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P � � � � s General Prayer Intention

Parishes.That our parishes, animated by a missionary spirit, may be places where

faith is communicated and charity is seen.

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v e« g§F¤jy§fŸ m‹ã‹ jy§fshf midtiuí« mutiz¤J¡bfhŸs

v bg© FHªijfŸ ghJfh¡f¥gl . . .

v mdhijfŸ, Mjut‰nwh®, if«bg©fŸ thœî nk«gl . . .

ï«khj« ÉHh bfh©lhL« g§FfŸ

1. Ûd«g£o, m‹id bjurh Mya« - br¥l«g® 5

2. m©zhef®, m‹id ntsh§f©Â Mya« - br¥l«g® 8

3. tho¥g£o, Mnuh¡»a m‹id Mya« - br¥l«g® 8

4. ngho, òÅj Mnuh¡»a m‹id Mya« - br¥l«g® 8

5. gh¡»aòu«, Mnuh¡»a m‹id Mya« - br¥l«g® 8

6. f«g«, öa Mnuh¡»a m‹id Mya« - br¥l«g® 8

7. á‹dk}®, m‹id ntsh§f©Â - br¥l«g® 8

8. áY¡Fth®g£o, - br¥l«g® 8

9. flkiy¡F©L, m‹id ntsh§f©Â - br¥l«g® 8

10. M®. M®. ef®, öa ntsh§f©Â Mya« - br¥l«g® 8

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12. kJiu, kÇa‹id¥ nguhya« - br¥l«g® 15

13. nfh£^®, òÅj ÉahFykhjh Mya« - br¥l«g® 15

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loved me. Remain in my love” (Jn 15:9). Thesewords of Jesus express how the Father and theSon love each other so intimately and their love isthe Holy Spirit. Just as God has loved His own Sonso also His Son loved us. The love of Jesus for uscost him his own life on the cross and his deathbrought joy to the whole world because the wholeworld was saved from sin and was reconciled tothe Father through the sacrificial death of Jesus. Because of his deathand resurrection we are able to call God as our Father. In the humanityof Jesus he could give us nothing more than pouring out his life tillthere was nothing left.

He has chosen us to be his friends and not that we chose himand did a favour to him. He wants us by all means that we love othersas he loved us even to the point of death on the cross. We may sayvery often in our talks and exhortations that we must love the poor,oppressed, and abandoned of the world which is merely theoreticalthan taking efforts to love our fellow humans who live with us and wemeet those in our working places. Practically speaking forget whatothers have done to us and begin to love individuals who have harmedus and those we have harmed and injured. Let us spread out our lovecoming from the heart of Jesus who remains with us (cfr. Jn 15:4) toeveryone whom we come across. Let us not be impractical personsbut make concrete love our goal and this is the commandment ofJesus (cfr. 15:12).

If we love people our life cannot but be one of joy becauseChrist has told us that we will be filled with joy and our joy will overflow(cfr. Jn 15:11). Because of our love for others our life will bear fruitthat will be long-lasting. The more we love others as Jesus did themore we will be remembered with blessings as we will make Godpresent among the people. Let us take our love-life seriously and bringjoy and happiness to the people in and around us and become God-bearers in the place where we live.

Y our Loving Archbishop,

(+Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy)

0 � Fri M Sports Day Celebrations, Fusco’s School, Vandiyur

03 Sun M Grotto Blessing, Kadamalaikundu

05 Tue M SC / ST Commission Monitoring Meet

E Feast Mass, MC Sisters Convent, Sengole Nagar

06 Wed M Visitors by Appointment*

E Solar Academy Inauguration, MMSSS, Madurai

7 Thu M Laying of Foundation Stone Cumbum Presbytery

08 Fri E Feast Mass, O. L. of Good Health, T. Vadipatty

09 Sat M Syro-Malabar Apostolic Visitation

10 Sun M Church Consecration, B. B. Kulam

11 – 16 Pastoral Theology Lectures, St. Paul’s, Trichy

16 Sat E Feast Mass, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Madurai

17 Sun M Confirmation, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Madurai

17 – 22 Archdiocesan Clergy Annual Retreat

23 Sat M Silver Jubilee Mass, Holy Cross Sisters, Koodal Nagar

24 Sun M MASHAT General Body Meeting, NPC, K. Pudur

E Confirmation and First Communion, Tuticorin

25 Mon Visitors by Appointment*

26 – 30 CBCI Standing Committee Meet, St. John’s,

Bangalore

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Please Note

* Appointments may be fixed by calling the Archbishop’s Secretary at

+ � 1 94433 86761 or by mailing to abssecretarymdu@gmail.com.

1 � Prayerful Feast Day greetings on

8th

i � � � ., the Feast Day of the Nativity of

Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of

Vailankanni) to all the reverend Fathers,

Sisters and Brothers ministering in our

Archdiocese.

2. Annual Retreat 2017: The Annual Retreat will

be held at PILLAR from 17– 22 of this month.

The Archbishop expects all the diocesan priests,

without exemption, and the willing

religious to participate at this annual obligation. DNL wishes

all the Fathers a fruitful annual Retreat 2017.

3. Annual Pilgrimage 2017: The Archdiocesan Annual

Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Martyr, St. John De Britto,

Oriyur, a long standing Tradition, will be resumed this year

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Religious Congregations, serving in our Archdiocese, ablessed Feast Day.

Missionaries of Charity (MC) 5th SeptemberSisters of Charity of St. Mary (DSS) 5th SeptemberSisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross (SCSC) 14th SeptemberSisters of the Holy Cross (HCM) 14th SeptemberSisters of the Cross of Chavanod (SCC) 14th SeptemberCongregation of Mother of SorrowsServants of Mary (The Servites) OSM 15th SeptemberVincentians (VC) 27th SeptemberThe Monfort Brothers of St. Gabriel 29th September

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nd October 2017, which falls on M � � � � � . Reverend Fathers

are informed well in advance to arrange for this Pilgrimage.

4. Ordo 2018: Kindly send the required information to

Fr. Secretary needed for the publication of Ordo 2018.

5. Directory 2018: The Parish Priests and all the

religious are requested to update information if there

were any change in the old Directory, 2011. Kindly

send information to Fr. Chancellor.

6. Congratulations to the following

Fathers for the construction:

i) Rev. Fr. Joachim - Construction of shops at

Kariapatti

ii) Rev. Fr. Maria Michael – Construction of

Parish Office building, Sengole Nagar.

iii) Rev. Fr. Arockiaraj S.J. – Construction of Arockia Madha

Church, Kamarajapuram, St. Mary’s. Special thanks to the Donors.

7. Erection of New Parish Nakkaneri: The (72th)

new parish, Nakkaneri, bifurcated from

Sundaranachiarpuram was erected by our Archbishop

Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy on 31st July. It was

declared St. Ignatius Loyola as the Patron Saint and

the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola as the parochial

church. This new parish is entrusted to the pastoral

care of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate

(MMI)with due Agreement.

8. Holy Cross’ New Communities: The Archbishop has permitted

and established (c.609) 2 new communities of

Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod, one at

Bomminayakkanpatti (of T. Sindalachery parish)

and the other at Sevugampatti (of Batlagundu

parish).

9. The Archbishop has welcomed (t � �

th Men Religious

Institute)Voluntas Dei Institute, a Secular Society to open

its religious community at L.K.B. Nagar of Anna Nagar parish,

Madurai. The Formation House was established by the

Archbishop on 15th July 2017.

10. Congratulations to Fr. Alex Gnanaraj who is appointed as the

Defender of the Bond for Marriage Nullity Cases.

11. All the Diocesan Parish Priests are requested to apply for passport

at once in view of Diocesan Priests’ tour to Srilanka before Lent

2018. At Senate meeting Archbishop has approved this.

- Fr. Edwin Sahayaraj, Co-ordinator for Tour.

Activities of Metropolitan Tribunal (June – August 2017):

The following cases were admitted and the Matrimonial process is on:

I. i) Mr. Maria Joseph Gnana Raj (Sivakasi) Vs Mrs.

Josephine Maria Rosary (Neiveli)

ii) Mrs.Sangheetha (Bomminayakkanpati) Vs Maria

Rajangam (T. Sindalachery)

iii) Mrs.Freeda (Munjikal) Vs Mr. Suresh Arpuda

Raj (Shenbaganur)

iv) Mr. K. A. Antony (Rayappanpatti) Vs Mrs.Leema Rose

(Chinnamanur)

II. The following Pleas for conjugal rights are received for

Reconciliation:

i) Mrs.Saleth Jacquline Jero (Bastian Nagar) with Jerome Jackson

Raj (Sivagangai).

ii) Mr. Maria Stephen Raj (Batlagundu) with Maria Veilankanni

Anita ( MerkuMarianathapuram).

iii) Mr. Regis Chellakumar (Bastian Nagar) with Sophia

(Samayanallur).

iv) Consal Kumar (Ceylone Refugee Camp, Batlagundu)

- Fr. John Diraviam, Judicial Vicar

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Commission for Dialogue

On 27th July there was seminar on ‘food is my right’ for guide teachersof the inter – religious group of middle school, High School and HigherSecondary Schools in Madurai Diocese. 85 teachers participated. Fr.Anandam, coordinator of commissions, gave an inspiring inaugural talkabout the need and importance of dialogue activities. Fr. Kennedy, LegalCell, Madurai unit portrayed the legal background of Beef-Ban Act.Dr. Shakul Hameed explained from Quran about the food allowed inIslam. He told that any food that is not harmful for the life of humanbeing is accepted by Quran. Apart from the welcome address, Fr. Arul,Secretary, explained in short about the food eaten by Hindus during theRig Vedic and Upanishadic period and what Vivekananda tells abouteating beef by Hindus.

The theme of the seminar was meaningfully portrayed by the flex-posters, pinned up around Nobili Hall. Competition was held for theTeachers on the content of the posters and prize were distributed .

The seminar was fruitful to all the participantsOn 8.8.2017 at 5.00 p.m. 20 people from the Hindu Islam and

Christian religiouns gathered in Nobili Hall to discuss about revivingThiru Arul Peravai in our diocese. It was moderated by Fr. Arul

On 16.8.2017 there was a meeting near Goripalayam Mosqueorganized by Tamilnadu Minority’s Welfare committee – Madurai unitdemanding the Government to fulfill the petitions submitted to theauthorities. It was presided over by Thiru Nanmaran Ex. MLA andvarious dignitaries like Rev. David Rajendran, Principal TTS, Rev. Edwin,Vice president SCI, Rev. Jayasing, Director CSI social department,Mrs. A. Thastif Jeham, former Principal of Meenakshi college, Mr.

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Rashool etc. Fr. A. Arul spoke on various issues of minorities. One ofour demands is to give the Christian freedom fighter, barrister GeorgeJoseph, Government honor to his statue erected in simmakkal. Thepresence of Fr. John Diraviam, Fr. Antony Samy and sisters enhancedthe street propaganda. More participation of Catholics from the cityparishes would have spiced the meeting still more.

Dialogue commission does not stop with individual activities but itintegrates all the activities with a mission motive. It realizes this missionthrough the interest and involvement of some members mentioned below:

Sr. Amalarani ICI, Fr. F. Vigily OSM, Sr. Amali SMMI,Mr. Arockiasamy, Rtd Teacher, Mr. Antony Raj Rtd Teacher, Mr. Kottar,Rtd Railway Staff, Mr. Ernest, Rtd Teacher, Mr. Solomon, Mr. AntonyBharath, Mrs. Agnes Lakshmi Francis, Rtd. Teacher

This year the team members visit the schools and animate the dialoguegroups with the theme “The wake of Beef-ban Act, Food is my right.”So far, we have visited schools in Batlagundu and Kodaikanal Vicariatesand Madurai North Vicariate. I thank all the correspondents andHeadmistress who have extended their generous cooperation.

Fr. Arul, Secretary

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U-19 football tournament and kittu trophy

Madurai district football Association 2017 – 2018

De Nobili Silver Jubilee Football Tournament and Kittu Trophy under

the banner of Madurai District Association was organized on Friday, 4th

August at De Nobili Matric Hr. Sec School ground.

It was an eminent day. We have solicited His Grace,

Most Rev. Dr. Antony Pappusamy for the De Nobili Silver Jubilee

sequence with the throb of Band, twirl of silambam, glee of dance and

glorified with aarati. Fr. Dr. L. Anandam, The Correspondent of De

Nobili Matric Hr. Sec School Madurai welcomed all the sports men and

audience. Fr. A. Vincent Madhan Babu, the principal of De Nobili Matric

Hr. Sec. Sechool, Madurai finally thanked the gathering.

Most Rev. Dr. Antony Pappusamy declared open the U-19 football

tournament by soaring the dove.

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T > ? @ A A B C E F eport of CRI Officials

The Meeting of CRI Officials Meeting was held at Bishop’s Housechaired by the Archbishop. Fr. John Diraviam, the Episcopal Vicar forthe Religious, at his welcome address, briefed about the nature of themeeting and pointing out the importance of this time of Modi India,welcomed all the participants, the Officials, namely the President,Secretary and Treasurer of 7 CRI Units in the Archdiocese.

His Grace initiated the discussion and asked each CRI Unit brieftheir activities of 2016-’17 and plans for 2017-”18. Prior to this Fr.Mahalingam thanked His Grace for his shepherding and on behalf of theReligious wished Feast Day greetings of St. John Maria Vianney to theArchbishop and all the diocesan priests.I. MADURAI CITY

Sr. Janet, the Secretary, briefed the activities of 2016. At the firstmeeting Fr. Mahalingam S.J. talked on the “Challenges of the Religious”.At the 2nd meeting Fr. Jeyaseelan s.j. conducted a work-shop on “ChildrenRights”. 3. The CRI Madurai has planned to adopt a village and helpthem. 4. During December 2016, it celebrated Christmas with all thereligious. 5. In March 2017, it conducted Sports Day for children.

Fr. Bernard sdb delivered a talk on“Psychological Approach to Religious Life”. 6.There was a Lenten pilgrimage at Lent.

The Concerns: There are 500 religious inthe city alone. But only 100 to 120 membersparticipate, and that too women religious only.Men religious need to participate.II. MADURAI WEST

Fr. Dominic sma, the Secretary, read thereport. In 2016 it conducted 4 meetings. TheCRI officials first made it a point to visit all the religious houses. Archbishopappreciated this effort of this CRI. It also produced the address book ofall the communities in Karumattur region. In September 2016 the meetingwas arranged on amoris laetitiae. 2. In December 2016 the Christmasgathering was celebrated where Sr. Amalarani, the CRI President ofMadurai city and Fr. John Diraviam, the Episcopal Vicar for the Religiousparticipated. It was celebrated at Guenelians Home of differently abledpeople. Each house gave a cultural programme. Around 150 formisparticipated in the gathering. 3. In March 2017 a meeting was arrangedfor the formis in which Fr. Dominic SMA gave a talk on “Psycho-Spiritualaspects of Relationship”. 4. Next Fr. Christuraj, the Founder of HolySpirit Congregation celebrated mass and the Archbishop gave recollectiontalk for the CRI members. 5. Address book of 2017 was published by Fr.Mahalingam, the President.III. SRIVILLIPUTHUR

Fr. Samuel SDB, the Secretary, read the report. In 2015 the CRIwas established by the Team, headed by Episcopal Vicar for the Religious.The address and the contact numbers were collected. 2. In November2015 a meeting was conducted at Kalavasal and the ministry at

Melanmarainadu mission was made known to themembers of CRI. 3. Once in 3 months the CRImeeting was conducted. Input on “PersonalityDevelopment” was offered at this meeting. Theother theme dealt was on the CONSECRATEDLIFE. 4. During December 2105 flood relief materialwas collected and sent to the victims of flood. 5. InNov. 2016 the meeting was held in Srivilliputhurhaving the theme of ‘Year of Mercy’. At this meetingit was also discussed how to work together with the

Students of 16 teams participated in the tournament. All of them

gave tough fight.The semi final opponents were St. Mary’s Hr. Sec School

and De Nobili Matric Hr. Sec. School. It was a formidable match. The

audience had goose bumps by adhering to the match. Al last De Nobili

team won the match.

There was spine – chilling competition and great aggression seen

from De Nobili team to accomplish the finals. The Final was between

Don Bosco Hr. Sechool and De Nobili Matric Hr. Sec. School. The final

match was won by De Nobili Matric. Hr.Sec. School who romped two

goals and the Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School romped zilich in the match.

The breath-talking match was triumphly won by De Nobili team who

romped two goals against Don Bosco School.

The valedictory function was held at De Nobili Matric. Hr. Sec. School

ground on Sunday, 6th of August and the prizes & Trophy had been given

to the players of different schools. The U-19 football tournament and

Kittu Trophy was won by De Nobili Team the Valiant, Courageous and

indomitable spirited boys. - Fr. Madhan Babu, Principal DNMHSS.

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G H I J K L N J Vicar Forane. 6. Now the president has been transferred andso the CRI’s work has been halted.IV. BATLAGUNDU

Sr. Catherine CIC, the Secretary, gave a report about the BatlagunduCRI’s functions. Every year 4 meetings were conducted in Batlagundu.Last year based on the ‘year of mercy’ the meetings were conductedwith the theme of ‘ O P Q R S U V Q W X Y Z P [ cy from God and be merciful like

the Father’. 2. One of the meetings was set apart to discuss variousministries done at the Vicariate. 3. At the 3rdmeeting it discussed on thetheme “Mass Media and its Impact on the Religious”. It was found thatmany religious are addicted to TV,cellphone, whatsapp, facebook, twitteretc. 4. The 4thmeeting was arranged to foster better relationship amongthe 11 religious houses in the Vicariate. 5. This Vicariate is proud of thecooperation of all the religious houses and a good relationship with thelocal Vicar Forane Fr. Xavier.V. THENI

The report was consolidated and shared by Sr. Alphonse, thePresident. It conducted 3 meetings. 1. At the first meeting Fr. Marivalanfocussed on the lives of the saints and encouraged the religious to lead afruitful consecrated life akin to that of the Saints. 2. The Sisters offeredcounselling to broken families in theparish. 3. They also started a group of“IraiIrakkathin Nanbarkal” and promotedthe devotion of divine mercy of Jesus. 4.Prison ministry was done on behalf ofthe CRI. 5. Christmas and Easter werecelebrated with the less privileged ones.6. It was decided to adopt a village inorder to help the children and women therein. 7. The sisters also helpedthe young people to get employment through various government schemes.

The first challenge is the sheep stealing of Catholics by otherdenominations. The second challenge that the CRI addressed this yearwas ‘ the impact of media’ among youngsters. During the flood in Chennaithe CRI collected a good amount and sent to Relief fund. The CRI alsotrained young women in handiworks and other income generating jobs.

After listening to the sharing of Sr. Alphonse, the President, thefloor clarified the activities of the CRI. Archbishop finally remarked thatthe Theni CRI should call for a meeting and should coordinate all the

works immediately with the help from the Episcopal vicar for the religiousand the Vicar Forane.VI. KODAIKANAL

Sr. Selvi pbvm, the Secretary read the report. The CRI follows asingle theme throughout the year. 1. In April 2016 the theme of mercywas focussed via various aspects. Fr. Imma gave an input session on

“Psycho-Spiritual Aspects of Mercy’. 2. In November2016 a conference was held on “God’s mercy in mydaily expression”. The speakers varied from a Hinduswamiji, a soothsayer, the religious, the Muslimreligious leaders etc. 3. In another meeting, the CRIidentified “Alcoholism” as one of the main evils inthe hilly region. CRI decided to eradicate this problemtotally. 4. In February 2017, Fr. George sdb. gave atalk on “Relationship among the Religious.” 5. In

March 2017, Fr. Jeganathan gave a talk on “My Inner Search and InnerJourney.” 6. In April 2017, Sr. Benedita gave a talk on ‘Religious Life”.7. The CRI also had a revision of the year. In July 2017, the CRI foundout that the most pressing evil at all places of Kodaikanal is Alchoholism.The second problem identified is “Students’ dislike for study”, due tofamily problems, in particular alchoholism. Hence easily the girl childrenare lured into abuses or to child marriages. So the CRI decided to identifysuch children and offer free education with boarding and lodging free ofcost. The CRI members decided to visit all the houses. With the help ofRotary Club and NGOs the CRI has decided to establish De Addiction

Center.

VII. VIRUDUNAGAR

The report was read by Sr. Gladia, the Secretary. 1. The firstmeeting was held in Sattur at Monfort House. The members visited thefamilies at their parishes and offered counselling to the broken families.2. In July 2016, the meeting was held at Sulakkarai with the input sessionof Sr. Sahaya Rani, Holy Cross who dealt on the theme of Mercy. 3. Atthe next meeting Sr. Caroline CIC enlightened the group on the “Evilsand problems of Tamil Nadu.” It was held in November 2016 at Kariapatti.The last meeting was held in Aruppukkottai on the theme of “Mercy”.All the meetings are held with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament atthe beginning. The CRI felt good about the participation of all the membersof all the congregations. The CRI also decided that the office bearerswould visit all the religious houses in Virudunagar vicariate.

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W ith that the sharing of all the CRI units came to an end. Duringthe concluding remarks of the discussion the Episcopal Vicar, Fr. M.John Diraviam congratulated for the good functioning of all the vicariates’cri units. He also noted due to the transfer of important officials of 3CRI units, namely Theni, Srivilliputhur and Batlagundu the recent activitieshave not been accelerated. Hence it was decided to call for immediatemeeting in all these 3 vicariates in order to elect proper officials.

The Archbishop at his concluding addresssaid that we, priests and religious need to findHoliness in our relationship. 2. At our religious andpriestly lives we need to have the “ C � � � � � � � � � �

Mindset”, namely we should never forget that weare consecrated people. 3. We should alwaysgratefully remember our consecration and shouldlead a life worthy of it. 4. As we have shared wewould plan our ministries systematically andexecute them in our Archdiocese in order topromote the well-being of the poor people at the Archdiocese.

Finally it was decided that we need to collectively concentrate onthe menace and threat posed by RSS. We need to give AWARENESSPROGRAMME on RSS menace in all the 7 CRI units of the Archdiocese.Once the Resource persons are identified all the Major Superiors andthe Heads of Institutions will be invited for a conference on BJP-RSSthreats and an action plan will be chalked out. Thus all the religious willbe conscientised on the impending political evils in India. It was alsostressed that we teach Catechism at our parish and institutions.FinallySr. Flora SJL thanked the Archbishop and all the participants of thegathering. With the prayer the meeting came to an end.

- . Dr. Sr. Lowrencia SAC

Jharkhand criminalizes religious conversion

The eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has passed a law criminalizingreligious conversions despite similar laws in six other states being usedby hard-line Hindu groups to target Christians. The bill passed the statelegislative assembly on Aug. 12. Critics see irony in the title of the ReligiousFreedom Bill 2017. It has faced increasing opposition since Aug. 1 whenit was cleared by the state cabinet of the ruling pro-Hindu Bharatiya

Janata Party (BJP) state government.   Chief Minister Raghuvar Dashas been pushing for the bill since December 2014 when his party andcoalition partners came to power.

The law against conversion by force or allurement provides forup to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rupees(US$800). Those wishing to convert need to inform top district officialof the reasons for, and the place of conversion, or face prosecution.There are more severe punishments for using “force” to convertminors and women as well as members of tribal minorities and lowercastes. - Courtesy: Ucannews

BJP’s hate-spreading advertisement againstChristianity in Jharkand

Jharkhand state in eastern India has produced an advertisementagainst Christian missionaries, drawing protests from Christian leadersand civil society members who see it as part of a vicious ongoingcampaign.

That this was being done officially by a state government wasshameful, said Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, Secretary-General ofthe Indian bishops’ conference. The advertisement, appearing in localHindi media on Aug. 12, misquoted independence hero and father of theIndian nation Mahatma Gandhi. It carried a picture of him smiling andsaying that Christian missionaries frequently sought to convert poor peopleby offering benefits. It cited Gandhi as stating that illiterate tribal andDalit people could not differentiate between Jesus and the ProphetMohammed because they were as mute and simple as cows. Thecontroversial advertisement appeared on the same day the statelegislature passed a law banning allurement or forced religious conversion.

- Courtesy: Ucannews

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Holy Rosary Church 3,000.00Munjikkal 2,000.00Devadanam 1,000.00Alangulam 600.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 47,630.00

Communication Day - 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 16,830.00Holy Rosary Church 4,500.00St. Mary’s Church 3,000.00Munjikkal 1,500.00Devadanam 1,000.00Alangulam 600.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 27,430.00

Prison Ministry - 2017

St. Mary’s Church 5,000.00Holy Rosary Church 3,000.00Samayanallur 3,000.00Batlagundu 2,700.00Kottur 1,000.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 14,700.00

KANI (Seminarians Fund )

Fr. Parish Priest & Parishioners, Silukkuvarpatti 75.000.00Fr. Rector, La Salette Shrine, Kodaikanal 20,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, Gnanaolivupuram 20,000.00Sr. Provincial, St. Anne’s Madurai 15,000.00Pastoral Visit, Kavirayapuram 11,850.00Er.M. Joseph Rathinasamy, Germanus Construction 10,000.00Fr. Parish Priest & Parishioners, Cumbum 10,000.00S. Punitha, Nakkaneri Parish 10,000.00St. Ann’s Convent, Rayappanpatti 10,000.00

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Holy Childhood - 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 1,83,574.00Munjikkal 11,500.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 1,95,074.00

Holy See - 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 1,00,331.00Munjikkal 7,500.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 1,07,831.00

Hunger & Disease - 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 16,32,961.00Munjikkal 20,000.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 16,52,961.00

Good Friday- 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 7,31,487.00Munjikkal 11,000.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 7,42,487.00

Vocation Sunday - 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 1,03,423.00Munjikkal 7,500.00

Collection as on 23/08/2017 1,10,923.00

St. Peter’s Pence - 2017

Collection as on 22/07/2017 36,030.00St. Mary’s Church 5,000.00