The first phase of housing scheme comes to an end & Girideepam Convention Center inaugurated
Inspired by the love of God and envisioned with one of the greatest objectives, the Major Archbishop –Catholicos Silver Jubilee Housing Scheme came to the end of its first phase with the gathering of 502 families in the newly constructed Girideepam Convention Center, on July 28, 2015.The newly constructed...
Cardinal Cleemis meets opposition MPs over saffronisation of education
Cardinal Baselios Mar Cleemis, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India met leaders of several political parties in Delhi on Thursday, expressing concerns regarding the “saffronisation of education”.He also pointed out that none of the 35,000 Christian institutions in the country had so far been consulted on the...
Eparchy of Puttur girl to play basketball at Special Olympics in Los Angeles
Mangaluru: Rebeka, a 16-year-old student of the Bethany Jeevan Jyothi Special School, Mardala in Puttur Taluk has been selected to participate in the basketball event to be held at Los Angeles from July 25 to August 2.Speaking to Bangalore Mir-ror, Fr Antony, director of the school said, "Rebeka has...
Mar Ivanios Day Celebrations – Across the globe, 2015
India - ThiruvananthapuramAn unprecedented 20,000 people concluded a five-day "walking pilgrimage" to remember Servant of God Mar Ivanios."He is father of our Church. It is part of the Eastern spiritual practice to walk in pilgrimage to the tomb of our fathers,” said Father Thomas Kayyalackal, chief organizer of the...
Mar Ivanios is Moses of Modern Era: Cardinal Peter Turkson
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Vatican, has described Geevarghese Mar Ivanios as the Moses of modern times.Turkson was addressing the gathering at the commemoration ceremony of the Sevant of God Mar Ivanios. The chief guest at the occasion, Turkson said that akin...
Grand Finale to a Grand Event – Eckara 2015 UAE
The Vacation Bible Class for the children of the Dubai Malankara Catholic Community came to its conclusion on the 14th of July after five glorious Spiritually enriching and fun filled days.A detailed explanation of the Eckara 2015 in the words of Master Tony Paul (an Eckara participant) who was...
Malankara Catholic Bible Convention – USA 2015
The Malankara Catholic Bible Convention of 2015 was held on 10, 11 and 12 July, 2015 at the St. Vincent de Paul Malankara Catholic Cathedral, Elmont, New York. Rev. Dr. Paul Thelakkat from the Archdiocese of Ernakulam was the preacher. The convention started every day with the celebration of...
Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee Celebration of Rev. Dr. Geroge Oonnoonny and Rev. Dr.Gigi Philip
The Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee of two Malankara Catholic priests in North America, namely, Rev. Dr. Geroge Oonnoonny and Rev. Dr.Gigi Philip was celebrated on July 11 under the auspices of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate. The Jubilarians celebrated the Holy Mass at 11.00 am at the St. Vincent de Paul...
Priests’ in USA – Annual Retreat
The priests of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate had their annual retreat from July 5 to 9 at the Malvern Retreat Center, Philadelphia. His Excellency Dr. Thomas Mar Eusebius and 21 priests participated in the retreat. Rev. Dr. Paul Thelakkatt, PRO of the Syro-Malabar Church was the retreat preacher. The...
Discernment Camp USA
A discernment camp was organized to bring together the youth of the Exarchate to inspire and inform them about the vocation to priesthood. The camp was conducted on June 26 to 28, 2015 at the Exarchate Center under the leadership of Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius, Rev. Fr. Abraham Lukose,...
