Rt. Rev. Daniel Vadakkekara Corepiscopa, a senior priest of the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was called to eternal rest on 1 April, 2016.
The funeral ceremony will begin at 1.00 pm on 2 April, 2016 (Saturday) at his home and thereafter at his home parish, St George’s Malankara Catholic Pilgrim Church-Chandanappally.
May God Reward him Eternal Rest!
Rev. Fr. George John Kizhakkethil (Josy), 74, a priest of the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was called to eternal rest.
Burial Service will be held tomorrow (29th March) at 2 pm at Puthenpeedika Malankara Catholic Church, Diocese of Pathanamthitta. May God Reward him Eternal Rest.
It is really a great time and grace showered by God on the diocese of Muvattupuzha and its Bishop Abraham Mar julious as 25 families belonging to independent Malabar Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian and Syrian Orthodox Church spreading over Pazhanji and Chalissery of Thrissur and Palakkad revenue Districts reunited to the catholic church on 26th March 2016 at St. George Malankara Catholic Chruch, Kallumpuram, Kunnamkulam.
This ceremony was presided by Most. Rev. Abraham Mar Julious (Bishop of Muvattupuzha), and was attended by Very Rev. Fr. Thomas Njarakkattu (Episcopal Vicar), Very Rev. George Vadakken Corepiscopa and Fr. Placid OIC.
Thank God for your wonderful grace to us.
The newly constructed residence for the clergy of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum was blessed and inaugurated by His Beatitude Baselios Cardinal Cleemis on March 16, 2016.
The clergy home on the premises of Malankara Medical Village, Pirapppencode , facilitates access to medical care for the priests.
The ceremony began with His Grace Yoohanaon Mar Chrysostem opening the door of the new building in the presence of His Beatitude and other bishops, priests, the religious and the laity. The blessing of the chapel was conducted at first and all other rooms were blessed subsequently.
The blessing ceremony was followed by a public meeting in which His Beatitude thanked all who contributed their share in making this home a realization, particularly mentioning the great role of Rev. Fr. Jose Kizhakkedathu.
On the occasion His grace Yoohaanon Mar Chrysostem, Bishop of Eparchy of Pathanamathitta, and His Grace Joshua Mar Ignathios, bishop of Mavelikkara, expressed their felicitations. Rev.Fr. Hormis Puthenveetil proposed a vote of thanks to all those turned up for the ceremony.
The association of the former students of Mar Ivanios College (Amicos) has selected State Planning Board member G. Vijayaraghavan for this year’s Benedict Mar Gregorios award. The award instituted in memory of the first principal of the college will be given to Mr. Vijayaraghavan on March 17. The award to honour people in the field of social work comprises Rs.50,000 and a citation. Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram (Syro Malankara Church) Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis will present the award.
13th of March, 2016 became a remarkable day in the history of the Exarchate of St Ephrem, Khadki-Pune. On this blessed day, the first new Malankara Catholic Community in the Exarchate was formally inaugurated in Goa, centered around the Chapel of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cortalim, by the Apostolic Exarch His Excellency Thomas Mar Anthonios. It was the fulfillment of a dream cherished by the Exarchial Pastoral Council held on 11 June 2015.
The day began with the solemn concelebrated Holy Qurbono in the Malankara Catholic rite by the Apostolic Exarch in the Chapel of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cortalim. After the Gospel reading, the announcement regarding the erection of a new Parish in Goa was made by the Exarchial Chancellor Rev. Fr. George Mathew OIC. The new Parish is named ‘St. Ephrem Malankara Syrian Catholic Church’ after the heavenly Patron of the Exarchate, St. Ephrem. Following this, Fr. Varghese Valikkodath, whose relentless efforts made this dream a reality, was officially declared as the founder Vicar of the new Parish.
After the Holy Qurbono, an Inaugural Meeting was held in the Chapel with the distinguished guests and Malankara Catholic faithful from Goa, Pune, Mumbai and Kerala, who had participated on this consecrated day. Fr. Varghese Valikkodath, the appointed Vicar of the Parish welcomed the gathering. The meeting was chaired by V. Rev. Msgr. Varghese Mattamana, the Vicar General of the Exarchate. His Excellency Thomas Mar Anthonios formally inaugurated ‘St. Ephrem Malankara Syrian Catholic Church’, Goa by lighting the lamp and delivering the Inaugural Address. Later on, Fr Vijayanand SJ, Fr Mathew Varikkatt, Sr. Pradeepthi SIC, Exarchial MCA President Mr TM Johnson, Exarchial Mathrusangham President Mrs Lizy Koshy, Pune District MCYM President Mr Libin Oommen, Suvisesha Sangham Co-ordinators Mr VA George and Mrs Rosamma Rajan felicitated the new community. The meeting was concluded by a vote of thanks proposed by Mr VA Eapachan to all who have been part of the inaugural day.
After the inaugural meeting, all those who had come, partook in the Agape, a meal of love arranged by the community.
The first General Body Meeting of the Parish was held in the presence of the Apostolic Exarch. He reminded the community of the two main responsibilities of the Church; reunion and evangelization. He conveyed the decision to conduct regular Sunday Holy Qurbono and other important liturgical celebrations in Goa and the possibility of appointing a full-time resident priest for catering to the spiritual and pastoral needs of the community.
The following members were elected to the Parish Committee:
Trustee
Eapachan VA
Secretary
Benny George
Members
Thomaskutty Daniel
Wilson Varghese
Kunjumon Mathew
Tinky George
Jose EV
Benny K George
Laly Mathew
Jose K
Jose Daniel
The Apostolic Exarch appointed the following persons as in-charge of various Pious Associations:
Teacher-in-Charge of Sunday School : Mrs. Mary Eapachan
Leader of MCA : Mr. Benny George
Leader of Mathrusangham : Mrs. Laly Jose
Leader of MCYM : Ms. Jeena Jose
The General Body Meeting concluded with prayer and Blessing from the Apostolic Exarch.
Earlier in the day, the Apostolic Exarch presented the official vestments of the Altar Servers to five members of the community; Eapachan VA, Benny George, Subhash Varghese, Prince Joy and Shibin Benny. MCYM members from Pune District deserves a special mention for their active participation in the inaugural day.
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, has been re-elected as the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) for another term of two years.
The CBCI is one of the largest Bishops’ Conferences in Asia, and is linked to the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences.
Archbishop of Trichur Andrews Thazhath and Archbishop of Goa Filipe Neri Ferrao were also re-elected as CBCI vice president I and vice president II.
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Ranchi, was elected the secretary general. He replaces Archbishop Albert D’Souza of Agra, who has served as the CBCI secretary general for the past six years.
Bishop Lumen Monteiro was re-elected for a term of four years as chairman of Caritas India and Bishop Thomas Dabre was re-elected as the chairman of National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre for a second term of four years.
Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras-Mylapore was elected chairman of St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, replacing Archbishop Francis Kallarakal.
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, handed over the letter of invitation to Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, on March 7 to forward to the Pope.
The invitation letter signed by Cardinal Cleemis says: “We, 178 Bishops of India, gathered at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, from 2 to 9 March, 2016 for the 32nd Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, humbly request Your Holiness that our dear Nation, India, may also be included in the list of Your Holiness’s pastoral visits in 2016/2017.”
“Our Nation was blessed by the visits of Blessed Pope Paul VI in 1964, of Saint Pope John Paul II in 1986 and in 1990. Being the largest democracy in the world, with an age-old tradition of different religions and cultures, India awaits with eagerness to listen to another Apostle of peace and hope,” the invitation letter further adds.
The CBCI president also wrote to the federal Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking help to trace and rescue Indian Salesian priest Tom Uzhunnalil, a missionary who has gone missing after the March 4 attack on an old age home run by the Missionaries of Charity, in Aden, Yemen.Four nuns, including an Indian, were among the 16 people who were killed.
Missionaries of Charity Sister Sali, who escaped the attack has reportedly said that she saw Father Tom being taken away by the rebels. The nun, who is the superior of the convent, hails from Kerala, southern India. Earlier, it was reported she was a native of Chhattisgarh state in central India.
The CBCI letter to the home minister reiterated “our confidence and faith in you, and hope that you would immediately mobilize the government machinery to trace and rescue Father Tom, who is our fellow citizen.”
Tom worked in Hassan in Karnataka before going to Aden. He belongs to the Bangalore province of the Salesians.
On the penultimate day of the CBCI plenary assembly, 178 bishops collected and collated various suggestions and recommendations that came up during the discussions in the last six days. They bishops came to Bangalore to address the main theme “The response of the Church in India to the present day challenges.”
The bishops also had discussions for preparing the final statement of the 32nd assembly, to be released on the concluding day of March 9.
Archbishop Mar Baselios Cleemis has expressed his displeasure to chief minister Oommen Chandy for not fulfilling the promise given to the Nadar community on reservation in the previous election.
“For five years the UDF government has been promising to give reservation and now they havemade a U-turn on the subject. Chief minister Oommen Chandy has betrayed the Nadar community by breaking his promises to them,” said Mar Baselios Cleemis while addressing a church convention at Nedumangadu in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Mar Cleemis said he has always stood for the Nadars and backed their efforts to get benefits they deserve. “I will speak for all the members of the community who have been denied justice and they will stand united to oppose against any kind of discrimination” Mar Cleemis said. They havn’t been demanding an MLA seat or 10 cents of land from the government, instead they are fighting for their rights to live in the society like others. But those who are in power are denying them justice. It is unfortunate that the UDF government has been neglecting the community while appeasing the demands of corporates” he added.
He also warned the ruling front that they might have to face the wrath of the Nadar voters during the polls.
Posted by MCYM KATTANAM UNIT on Saturday, February 20, 2016
Let us pray for the repose of his soul.
Sr. Bencita SIC (aged 47) lived her life to serve humanity for the glory of God. Sr. Bencita has lived in the Delhi region for the past 13 years of her life for the spiritual enrichment of its people. For three years she has selflessly worked on the food for hungry project of Prachodana Social Service Society and non formal education of the children in Saket area, Delhi.
She was suffering from cancer for 6 months, but smiled at everyone from her heart and surrendered herself to the will of God.
Funeral rites will be performed today, 17th February 2016 at Thirumoolapuram Bethany Maddom, Thiruvalla.
May her soul rest in peace.
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