Saint Thomas Cakes for charity as X’mas bells ring

Yuletide spirit takes a full swing in city with decorations, baking special cakes, singing and dancing. But few have chosen to bake for charity and spread smiles on faces of many deprieved ones. St Thomas Malankara Syrian Catholic church, Arera Hills, have started a service “cake for charity” under their Prachodana Social Service Society, where they are providing traditional plum cakes for the community as well as other cake lovers in Bhopal. “We have got 700 kgs of traditional plum cakes made by the members of the church, which are available at reasonable prices in weights of 1kg and half kilograms. All the fund that will be raised from these cakes will be used for charity works like education of underprivileged students, and for homeless people,” told Father Daniel Kuzhithadathil Corepiscopo. This is for the first time any church in the city has started a service for cakes and using the funds for charity.

“We use to have this service for charity among traditional Christmas cake lovers in New Delhi. Since, I shifted to Bhopal this year, I decided to begin this service here too,” said Father Daniel. Along with the every year traditional celebrations of Christmas at St Thomas Church, this activity has added to the enthusiasm of members who are happily busy in packing and managing cakes for all. The cakes are known by the name of “St Thomas Cakes”.”This is for the first time that we are having this cake service and we are excited to reach as many people with our traditional, spiced plum cakes for Christmas.

Source: Times of India