Mr. Salman Khurshid, Mr. Kapil Sipal and Mr. Mukul Wasnik, and have submitted memorandums and discussed about the issue.
 This rally and demonstration on 1st August 2012 was organized under the leadership Most Rev. Neethinathan Bishop, Chairperson, CBCI office for SC/BC Fr. Devasagayaraj, Secretary, CBCI office for SC/BC, Rev. Sunil Raj Philip, Mr. Samuel Jayakumar (NCCI), and Mr. V. J. George, Prof. Mary John, Adv. Franklin, and Fr. Bosco (NCDC). The joint committee of these forums has decided to intensify the struggle to avail equal rights for Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims.

 The following resolutions were adopted by the gathering:

Resolution No. 1

 The participants of the Rally express their strong resentment against the negligent attitude and the delay tactics of the Congress and its UPA government in taking action to extend the Scheduled Caste status to Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Caste origin, even after the recommendations of the Justice Ranganath Misra Commision, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and of the National Commission for Minorities and also by most of the Political Parties.

Resolution No. 2

 The Rally and Dharna resolve to protest against the irresponsible behaviour of the UPA government which continues to evade giving an appropriate answer to the Query of the Supreme Court for the past 7 years on the writ petition regarding the Scheduled Caste status for Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Caste origin.

Resolution No. 3

 It is resolved to observe 10 August as Black Day (the day when the unjust Presidential Order was promulgated in 1950) and to organize nation-wide protests in all the states against the Congress and its government at the centre for not taking action on the issue.

Resolution No. 4

 It is resolved to take up a nationwide political campaign to expose the stand of the Congress Party against Christian and Muslim Minorities as seen by its unwillingness and the unjust inordinate delay in extending the SC status to Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Caste Origin, if it is not done soon as it has promised in the previous elections.

Way Forward:

 The following action plans were also discussed during the evaluation meeting which was held on the following day in the presence of Most Rev. Neethinathan the chairperson for CBCI office for SC/BC.

1. To observe August 10th 2012 as Black Day throughout India and send memorandum to the Honourable Prime Minister and Mrs. Sonia to reply to the Supreme Court immediately.

2. To intensify the lobbying during the monsoon session and meet all the political leaders and members of the Parliament who would support our issue and raise questions in the Parliament to urge the Government to reply to the Supreme Court. Two teams from different states of India will be doing this work in Delhi for two weeks.

3. After consulting with our advocates we will send thousands of letters to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to list our case and demand the Government of India to reply to the Supreme Court.( This will be intimated after consulting with the advocates)

First step of Success:

 Three parties were added in the civil Writ Petition 180/2004. 1. The Union of India, 2. The Nation commission for Minority, which is a statutory body and 3. National Commission for SC/ST. Among these three the National Commission for Minority has brought its reply to the office of the Supreme Court. They have brought a positive reply. Now we demand the other two parties especially the Government of India to bring its reply.

Media:

 Though we took enough measures to get the media for coverage, we got very poor response mostly because of the heavy rain. Some regional newspapers covered the news. We have enough coverage in the internet media. I am sure our Catholic media will do justice in this issue. We will continue to revisit our strategy in this regard.

Thanks:

 I take this opportunity to thank all the Archbishops, Bishops, Regional and diocesan SC/ST commission secretaries, priests, nuns, and people who participated in the rally and demonstration. I also thank all the people who some way or other extended their full cooperation for the success of the Rally and demonstration. Above all I thank the almighty God for his Benevolent Hand in all these events and on the people who travelled from near and far.

To view the pictures of the Rally demanding Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims please see the following link of Picasa.

https://picasaweb.google.com/104764219921142233011/DemonstrationAug1#

Report By
Fr. Z. Devasagayaraj
Executive Secretary,
CBCI Office for SC/BC
CBCI Centre, 1 Ashok Place,
Goledakhana, New Delhi - 110 001
Phone:(011) 2336 2669, 2334 4470
Fax: (011) 2336 4615
Cell +91-11-8802025025

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

140 Years Celebration at Makarpura-Baroda




140 YEARS OF LIFE OF THE INSTITUTE

“Hope for the World”. The Gujarat Region, 140th Anniversary elite celebration of the Foundation of our Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) found a niche in every heart in the campus of Auxilium-Baroda on 5th August 2012. The presence of 3 religious communities in Gujarat region brought together 450 youngsters, Members of the Educating Communities, Well Wishers, Benefactors, Parents, relatives and religious. The auspicious day commenced with a solemn thanksgiving Holy Eucharist con celebrated and led by Most Rev. Godfrey Rosario S.J Bishop of Baroda Diocese in procession with
dancing steps by Dakor girls to the Banqueting table. The festive liturgy and harmonious singing spread the fragrance of holiness all around. Bishop Godfrey Rosario in his well prepared sermon put across the message of the importance of Wisdom and Action practiced by Our Cofounders St. Mary Mazzarello. The works accomplished in the Gujarat region were acknowledged and appreciated. A meaningful reflection on the 140 th celebration - to move miles and miles, get back to our identity, recharge our batteries, animate our heart and communicate Jesus’ kingdom to generations were corresponded.

 The entire campus resonated with joy during the cultural programme. The releasing of 140 balloons marked the occasion in a very symbolic manner. The Animator of Baroda community Rev. Sr. Elizabeth Augustine warmly welcomed the audience of the day and the dignitaries were specially honored with floral tribute. An essence of 140 th Anniversary was delivered by Dakor Animator Sr. Rita Dora Thomas followed by opening chorus cum welcome by Dakor children. The professional dances by Auxilium Baroda depicted the
virtues and simple life style of St. Mary Mazzarello. A story of her short yet significant life was unfolded rendering the message of her loving kindness to the youth gone astray by Pansora girls.

 The presentation ‘A Dream Unfolds’ was viewed by all taking to heart the message of Mother Provincial Rev. Sr. Wilma D’souza and blessings to all the collaborators and recipients.

 The first booklet translated in Gujarati by Rev. Fr. Mayank Parmar SDB was released by Rev. Bishop Godfrey Rosario. Fr. Mayank while presenting his book unambiguously attributed the success to St. Mary Mazzarello. We express our gratitude to him in making known our foundress in a vernacular language to acquire holy vocations to our province. The History, Vocation and Mission of our Saint were beautifully displayed in the exhibition hall.

 The celebration culminated with delicious food for all the participants. Our hearts are filled with gratitude to God for the marvels he has worked through the instrumentality of our St. Mary Mazzarello. May the memories of the day vibrate with vigour and linger in the minds of everyone who were part of it.

- Report By
Sr. Rita Dora
Pushpanjali- Dakor

New Prayer Hall Inaugurated at Akhdol in Vadtal Parish


Last Sunday on 05-08-2012 Sahyog Co-Operative Credit Society Ltd.Anand, welcomed its members and celebrated the Sahyog Co-Operative Credit Society Day.
Photo Mr. Jayanti Parmar