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 ENGAGEMENTS
CARDINAL OSWALD GRACIAS
Sun Apr 9 8:30 a.m. Celebrates Eucharist Palm Sunday, Holy Name Cathedral, Fort
Tue Apr 11 10:30 a.m. Bishops' Team Meeting, Archbishop's House, Fort
Thu Apr 13 7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper, Holy Name Oratory, Fort
Fri Apr 14 12:00 noon Participates in the Three Hours Agony service, Holy Name Cathedral, Fort
5:30 p.m. Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, Cross Maidan
Sat Apr 15 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Service, Holy Name Oratory, Fort
Sun Apr 16 9:00 a.m. Celebrates Eucharist of the Resurrection of the Lord with our retired priests,
Clergy Home, Bandra

BISHOP DOMINIC SAVIO FERNANDES

Tue Apr 11 10:30 a.m. Bishops' Team Meeting, Archbishop's House, Fort
Thu Apr 13 6:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper at Clergy Home, Bandra
Fri Apr 14 6:00 p.m. Good Friday Service at Our Lady of Assumption Church, Kandivli (W)
Sat Apr 15 6:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Service at Clergy Home, Bandra

BISHOP JOHN RODRIGUES

Tue Apr 11 10:30 a.m. Bishops' Team Meeting, Archbishop's House, Fort
Thu Apr 13 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Supper, St Joseph Church, CBD Belapur
Sat Apr 15 8:00 p.m. Celebration of the Easter Vigil, St Vincent De Paul Church, Khar
Sun Apr 16 4:00 p.m. Celebrates Eucharist for Migrant Community, St Theresa Church, Bandra

BISHOP ALLWYN D'SILVA

Tue Apr 11 10:30 a.m. Bishops' Team Meeting, Archbishop's House, Fort
Thu Apr 13 8:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper, St Joseph Church, Mumbra
Fri Apr 14 5:30 p.m. Passion of the Lord, Our Lady of Remedy Church, Poinsur
Sat Apr 15 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil, St John the Baptist Church, Thane

BISHOP BARTHOL BARRETTO

Tue Apr 11 10:30 a.m. Bishops' Team Meeting, Archbishop's House, Fort
Thu Apr 13 7:00 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Supper, St Michael Church, Mahim
Fri Apr 14 6:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Passion, Clergy Home, Bandra
Sat Apr 15 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Service, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Borivli

BISHOP BOSCO PENHA

Sun Apr 9 9:00 p.m. Visits to Workers of St Pius X College in their homes
5:00 p.m. Visits to Workers of St Pius X College in their homes
Thu Apr 13 7:00 p.m. Mass of Our Lord's Supper, Christ the King Parish, Oshiwara
Fri Apr 14 6:00 p.m. Our Lord's Passion, St Vincent de Paul Parish, Khar
Sat Apr 15 10:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass, St Michael Parish, Mahim
BISHOP PERCIVAL FERNANDEZ
Thu Apr 13 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service at St Vincent de Paul Church, Khar
Fri Apr 14 6:00 p.m. Good Friday Service at St Michael Church, Mahim
Sat Apr 15 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Service at St Thomas Church, Goregaon (E)

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 EDITORIAL
Fr Anthony Charanghat

Supper of Selfless Service

O
n the night of Maundy Thursday, when we remember the ins tu on of the Eucharist -
the source and summit of Chris an life, the Church in her wisdom proclaims John's good
news of the Washing of the Feet. Not only is the foot-washing a vivid picture of 'mercy
in ac on,' but it is also a drama c commentary on the selfless giving of Jesus' life. It spells out a
perfect summary of the selfless service that His life, death and Resurrec on was about.
On the night when 'the hour' dawned, Jesus showed whom He loved how He will love them
to the end. He begins to dispossess Himself: tonight of His garments, tomorrow of His life.
That night, He Himself laid aside His own garments; the next night, His clothing will be ripped
from Him by others. Wrapping a servant's towel around Himself, He washes their feet. Jesus
puts on visible signs of His love; later, naked on the Cross, He will be wrapped in nothing, but
His own blood.
Here is the Lord and Master, reaching out to those in need; in need of recogni on, of forgiveness,
of encouragement. Here is an ac on of service oered without dis nc on, including the one
who is to betray Him, including those who will shortly abandon Him. No one is outside this
embrace of communion. A er the foot-washing, Jesus returns to the table, to help His disciples
to understand what He has done. He says, "If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also have to wash one another's feet."
Blessed by the loving service of Jesus, they are now called to be given, broken, consumed in the
service of one another. The way out of the room leads to Gethsemane and Golgotha, to the self-
giving, the breaking, the consuming of the Servant in passion and death, and the arma on of
His love by the Father, when Jesus passes over into His Resurrec on. This is communion; this is
what the Eucharist is all about.
But there is another narra ve told to us in the liturgy of the Last Supper. It weaves in and out
of this washing of the feet. St Paul tells us the deeper meaning of all that is taking place within
this circle of the friends of Jesus. He tells us that on this very same occasion, 'the night before
he was betrayed,' Jesus took some bread, blest it and broke it, and said: 'This is my body which
is for you.' Then He took a cup of wine, and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do
this as a memorial of me.'
The washing of the feet and the giving of the Eucharist are inseparable, if each is to be fully
understood. Our service, one to another, finds its source and inspira on in the act of total self-
giving which is Jesus' death on the Cross. And that death, and the triumph of His Resurrec on,
is made constantly present to us in the Eucharist. For, as St Paul has said, "Every me you eat
this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming His death."
The Lord li ed up before us for our imita on in the washing of the feet is the same Lord who
comes to us in His life-giving death and resurrec on, in the Eucharist we celebrate and the Holy
Communion we share. So we have to recognise that without prac sing the service Jesus shows
us, we fail to fulfil the Eucharist we receive. Without our many works of service leading us to
the Cross of Jesus and the Eucharis c heart of that service, we fail to understand the deepest
meaning of the memorial of the Last Supper.
The message of Maundy Thursday oers a radical challenge to our conven onal ideas of poli cal
and religious leadership, that lusts a er en tlements and privileges at the cost of human dignity
and equality, be it in the first century Pales ne or our own 21st century.

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 Come forth to plant & build
Gods Kingdom
Homily preached by Cardinal Oswald Gracias at the Ordination ceremony of five
Deacons of the Archdiocese of Bombay.
T
oday is a very special day for each one of us. This
ordina on ceremony will be etched in your memory
and you will remember it all your life. Today is a
special day for our Seminary because it crowns the
eorts of the St. Pius family to form our future priests. Today
is a special day for the Presbyterium of the Archdiocese of
Bombay because five new, young, energe c, enthusias c
priests are being incorporated into our Presbyterium. Today
is a special day for this Archdiocese because our new priests
will bring new energy, new confidence, and new enthusiasm
as we plant God's Kingdom in this Archdiocese.
Today's Gospel narrates the raising of Lazarus: for Jesus it
was also a very special moment: He decidedly went late to
the house of Lazarus so that he could raise Lazarus from the
dead; he overruled the objec ons of his disciples who said
it was dangerous to go to Bethany, so close to Jerusalem,
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when they sought to kill him; and de facto this is the last
major miracle reported before our Lord's Passion-Death-
Resurrec on. Seeing that he had raised Lazarus from the
dead, his enemies decided that he should be killed.
But he was fulfilling the Mission given to him by the Father:
to infuse life, to bring the dead to life, to heal the sick, to give
liberty to cap ves, to set the downtrodden free, to reconcile
man and woman to God: to make his own life a bridge, a
means to go to the Father. Tomorrow with your First Masses
my dear Brothers, you will inaugurate your ministry: to do
what Jesus did, to give life, to build the Kingdom of God, to
be reconcilers, to transform society as true disciples of Jesus.
You will be appointed to parishes: and your task, with
the team to which you belong, is to build up the parish
community. In the Archdiocese of Bombay, in India and in
Asia, we have discerned that the new way of being Church
presently is through the Small Chris an Communi es. I want
to pay public tribute to Bishop Bosco Penha, who strove
relessly to make this opera ve in this Archdiocese and
beyond. It has served us immensely in the revitaliza on of
our parishes. Now it is me to review the past, see what
midterm changes may have to be made and to renew the
system, where necessary. This we have done in Asia with
ASIPA and for every living organism we must con nuously
examine, review and revitalize if the organism has to grow.
The family has been the focus of pastoral a en on at the
world level, the Asian level and the Indian level. Both the
FABC and the CCBI had taken the family as the theme for our
discussions at our Plenary Assembly last December and in
February. Many plans have been drawn up. Following the call
of Pope Francis in Amoris Laea, his post Synodal Apostolic
Exhorta on, these programmes have to be realized at the
local level. In our Archdiocese, we have an excellent, much
appreciated, and a well-organized Family Service Centre. But
more important and urgent is an eec ve Family Apostolate
in our parishes: our parish family cells, strengthening of
family associa ons, preparing couples to accompany the
newly married. Our task is to make good families be er, holy
families holier, and giving assistance to families in dicult
situa ons. This needs to be a priority in the coming years.
As the family was the theme of the last Synod of Bishops,
the youth is the theme for our Synod next year. So the
youth apostolate is something that you should focus on. You
will be in your teams the youngest, are probably the most
energe c member. And without wan ng to interfere with the
preroga ve of the Parish Priests who decide who takes which
por olio, I would think that it is likely that you will be given
charge of the youth. In the Seminary during your pastoral
experience training you have studied the youth apostolate.
We have a well-organized Archdiocesan Youth Centre; but
again this has to be localized in our parishes. Our youth, we
frequently say is our future and our present. And this is very
true. Our youth have many ques ons. You have to assist
them to search and find answers. They have ques ons of
faith, ques ons of life, and ques ons regarding the future.
Through your own experiences and learning, you should be
able to assist them. Do so, accompanying them but do not
think that because you are fresh from the Seminary, you have
all the right answers. The Holy Spirit speaks through them
and to them as well. Hence accompany them as they search.
Pope Francis has been repeatedly calling the Church to be
islands of mercy and compassion. We have just completed
the Year of Mercy. This year our focus, responding to the
Holy Father's call, is "promo ng a culture of mercy." In
the Archdiocese of Bombay, we have Community Centers,
we have the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, we have a
number of associa ons and groups caring for the poor
and the marginalized. As I said about the Small Chris an
Communi es so too I say about the Community Centers:
we need to examine, evaluate and make any midterm
correc ons, if necessary. This we know is needed for the
revitaliza on of any living organism.
I have referred to dierent areas of the apostolate
that you will have in the parishes you will go to. I would
recommend that in the 60 days you have before you take
up your first assignment, you should reflect on these areas
of the apostolate, your own experiences, your ideas, your
dicul es; read up, discuss and prepare yourself as you
launch into the ministry.
The areas men oned and others are very challenging.
So was it for Our Lord. His call was "Lazarus, come forth".
Lazarus come forth from death to life. Jesus gave life to
Lazarus. But he also took the help of his disciples. Before
he called Lazarus, he told them to roll back the stone. A er
raising Lazarus, he told them to unbind him and set him
free. He could have done all this by himself, with a word; but
he sought to work with a team. So my dear Brothers, must
you. Jesus knew exactly what he intended when he went
to Bethany. He told his disciples to accompany him and got
them to help Lazarus and so must you. Go ahead with clear
objec ves, a clear strategy, and clear steps, unhesita ngly
with full confidence.
Your call, my dearest brothers, in the midst of all these
ac vi es is to be an integrated priest: the areas of the
apostolate I have spoken of are in no way meant to be an
exhaus ve list. But all your ministry must be expressions
of your inner integra on, of a priesthood founded on
discipleship of the Lord. It should be an outpouring of your
pastoral enthusiasm, of your discipleship. Your integra on
will come from your spirituality, from your faith in the
Passion-Death-Resurrec on of the Lord.
All of you have shared with me how much you prayed
during your pre Ordina on Retreat and how you experienced
the presence of the Lord. You cannot rest of this. You have to
build on it, strengthening your prayer life. Never, never, never
give up your prayer life. This is the basis of your integra on
as a priest. This was the secret of Jesus, the secret of Mary,
of the Saints and this is the secret of all our dedicated Parish
Priests who work so hard for our people.
My dear brothers, our people are good: kind,
understanding, pa ent, encouraging and suppor ve. And
they expect li le from our priests: Availability, not a 9 - 5
priest who says please come during my oce hours or today
is not my duty day. They expect kindness. They do not expect
you to always says 'yes', but they easily sense a kind heart
that seeks to help them. They expect a spiritual man who
seeks to bring God to them by his life, his a tudes and his
words. Survey a er survey in India and in our Archdiocese
have shown that faith-forma on is the big need of our
people. So they want good, substan al, well prepared
homilies. Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium, the Joy of the
Gospel, speaks extensively about the prepara on of the
homily. If you have not read this sec on, please do so. It is
very prac cal, down to earth and helpful.
This then is your calling. You have the example of Jesus
in today's Gospel. You have to say like Him 'Lazarus come
forth'. As you go away a er your ordina on, you have the
whole world before you to conquer. The Seminary has toiled
hard for you, preparing you for your ministry in the very best
way it could. And I want to thank the Rector and the Sta
during this ceremony publicly for their great eorts. Thank
you very much! My brothers, now is the me for you to put
into prac ce what you have learnt, to build what you are
prepared for, to make a reality of what you planned for. Go
out with generosity, with commitment but above all with
the spirit of humility and with a spirit of prayer. I need not
remind you that you are first and foremost spiritual leaders,
not managers.
I said the task ahead is very challenging but remember
that with Jesus no stone is too big to be rolled away. The
first reading from Ezekiel speaks of the dry bones. With
Jesus, no bones are too dry to have flesh put on them. Your
faith is in Jesus who says, "I am the Resurrec on and the
Life." You have to walk in his footsteps, with his strength
and according to his call. You will be a great blessing for and
a great gi to the Archdiocese of Bombay. You must work
dedicatedly, commi edly and generously. This you must do.
This you can do. This, I know, you will do. God bless you.
Ad multos annos!
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Palm Sunday of the Lords Passion
Procession Gospel Mt 21:1-11
e enter into Holy Week, the Great Week of the
W liturgical year, with the procession of palms.
In ancient mes, this Sunday was called "the
flowering Pasch" - a righ ul sugges on that this
is not a pageant or a folkloric restaging of what is described
in the gospel, but an an cipa on of what we will celebrate in
the days ahead, and especially in the Triduum, the three-day
feast of Christs Pasch: His Passover through death into the
life which He shares with all those who die and rise with Him.
The palms or branches that we wave, the 'Hosannas' that
we sing, are symbols of Christs victory, of the sap that flows
through the wood of the Cross to flower in us, the branches
gra ed onto Him.
The processional gospel begins near Bethphage on the
Mount of Olives, just outside Jerusalem, with the obedience
of two of Jesus disciples who are sent to find the ass and
colt on which Jesus will sit. Perhaps, the puzzling men on of
two animals suggests that the colt was a young animal being
pressed into its first service, and so accompanied by a parent.
The service it will oer is to carry the Messiah into His own
city as the royal Son of David. Jesus will not charge into
Jerusalem/Zion on the back of a well-muscled warhorse; He
will come humbly, gently, on an animal of the people of the
land. This was how Solomon rode into Gihon for his anoin ng
as king (1 Kgs 1:38), a symbolic reminder that the kings
main concern was not to make war, but to establish peace,
and defend the poor and disadvantaged. That most of the
kings failed in this voca on contributed greatly to the later
Sr Verna A Holyhead of the Congregation of the Good
Samaritans of the Order of St Benedict was a Scripture scholar
and a well-known retreat preacher.
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The palms or branches that we wave,
the "Hosannas" that we sing, are
symbols of Christs victory, of the sap
that flows through the wood of the
Cross to flower in us, the branches
grafted onto him.
downfall of the monarchy.
Who were in the crowd that followed Jesus? Immediately
before this entry, Ma hew has described a large crowd that
was joined by the two blind beggars whom Jesus healed (Mt
20:29-34). Ma hew seems to suggest that this is the crowd
that followed Jesusa mixed lot of the poor, the healed,
the unambi ous, the women and children, the sinners
whom Ma hews narra ve describes as gathering around
Jesus. These were the people who had experienced His
compassionate love along the way, no doubt joined by those
who would come running at the least hint of excitement
and disappear just as quickly when their expecta ons were
not met. They probably didnt have much to spread along
the way, no so runner to roll out, but some laid down their
dusty and unglamorous cloaks to make a royal carpet for
this conspicuously humble king. Others, perhaps the more
excitable, ripped branches o the trees to wave. Ma hew
deliberately evokes memories of the Old Testament crowd
who had hailed kings (1 Kgs 1:32-37; 2 Kgs 9:13) and great
leaders (1 Macc 13:51; 2 Macc 10:7) in similar ways.
But crowds are fickle. Today, the words are right, but for
some, the understanding is shallow. In a short me, some
of the "Hosannas" will turn to "Crucify him!" Today, we hear
that the whole city of Jerusalem was shaken by the arrival of
the one who was hailed as a Davidic king and a prophet; in a
few days, there will be another earthquake in Jerusalem as
the King and Prophet dies (Mt 27:51-54).
We should not be horrified in retrospect, but honest
about our own fickleness and vacilla ng commitment to
the humble One who comes to us as the crucified and risen
Christ for the sake of our salva on.
I
n the course of his three-year public BERNIE TELLIS
ministry, Jesus spoke at various mes
in various places: the Temple, from
the boat on the sea of Galilee, on

Sermon from the

the Mount, at Jacob's well However,
the 'sermon' from the pulpit of the
Cross at Calvary was unarguably His last
and finest. It marked the culmina on

Pulpit of the Cross

and climax of what was, un l then, the
jewel in the crown the Sermon on
the Mount, which is the Bible in brief
because here he prac sed what He had
heretofore preached.
The Saviour carried the pulpit with
Him on that terrible, blood-soaked
Friday, as He made the arduous
climb to its res ng place at Calvary.
There was a motley congrega on
assembled below Him, comprising the
brutal soldiery, the jeering mob that
had accompanied Him to enjoy the
tamasha, scribes and Pharisees who
were there to note the execu on of
the sentence, His mid disciples lurking
on the periphery, ready to flee at the
slightest hint of danger to themselves.
And humanity down the ages
But there were also the faithful:
His blessed Mother Mary, Mary of
Magdala, Mary the wife of Clopas, John
the Evangelist, Joseph of Arimathea
and Nicodemus (both closet Chris ans),
and the two thieves on either side, of whom knew only too well what they all His humanity, a reflec on of each
between whom He hung, quite literally, were doing! of us in the final throes of death which
as a Link between Heaven and Earth, "Today, you will be with Me in we all face alone. The loneliness as we
forsaken by One, crucified by the other, paradise." Forgiveness to the repentant hang between life and eternity, wrongly
hanging there, the carpenter's Son, sinner, even at death's door. The same believing we have been abandoned
on that old rugged Cross. Below, the reward for all the labourers in the by God. In the case of Jesus, He was
soldiers cast lots for His only possession harvest, regardless of the moment of abandoned/rejected by all, save the
the garments sewn by his Mother their conversion, because God's ways few at the foot of the Cross.
gambling the riches of Eternity for the are not our ways. The good thief, St "I thirst." Flashback to the reading of
transient treasures of Time! Dismas, is rewarded with the promise the third Sunday in Lent. Jesus asks the
Then Jesus speaks in His final agony: of heaven he managed to steal in a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well for a
"Father, forgive them, for they know last-minute burst of faith and hope, drink of water, to her shocked surprise.
not what they do." The God of mercy whereas the disciple Thomas sought Then He explains that He is the living
and compassion, seeking forgiveness proof for his faith, as so many do today. water that quenches our spiritual thirst,
for those who had betrayed Him, "Woman, behold your son. Son, having found which we shall thirst no
denied Him, condemned Him, as He behold your Mother." Mary and Jesus - more. "My soul is thirs ng for the Lord;
taught us to do in the Lord's Prayer; at His birth, at His death; at the crib, at when shall I see Him face to face?" The
as He exhorted Peter (and us) to do, the Cross. At the start of His ministry in Samaritan woman realises she has met
"not seven, but 70 mes seven." It is Cana, at the comple on of it at Calvary. Him face to face, and rushes o to the
dicult to die even for a good man, yet The Woman men oned in Gen 3:15, city to give the Good News to others,
here was the Divine Vic m dying for, the Woman clothed with the sun in becoming a believer, martyr and saint,
and forgiving, the undeserving, some Rev 12 is co-Redemptrix in the ongoing St Pho ne. "Truly, our souls are restless
work of our salva on. un l they rest in Thee."
Bernie Tellis is an educationist, "My God, my God, why have you
freelance writer and social activist. forsaken Me?" presents Jesus to us in (Contd on Pg 12)

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The Jerusalem Road Show
The Experience of Cornelius (a first-person account)
I
was a Roman Centurion, bound by duty
to enforce law and order.
Contrary to common percep on,
and beneath the faade of sternness,
I wasnt prejudiced against the Jews.
In fact, I had a secret admira on for Jesus.
As it grew by the day, His
popularity increased,
and I began to experience a sense
of unease.
It was not long before it would develop
into a personality cult
the very opposite of what He stood for.
The inevitable happened. They proclaimed Him king.
In a show of solidarity, they welcomed Him with
palm branches.
The poten al law and order problem was nipped in the bud.
But the signals were clear. Compromises must be reached.
Fake news to discredit Him.
Spin-doctors set the rumour mills in mo on.
Word reached the inner circle of His disciples.
The deal was done. He must be stopped.
The exit polls must be proved wrong.
I could not believe what I saw happening,
and I was powerless to control it.
Yesterdays hero had become todays villain.
Slow to understand, many of the disciples themselves
saw their dreams for places in the kingdom collapse.
He had warned them about its dangers.
They sought Him, only because He sa sfied their hunger
as He fed the five thousand on the hillside.
Most of them walked away, disillusioned,
their impressionable minds as malleable as so clay.
Strangely, He did nothing to stem the de.
The few that remained, did so
because they had nowhere else to go.
It did not however, make them less gullible.
All the while, I could only think of my servant
whom He had healed by His word from a distance.
I remembered Jesus words
reportedly asking His disciples the ul mate ques on.
"But you, who do you say that I am?" (Mt 16:15)
Over the next week, my faith in Him would be put to the test.
Was I His follower, only because He had healed
my servant?
Would I walk away a er witnessing the inevitable rejec on
Christopher Mendonca is a feature columnist on themes of
special liturgical seasons of the year.
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that was to end in His death?
Would I seek to compromise, like Judas
and ingra ate myself with the establishment?
Would I deny Him like Peter?
Would I abandon Him like the others,
leaving only His Mother and John
to stand by the Cross on which He
was crucified?
Providen ally, I didnt have to make
that choice.
Duty demanded that I be there, with them.
In some strange way, I felt I had
lost everything.
But in that emp ness, I experienced the fullness of
His presence.
I acknowledged Him as the Son of God.
I didnt need to wait for that Easter morn.
As I watched His life slowly ebb away.
I saw all my percep ons of Him disappear too -
Preconcep ons about Him had led many to desert Him,
because He didnt fit into their scheme of things.
I had none to begin with, but perhaps because of it,
approached Him to heal my servant.
As He did so, I experienced power going out of Him,
much more than the relief that my servant was cured.
I had experienced the s rring of something deep within me.
I was inwardly transformed; a buried treasure had
been unearthed,
and I would sell all that I had to keep it.
I would follow Him to the end.
The day a er His burial, I s ll felt His presence.
Now that He had died, would that be the end for me?
What would being His follower mean a er this?
Would it merely be the cherishing of His memory?
The experience of His power within me
was central to my following Him.
His teachings were something new,
but lest we follow Him for the novelty that it was,
He had told his disciples that He himself was the WAY.
I remembered and was consoled.
The dark night in which I experienced His absence
was illumined by the dawn of Easter.
I could s ll follow Him now.
Only one thing was necessary.
I would choose the be er part -
Living out of the fullness of His presence,
the Spirit of the Risen Lord within us,
making it the source of all we are, everything we do.
J
esus, Son of God,
born without the
stain of sin in the
stable of Bethlehem.
The One who traversed the
plains and hillsides of Judea
and Galilee, and in doing
so, relessly proclaimed
the Good News that God
loves all of ussinner and
saint, the leper, the tax-
collector, the adulteress, the
possessed. The Messiah who
promised that the poor, the
laughed-at, and the seekers
of jus ce would be heirs
in the Kingdom. The Good
Shepherd who longed to hug
the lost close to His heart.
The Father who watches
and waits for the prodigal
to return. In the three years
of His public
ministry, Jesus went
around, healing and
upli ing the downtrodden,
loving and being loved in
return. For this, He was sent
into the world to spread the
News that God so loved us
that He sent Him, the only
Bego en Son to make whole
(holy), and to redeem from
the darkness that engulfs
humanity ever since that
first rebellion in the Garden
of Eden.
Noel DSilva is a regular contributor to Christian periodicals
Last Days of Jesus
We have to be Christ-bearers to the world, and especially
to those on the periphery.
The reconcilia on of
humankind to the Father
was always on His mind. Did
He not constantly tell His
disciples how He would be
treated during the last days
in Jerusalem? His followers
could not
understand. Nevertheless,
the rejec on and the
animosity of the religious
leaders were witnessed
by the closest followers.
For Jesus, the pain and the
anguish of this ever-present
repudia on was hard to
bear. "My people, what have
I done to you, and how have
I oended you? Answer me!"
(Micah 6:3) You also have
that most heart-breaking
sentence in John 1:11 "He
came unto His own, and His
own received Him not."
Yet, Jesus did not flinch
from what the ul mate
rejec on was leading Him to.
He accepted the humilia on,
the suering, the Cross. As a
ma er of fact, so complete
was His incarna on into
our lives that He took upon
Himself our sins God
made the sinless One
into sin - profound and
mys cal words.
In the Garden of
Gethsemane, Jesus,
so to say, put aside His
Divinity, and allowed His
humanity to face the full
onslaught of evil and the
evil one. The degrada on
and despair of a million souls
seeped into the innermost
recesses of His humanity.
The blood of the murdered
made His hands crimson
with the darkest hue. The
hatred that has destroyed
peace in a thousand and
one ways polluted His soul.
The born and the unborn,
the living and the dead, the
sinner and the saint through
the aeons of me were
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NOEL DSILVA
all there in that Garden,
heaping curses on His head.
All but the one who was
Immaculate from the very
moment of her birth. She
was nowhere near at hand
to lend Him consola on. The
consciousness of being sin,
and of, therefore, rebelling
against God, sent spasms
of convulsion and made
Him sweat blood. "My God,
my God, why hast Thou
forsaken me?" could have
been the prayer of Jesus in
His Agony in the Garden. The
severest test of the human
will of Jesus was the one
that asked Him to drink in
all the poison of sin, to take
on aliena on from God and
to embrace forsakenness.
How u erly unimaginable to
understand the depth of this
estrangement in one who
was beloved of His Father!
He truly bore the sins, the
disobedience of mankind
and, like many a sinner, He
felt the darkness of despair
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 and dejec on in the very
marrow of His bones.
"O God, My God, why have
you gone from me
Far from my prayers, far
from my cry
To you I call, but you never
answer me,
You send no comfort and I
don't know why"
Why did Jesus have to
undergo all this? To show
that He shared in all the
human tragedies enacted
in me? To show us the
horribleness of sin? To
show that we can rise up,
despite the enormity of an
evil deed? Yes, undoubtedly.
One fact we can certainly
postulate is that he clothed
Himself in sin and died on
the Cross for us to atone
as only He could and did.
He bridged the chasm
between humanity and God
SERMON FROM THE PULPIT OF THE CROSS (Contd from Pg 9)
"It is finished." Obedient
to the Father to the very
end, even unto death
on the Cross. "Not my
will, but Thine be done."
Chris anity is about taking
up our personal crosses,
and following the Lord's
example, rising a er each
fall. The Cross is a Chris an
symbol, not a pagan piece of
jewellery, as it has become
today. It symbolises suering
and salva on. There is no
crown without the Cross, for
the path to Easter Sunday
passes via Calvary. And every
SACRIFICE of the MASS is
a commemora on of Holy
Thursday and Good Friday.
"Father, into Your hands,
I commend my spirit." To
ensure He is really dead,
the centurion pierces
His side with a lance,
and immediately there
gushes forth blood and
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and reconciled man and
God. He died in our place.
It was we who deserved
to die, but He took our sin
upon Himself and paid the
penalty Himself. This is what
it means that Christ died for
us (Romans 5:8) and gave
himself for us (Gala ans
2:20). As Isaiah says, "He
was pierced through for
our transgressions, He was
crushed for our iniqui es.
The Lord has caused the
iniquity of us all to fall on
him." (Isaiah 53:5-6)
How grateful we must be
to Jesus, our Saviour and
Redeemer, this Lent and
always. As St Paul puts it
in Romans 7 & 8 "Very
rarely will anyone die for a
righteous person, though
for a good person, someone
might possibly dare to die.
But God demonstrates His
water. The circumstances
surrounding His death and
the reverbera ons around
open the eyes of the
centurion who says in belief:
"Truly, this was the Son of
God!" He, St Longinus, is
another convert of the Cross
at Calvary.
It seems as though Jesus
had a bad day in the pulpit.
All His chosen ones, except
John, had vanished without
a trace. Peter, who had
correctly iden fied Him as
"the Christ, the Son of the
Living God" only a short
me earlier, kept protes ng
to all who asked that he
didn't know the Man! Judas
had betrayed Him with the
sign of love for 30 pieces of
silver. Those who had waved
palms and chanted hosannas
a week before, screamed
in the Praetorium, "Crucify
him! Crucify him!" Nathanael
own love for us in this: While
we were s ll sinners, Christ
died for us."
Jesus has redeemed us
from the guilt and power
of sin, and has made us
holy once again, in the sight
of God. "In Him, we have
become the goodness,
the righteousness of
God." By being entombed
in a subs tute grave, by
placing His Body in Mother
Earth, the world became
the tabernacle of God. A
new crea on begins a
new earth and a new
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had said: "What good can
come out of Nazareth?"
Philip tells him to "come and
see." Is this what we see
then, the end of the journey,
the sum of the sermon?
On the contrary. Jesus'
death brought life to the
world, for by the Cross,
we are both crucified with
Christ and alive in Him. Not
for nothing do we say: "We
adore Thee, O Christ, and
we praise Thee, because
by Thy Holy Cross, Thou
hast redeemed the world!"
Indeed, Jesus is the only King
for whom people around the
world are ready to die, to
this day.
Can our pulpits be as
eec ve? Yes, if we were
be er par cipants, for while
it belongs to the priest (in
the person of Jesus) to cra
the content, it belongs to
us to arm the truth as the
heaven are proclaimed,
and a new beginning for
humanity is announced in
the Resurrec on.
May this new beginning
begin in me, and in each
one of us. May we carry the
Love, the Joy, the Peace,
the Hope of Jesus to all
those we come in contact
with. The Crucifixion, Death
and Resurrection challenge
us to be Christ-bearers to
the world, especially to
those who were the object
of His affection and love
the peripherals.
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good thief and the centurion
did, the Word having fallen
on fer le soil.
On Calvary, God accepted
His own unbreakable terms.
For, in the words of Dorothy
L. Sayers: "For whatever
reason, God chose to make
man as he is limited and
suering and subject to
sorrow and death He had
the honesty and the courage
to take His own medicine.
He was born in poverty and
died in disgrace. And what's
more, He thought it well
worthwhile to do so."
No, Calvary is not the
end. The sermon from
the pulpit of the Cross is a
work in progress, like our
own personal salva on. It
climaxes in the spring me
of Easter, whose promise is
wri en in every budding leaf
and every believing heart!
 MARCELLUS DSOUZA angel in Bethlehem, and to the Easter
message of the angel at the tomb,
and also to the proclama on of the
seventh angel of the Apocalypse. The
message to the shepherds began with

The Exsultet the words: "Fear not: for behold, I bring

you good dings of great joy" (Luke
2:10); the angel at the tomb said: "Do

Proclamation of Easter not be afraid" (Ma hew 28:5). In like

manner, the herald of the Paschale
Praeconium begins with an exhorta on
to joy, whence the name Exsultet. The
announcement with the trumpet by the

T
he Exsultet is the high point of the Easter Vigil. True, the Easter Vigil seventh angel of the Apocalypse, "The
service, which is divided into four parts, has the Service of Light; The kingdoms of this world are become
Liturgy of the Word; Chris an Ini a on and the Renewal of Bap smal the kingdom of our Lord and of his
Vows and the Eucharist, but the Exsultet or the 'Easter Proclama on' holds Christ" (Apocalypse 11:15), is alluded
a special place in the en re celebra on of the service. to in the Exsultet with the words: "Let
The Exsultet is the hymn of praise. It is sung, ideally by a deacon, before the the trumpet of salva on proclaim the
Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil. In the absence of a deacon, it may be sung victory of so great a king."
by a priest or by a cantor.
The hymn, besides making the proclama on that Jesus Christ
has risen gloriously, invites both heaven and earth to join with
the Church in joy and jubila on. It is the rite of sanc fica on of
light and night, of place and me, of priest and the faithful for the
celebra on of the Resurrec on of Our Lord.
The hymn is filled with profound theology, radiant with youthful
enthusiasm, flowing in the most solemn rhythms of the psalms,
resounding in the most jubilant cadences of Gregorian chant.
This sacramental, based on the ritual of the Old Testament,
and containing as it does venerable relics of apostolic tradi on,
reflects and transmits to us an echo of the glorified joy of
early Chris anity.
Two liturgical forms are combined in the structure of the
Exsultet: gospel and anaphora (canon). The Exsultet is the
proclama on of the beginning of Easter and the invita on
to celebrate the Paschal mysteries; therefore, it is in the form of a gospel. It The light of the Easter candle "blots
is the blessing and obla on of light, a sacrificial rite; therefore, in the form of out crime, washes away sins and
an anaphora. restores innocence, "by forgiving
The Va can re-introduced the rite of the Lucernarium (the evening ligh ng of venial sins and temporal punishment
lamps service) about the middle of the seventh century in the form of the Holy for sins. It "banishes enmi es,
Saturday. Although the Liber Ponficalis (which records the biographies of popes produces concord, and gives joy to
from Saint Peter un l the 15th century) credits Pope Zosimus (who reined from the sorrowful."
March 18, 417 to his death in 418) with the introduc on of this blessing of the The Exsultet contains an abundance
candle, it is more probable that, as his biographer claims, Pope Theodore (642- of temporal eects, so that Chris ans
649) deserves this honour. may in complete tranquillity enjoy the
The present rites of the blessing of the fire, of the procession and its Lumen holy season. When the Church asks God
Chris (the Light of Christ) and of the blessing of the Easter candle, present a in so solemn a manner on behalf of
fusion of three variants of the original Lucernarium. The special prayers for the the faithful that He may "ever rule and
blessing of this candle were called Laus Cerei (Praise of the Candle) which can guide and keep them" in His "devoted
be found in the Roman Missal in the fi h century. St Paul, and before him, St protec on," then this special protec on
Augus ne, are credited with its introduc on. of their ways and lives, of their health
The term Paschale Praeconium (Paschal praise) used in this blessing indicates and happiness is assured. The Exsultet
the nature of the Exsultet as the great song acclaiming the risen Christ. is wish and prayer, congratula on and
The Exsultet is further introduced with words alluding to the message of the impetra on of a blessed, glorious,
joyful, jubilant Easter.
Marcellus DSouza is a Professor at Mumbai University.

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NOTES COMMENTS
Stabat Mater
ALBERT C. DESOUZA
The devo on of the Sta ons of the Cross in Lent is a graphic
recount of Jesus' painful journey from Pilate's residence along
Via Dolorosa to Mount Calvary, where He was crucified. As we
pray each of the fourteen sta ons, at intervals, the prayers are
interspersed with singing of stanzas from the Stabat Mater - a
La n hymn which is a medita ve and descrip ve account of
Christ's journey to the place of His Crucifixion.
The Stabat Mater is considered one of the seven greatest
hymns of all mes. It is based on the prophecy of Simeon
that a sword was to pierce the heart of His mother Mary
(Luke 2:35). The hymn originated in the 13th century, during
the peak of Franciscan devo on to the crucified Jesus. The
authorship of the hymn has been variously a ributed to
Pope Innocent III (1216) and St Bonaventure. However, credit
for its authorship is generally given to Jacopene da Todi, a
Franciscan friar (1230-1306). He was a layman who, upon the
death of his wife, joined the priesthood. Be that as it may,
the imagery that the Stabat Mater invokes is because of its
incomparable depic on of the sorrow of the Holy Mother
walking the Way of the Cross with her Son. There are at least
60 English transla ons of the Stabat Mater. It has been set
to music by various celebrated composers like Bach, Vivaldi,
Haydn, Schubert and Verdi using the original La n text. The
Stabat Mater narrates Mary's intense suering; there is a
touching vividness with which it depicts the Mother weeping
at the Cross. It has tenderness, beauty, rhythm and a lil ng
sad and plain ve melody. In some of the words, extreme
poignancy is evident. Quis est homo qui non fleret etc. (Is
there any man who will not weep on seeing Christ's Mother?)
By way of informa on, there is a parallel or "mirror image" of
the Stabat Mater Dolorosa. It called the Stabat Mater Speciosa.
It concerns the Na vity of Christ, but is not so well known. It
is about Christ's journey from the Stable at Bethlehem to the
Cross on Calvary. It is a subject by itself.
Our young genera on, including the clergy, may not be aware
of this masterpiece of Catholic literature. I have selected a few
stanzas below, the La n on the le , with the English transla on
which is not literal, but keeps the meter (trochaic tetrameter),
rhyme scheme and spirit of the original La n text.
Stabat Mater dolorosa At the Cross, her sta on keeping
Juxta crucem lachrymose stood the mournful Mother
weeping
Dum pendebat filius close to her son to the last.
Quis est homo qui non fleret, Matrem Is there one who would
not weep
Chris si videret whelmed in miseries so deep
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In tanto supplicio Christ's dear Mother to behold
Pro peccas suae gens For the sins of His own na on
Vidit Jesum in tormens She saw Jesus wracked with
torment
Et flagellis subditum All with scourges rent
Juxta crucem tecum stare By the Cross with thee to stay
Et me bi sociare there with thee to weep and pray
In planctadesidero Is all I ask of thee to give.
DHLC: the year gone by
NINETTE LOBO
The current year establishes a landmark for DHLC, which
completes 20 years in the service of life. The seeds were sown
in 1997, when Cardinal Simon Pimenta conceived the idea of
star ng DHLC. His aim was to promote a Culture of Life in the
city and the Archdiocese of Bombay. We have since addressed a
number of pressing issues that plague our community:
1. Pornography: A Pandemic January 17, 2016
In conjunc on with the Bombay Catholic Sabha, DHLC organised
a programme on Pornography at OLPS, Chembur. Shane
Gomes, a youth animator of the Parish, spoke on the Evils of
Pornography, as well as forgiveness of and li ing up in prayer
those involved in this malice.
2. Raising Happy Families February 24, 2016
This programme (specially meant for parents of children of the
Jr & Sr KG and Class I to IV) was held at St Joseph Primary School,
Bandra. The resource person, Dr Yolande Pereira, dealt expertly
with the subject, and answered many ques ons from the parents.
3. India in Rome
A DHLC member, Dr Pascoal Carvalho, who is also a member of
the Pon fical Academy for Life, a ended a session on life issues
in Rome from March 3-6, 2016.
4. Pro-Life Day March 13, 2016
Pro-Life Day 2016, celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, Santa
Cruz, comprised a talk on Family and Mercy and a session on
the ill-eects of hardcore pornography. The DHLC Lily and
Rose Award was given to the Health Promo on Trust of the
Archdiocese of Bombay and the Sr Anunciata Award was
presented to Dignity Founda on for its care of Senior Ci zens.
5. Violence among Teenagers June 24, July 4, July 22, Aug 12
DHLC conducted a session on this important topic at St Joseph
Convent for Class IX students, at Canossa Convent for Class 7
& 8 students, and at St Michael School for Class 7 & 8. DHLC
did these programmes together with the Archdiocesan Family
Commission and the resource person was Diana Gudinho.
6. Sex Educaon, Relaonship & Hygiene June 12, 2016
A special session was held at St Joseph Convent for the tribal
girls. (together with the Family Commission)
7. Good Touch, Bad Touch July 14, Aug 6 & 13
DHLC conducted a session each at St Joseph Convent (for parents
of pre-primary students), Mary Immaculate, Borivli (for parents
of pre-primary students) and St Michael (for parents of students
of Class 1 to 4). These programmes were done together with the
Family Commission; the resource person was Diana Gudinho.
8. Naonal Symposium A curtain raiser to DHLC compleng
20 years October 21-23
The theme of this Symposium held at St Pius X College,
Goregaon, was: A call to Human Freedom and Jus ce in the
Family and Society-Ethical Concerns and Pastoral approaches.
This was a collabora ve eort of DHLC, the CBCI Oce for
Jus ce, Peace and Development, the Mumbai Jus ce and Peace
Commission, the CCBI Commission for Doctrine and Theology
and the FIAMC Bio-Medical Ethics Centre. More than 400
people including bishops, priests, nuns, social workers from
all over India and those involved in the Family and Healthcare
apostolate a ended. The Symposium opened with a galaxy
of brilliant speakers, including Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi,
Chairperson, CCBI Commission for Theology and Doctrine.
The grand finale of the three-day Na onal Symposium was a re-
enactment of the March for Life, that took place twenty years
ago at the inaugura on of the DHLC. The March began with a
short prayer at the Memorial for the Unborn, in St Andrew's
church compound. Then led by the Bishops, the Missionaries of
Charity, members of the clergy and Jesus Youth, the par cipants
proceeded prayerfully to Mount Mary's Basilica. At the Basilica,
Bishop Agnelo Gracias, the outgoing Ecclesias cal Advisor of the
DHLC, led the par cipants in reci ng the Pledge for Life. Bishop
Dominic Savio Fernandes, the current Ecclesias cal Advisor,
gave a powerful message on life and the family. Bishop John
Rodrigues, the Rector of the Basilica, imparted the Benedic on
of the Blessed Sacrament to the hundreds who had gathered in
the Basilica.
9. Pro-Life Day: March 26, 2017 DHLC celebrang 20 years
Pro-Life Day was celebrated at St Michael Church, Mahim. It
began with a Mass concelebrated by Bishop Dominic Savio
Fernandes, Fr Cajetan Menezes of the Archdiocesan Family
Commission, Fr Simon Borges Parish Priest of St Michael and
Fr Carlos Ajullo, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei. This was
followed by a programme in the auditorium. The highlight of
the event was a film that sensi sed the audience to the evils
of abor on. The programme had skits performed by Jesus
Youth and the presenta on of the Pro-Life awards, namely the
Sr Anunciata award to Dr Armida Fernandez for her work on
Pallia ve Care, and 'The Lily and the Rose' award to Mary's Clan
for their work on rehabilita ng alcoholics.
Unforgettable Mission Dapada
MICHELLE GONSALVES & OTHERS
During the holy season of Lent, on Sunday, March 26, 2017,
the Young Adult Associa on (YAA) of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, Orlem, Malad, organised a day-long Mission exposure
trip to Sacred Heart Church, Dapada Mission Centre in Dadra-
Nagar Haveli. The Centre is relessly run by St Francis Xavier
Missionaries in service of the Warli tribes since 1932.
NOTES COMMENTS
On reaching Dapada, Fr Minguel and Fr John briefed us
on the Chris an faith and lifestyle of the tribals, as well as
the missionary work carried out by them to share Christ
and support the tribal families. We went on to visit the
parish hostels for the tribal children that provide stay, food
and educa on. What surprised us was the inadequate
educa onal supplies, and that the hall that is their classroom
by day turned into a dormitory at night. We came to a deep
realisa on of how blessed we are to have been provided with
good educa on and a stable living environment.
We then visited two small tribal villages, and learned about
their means of livelihood, tradi ons and, most importantly,
the simple faith of the Warlis, seen in their gree ng Jai
Yeshu! This makes one constantly aware of Jesus' presence.
The tribals being nature-worshippers have easily accepted
Christ as the centre of their lives, and follow Him in every
aspect, whether folk art or culture. Relishing the food cooked
by the tribals, visi ng their homes, listening to their stories
was truly an inspira onal and deeply spiritual experience
one that we will remember for a long me to come.
We con nued to interact with the tribals, and realised that
the priests have been doing a commendable job of not only
providing basic necessi es, but also trying to deal with social
issues such as supers ons and alcoholism, by teaching them
Biblical virtues. Moreover, community halls are being built
to provide Chris an Warlis a place of worship, so they need
not travel significantly far to the mission centre in extreme
weather condi ons. The sacrificial service of these priests
does not end here; they have also been procuring finance
to support the mission by carrying out poultry farming. We
were truly overwhelmed by the work of the priests, and to
support them, we provided monetary aid, sta onery items,
eatables and toys.
One of the important purposes of the Church is to
evangelise. We were privileged to see this firsthand. Seeing
how Jesus uses His priests and laity to spread His Word and
evangelise in these rural places was an eye-opener. It was also
a reminder that we need to count our blessings and reach out
to the needy, not just financially, but also with our talents.
We need to con nually pray for our missionary priests and
religious, that God may grant them the grace and strength to
overcome the obstacles that they face in preaching the Good
News. We need to intercede for the people in tribal areas
that their faith may be strengthened.
We concluded our mission exposure trip by par cipa ng
in the Eucharist celebrated by Fr Oniel Rodrigues, our
Spiritual Director.
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Holy Week services presided
over by Cardinal Oswald
Gracias
A live telecast of the Holy Week Services conducted at the Holy
Name Cathedral will be available on Incable Network Channel
No. 998 and on Hathaway Network Campus Channel. A live
streaming will also be available on the YouTube channel of
the Archdiocese of Bombay.
April 13: 7 pm onwards - Mass of the Lord's Supper and
Washing of the Feet
April 14: 9:30 am - Live Sta ons of the Cross
12 noon to 3 pm - Three Hours' Agony Service,
followed by Divine Mercy Novena
7 pm - Commemora on of the Passion of the Lord
April 15: 8 pm - Easter Vigil service
Meditation and EQ Therapy
EQ Therapy is a process that one goes through to help
iden fy the blocks in the flow of energy in our bodies. It
is non-invasive, and is mainly concerned with bringing to
consciousness those parts of our lives we do not wish to
accept, but which nevertheless cause us to be dysfunc onal.
The Christian Meditation Community in Mumbai was
fortunate to have a qualified EQ Therapist Bro. Milton
Lawrence of the Congregation of the Christian Brothers
share his experiences in this regard. The day-long
programme held on March 28 in the Parish Hall of O.L. of
Salva on Church, Dadar was well received. Each of the 50
par cipants was presented with an opportunity to "return
to being an original", created in the image and likeness of
God, or to con nue remaining a "copy", nameless and with
no contact with one's original iden ty. Through sharing his
personal journey, Bro. Milton hoped this would help each
of us resonate with the "experience" of what was truly
happening within us. We were being invited to move from
the "ritual to the Spiritual".
The practice of meditation helps us do precisely this.
Entering into inner silence through the recitation of a
single prayer word, the periods of medita on that followed
the talks allowed us to interiorise what we learned. In
medita on, we allow the darkness within us to emerge and
disappear into the Healing Light of the Lord Jesus. Each of
the par cipants went away with a grateful heart, having
died, even if in a very small measure, to the self within, so
that Easter would be the Reality we experience this year
with a dierence.
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Christian Corporators
felicitated
In a first of its kind event, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS),
along with Bombay East Indian Association, Watchdog
Founda on and Save Our Land (SOUL), felicitated the newly
elected BMC Corporators - Ms Winnie D'Souza, Ms Tulip
Miranda and Ms Ste Kinny at a well a ended programme
at St Anne High School Hall, Orlem on Sunday, April 2. The
gathering also felicitated and prayed for Ms Jayshree David
who was elected to the Thane Municipal Corpora on, but
could not be present as her child was unwell. At this event,
all the Chris an candidates who contested were appreciated
and honoured.
Ms Rita D'Sa, the BCS President, shared the vision of the
Sabha to be more ac vely involved in the civic and poli cal
fields, the urgent need of ge ng greater representa on in
local governing bodies, and encouraging the Chris an youth
to consider Civil Services and poli cal involvement as viable
career op ons. Adv. Vivian D'Souza, President of BEIA and
Mr Dolphy D'Souza, Spokesperson of SOUL briefly outlined
the need for greater involvement of our Chris an youth in
issues of governance and to overcome the pessimism and
apathy that prevails in the community.
In a brief interesting talkshow conducted by Mr Dolphy
D'Souza, the Corporators shared what motivated them,
their experience and acknowledged the support of the
community in their elec on. They gave ps for the future
to the candidates who contested and lost, as well as other
aspiring candidates, and offered them all their support.
It was important to have a banner behind them, as in the
present scenario, the chances of an independent candidate
winning an elec on was next to impossible. They assured
their full support for the issues aec ng the community,
and said they would cooperate in any way needed.
BMC bid to stake claim to
Poisar church land foiled
Members of Our Lady of Remedy Church in Kandivli's
Poisar, popularly known as Poisar Church, have placed
a Cross on a part of the church premises that the BMC
sought to acquire. They say the cross has been placed
there to "protect their land".
The civic body had lately issued several notices to the
church for land acquisition purposes. The notices have
agitated the Catholic community, because it feels that
they were served, even when the matter was being heard
in the Bombay High Court. Incidentally, on March 30,
the High Court issued an order stating that the status
quo be maintained, and that BMC should not 'touch'
the property.
 "The Cross is just for praying purposes, and has not been
placed as a form of protest. It is Lent season, and we wanted
to pray for the protec on of our land," said Ramsey Rebello,
a member of the church.
Dolphy D'Souza, who had led a protest against the
acquisi on no ces served by the civic body, said, "We are
a peace-loving community, but we were not happy that
the situa on was handled surrep ously. The BMC issued
no ces only to benefit a builder."
Members of the community said that since the area
that the BMC is seeking to take control over has hit a dead
end, there is no action taken against encroachments in
the vicinity. The church members are scep cal of the civic
body's mo ves. "There are several encroachments on SV
Road that cause a hindrance to trac. Why shouldn't the
BMC take stock of the ma er and sideline other pressing
issues elsewhere? They did this to favour a builder, and this
is why we were agitated," said Greg Pereira, a member of
Save Our Land, a group formed to protect Church lands by
members of the community.
The parish priest said that the High Court's decision was a
victory for them. "God is with us. The Court has put a status
quo order and asked the BMC not to touch the property,"
said Fr Don John, parish priest of Poisar Church.
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3rd Fr Salvador Rodrigues
Memorial Lecture & Award
The Bombay Catholic Sabha will be holding the third Fr
Salvador Rodrigues Memorial Award and Lecture on Sunday
April 23, 2017 at St Michael Auditorium, Mahim at 10:30 am.
The Lecture will be delivered by Fr Nigel Barre on the topic:
"USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE GLORY OF GOD" and the
Award will be presented therea er. All are invited to this event,
and also to par cipate in the 9:30 am Eucharist that will be
oered at St Michael Church, Mahim to commemorate the 4th
Death Anniversary of Fr Salvador Rodrigues.
Women For Peace
The Social Development Office of the Salesian Sisters of
Don Bosco, Mumbai Province, along with lay collaborators
are organising a Women's Fes val from April 8-10, on the
theme: WOMEN FOR PEACE - to celebrate womanhood and
appreciate growth in their lives. 500 women from 15 centres
of remote rural areas of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and
Karnataka will be present.
As an initiative to integrate and collaborate with the
women of the city of Mumbai, we invite women from the
neighbouring parishes to par cipate in the following out of
the many events scheduled:
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Holy Triduum Biblical Retreat by the Catholic Bible Institute at
The Retreat House, Bandra, begins Wed. April 12 (7 pm) to Holy Sat.
April 15 (4 pm). Limited seats. Contact : 2642 7648 or 98196 01562.
Inner Healing Retreat conducted by Anthony Lobo and
Team from April 20-23, at Vinayalaya Retreat House, Andheri.
Contact: Anthony Lobo tinantony@gmail.com 98198 49997;
Audrey - 98207 61532; Odette - 98201 42085; Nazareen - 98333
84096; Ralph 98333 98895; Eugenie - 6500 1423.
Holy Family Hospital Patient Education Programme on
'Diabetes & Pregnancy' at Holy Family Hospital, Hill Road,
Bandra on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 11 a.m. at The Classroom.
Discounts on HbA1C and FBS / PPBS. Register early.
The Fully Alive Experience
Prafulta invites all teenagers (12-16 years) to participate in 'The Fully
Alive Experience' - a fun-filled workshop on personal development
on April 26-27, 2017.
Venue: Prafulta Psychological Services, c/o Dominic Savio School,
Opp. Tolani College, off Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri East.
Register on : 2830 2323/2820 0248/98204 84546
1. A Peace Rally from Auxilium, Wadala to Don Bosco
Matunga on April 8, at 6 pm.
2. A display and sale of handicra s and edible products
made by these women on April 9, from 10 am 1 pm.
37th Annual Pilgrimage
The 37 th Annual Penitential Walking Pilgrimage was
organised by the Legion of Mary of St Thomas parish,
Goregaon East on Saturday, April 1, 2017. The Peniten al
Walk began at 10 pm with opening prayer by the Parish
Priest, Fr Henry D'Souza. Over 1000 pilgrims from dierent
parishes of Mumbai joined in singing hymns and praying
the Rosary along the way. A decora ve float of our Blessed
Mother led the procession to Mount Mary Basilica, with
halts at various churches to pray the Sta ons of the Cross.
The pilgrimage concluded at Mt Mary Basilica with the
Holy Eucharist celebrated by Bishop John Rodrigues at 5:30
am. The Mass was specially oered for the inten ons of
all the pilgrims. A team of more than 60 volunteers from
dierent parishes came together and worked relessly to
ensure the safety of all the pilgrims and helping in all other
arrangements. We thank all the Parish Priests along the
route, sponsors, donors, well-wishers and pilgrims for their
support towards the success of this Walking Pilgrimage.
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NASHIK
400 km Mumbai to Nashik
Way of the Cross
A Way of the Cross, strictly on foot, covering a distance of
about 400 km that separates Mount Mary's Basilica, Bandra
from Mount Mary in Haregaon - this pilgrimage promoted
during Lent, gathered about 40 young Indian Catholics to
renew - as the mo o of the ini a ve - the call to a "spiritual
conversion" and to "share the Good News of Christ."
The pilgrimage, now in its sixth edi on, comprises 14 stages,
like the Sta ons of the Cross; set against the backdrop of rural
and remote areas of the diocese of Nashik. The event involved
a majority of the youth of Ahmednagar district, from farming
families, with the aim to strengthen the bond of unity and
enhance the "devo on" to Mary and "peace".
The journey began on April 1, with Mass at 5 am at Mount
Mary Basilica in Bandra, capital of Mumbai; it will end on
April 4, with a Mass at the Marian shrine of Haregaon, Nashik
(Ahmednagar district).
At the head of the pilgrimage, called Dhoje Yatra Via Crucis
was Fr Satish Kadam, director of the Committee for Youth
Ministry of the Diocese of Nashik, who carried the flag while
the others followed, singing devotional songs, praying the
Rosary and other prayers. A van followed the pilgrims, carrying
costumes and clothes needed to recreate the Passion of Christ,
adapted in the local Marathi language. At all mes, one of the
youth will be running on foot; it is a relay pilgrimage, where all
the 40 youth will take turns in running with the flag.
Fr Kadam said that "the majority of the young people are
second-genera on Catholics, aged between 16 and 25." In
the diocese, he adds, there are "many pastoral challenges"
to be faced, and the pilgrimage is one of the initiatives
to strengthen the participation in the life of the Church
and unity among the young people. This way, the priest
con nues, "reinforces forma on for the path of faith" and
is also a way to promote "street evangelism", taking the Via
Crucis "to remote rural areas."
"Most of these people are poor and struggle every day to
make a living. We have to be crea ve in our work of ministry. To
par cipate in this pilgrimage, the young people have made great
sacrifices of me and money. We must stand by the people,
although travelling in remote areas is dicult and expensive.
Our work is oriented to the social, and even if resources are
limited, these young people want to devote part of their me to
community service," said Fr Kadam.
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NEW DELHI
Delhi's Miranda, Chennai's
Loyola top colleges in India
Six of India's ten best colleges are located in the na onal
capital, according to the first official list of higher
educa onal ins tu ons in the country.
Delhi University's Miranda House topped the list
published by the federal Human Resources Development
Ministry on April 3. The Jesuit-managed Loyola College in
Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
came second among the National Institutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF).
Miranda, a women's college which boasts of dis nguished
alumni such as filmmaker Mira Nair, poli cians Brinda Karat
and Sheila Dikshit, author Anita Desai and ar st Anjolie Ela
Menon, scored 69.39. Established in 1948, the college oers
both graduate and postgraduate courses.
This is the first me colleges were ranked under the NIRF
which ranks ins tu ons all over the country. The parameters
broadly cover 'Teaching, Learning and Resources', 'Research
and Professional Prac ces', 'Gradua on Outcomes', 'Outreach
and Inclusivity' and 'Percep on'.
A total of 100 colleges from all over the country are in the
list. Delhi bags three of the top five colleges.
Delhi's Shri Ram College of Commerce comes third, and
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College fi h. Bishop Heber College
in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu bagged the fourth posi on.
St Xavier's College, Kolkata, another Jesuit ins tu on was
placed at the sixth posi on.
Lady Shri Ram College for Women stands at seven, followed
by Dyal Singh College and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College.
The tenth spot goes to the Women's Christian
College, Chennai.
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BHOPAL
Christian forum wants rethink
on electronic voting machine use
A Christian forum in central India has urged the country's
Chief Elec on Commission to stop the use of electronic vo ng
machines and restore people's faith in democracy.
The Rashtriya Isai Maha Sangh, comprising members
from various Christian denominations, said reports about
tampering of the vo ng machines and protests by poli cal
par es have become "very dangerous to Indian democracy"
and "shaken" people's faith in "the well-established electoral
prac ces of the country."
 Fr Anand Mu ungal, Na onal Coordinator of the union that
issued the le er, recalled that poli cal par es began alleging
tampering of the voting machines since 1982, when it was
introduced in some polling booths in Kerala.
State High Courts and the Supreme Court of India have given
varied opinions and judgements, the priest said, adding that
on January 17, 2012, the Delhi High Court ruled that the vo ng
machines are not "tamper-proof."
Fr Mu ungal said the Elec on Commission has defended in
the court the use of the machines with the help of technicians,
designers and manufacturing experts. The Supreme Court has
again taken up the ma er.
The Chris an forum wants the Elec on Commission to bring
before the Supreme Court expert hackers who have carried out
two a acks on an electronic vo ng machine (EVM) and made a
video presenta on.
The Catholic priest said his group does not question
"the perennial claim of the Elec on Commission that the
machines are under safe custody and that they cannot be
reached by anybody."
At the same time, the Commission "also must accept
the fact that it does not produce the EVMs, but takes the
services of Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore and Electronic
Corporation of India Ltd., Hyderabad. The manufacturers
and the Elec on Commission have never released a detailed
technical description of the EVMs' inner workings, citing
security and intellectual property concerns.
Copies of the le er have been sent to the President, Prime
Minister, Parliamentarians and state legislators, besides
electoral oces of all states and union territories.
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KERALA
Bishop issues dress code
for women
A Catholic bishop in Kerala, southern India, has urged girls
to avoid wearing outfits shorter than knee-length, while
inside the church.
In a pastoral le er published in the latest edi on of the
diocesan bulle n, Bishop Mathew Anikuzhika l of Idukki
has asked women to keep special clothes to wear for
prayers and rituals.
The bishop, who will turn 75 on September 23, also wants
parents to teach their children to respect and obey Church
authori es, and expec ng mothers to take part in prayers.
"Bap sm of newborns should be conducted within eight days
of their birth. The ceremony should not be delayed for weeks
and months in the name of grand celebra ons," said the le er.
The bishop also asked parents to give Chris an names to their
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children, including their pet names. Parents, he added, should
not blame priests and nuns in front of their kids, which would
in turn aect children's inclina on towards divinity.
The Syro-Malabar prelate also urged parents not to
encourage their kids to go a er material gains. "Many young
Christians choose married life without purity, and this is
the reason for lack of faith," he said. He urged parents to
restrict the use of social media pla orms such as Facebook
and WhatsApp.
Fr Jimmy Poochakkat, ocial spokesperson of Syro-Malabar
Church, supported the bishop's le er. "There is proper dress
code to be followed by women, even in the Vatican. The
bishop's instructions are in good faith; it will help girls to
feel safe and secure when they are out in public or face the
audience while reading the Holy Bible inside the church,"
he explained.
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NEW DELHI
Rector's murder: SC notice
to Karnataka police
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Karnataka
police and others on a plea by Bengaluru's St Peter's
Pontifical Seminary against Karnataka High Court's order
quashing a criminal case against five accused in the
sensa onal murder of Fr K J Thomas in 2013. Fr Thomas was
the Rector of St Peter's Pon fical Ins tute in Malleswaram.
A bench of Jus ces S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao also
sought response from the accused, who were Kannada
Chris an ac vists, and named in the supplementary charge
sheet filed more than two years a er the incident.
It was alleged that the priest was killed on April 1, 2013
following a rivalry between him and Kannada Christian
ac vists, who wanted primacy for Kannada Chris ans in the
Catholic churches in Karnataka. The non-Kannada members
of the congrega ons, mainly Malayalam, Tamil and Konkani
speaking Chris ans, projected this theory of the killing having
been master-minded by the Kannada Chris an ac vists.
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ITALY
Pope visits region devastated
by 2012 earthquake
On April 2, Pope Francis spent eight hours in the Diocese
of Carpi, located in an area of northern Italy devastated by
earthquakes in 2012. Arriving in Carpi, a city of 70,000, the
Pope celebrated Mass in the Piazza Martiri, and applied
the day's Gospel reading (the raising of Lazarus) to the
residents' situa on.
"In front of the big 'why' of life, we have two op ons: to sit
back sadly in the tombs of yesterday and today, or to bring
Jesus to our graves," the Pope preached. "Yes, because each
of us has a small tomb, some area a bit 'dead' inside our heart:
a wound, an injury suered or done, a bi erness that gives
no respite, a remorse that comes back and back again We
iden fy these, our li le graves, and there we invite Jesus."
At the conclusion of Mass, the Pope blessed the founda on
stones for three new buildings, and led the faithful in the
recita on of the Angelus. "Our thoughts turn to the Blessed
Virgin, whom you venerate in your cathedral dedicated to
her," he said. "To Mary, we oer our joys, our sorrows and our
hopes. We ask for her mercy for those of us who are suering,
especially the sick, the poor and those without decent work."
Following lunch at Carpi's seminary, the Pope spoke to
priests, religious and seminarians in the seminary chapel.
The Pope was then driven to Mirandola, a town of 20,000
whose cathedral is s ll unusable, because of the earthquake.
Speaking in front of the cathedral, he said: "I am well aware of
how much the earthquake has aected the human and cultural
heritage of this land of yours. I think of the hardships you have
suered: damage to your homes, to your produc ve ac vi es,
to churches and other monuments, rich in history and art and a
symbol of the spirituality and culture of an en re people."
But I think especially of the inner wounds: the suering of
those who lost their loved ones and those who have seen the
disappearance of a life me's sacrifices. In the days following
the earthquake, your example of dignity and resourcefulness
inspired great admira on in all. You have endeavoured to face
with evangelical spirit the precarious situa on caused by the
earthquake, recognising and accep ng in painful events the
mysterious presence of a Father who is always loving, even in
the toughest trials."
After laying flowers at a monument to the earthquake
vic ms, the Pope returned by helicopter to the Va can.
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CHINA
and spiritual dialogue
A Chinese Buddhist monk shared his experience as a pilgrim in
India and his great personal devo on to St Teresa of Calcu a,
and showed the medal of the Saint, blessed on the day of her
canonisa on in St Peter's square to young Chinese Catholics
during an interreligious mee ng in the parish of the Sacred
Heart of the diocese of Zheng Zhou, in the province of He Nan.
The ini a ve was part of the parish Lenten journey, marked
by interreligious dialogue in the Year of Spirituality. On the
evening of March 25, the youth group of the parish hosted
monk Kuan Yan and his disciples for a "spiritual exchange, for
young people to improve and grow spiritually", parish priest
Don Liu Jiang Dong explained.
With great emotion, the monk described his pilgrimage
in India and his "admiration for the Saint who dedicated
everything to the poor." According to the monk, "all religions
teach what is good, put the person at the centre, preach
charity, mercy and philanthropy. Both Buddhist monks and
Catholic priests entrusted their lives and the future to the
young, wishing a solid spiritual life for them, marked by prayer
and works of charity, so that others can learn about religion."
The parish of the Sacred Heart is a very ac ve community,
with initiatives for the youth (spiritual and vocational
formation), catechism, evangelisation, social service (free
medical visits), works of charity (for the elderly, the disabled,
the sick). 2017 has been proclaimed 'Year of Spirituality',
invi ng everyone to "open their hearts to the Church" and the
second Sunday of Lent was dedicated especially to the young.
As pointed out by the pastor, "we want to live in a concrete
harmonious community life, elimina ng all obstacles. Together,
we want to put ourselves at the service of the community, the
Church and society."
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SRI LANKA
Spiritual exercises to experience
the Passion of Christ
Various parishes and schools are oering spiritual exercises to
Catholics to help them make Lent a more significant experience
this year, including retreats, pilgrimages, Via Crucis, daily
Eucharist, special medita ons and sermons.
Since this year has been dedicated to St Joseph Vaz,
consecrated "perpetual slave of Mary" in 1677, many Catholics
are also making a pilgrimage to his birthplace in Goa, India.
Some priests said that most of the faithful are used to taking
part in the Via Crucis on Good Friday, but not the Sunday Mass.
"Thus, it is our responsibility to bring them to church at least
during Lent, so that they can be witnesses of Christ's passion
and learn the value of a ending Sunday service."
"Forty days of meditation are very intense," said Shirani
Cooray, a community leader at St Francis Xavier in Wewala
Archdiocese of Colombo. "For Lent, Fr Sumith Kumara is
working hard to help people prepare spiritually. He offers
Lenten reflec ons, celebrates Mass and gives blessings twice a
day, morning and evening."
"On April 2, our parishioners will go on pilgrimage to the
Calvary in Hiniduma, which is very old and located in the
Southern Province. On the night of April 7, there will be
tradi onal Pasan hymns" about the Passion of Christ.
On March 18, the Diocese of Ba caloa (Eastern Province)
also held its annual Lenten pilgrimage to Mount Hingurana,
with people coming from all of the parishes in the diocese.
On March 29, students at the Bambalapitya Holy Family
Convent took part in the Via Crucis and Lenten meditation
under the guidance of Sr Deepa Fernando. Convent sta and
their children also joined in. "This year," the nun said, "the
children and our sta have had the opportunity of medita ng
at each sta on of the Cross about their daily life, and the link
between their life and that of others."
Under the guidance of Frs Joseph Indika, Dilantha Fernando,
Prasad Harshana, Anton Dinesh and Eranga de Silva, the
community of the Legion of Mary at St Paul's Church in
Waragoda Kelaniya, in the Archdiocese of Colombo, took part
in the annual spiritual retreat for Lent recently.
About fi y pilgrims and four priests are taking part in the
Lenten pilgrimage to Goa, one of the pilgrims, Helen Perera,
said. The ten-day trip includes stops in Goa, Mangalore,
Vailankanni, Poondy, Mysore, Bangalore and Chennai. The
bishop of Kandy, Msgr Vianney Fernando, is accompanying
the pilgrims.
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12th death anniversary of
St John Paul II
The 12th anniversary of the death of St John Paul II was
marked at the Va can with a Mass celebrated by the Polish
Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, the archpriest of the basilica of St
Mary Major, on April 2. Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, who
once served as master of ceremonies for Pope John Paul
II and later as papal almonera post he s ll holdsalso
par cipated in the Va can ceremony.
In Poland, the anniversary was recognised by both
religious events and concerts held in cities all across
the country.
Pope John Paul II died on the evening of Saturday,
April 2, 2005, during the liturgical time of Divine Mercy
Sunday, which he ins tuted in response to Christ's request
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to St Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), whom the Polish
Pope canonised on April 30, 2000, the same day of this
ins tu on. Thus, in some way, the date of his death sealed
his spiritual testament.
Pope Benedict XVI bea fied John Paul II on May 1, 2011,
also a Sunday of Mercy, and he was canonised by Pope
Francis on April 27, 2014, on the occasion of this same feast
three confirma ons in some way of the path indicated
by this giant. Easter 2017 is on April 16, and the following
Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday (April 23).
John Paul II himself indicated this Divine Mercy message
as his spiritual testament. He had prepared an allocu on
for that Sunday of Mercy - April 3, 2005, and he wished that
the text be read and published by way of a posthumous
message: "The Risen Lord oers as a gi to humanity, which
some mes seems lost and dominated by the power of evil,
egoism and fear, His love that forgives, reconciles and opens
the soul again to hope. It is love that converts hearts and
gives peace. How much the world needs to understand and
receive Divine Mercy!"
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VENEZUELA
Jesuit general comments on
the crisis in the country
Venezuelan Jesuit Arturo Sosa, the first La n American to be
elected superior general of the Society of Jesus (SJ), visited
his confreres in Peru recently, where he was interviewed by
El Comercio. With regards to the situa on that Venezuela is
experiencing, he replied: "I know the poten al of both the
government and the Opposi on. It is not enough to say they
are not doing their job well, but they can both do be er. The
aim must be to improve the tragic situa on, and this will only
be possible through dialogue. Now it is up to poli cs, and this
replaces war. Besides, it is also necessary to nego ate."
Recently, the Supreme Court voted to deprive Parliament
of all functions, which since the elections of December
6, 2015 is in the hands of the Opposition (112 deputies
out of 167). In this way, Maduro assumes full powers
without any parliamentary control. This happened while OAS
(Organiza on of American States) gathered in Washington to
discuss the situa on in Venezuela: twenty countries together
with OAS Secretary, Luis Almagro, accused the Venezuelan
President of undemocratic behaviour and called for the
suspension of Venezuela from the organisa on.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
The Burden of Chain Prayers
Sir, WhatsApp is awash these days with 'Chain prayer
forwards'. Being free, it is misused by well meaning people,
who inadvertently put others in chains or shackles, by invoking
the wrath of God if the chain is broken. Usually, these chain
prayers come with a tacit warning. This, unfortunately, is very
un-Chris an, as our God is merciful.
One of the chain prayers currently doing the rounds goes
thus: "Hi, we are doing a chain of 1,000 prayers for children
suering from cancer. Say one prayer and pass it on to ten
people, minus me. Let me know if you can't do this, so we
don't break the chain."
Prayers are always welcome, but one shouldn't burden
others with chain prayers. A simple request to pray for a cause
should suce. Moreover, what good is faith without works?
(James 2:17). Cancer-stricken children need our prayers, lots
of prayers. But in addi on to our prayers, they need money to
fight the disease - lots of money. So instead of simply saying a
prayer and forwarding it to ten others, be er to say a prayer
and also 'forward' Rs 500 to a Cancer Support Group. That
would make the prayer more meaningful, and perhaps, put
paid to the chain.
Prof Robert Castellino, Orlem
Jeevutsav! Celebrate Life!
Sir, Bishop Agnelo Gracias' editorial, 'Care and Compassion',
(The Examiner, Mar 25-31, 2017) was truly inspira onal! To
quote one aspect: "Caring for a person is closely linked with
Compassion! Compassion literally means 'to suer together'"!
He related the parable of the Good Samaritan, whom the
Fathers of the Church have seen as a portrait of Jesus! The
same editorial was on the cover page of Jeevutsav! (Vol. 17, No.
1, March 2017) of the Diocesan Human Life Commi ee (DHLC).
The DHCL celebrated 20 years of its existence on March 25,
2017. Bishop Dominic Savio who celebrated the Mass was
the Chief Guest; and it was followed by a programme in the
auditorium. I was a special invitee. I would a ribute the role of
the DHCL to the social ac on of the Divine Mercy Apostolate!
Here I would quote a special idea borrowed from the EWTN
Pro-Life weekly: Do not discard your 'baby socks'! But s tch
them on your and on your children's clothes. It will remind
one and all of pro-life sen ments, right from the womb to
the tomb! The good Lord confirms: "Before I formed you in
the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart.
I appointed you as a prophet to the na ons." (Jeremiah 1:5)
Dr Trevor Colaso, Bandra (W)
22 THE EXAMINER APR 08 - 14, 2017
Alcoholism to Sobriety
Sir, The recent write-up by M. Da Costa was thought-provoking
and must have a touched a chord in the hearts of many readers.
Very o en, the father or mother (or both) start as social
drinkers which slowly leads to addic on. Drinking in excess
makes for violent abusing of one's body, and also of others.
Drinking alone gives one a nice feeling, but gradually drinking
in people's company increases. The result of drinking 2,3,4
pegs are needed to give the individual the same feeling of
being normal. When the alcohol content in the individuals
blood exceeds 0.1%, then dopamine released reaches the
brain, gives a nice heady feeling, and this is broken down into
toxic chemical acetaldehyde, which gradually accumulates
in the brain and is called THIQ i.e. Tetra Iso quinoline which
cannot be neutralised by medica on. Once a certain boundary
is crossed, the person becomes an alcoholic.
It is here that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Al-Anon group
have proved invaluable to many families who have alcoholics
and turned their tears of despair to the joy of having their
loved one sober.
Rui J. Dias, Borivli (W)
Our National Flag - whither
patriotism?
Sir, As I was watching the news recently on TV, a wave of
patriotism swept across my heart at the sight of people
protes ng against the desecra on of our Na onal Flag. The
incident: In the Oppo (Chinese mobile phone) manufacturing
plant at Noida, in UP, one of the senior colleagues (from China)
allegedly tore the Indian Na onal Flag and threw it in the
dustbin. Outrageous, certainly! Yes, that is cause for concern,
for feeling agitated. A er all, insul ng a na onal flag, be it of
any country, cannot be tolerated, and the wrongdoers must
be brought to book.
Having said that, my thoughts go towards our two na onal
celebra ons, viz. Independence Day and Republic Day, when a
large number of our Flags are strewn all across the streets, and
are trampled upon or driven over by our very own countrymen.
And they finally end in garbage dumps. Does it pain anybody's
heart to see such desecra on of our Na onal Flag at the hands
of our own countrymen? Can we ask ourselves, where is our
patrio sm at that me? Misplaced patrio sm? Needless to
say, we need to put our house in order first.
Melville X. D'Souza, Orlem
Zero Waste Weddings
Sir, Shyamala says that an average wedding with 1,000 people
a ending will have two truckloads of garbage going to the
landfill. At a friend's wedding, there was one small bag. What
did that bag contain? Things swept from the hall. That's it.
Everything else was either reusable, composted, fed to a biogas

plant, or completely avoided.
To read more about ZERO WASTE WEDDING, visit www.
infantjesusjogeshwari.in go to GEM E-NEWSLETTER sec on
and read the latest GEM-7/21 ZERO WASTE WEDDING.
There are other interes ng and educa ve ar cles Earth
-centred Lenten Peniten al Rite; Ideas for Summer Club Eco
ac vi es; Mahim residents play watchdog to ensure clean
beach; In arid Marathwada, village turns into oasis with water
management; Listen to our cry a plan for SCC Eco Kids Club in
your parish; This Scien st hasn't paid a water bill in 23 years;
U arakhand HC declares Ganga, Yamuna as living en es,
and so on.
You can make the forthcoming summer vacation for
children, youth and others an exci ng, produc ve and learning
experience. Various resource materials like BIBLE QUEST,
MEGA ECO QUIZ, SCC ECO CLUBS, etc. are on the website.
Fr Felix Rebello, Jogeshwari
Right to Life and healthcare
Sir, The report 'Apang Seva Rally for Handicapped persons'
(Examiner dated April 01-07) is indeed an eye-opener of the
good work carried out by some of our Catholic organisa ons.
Caring for the handicapped is a daun ng task and needs a lot
of pa ence and perseverance. Today, the field of medicine
wrestles with the pressures of increasing costs, government
regula ons, and the percep on that healthcare resources
are finite. The consensus would seem that we should avoid
using valuable resources, when there is no posi ve impact
on the ul mate outcome. Rather, such resources should be
used where benefit is clearly established. Pa ents deserve
a physician who is an unabashed advocate for their health
and well-being, regardless of the cost, work or me involved.
Adjus ng the level of intensity of care based on the degree
of disability is discrimina on at best, if not complete bigotry.
th
During a dark hour of the 20 century, physicians in Nazi
Germany were commissioned to grant a mercy death to
pa ents judged incurably sick by medical examina on. Today,
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
most of us shudder to think such euphemisms veiled the
inten onal killing (by physicians) of the mentally handicapped,
the weak and the disabled. Unfortunately, such bigotry is not
the exclusive domain of a few academic elite. Treatment and
care decisions are also influenced by biases of healthcare
providers. A recent study of physician decision making suggests
that they believe advanced age is a sucient disability to jus fy
withholding treatment; whether conscious or unconscious,
this clearly is discrimina on based on age.
We are all aging. Furthermore, each of us either is or will
become disabled (should we live long enough). Yet, our age or
our individual debility, regardless of severity, can never negate
our inherent worth. On the contrary, coping with serious illness
and disability can actually add to the dignity and sa sfac on
in our lives. Character can be deepened and rela onships can
be enriched during dicult life circumstances. Enrichment
of life as a result of illness or disability might seem obvious,
but it seems forgo en in an era in which prac cal concerns
outweigh human values. A er all, caring for the severely
disabled is not only challenging, it is costly! In protec ng the
vulnerable and the weak, the imperfect and unwanted, you
are arming a culture of life. We already have the resources.
In essence, there is a way! As is o en the case, the ques on
becomes, do we have the will? I, for one, hope so. I believe we
can and should provide care for all of our ci zens, regardless
of their class, colour, religion, economic status, or the severity
of their disability.
Xavier Louis, Bandra (W)
Please send us your reports related to Youth ac vi es
with pictures of the event and your contact details to
editor@examiner.in

WANTED
A female housemaid/nanny, &&^ EASTER GOODIES
age between 35-45 years, in Thane West Nr Runwal Mall Place your orders for
for a Catholic family GhodBunder Road
,< Marzipan/ Chocolate Easter
to work in the U.A.E.
 Eggs, Bonnets, Bunnies,
Visa will be provided.
Runwal Complex. Cookies, Bolinhas,
Interested candidates may kindly
, Doce, Fudge and Cakes.
contact 9930014349 Mumbai
Play Area, Gym
or 00971507511670 U.A.E. Also, Wedding Cakes, Snack
& Swimming Pool
The stamp of ECNR on the passport boxes, etc.
Rs. 1.00 Cr
is very important and the person
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BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE
Charmaine Rodrigues
For your 4th Birthday
in Heaven
Always loved, forever missed and
extremely dear
Your birthday's here on April 8th
but you aren't
We would send a gift but know we
can't
So we will make a wish upon a star
To carry our love to you where you
are...
OUR ANGEL IN HEAVEN
DARLING CHARMAINE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONCE
AGAIN IS ALL THAT WE
CAN SAY AND FEEL WITH
LOVE IN OUR HEARTS AS WE
REMEMBER YOU FONDLY
WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR.
PARENTS/BROTHER:
CYNTHIA/ODILIO/TROY
FERNANDES
HUSBAND/CHILDREN:
HENRY/CHRISTOPHER/
KELLYANN
24 THE EXAMINER APR 08 - 14, 2017
Month's Mind Mass
in loving memory of
Mr Olave Luis Dsouza
Born on 11-12-1961
Returned to lord on 12-3-2017
Danua, Thivim, Goa.
Ex Centaur hotel & Rang Sharda
employee presently working for
Catholic Gymkhana.
S/o of Mrs Mariquinha Dsouza
(Marina) & Late Mr Francis (Vithal)
Dsouza (BEST)
Husband of Anna D'Souza, Father
of Aaron D'Souza and Anastasia
D'Souza.
Brother of Francis D'Souza
(Mumbai Customs), and Charlotte
Mascarenhas, brother in law
of Mercia D'Souza & Maurice
Mascarenhas, Godfather of Dylan
D'Souza and uncle of Chantelle
Mascarenhas, Lionel Mascarenhas
and Eliska D'Souza.
Months Mind Mass
at 7 pm on 12th April 2017,
at St Francis Xavier's Church,
Dabul
Require homely person
to stay and accompany
ac ve senior ci zen lady
residing at Andheri West,
Mumbai.
Accommoda on/ food will
be provided with s pend.
Contact 9820549366/
9892971328/9833741039.
Live-In Housemaid
Required Urgently
40 years and above for a Catholic
Family at Andheri (West)
To Take Care of Twins Age 3 Years
and also do Cooking/Housework.
Reference, Iden ty and
Address Proof Required.
In Case Applicant Lives In Mumbai She
can have an op on of going Home on
Saturday Evening and Repor ng Back
on Monday Morning.
Contact/ Sms 98203-71777
Or 98199-22842
J V
A Packaging Company at Marol is
looking for following personnel.
1. Accountant.
Graduate having 15 to 20 Year of
experience in the this line.
2. Purchase/Oce Execu ve.
Graduates with 10 to 15 years of
experience in the this line.
apply to:
jobsalpha123@gmail.com
HOUSE RENOVATION
Complete Interior Solu ons,
Designer P.O.P On Walls & Ceilings,
Textures, Brush N Roller
And Spray Pain ng.
Makers of Kitchen Pla orms,
Home & Oce Furniture.
Professional Plumbing
& Electrical Wiring.
Excellent Waterproofing, Flooring,
Tiling & all type of Civil Work.
Contact: Gregory Vaz,
Call: 2655 3343
Cell: 98927 78354 / 92241 61547
E-mail: vazgreg@gmail.com
 GROOMS WANTED
MUMBAI based RC Mangalorean
Spinster (29, 5'5"), B.Sc.(Biotech), M.Sc.
(Clinical Research), Manager in a reputed
firm in Mumbai, seeks alliance from well
qualified & well settled Bachelors. Kindly
reply with full details & photographs
to ccd3012@gmail.com or Contact
9922778898
DEC. 68 born RC Goan 5'2" wheatish
B.Com. spinster. Works with Foreign
Bank as an Officer. Suitable bachelors
may respond at revonne@yahoo.co.in
DEC. 82 born RC Goan 5'2" fair
slim B.Com., CFA Level 1 spinster.
Works with a Foreign Investment Bank.
Educated settled bachelors may respond at
sallysylviana@yahoo.in
RC Canadian born spinster 40 Nursing
Coordinator employed in USA. Employed
for 12 years with specialization in cancer
treatment and management. Seeks alliance
from educated RC bachelors preferably in
USA with good family background. Please
send photograph with email address an
details to: murzello@telus.net or leave
message at 1 604 520 5629.
RC Goan spinster 40, 5'7" B.Com
working in Dubai seeks well settled,
qualified RC Goan bachelor upto 45 with
good fly values. Send details/ photo to
pepem25@rediffmail.com. Contact No.
9867169207.
RC Goan spinster 35, 5'8" B.Com
working in Dubai seeks well settled RCG
bachelor upto 40 with good fly values.
Send details/pic to pepem25@rediffmail.
com Contact no. 9867169207
LOOKING for Catholic Professional
of Indian Origin grown up overseas
for 31 year old smart Catholic girl of
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good family background of Indian
Origin-outgoing and friendly . She is an
Engineering Graduate with Management
qualification and resident of Australia /
New Zealand with blend of Indian and
Western Culture. Currently works in a
leading corporate organization. Contact :
neh83@yahoo.com
RC Kerala Origin - Mumbai based
Fair / 29 / 170 cm / Convent educated,
BE (CS), PGDM, currently employed
in Automobile MNC Pune. (earlier Job
was in Mumbai) Besides job, have good
monthly fixed income. Also Family fully
owned business. Simple life style - Only
child of well educated and financially well
to do parents Father retired from MNC
Senior Position, seeks proposal from Well
Educated Catholic Bachelor boys with
strong values upto 34 years Working in
India only - preferably in Mumbai Pune
Bangalore. 9821038825 josjnj@gmail.
com
RC Mangalorean Spinster, Sept.
88/5'4",M.B.A, having good family
background, working for a reputed
company in Mumbai, invite alliance from
well settled,bachelors with good family
values. Kindly reply with details and photo
to groomsearch2017@gmail.com
INDIAN RC parents invites proposal
for their daughter 28 years post graduate
working in Dubai in bank fair & pretty 5'4"
from Mangalorean graduate boys 29-32
years send profile with latest photo. Please
contact email vick5256@gmail.com
Mobile number 00971553485827(Dubai)
BRIDES WANTED
SEPT 1970 born Goan RC wheatish
5'8" athletic built individual. Works with
a renowned Cruise Liner based out of
USA as a Manager. Seeks suitable partner.
Kindly respond evo_nne@yahoo.com
RC bachelor 29, 510 fair with good
catholic values. B. B.A (Finance). Business
owner in U.A.E well settled. Looking for
pretty RC spinster with good RC values.
Please Respond with profile & recent
photo to email: fabiandsouza2287@
gmail.com
RC Goan bachelor 39 / 59 BSc,
MCA, IT professional, working in Pune,
seeks alliance from RC Goan Spinster
graduate, 34-35, 55 with good Catholic
values. Contact 9850212148
GRC Bachelor, 33, tall, BE, airlines
professional with sober habits invites
suitable graduate spinsters below 30 years.
Reply ads0444@gmail.com
1984 born, Mumbai based Goan R.C,
wheatish complexion, good looking, 5'9",
B.E (Mech engg.), MBA (Operations
Mgt.), well settled and works for an MNC
in Mumbai. We seek an alliance from
suitable R.C spinsters. Please reply with
your profile and photo to matrim216@
gmail.com.
PARENTS of handsome RC,
Anglo-Indian bachelor, 31/59, B.Tech
[Electrical], MS Engineering [USA],
worked for 6 years in USA, green card
holder, currently completing MBA at
Yale and talented in music. Searching for
a good-looking girl, [25-30 years] with or
heading for a professional degree, majoring
in Medicine/ /Finance/Engineering. Those
interested kindly provide details with
3-4 photographs [close up & full size]
to pathahead7@gmail.com; mobile no.
9923336729/ 9823502015
PARENTS of RC bachelor 32 yrs, 165
cm, wheatish complexion - BE (Pune),
MBA (USA) working in the USA; invite
alliance from RC spinsters (27 - 30 yrs).
simple, suitably qualified, working,
strong christian values and decent family
background. contact 8788476574.
SEEKS alliance with good nature,
intelligent, slim, fair Goan spinster for
Canadian Goan Bachelor 35 yrs of age,
handsome, hardworking, with good
family morals. If interested and willing to
relocate, contact 647-878-3823 (Canada)
or e-mail face0879@gmail.com with full
size picture.
Please send your adver sements with
your name address and contact No. to
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 J. C. Caterers Juhu
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Well Maintained Society in
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Mob: 9819050248

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 G S C L A
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 The perfect INVESTMENT
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ST. MARYS HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR COLLEGE

KALINA, SANTACRUZ (EAST), MUMBAI -29
Date: 1st April 2017

SITUATION VACANT ACADEMIC

St. Marys High School & Junior College requires the following Staff for their English Medium
School

1. SECONDARY SECTION : ASSISTANT HEADMASTER/MISTRESS

: Educational Quali ication : B.A. or B.Sc
: Professional Quali ication: B.Ed

The candidate should have at least 15 years experience of teaching in a Secondary School of
repute and should be well versed with the day to day functioning of the Secondary School and
Education Department

Kindly send your Application and Biodata to

The Manager, St. Marys High School & Junior College, Kalina, Santacruz (East),
Mumbai 400 029

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  Manuel DSouza S P G
 Cell: 9821275458
For Sale Land 8300 sq feet

 
  (827 sq mts)
  
!$
Holy Trinity with Old Portuguese house on
it 3600 sq (350 sq mtrs) very
 !"# %&"'()
!('!$*!&"'()
Interiors close to the colva beach, church
and market.
Specialised in:

  
   Unique Glass Altars, Having independent road access.

 
    Grottos and Interiors Clear Title papers, and deal can
   
be concluded at a early date.
T123, Gen - Josey House,
Juhu Koliwada, Santacruz (West) Kindly contact
!  "#$%&  '
Mumbai - 400 049. Resi.: 2660 3109 9819953113
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In Arpora, Goa BED BUGS, GEL COCKROACH,

+ ,- !.!$ WHITE ANTS (TERMITE) RODENT & ETC.
/ 01 2 /3,/% 2 BHK 86 sq.mtrs.
Flats, Society premises, Bungalows, Office
4/-

5
 + - 1,2 324
2nd Floor. premises, Godown, Hospitals, Hotels, Churches
and Schools.
43 3  43 3 ,3 434323,
Well Maintained. Contact Person: RAYMOND MIRANDA
MIRANDA..
   &  150 5303 Cell :# 9820241321, # 9819594482.
1 4423240
Service available also at Thane, Navi Mumbai &
/ %& 6
60+/& 7
133203
1 43543 
Rs. 85.00 Lakhs Raigard Dist also.
Office: Military Road, Marol, Andheri (East), Mumbai-400 059.

 2/ 
/ 0 &$ 1 4,5, 5
10, 52 Mob: 9833516350 Our Konkan Div Govt Licence No is 0101/17112/P/E.

F R WANTED
H.S.C D.Ed (English Medium) Asst.
2 BHK flat available for rent Teacher for Primary sec on.
Walk in- interview on 17th April
for 11 months at Colva Goa 2017 between 10.00 a.m. to
1.00 p.m. with your resume and
self contained original documents.
To Manager,
with modern ameni es. St. Blaise High School,
Ceasar Road,
Kindly contact 9819161604/ Amboli Andheri (west)
9819014959 Tel No: 022 - 26772940

TENDER NOTICE
SEALED PRE-QUALIFICATION AND BIDS INVITED FROM CIVIL
CONTRACTORS FOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATION OF HOLY
TRINITY CHURCH, A.S. MARG, POWAI, MUMBAI 400076. TENDER
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE AT M/s ARCHIDES, ARCHITECTS, 201 B
WING, DAMJI SHAMJI CORP SQUARE, LAXMI NAGAR, GHATKOPAR
EAST, MP 9821218235/9920832623 AT RS3000/COPY. LAST DATE
OF SUBMISSION OF BIDS IS 18/04/17 1600 HRS.

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 Situation Vacant (Academic)
Category Open
For English Medium School
Age Limit No Bar
Post Full Time Clear Vacancy Shikshan Sevak for 3 years
School Aided (Post approved in Sanction Quota)
Work Load for the post 17 to 19 hours per week
Handicap Preferred

Qualification
1. B.A. / B.Ed. (Subject English / History) and ( Subject Hindi)
2. B.A. / B.P.Ed. (Subject P.T.)
3. B.Sc. / B.Ed (Subject Science / Maths)
Post Salary Consolidated Salary Rs. 8000/-

Qualification
H.S.C. / D.Ed. (With T.E.T.) 4 Vacancies
Post Salary Consolidated Salary Rs. 6000/-

Contact Personally
Our Lady of Health High School, Sahar, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 099.
On any working day from 6th April 2017 to 13th April 2017 between 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.

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 P F S FERNANDES PROPERTY SOLUTIONS
2 BHK with Garden FOR SALE DAHISAR
Ground floor flat Semi furnished PROJECT 1/2BHK COST
(597sq ) & Garden with Gro o
( 220 sq )
MANISH II 2BHK Rs.1.03 Cr.
Church, Hospital, Market & School
TARANG 1BHK Rs.83.13 Lacs
at walking distance. 2BHK Rs.1.29 Cr.
Located at Vasai East,
Evershine City MANHAR
1BHK Rs.96.76 Lacs
Contact : 9967397689
2BHK Rs.1.09 Cr.
(Owner) MIRA ROAD
PROJECT 1/2BHK COST
Course in IDEAL ENCLAVE 1BHK Rs.46.25 Lacs
Conversational ARUNODAYA
1BHK Rs.45.00 Lacs
Konkani 2BHK
1BHK
Rs.58.50 Lacs
Rs.34.00 Lacs
TIARA
A free Course in Conversational Konkani 2BHK Rs.52.00 Lacs
conducted by Mr. Sean DSouza. Also available Resale FLATS / SHOP / ROW HOUSE
For details and registration contact: A/16,Shanti Shopping Centre,opp Rly Station,Mira Road (E)
Hedley Braganza on
9869234350 7,Mukti kamal bldg.,L.T.Road,Near Jain Mandir,Dahisar(W)
Hon. Secretary of DAHISAR-8879456157,9322632712
Mapusa Association MIRA ROAD-9920258471,9322632712
Good Proposals
Wide-choices of Catholic
Brides & Grooms Available:
Contact : HOLIDAYS 2017
Royal Christian Family, 1. KASHMIR. JAMMU, PATNITOP.
99, Perin Nariman Street, 1st Floor, SRINAGAR GULMARG GONDOLA
Nr. GPO, Fort, Mumbai 400001 RIDES. SONAMARG. PAHALGAM
Tel.: 022-22693578, 22654924 (3 NIGHTS IN HOUSEBOAT)
Email:royalchristianfamily@gmail.com COMPLIMENTARY SHIKARA RIDE.
Website: www.royalchristianfamily.com 5 TO 15 MAY @ RS 25,500/-
Serving the community since 35 years 2. KASHMIR WITH LEH LADAKH
(BY AIR) 5 TO 14 MAY
For Advertising in @ RS 42,000/,
OThe Examiner OThe Secular Citizen 3. MAHABLESHWAR & PANCHGANI
ODIVO Konkani Weekly ORAKNNO and
other Catholic periodicals
BY BUS 26 TO 29 APRIL RS 8000/-
Contact: 4. CHANDIGARGH SHIMLA MANALI
Ad-Master - 9820473103 20 TO 29 MAY @ RS 23,500/- Spec
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Near GPO., Fort, Mumbai 400001 02226483603.

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