Archbishop’s Engagements January - 2016 - Archdiocese of...

N � w Year 2016 is dawn and we are happy indeed to

celebrate it with joy and happiness as it is the first day of

the year. Can we not think differently that the New Year

day is the first day the rest of our lives? This thought gives

us a warning that we should regulate our lives at the same

time makes us to be more God - Conscious and to carry

out our responsibilities with greater care than before.

This instils hope in us at the same time gives a caution . The rest of our life

is our life and we are responsible for it. Hence, we are called to live our

lives as required of us as priests, religious and laity. We have the obligation

to be masters of our desires and inclinations and live the situation as God

wants it.

Jesus emptying himself became man and identified himself with the poor

and the neglected. Like Christ, we must seize the opportunities of helping

the needy, visiting the sick, feeding the hungry and taking up their burdens

with joyful hearts and mercy, then we will be able to say proudly that we

follow Jesus in His footsteps. Such kind of generosity shown to the needy on

our part brings us closer to God and that we feel that He is with us. Then

our lives become meaningful and wothliving because of our actions taken

in favour of the poor.

Let us not be under the illusion that we are going to live on this earth

permanently but let us remind ourselves daily that death may come at any

time when we least expect. Then we will make use of the possibilities given

by God to do good to others and also to be good.

The first of January being the first day of the e year 2016, let us be grateful

to God to the Great gift of Mary as our Mother as the gift of the New Year.

As Mary had unfailing trust in God and left herself in the hands of the loving

God, she was able to put up with all her disappointments, trials, difficulties

and worries with the firm conviction that nothing happens without God’s

will. Like Mary, let us entrust ourselves to God with unwavering commitment

that God will take us where He wants and we will find fulfilment in carrying

out God’s will.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all of you a Gracefilled and Prosperous

New Year.

Your Loving Archbishop,

( � � � � t Rev. Antony Pappusamy)

The Archbishop of Madurai

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Archbishop’s Engagements January - 2016

01 - New Year’s Grace & Blessing Day @ Bishop’s House

02 - Marian Novenna & Mass @ Rosary Church

03 M - Mass @ Nagamalai Pudukottai

08 E - Holy Door Opening Mass @ Srivilliputhur

09 - Blessing of Grotto & Mass @ Cumbum

10 - Anniversary Mass @ T. Sindalacherry

14 M - Infant Jesus Provincialate Feast Day Mass @ Y. Othakadai

E - Inter Religious Pongal Celebration @ Pudur

16 M - Pongal Celebrations with Archdiocesan Youth @ NPC

E - Feast Day Mass @ Marambady

17 M - Marriage Mass @ Samayanallur

E - Feast Day Mass @ Marambady

19 - Don Bosco School Day Celebrations @ Surya Nagar

20-23 - TNBC Meet @ Pillar

24 M - Feast Day Mass @ Thirunagar

E - Church Blessing @ Ayankollankondan,

Sundaranatchiyapuram

25 - Feast Day Mass @ Ellis Nagar

26 - TNBC Laity Commission Symposium @ Trichy

27-28 - Archdiocesan Priestly Reunion @ NPC

29 - Priestly Ordination @ Vadipatty

30 M - Marriage Mass @ Palanganatham

E - Blessing of the School Building & Annual Day

Celebrations @ De Nobili Mat. Hr. Sec. School, K. Pudur

31 - Pallium Investiture Ceremony @ St. Joseph’s Church @

Gnanaolivupuram

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EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY

HOLY MASS AND OPENING OF THE HOLY DOOR

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

Saint Peter’s Square

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

In a few moments I will have the joy of

opening the Holy Door of Mercy. We carry out this act – as I did in

Bangui – so simple yet so highly symbolic, in the light of the word of

God which we have just heard. That word highlights the primacy of

grace. Again and again these readings make us think of the words by

which the angel Gabriel told an astonished young girl of the mystery

which was about to enfold her: “Hail, full of grace” (Lk1:28).

The Virgin Mary was called to rejoice above all because of what

the Lord accomplished in her. God’s grace enfolded her and made her

worthy of becoming the Mother of Christ. When Gabriel entered her

home, even the most profound and impenetrable of mysteries became

for her a cause for joy, a cause for faith, a cause for abandonment to

the message revealed to her. The fullness of grace can transform

the human heart and enable it to do something so great as to change

the course of human history.

The feast of the Immaculate Conception expresses the grandeur

of God’s love. Not only does he forgive sin, but in Mary he even averts

the original sin present in every man and woman who comes into this

world. This is the love of God which precedes, anticipates and saves.

The beginning of the history of sin in the Garden of Eden yields to a plan

of saving love. The words of Genesis reflect our own daily experience:

we are constantly tempted to disobedience, a disobedience expressed

in wanting to go about our lives without regard for God’s will. This is

the enmity which keeps striking at people’s lives, setting them in opposition

to God’s plan. Yet the history of sin can only be understood in the light

of God’s love and forgiveness. Sin can only be understood in this light.

Were sin the only thing that mattered, we would be the most desperate

of creatures. But the promised triumph of Christ’s love enfolds

everything in the Father’s mercy. The word of God which we have just

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1 � The Archbishop has asked for a facelift of the DNL, to modify

the content and composition of the Archdiocesan News Letter.

As per his wish, the DNL will be published with information from

various commissions, vicariates, parishes etc., in an elegant

designing. Kindly send your materials before the 20th of every

month, so that they can be edited and designed properly on time.

2. This edition of the News Letter is dedicated for ‘The

Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy’. Be pleased to find

various documents related to this Jubilee Year, and make use of

them in the pastoral ministry.

3. Priests’ Reunion Meeting will be held in Nobili Pastoral centre,

Madurai. It commences on 27thWednesday at 10.00 a.m. with

exhortation. It will be over at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 28th Thursday

inst. All our parish priests are requested to attend it without fail.

4. The World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on 1st of January

all over the world. Pope Francis has given a message on the theme

‘Overcome Indifference and Win Peace’. Kindly, find the text in

the Vatican Website and make use of it.

5. The Church Unity Octave is observed in January (18th to 25th).

Our parish priests are asked to explain to the faithful, its true

significance so that it may yield the desired fruit. True ecumenism

and dialogue is to give respect to other religious beliefs and practices,

because due respect to every human person and his conscience is

a basic right and its infringement is equivalent to denial of human

right. Kindly recite the prayer for unity which will be sent to you.

P � � � � s General Prayer Intention for January 2016: That sincere

dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the

fruits of peace and justice.

Pope’s Mission Intention for January 2016 : That by means of

dialogue and fraternal charity and with the grace of the Holy Spirit,

Christians may overcome divisions.

Please Note

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POPE FRANCIS

GENERAL AUDIENCE

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Why have a Jubilee of Mercy?

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good

morning,

Yesterday I opened here, in St Peter’s

Basilica, the Holy Door of the Jubilee of

Mercy, after having previously opened it

in the Cathedral of Bangui, Central Africa.

Today I would like to reflect together with

you on the meaning of this Holy Year,

responding to the question: Why have a Jubilee of Mercy? What does

this mean?

The Church is in need of this extraordinary occasion. I am not

saying: this extraordinary occasion is good for the Church. I am saying:

the Church needs this extraordinary occasion. In this era of profound

changes, the Church is called to offer her particular contribution,

rendering visible the signs of the presence and closeness of God. The

Jubilee is a favourable time for all of us, because by contemplating

Divine Mercy, which overcomes all human limitations and shines in the

darkness of sin, we are able to become more certain and effective

witnesses.

Turning our gaze to God, merciful Father, and to our brothers and sisters

in need of mercy, means focusing our attention on the essential contents

of the Gospel: Jesus, Mercy made flesh, who renders the great mystery

of the Trinitary Love of God visible to our eyes. Celebrating a Jubilee of

Mercy is equivalent to placing once again the specific nature of the

Christian faith, namely Jesus Christ, the merciful God, at the centre of

our personal life and that of our communities.

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heard leaves no doubt about this. The Immaculate Virgin stands before

us as a privileged witness of this promise and its fulfilment.

This Extraordinary Year is itself a gift of grace. To pass through

the Holy Door means to rediscover the infinite mercy of the Father

who welcomes everyone and goes out personally to encounter each of

them. It is he who seeks us! It is he who comes to encounter us!

This will be a year in which we grow ever more convinced of God’s

mercy. How much wrong we do to God and his grace when we speak

of sins being punished by his judgment before we speak of their being

forgiven by his mercy (cf. Saint Augustine, De Praedestinatione

Sanctorum, 12, 24)! But that is the truth. We have to put mercy before

judgment, and in any event God’s judgement will always be in the light

of his mercy. In passing through the Holy Door, then, may we feel that

we ourselves are part of this mystery of love, of tenderness. Let us

set aside all fear and dread, for these do not befit men and women who

are loved. Instead, let us experience the joy of encountering that

grace which transforms all things.

Today, here in Rome and in all the dioceses of the world, as we

pass through the Holy Door, we also want to remember another door,

which fifty years ago the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council opened

to the world. This anniversary cannot be remembered only for the

legacy of the Council’s documents, which testify to a great advance in

faith. Before all else, the Council was an encounter. A genuine

encounter between the Church and the men and women of our

time. An encounter marked by the power of the Spirit, who impelled

the Church to emerge from the shoals which for years had kept her

self-enclosed so as to set out once again, with enthusiasm, on her

missionary journey. It was the resumption of a journey of encountering

people where they live: in their cities and homes, in their workplaces.

Wherever there are people, the Church is called to reach out to them

and to bring the joy of the Gospel, and the mercy and forgiveness of

God. After these decades, we again take up this missionary drive with

the same power and enthusiasm. The Jubilee challenges us to this

openness, and demands that we not neglect the spirit which emerged

from Vatican II, the spirit of the Samaritan, as Blessed Paul VI

expressed it at the conclusion of the Council. May our passing through

the Holy Door today commit us to making our own the mercy of the

Good Samaritan.

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we were lost” (Homily of First Vespers of Divine Mercy Sunday, 11

April 2015): this is the objective that the Church establishes for herself in

this Holy Year. In this way we will strengthen in ourselves the certainty

that mercy can truly help in the edification of a more human world.

Especially in our time, in which forgiveness is a rare guest in the spheres

of human life, the call to mercy is made more

urgent, and this is so in every place: in

society, in institutions, at work and even in the

family.

Of course, someone could object:

“Father, shouldn’t the Church do something

more this Year? It is right to contemplate the

mercy of God, but there are so many

urgent needs!”. It is true, there is much to

do, and I for one never tire of remembering

this. However, we must bear in mind that

whenever mercy is obliviatedself-love is at

the root. In the world, this takes the form of

exclusively seeking one’s own interests,

pleasures and honours joined with the desire to accumulate wealth,

whereas in the life of a Christian it is often disguised in hypocrisy and

worldliness. All of these things are contrary to mercy. Surges of self-

love, which make mercy a stranger in the world, are so abundant and

numerous that we are often unable to recognize them as limitations and

as sin. This is why it is necessary to recognize ourselves as sinners, so as

to strengthen within us the certainty of divine mercy. “Lord, I am a sinful

man; Lord, I am a sinful woman: come with your mercy”. This is a

beautiful prayer. It is an easy prayer to say every day: “Lord, I am a

sinner: come with your mercy”.

Dear brothers and sisters, I hope that, in this Holy Year, each one of

us may experience God’s mercy, in order to be witnesses to “what pleases

God most”. Is it naïve to believe that this can change the world? Yes,

humanly speaking, it is foolish, but “the foolishness of God is wiser than

men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men” (1 Cor 1:25).

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It is a Holy Year, therefore, so as to live mercy. Yes, dear brothers

and sisters, this Holy Year is offered to us so that we may experience in

our lives the sweet and gratifying touch of God’s forgiveness, his presence

beside us and his closeness especially in the moments of greatest need.

This Jubilee, in other words, is a privileged moment for the Church to

learn to choose only “what pleases God most”. What is it that “pleases

God most”? Forgiving his children, having mercy on them, so that they

may in turn forgive their brothers and sisters, shining as a flame of

God’s mercy in the the world. This is what pleases God most. St Ambrose,

in a theological book that he wrote about Adam, takes up the story of

the creation of the world and says that each day after God made something

— the moon, the sun or the animals — [the Bible] says: “God saw that

it was good”. But when he made man and woman, the Bible says: “He

saw that it was very good”. St Ambrose asks himself: “Why does He

say ‘very good’? Why is God so content after the creation of man and

woman?”.Because finally he had someone to forgive. This is beautiful:

God’s joy is forgiving, God’s being is mercy. This is why we must open

our hearts this year so that this love, this joy of God may fill us all with

this mercy. The Jubilee will be a “favourable time” for the Church if we

learn to choose “what pleases God most”, without giving in to the

temptation of thinking that something else is more important or primary.

Nothing is more important than choosing “what pleases God most”, in

other words, his mercy, his love, his tenderness, his embrace and his

caresses!

The necessary work of renewing the institutions and structures of

the Church is also a way that should lead us to make a living and vivifying

experience of God’s mercy, which alone can guarantee that the Church

is that city set on a hill that cannot be hid (cf. Mt 5:14). Only a merciful

Church shines! Should we forget, for even just a moment, that mercy is

“what pleases God most”, our every effort would be in vain, for we

would become slaves to our institutions and our structures, inasmuch as

they may be renewed. But we would always be slaves.

“To experience strongly within ourselves the joy of having been

found by Jesus, the Good Shepherd who has come in search of us because

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ghpG+uzg;gyidg; ngw nghJthd epge;jidfsghpG+uzg;gyidg; ngw nghJthd epge;jidfsghpG+uzg;gyidg; ngw nghJthd epge;jidfsghpG+uzg;gyidg; ngw nghJthd epge;jidfsghpG+uzg;gyidg; ngw nghJthd epge;jidfs;:

ghpG+uzg;gyd;fisg; ngw tpUk;GNthh;:

1) Kiwahd jpUKOf;F ngw;wpUj;jy;.

2) jpUr;rigapy; cWg;gpduhf (jpUr;rig tpyf;F Nghd;w jz;liz

ngwhjtuhf) ,Uj;jy;.

3) ghtk; ,y;yhj cs;sj;Jld; mUs;epiyapy; ,Ufj;jy;.

4) cz;ikahd kdkhw;wj;Jld; ghpG+uzg; gyd;fisg; ngw tpUg;gk;

nfhz;ltuhf Gdpj thapypy; Eiojy;.

5) me;j ehspy; my;yJ mjw;F Kd; md;ikapy; xg;GuT mUs;rhjdk;

ngw;wtuhf ,Uj;jy;.

6) jpUg;gypapy; md;W gq;Nfw;W ew;fUiz cl;nfhs;Sjy;.

7) jpUr;rigNahL capUs;s xd;wpg;igf; fhl;l ek;gpf;if mwpf;ifia

nrhy;Yjy;.

8) jpUj;je;ijf;fhfTk;> mtuJ fUj;Jf;fSf;fhfTk; nrgpj;jy;.

9) Md;kh rhh;e;j> cly; rhh;e;j ,uf;fr; nray;fis KO Mh;tj;jJld;

,ad;w msT nra;jy;.

Nkw;$wpa epge;jidfis epiwNtw;Wk; midtUk; xU ehisf;FxU ehisf;FxU ehisf;FxU ehisf;FxU ehisf;F

xU Kiw kl;LkxU Kiw kl;LkxU Kiw kl;LkxU Kiw kl;LkxU Kiw kl;Lk; xt;nthU ehSkxt;nthU ehSkxt;nthU ehSkxt;nthU ehSkxt;nthU ehSk; ,g;gyd;fisg; ngwyhk;. ,g;gyd;fis

jq;fSf;fhfTk;> ,we;NjhUf;fhfTk; gad;gLj;jyhk; (xg;Gf;nfhLf;fyhk);.

Nkw;$wpa epge;idfspy; xUrpytw;iw epiwNtw;w ,ayhjth;fs;

,g;gyd;fisg; ngw tpUk;gpdhy; gFjp mstpyhd (partial),g;gyd;fisg;ngwyhk;.

,g ;gyd ;fisg ; ngw Nkw ;$w pa e pge ;jidfSld; g pd ;tUk ;,g ;gyd ;fisg ; ngw Nkw ;$w pa e pge ;jidfSld; g pd ;tUk ;,g ;gyd ;fisg ; ngw Nkw ;$w pa e pge ;jidfSld; g pd ;tUk ;,g ;gyd ;fisg ; ngw Nkw ;$w pa e pge ;jidfSld; g pd ;tUk ;,g ;gyd ;fisg ; ngw Nkw ;$w pa e pge ;jidfSld; g pd ;tUk ;

nray;fisAk; nra;aj jUr;rigg; ghpe;Jiuf;fpwJ.nray;fisAk; nra;aj jUr;rigg; ghpe;Jiuf;fpwJ.nray;fisAk; nra;aj jUr;rigg; ghpe;Jiuf;fpwJ.nray;fisAk; nra;aj jUr;rigg; ghpe;Jiuf;fpwJ.nray;fisAk; nra;aj jUr;rigg; ghpe;Jiuf;fpwJ.

1) mbf;fb kdty;ypa nrgq;fisr; nrhy;yp jk; cs;sj;ij flTs;ghy;

vOg;Gjy;.

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,uf;fj;jpw;fhd ,iw mioj;jy;;; ; ;,uf;fj;jpw;fhd ,iw mioj;jy;;; ; ;,uf;fj;jpw;fhd ,iw mioj;jy;;; ; ;,uf;fj;jpw;fhd ,iw mioj;jy;;; ; ;,uf;fj;jpw;fhd ,iw mioj;jy;;; ; ;

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,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; A+gpyp,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; A+gpyp,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; A+gpyp,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; A+gpyp,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; A+gpyp

jpUj;je;ij gpuhd;rp];; ,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; rpwg;G A+gpyp Mz;il

mwptpj;jpUf;fpwhH. ek; tpz;zfj; je;ij ,uf;fKs;stuha; ,Ug;gJ Nghy

,uf;fKs;stHfsha; ,Uf;f miog;G ngw;Ws;s ehk;> (Y}f; 6:36) mijr;

rpwg;ghf czHe;J tho;e;J fhl;Lk; Nehf;Fld;> 2015 Vg;uy; khjk; 11-Mk;

ehsd;W “,uf;fj;jpd; Kfk;,uf;fj;jpd; Kfk;,uf;fj;jpd; Kfk;,uf;fj;jpd; Kfk;,uf;fj;jpd; Kfk;”vd;Dk; jiyg;gpy; mtH ntspapl;l Mtzj;jpd;

%yk; ,g;Gdpj Mz;ilg; gw;wpa mjpfhug;G+Htkhd mwptpg;ig ntspapl;lhH.

,uz;lhk; tj;jpf;fhd; rq;f epiwtpd; 50 Mk; Mz;L epiwitf;

nfhz;lhLk; tifapy; 2015 brk;gH 8-Mk; ehsd;W Gdpj NgJU Nguhyaj;jpy;

jpUthapiyj; jpwe;J> jpUj;je;ij Jtq;fpitf;ftpUf;Fk; ,e;j A+gpyp

Mz;L> 2016 etk;gH 20-Mk; ehsd;W fpwp];J murH ngUtpoh md;W

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Ma;e;J mwpaTk; ,JNt rhpahd Neuk;” vd;whH.

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,iw kf;fspd; xl;L nkhj;j ek;gpf;if tho;f;if Mfpa midj;Jk;> ,uf;fNk

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Gdpj ,uz;lhk; [hd;ghy;.

fl;Gydhfhj flTspd; rhaiyf; fl;Gydhf;Fk; ,NaRtpy; (nfhNyh 1:15)

ehk; flTisf;; fz;LzHe;J mthpy;> ,uf;fj;jpd; KOikia (vNg 2:4-7)

,ytrf; nfhilahf Ritj;jpUf;fpNwhk;. ehk; ghtpfshf ,Ue;jNghJk;

fpwp];J ekf;fhfj; jpahfg; gypahdhH vd;gjpy; flTspd; md;gpd; jd;ikia

ehk; Ghpe;J nfhz;Nlhk;

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Mtzj;jpy; ,NaRit ,iw ,uf;fj;jpd; milahsk; vdr; rpj;jhpf;fpwhH.

,uf;fNk cUthd je;ijapd; cUtpYk; rhaypYk; gilf;fg;gl;L (njhE}

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2:9) J}a Mtpahuhy; ,iwj; je;ijapd; ,uf;fj;ijg; gpujpgypf;f

W X gpwud;Gr; nray;fSf;fhf jk; Neuj;ijAk;> ciog;igAk;> nghUisAk;

nrytopj;jy;.

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nray;fisj; jtph;jy;.

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rhd;Wgfh;jy;.

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<LgLjy;.

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7) ,ad;w Nghnjy;yhk; ew;fUiz Muhjiz nra;jy;.

8) jpdKk; jdpahfNth> FLk;gj;jpNyh> Myaj;jpNyh nrgkhiy nrgpj;jy;.

9) ,ad;w Nghnjy;yhk; rpYitg;ghij nra;jy;.

10) ght ehl;lq;fspypUe;J tpLgl ew;nray;fspy; mjpfk; <LgLjy;.

11) Vio vspNahupd; Nkk;ghl;Lf;fhd ,uf;fr;nray;fspy; <LgLjy;.

12) ,uf;fr;nray;fspy; kpfr;rpwe;jjhfpa gpwiu cskhw kd;dpf;Fk; Gdpjr;

nraiy ,t;thz;L mjpfk; nra;jy;.

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xg;Gf;nfhLf;fyhk;.

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FO kw;Wk; jdp nrgj;jpy; <LgLtJ Nghd;wtw;why; ,g;gyd;fisg; ngwyhk;.

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jpUepfo;Tfspy; gq;Nfw;W ,g;gyd;fisg; ngwyhk;.

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mUl;gzpahsh; ,y;iynadpy; NehAw;Nwhh; mbf;fb nrgpf;Fk; gof;fk;

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,g;gyd;fSf;fhf nrgpf;fyhk;.

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xt;nthU KiwAk; ,t;thz;L KOtJk; ,g;gyd;fisg; ngwyhk;.

,t;thW midtUk; ,e;j A+gpyp Mz;L KOtJk; jpUr;rig toq;Fk;

ghpG+uzgyd;fisg; ngw;Wg; mUs; tho;tpd; gad; ngw md;Gld; miof;fpNwhk;.

ed;wp: NkjF Mau; rpq;fuhau;> Nryk; kiwkhtl;lk;ed;wp: NkjF Mau; rpq;fuhau;> Nryk; kiwkhtl;lk;ed;wp: NkjF Mau; rpq;fuhau;> Nryk; kiwkhtl;lk;ed;wp: NkjF Mau; rpq;fuhau;> Nryk; kiwkhtl;lk;ed;wp: NkjF Mau; rpq;fuhau;> Nryk; kiwkhtl;lk;

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flikg;gl;bUf;fpd;Nwhk;. “ckJ tPl;bw;Fg; Ngha; Mz;lth; ck;kPJ

,uf;fq;nfz;L ckf;Fr; nra;jijnay;yhk; ck; cwtpdUf;F mwptpAk;”

vd;W nfuNrdH gFjpiar; NrHe;j Nga; gpbj;jtUf;F ,NaR gpwg;gpj;j mNj

Miz ,d;W ekf;Fk; mspf;fg;gLfpwJ (khw; 5:19).

,uf;fj;jpw;fhd mtru miog;G,uf;fj;jpw;fhd mtru miog;G,uf;fj;jpw;fhd mtru miog;G,uf;fj;jpw;fhd mtru miog;G,uf;fj;jpw;fhd mtru miog;G

,uf;fj;jpd; fUtpaha;j; jpfo;tjpy;jhd;; jpUr;rigapd; tho;T, nghUs;

ngWfpwJ. vdNt jpUr;rigapd; midj;J Nka;g;Gg; gzpfSk;

ek;gpf;ifahsHfSf;F ,iwtdpd; ePba ,uf;fj;ij ntspg;gLj;j Ntz;Lk;.

jpUr;rigapd; NghjidapYk; rhl;rpaj;jpYk; ,uf;fj;jpw;Fj; jl;Lg;ghL

,Uj;jyhfhJ.

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ehk; miog;gl;bUf;fpNwhk;. ,e;j ,iwaioj;jy; rhpahd Kiwapy;

tho;thf;fg;gLk;NghJ ehk; fpwp];Jtpd; clyhf khWfpNwhk;> cyif

,uf;fj;Jld; Nehf;f ,iwtdpd; tpopfshf> ed;ik nra;a tpiuAk; mthpd;

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Gdpj mtpyh njurk;khs; fz;l fdT edthFk;.

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,ay;G nfhz;lJ. mtuJ ,uf;fk; mtuJ gilg;G midj;jpd;kPJk; cs;sJ

(jpgh 145:9). ,iwkfd; ,NaR> kf;fisg; gphpj;J itj;jpUe;j kjpy;fisj;

jfHj;njwpe;jhH. jdpikr; rpiwfspypUe;Jk; gphptpidfis cz;lhf;Fk;

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ghypdg; ghFghL Kjypatw;iwf; fise;jhH. xUtH kw;wthplkpUe;J ek;ikg;

gphpj;J itf;Fk;; rf;jpfisAk;> gpwuJ Jauj;ijf; fz;Lk; ,sfhj

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,oe;J jtpf;Fk; tptrhapfs;> tUtha; Nghjhky; jj;jspf;Fk; eLj;juf;

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njhFjpfspYk;> FLk;gq;fspYk;> md;gpaq;fspYk; muq;NfWk; NghJk;,

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,aw;ifr; rPuopT kdpjuhy; Vw;gLfpd;w NghJk; ekJ cs;sk; cUFtjpy;iy.

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Ntz;Lk;. ,iw ,uf;fk; ek;ik xOq;Fg;gLj;jp kd;dpg;G> fdpT> rfpg;Gj;jd;ik

Mfpa gz;Gfis nfhz;l Gjpa fz;Nzhl;lj;Jld; ek; r%fr; #o;epiyfis

mZf toptFf;fpwJ.

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vjpHghHf;fpwJ. Jd;gg;gLk; xUthpd; epiy fz;L ek;kpy; vOk; mDjhgk;>

mtuJ czHitNa ekjhf khw;w Ntz;Lk;. ,ijNa “,d;iwa cyfpy;

jpUr;rig” vDk; ,uz;lhk; tj;jpf;fhd; rq;f VL gpd;tUkhW $WfpwJ:

“kfpo;Tk;> vjpHNehf;Fk;> Vf;fKk;> ftiyAk;> ,d;iwa kdpjhpd; tho;tpy;

Fwpg;ghf Viofs; kw;Wk; Jd;GWNthH midthpd; tho;tpy; cs;sd.

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Kw;wpYk; chpadNt. fpwp];Jitg; gpd;gw;Wk; ,tHfspd; ,jaj;jpy;

cz;ikahd kdpjf; $Wfs; ahTk; vjpnuhypf;fj;jhd; nra;fpd;wd…

vdNtjhd;> fpwp];jtr; r%fk;> kdpj Fyj;NjhLk; kdpjFy tuyhw;NwhLk;

cz;ikapNy jhd; neUq;fp ,izf;fg; ngw;Ws;sJ vd;gij czHfpd;wJ”

(,.c.jp.1).

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NkjF MaH gPl;lH nukp[pa];

jiytH– jkpof MaH Nguit

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09,10.01.2016 ÉUJef® rÅ, PhÆW

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Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

Circular for the Holy Year of Mercy

December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016

To.

All the Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Religious,

Catechists and lay faithful of Latin Catholic Church in India.

Your Eminence, Your Grace, Your Excellency,

Greetings of Peace and Joy in the Lord Jesus Christ, the living

face of the Father’s Mercy.

Our Holy Father, Pope Francis has announced an Extraordinary

Jubilee Year of Mercy which will begin on December 8, 2015, the

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and conclude on November

20, 2016, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of the Universe.

The Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy was declared with the Bull of

Indiction, ‘MisericordiaeVultus’ (MV) of April 11, 2015.

The motto of the Holy Year of Mercy, “Merciful like the

Father,” (Lk. 6:36) serves as an invitation to follow the example of

the compassionate Father who asks us not to judge or condemn but to

forgive and give love and forgiveness without measure. We wish to live

this Jubilee Year in the light of the Lord’s words: “Be merciful just as

your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36). The Holy Year of Mercy is a call to

the Church to refashion herself as a body not for judgment or

condemnation but for pardon and merciful love. It is an occasion and an

opportunity for us to deepen our faith and transform our Church into a

more compassionate and merciful instrument.

The Holy Father, Pope Francis has suggested numerous ways of

experiencing and practicing Mercy in MisericordiaeVultus. Keeping

in mind those practical ways the Executive Committee of the CCBI

requested that we give some guidelines, which the Indian Church could

consider in all the pastoral initiatives at different levels: regional, diocesan

and parish in the year of Mercy.

1. Organising Committee: “Mercy is the very foundation of the

Church’s life” (MV10). Thus, under the guidance of the Bishop all the

Commissions of the diocese, could come together to form an Organising

Committee that would initiate, lead and co-ordinate the initiatives of the

Year of Mercy, both, at the Diocesan and Parish levels.

2. Opening of the Holy Door of Mercy: “On the same Sunday,

(the third Sunday of Advent, December 13, 2015) I (Pope Francis) will

announce that in every local Church at the Cathedral – the Mother Church

of the faithful in any particular area or alternatively at the co-cathedral

or another church of special significance, a Door of Mercy will be opened

for the duration of the Holy Year” (MV 3). At the discretion of the

Diocesan Bishop a similar door may be opened at any Shrine. It would

be particularly appropriate if the National Shrines and Basilicas are chosen

for this.

3. Closing of the Holy Door of Mercy: On November 20, 2016,

the day of the closing of the Holy Year of Mercy, all the doors designated

as Holy Doors of Mercy will be solemnly closed (MV 5).

4. Corporal Works of Mercy: “Jesus introduces us to these works

of Mercy in his preaching so that we can know whether or not we are

living as his disciples. Let us rediscover these corporal works of Mercy:

i) to feed the hungry, ii) give drink to the thirsty, iii) clothe the naked, iv)

welcome the stranger, v) heal the sick, vi) visit the imprisoned and vii)

bury the dead.”(MV15). If we can motivate every baptized person to do

“One Small Act of Mercy Daily” it will bring about a mercy revolution in

India.

5. Spiritual Works of Mercy: “And let us not forget the spiritual

works of Mercy: i) to counsel the doubtful, ii) instruct the ignorant, iii)

admonish sinners, iv) comfort the afflicted, v) forgive offences, vi) bear

patiently those who do us ill and vii) pray for the living and the dead”

(MV 15). We are recommended to form Missionary Disciples (MD)

(EvangeliiGaudium120) who can exercise the above spiritual works

and motivate others to do the same.”

6. Pilgrimage: “The Practice of Pilgrimage has a special place in

the Holy Year, because it represents the journey each of us makes in this

life” (MV 14). “May pilgrimage be an impetus to conversion, by crossing

the threshold of the Holy Door, we will find the strength to embrace

God’s Mercy” (MV14).

We are invited to announce some Pilgrimages where people can

have the opportunity to enter the Holy Door and encounter God’s Mercy

and obtain an Indulgence. These Pilgrim Centres for this Holy Year

ought to have teams to help the pilgrims experience Mercy and conversion

through faith.

7. Lent 2016: “The season of Lent during this Jubilee Year should

also be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and

experience God’s Mercy” (MV 16). Lent 2016 should be considered

with new fervour and more reading and meditation of the Sacred

Scriptures should be promoted.

“In order to be capable of Mercy, therefore, we must first of all

dispose ourselves to listen to the Word of God” (MV13). All the baptized

could be recommended to have a ‘Personal Bible’ and ‘Personal Prayerful

Bible Reading Time’ especially in the forthcoming season of Lent. “How

many pages of Sacred Scriptures are appropriate for meditation during

the weeks of Lent to help us rediscover the merciful Face of the Father!”

(MV 17).

8. Regular Confession Initiatives: “Let us place the Sacrament

of Reconciliation at the centre once more in such a way that it will

enable people to touch the grandeur of God’s Mercy with their own

hand”(MV 17). We need trained confessors who would be available to

lead the penitents to experience Divine Mercy. Special motivational

recollections for priests on the theme of ̀ God’s Mercy and the Sacrament

of Reconciliation’ could be conducted. We can invite also Confessors

from outside the diocese especially during the season of Lent.

9. Missionaries of Mercy: “During this Holy Year I (Pope Francis)

intend to send out Missionaries of Mercy” (MV 18).They will be

persuasive preachers of Mercy. “I ask my brother Bishops to invite and

welcome these Missionaries of Mercy” (MV 18). From every Diocese

some priests can be recommended by the Local Ordinaries to the

Pontifical Council for the Promotion of New Evangelization and can be

registered as Missionaries of Mercy for this Holy Year. Some dioceses

have already done so.

10. 24 Hours for the Lord: “The initiative of 24 Hours for the

Lord to be celebrated on the Friday and Saturday preceding the Fourth

week of Lent, should be implemented in every diocese” (MV 17) March

4 and 5, 2016 can be marked as the days of intense prayer in every

Diocese, Parish, Religious House, Institution and Mission Station in India.

There can be an organized 24 Hours of chain prayer involving different

groups which could be nominated, motivated and trained.

11. Mercy Outreaches: “May we reach out to them (wounded

and hurt) and support them so that they can feel the warmth of our

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presence, our friendship and our fraternity” (MV 15). As members of

the Body of Christ, we are called upon to respond with deep compassion

and mercy to all our brothers and sisters who have feel hurt in some way

by any member of the Church or by any minister of the Church.

There is an urgent need to identify ‘Agents of Reconciliation’ who

will take the initiative to reach out to those who feel wounded by the

ministers and the members of our own community. There can be a ̀ Team

of Agents of Reconciliation` well trained for peace making, out-reach,

and special Healing Services.

12. Divine Mercy Devotion: “Our Prayer also extends to the Saints

and blessed ones who made Divine Mercy their mission in life. I am

especially thinking of the great apostle of Divine Mercy, Saint Faustina

Kowalska” (MV 24). During this year of Divine Mercy we can

concentrate and promote the devotion to Divine Mercy through the

recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet and litany. We can also make our

people aware of the Messages on Divine Mercy revealed to Saint Faustina

Kowalska. Moreover we can celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday, which

follows the Sunday after Easter, April 17, 2016, with greater solemnity.

13. Catechesis on Jubilee Year of Mercy: An in-depth awareness

of the Jubilee year of Mercy is essential to celebrate the year meaningfully

and fruitfully. Special conferences on Mercy can be organized

systematically by having selected resource persons reaching out to

different places and groups throughout the year. These selected personnel

would need to explain the meaning of the Year of Mercy, Door of Mercy,

Indulgence, Sacrament of Reconciliation, and other works of Mercy

recommended by the Church in MisericordiaeVultus. They can be also

encouraged to write articles and books on Mercy of God and the Jubilee

year of Mercy. The Special programmes in this Year of Mercy, conducted

at Suvarta Kendra, Panchmari, National Centre for New Evangelization

could be utilized.

14. Dissemination of the Message of Mercy: The diocesan and

regional task force for the Year of Mercy can create and manage a

website wherein the events, resources, information, links, samples, short

films, documentaries and support programmes can be uploaded for a

speedy awareness and co-ordination, use of social media is also very

effective.

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The main focus and aim of this Jubilee Year is to live out in our

daily lives the Mercy which the Father constantly extends to all of us

and to introduce everyone to the great mystery of God’s Mercy. (MV

25).

15. Prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy: In order to have a fruitful

experience of the programmes of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, we urge

everyone to pray regularly the prayer for the Year of Mercy prepared

by the Holy Father, Pope Francis. We encourage all of you to take

initiatives based on these guidelines to celebrate the Year of Mercy

meaningfully in our country.

Our Mother Mary, Mother of Mercy, was the first herald of Mercy

in the house of Elizabeth, at the Marriage at Cana, under the Cross at

Calvary and in the Upper Room on the day of Pentecost. May our

Mother of Mercy intercede for each one of us especially during this

year.We wish you all a fruitful Holy Year of Mercy.

Given from the Secretariat of the Conference of Catholic Bishops

of India on October 7 on the Feast of Our Lady of Rosary, in the

Year of Our Lord 2015.

+Oswald Cardinal Gracias, President, Conference of Catholic

Bishops of India and Archbishop of Bombay.

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lesson about the evils of liquor, so he produced an experiment

that involved a glass of water, a glass of whiskey

and two worms.

“Now, class. Observe closely the worms,” said the

professor putting a worm first into the water. The

worm in the water writhed about, happy as a worm in

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as a doornail.

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responded, “Drink whiskey and you won’t get worms.”

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for concentrating on revering and refreshing ANBIAMS

in the parish. Handbook and wall posters have been

already given to you in the priests meeting. Kindly

make use of them to celebrate the event meaningfully.

Since the themes revolve around the nurturing and

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take the values of bible easily even to non – Christians,

who reside around the particular anbiam families.

– Fr. A. Arul, Secretary, Anbiam

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Munjikkal 53,000.00Nagamalai 18,000.00Othyal 2,100.00Palanganatham 74,000.00Periyakulam 17,000.00Perumalmalai 11,000.00Railway Colony 12,000.00Rajapalayam 29,513.00Rayappanpatti 35,000.00Rayapuram 5,200.00R. R. Nagar 12,580.00Sengole Nagar 43,000.00Shenbaganur 15,000.00Sillukkuvarpatti 15,000.00Sivakasi 3,03,000.00Srivilliputhur 1,26,665.00St. Annes Convent, Mapalayam 2,500.00St.Mary’s Church 50,000.00Sundaranatchiapuram 14,100.00Theni 69,272.00Thirumangalam 20,000.00Thirunagar 15,000.00Thummichinampatti 900.00T.Sindalacherry 3,000.00T.Vadipatti 30,000.00Ugarthe Nagar 7,250.00Usilampatti 15,100.00Uthamapalayam 12,500.00Virudunagar 72,000.00W.Pudupatti 26,000.00Y.Othakadai 6,300.00

80,000.00 18,250.00 2,000.001,00,000.00 16,000.00 6,200.00 35,000.00 15,000.00 42,000.00 4,500.00 13,500.00 - 55,518.00 -3,05,000.00 - - 60,000.00 20,900.001,20,460.00 26,000.00 25,000.00 650.001,18,000.00 14,800.00 6,035.00 13,740.00 2,000.00 74,000.00 - 12625.00

Achbishop’s House Community - 26,800.00

Holy Cross Convent, Pambarpuram - 30,000.00

Nilakottai - 8,150.00

Packiapuram - 14,500.00

Pandian Nagar - 3,040.00

Samayanallur - 85,000.00

22,78,32018,93,834Total

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Church 2014 2015

Alangulam 2,000.00Ammapatti 300.00A. Nathampatti 5,500.00Anjal Nagar 31,545.00Anna Nagar 25,000.00Aruppukottai 10,000.00Ayravathanallur 10,410.00Bastin Nagar 21,000.00Batlagundu 70,000.00Bibikulam 48,000.00Bodinayakanur 2,000.00Chinnamanur 4,400.00Christ Hall Seminary 30,866.00Ellis Nagar 50,000.00Gnanaolivupuram 1,30,000.00Hanumanthanpatti 40,000.00Holy Rosary Church 16,000.00Iyyampalayam 4,501.00J. A. College 17,000.00Kadachanendal 65,000.00Kadamalaikundu 4,500.00Kalladipatti 10,200.00Kariapatti 1,000.00Karumathur 1,500.00Kavirayapuram 3,000.00Kottur 5,285.00K.Pudur 1,10,000.00Loudr Puram 1,769.00Manalar 3,000.00Mangalamkombu 2,500.00Mangudi Meenatchiapuram 4,000.00Matha Kovilpatti 3,500.00Meenampatti 28,078.00Melur 6,000.00Michaelpalayam 10,000.00

Mission Sunday Collection -

A Comparitive Picture as on 16/12/2015

2,717.00 4,780.00 6,000.00 30,400.00 40,000.00 - 17,200.001,00,000.00 62,000.00 55,000.00 - - - 75,000.001,30,000.00 45,000.00 30,000.00 6,300.00 - 90,000.00 5,000.00 12,000.00 1,100.00 1,750.00 2,170.00 12,385.001,15,000.00 - 3,250.00 3,050.00 6,000.00 2,500.00 30,000.00 10,000.00 50,050.00

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Bible SundayCollection as on 24/11/2015 83,660.00

Gnanaolivupuram 3,000.00

Michaelpalayam 2,300.00

Meenampatti 2,120.00

Kadachanendal 2,000.00

Thirunagar 2,000.00

Nagamalai 1,800.00

Ugarthe Nagar 1,560.00

Rajapalayam 1,000.00

Pandian Nagar 550.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

Othyal 200.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 1,01,190.00

Mission Sunday - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 16,61,902.00K. Pudur 1,15,000.00Kadachanendal 90,000.00Munjikkal 80,000.00Shenbaganur 55,518.00Michaelpalayam 50,050.00Rayappanpatti 42,000.00Anna Nagar 40,000.00Meenampatti 30,000.00Archbishop’s House Community 26,800.00Thirunagar 25,000.00Nagamalai 18,250.00Y. Othakadai 12,625.00Perumalmalai 6,200.00Ugarthe Nagar 6,035.00Holy Cross Convent, Pambarpuram 5,000.00Kadamalaikundu 5,000.00Manalar 3,250.00Pandian Nagar 3,040.00Othyal 2,000.00Thummichinampatti 650.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 22,78,320.00

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Holy Childhood - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 1,69,194.00

Ugarthe Nagar 1300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 1,70,494.00

Vocation Sunday Collection - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 87,157.00



Collection as on 16/12/2015 91,557.00

St. Peter’s Pence - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 79,057.00



Lourdupuram 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 84,222.00

Prison Ministry

Collection as on 24/11/2015 80,393.00





Shenbaganur 500.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 89,028.00

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Matha Kovilpatti 300.00

Othyal 200.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 57,195.00

Peter the Apostle

Collection as on 24/11/2015 16,030.00

Anjal Nagar 6980.00

Theni 3,200.00


Batlagundu 2,000.00

Bibikulam 2,000.00

Thirumangalam 2,000.00

Thirunagar 2,000.00


Sundaranatchiapuram 1,500.00


Nagamalai 1,200.00


Y. Othakadai 913.00

Perumalmalai 618.00


Lourdupuram 500.00

Melur 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

Nilakottai 300.00

Mathakovilpatti 300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 47,541.00

Mass Received From Parishes

Anna Nagar(300 Nos) 30,000.00

Ayravathanallur (158 Nos) 7,900.00

Bibikulam ( 150 Nos) 7,500.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 45,400.00

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African Mission

Collection as on 24/11/2015 28,800.00

Anjal Nagar 7,252.00



Theni 2,500.00

Thirunagar 2,000.00

Bibikulam 2,000.00





Shenbaganur 500.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Melur 500.00


Nilakottai 400.00

Othyal 300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 55,217.00

Communication Day

Collection as on 24/11/2015 37,100.00

St. Mary’s Church 3,000.00

Theni 2,300.00


Thirunagar 2,000.00


Nagamalai 1,500.00





Perumalmalai 745.00


Lourdupuram 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

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KANI (Seminarians Fund )

CIC Generalate, Madurai 15,000.00

Parishnors, Rajapalayam 11,500.00

Mr. Belavendran, Kariapatti 10,000.00

S.U.M. Hr. Sec. School, Rayappanpatti 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, T. Saveriyarpuram, Tuticorin 10,000.00

Fr. John, Rector, Karumathur 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Munjikkal 10,000.00

CIC Provincialate 10,000.00

Parishnors, Melakoilpatty, Batlagundu 6,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Karumathur 6,000.00

Daughters of St. Mary of Leuca 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ramayanpatty 5,000.00

Mr. Silubai & Family 5,000.00

Sr. Headministress, Nirmala Girls Hr. Sec. School 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Anna Nagar 5,000.00

SMI Convent, Anjal Nagar 5,000.00

Parishnors, Perunkudi 5,000.00

Kovai Presentation Sisters, Nagamalai Pudukottai 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Y. Othakkadai 4,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Rajapalayam 3,000.00

Mr. Ignacimuthu - Avila Teresa Family, Rajapalayam 3,000.00

Parishnors, T. Saveriyarpuram, Tuticorin 2,740.00

Fr. Arockia Selvam MSFS, Virudhunagar 2,000.00

Mr. Sahayaraj & Sujatha, Nagamalai 1,000.00

Mr. Thiyagarajan & Gnana Amali Family, Rajapalayam 1,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ayravathanallur (bination) 200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Perumalmalai (bination) 100.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 1,10,040.00

OpusSivakasi 10,100.00

Bastian Nagar 5,000.00

Bibikulam 3,400.00

Hanumanthanpatty 3,100.00

Rosary Church 3,000.00

Kathakinaru 2,500.00

Railway Colony 2,500.00

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Packiapuram 2,120.00

Batlagundu 2,000.00




Ammapatti 610.00


Melur 500.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Nilakottai 300.00

Mathankovilpatti 300.00

Kavirayapuram 150.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 42,625

Chennai Rain Relief Mission

CRI Madurai City Unit 1,50,000.00

Fr. Headmaster, St. Britto School, Madurai 1,06,000.00

F ' . Parish Priest, Bastian Nagar 61,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Sivakasi 60,000.00

Fr. Correspondent, St. Britto School, Madurai 55,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Vadipatti 50,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Anjal Nagar 4 ( ) 4 * ( + ( (

Sr. Superior, Leuca Convent, Moontrumavadi 39,935.00

CRI Theni Unit, Rayappanpati 35,000.00

F ' . Parish Priest, Hanumanthanpatty 33,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Royappanpatti 33,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Periyakulam 30,500.00Fr. Parish Priest, Thirunagar 30,000.00

A - - . / Velankanni Mtri.Hr.Sec.School. Batlagundu 29,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Anna nagar 28,450.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Virudhunagar 25,000.00F ' . Parish Priest, Theni 25,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Minjikkal 25,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, Gnanaolivupuram 20,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest. St. Mary’s Church 20,000.00

F ' . Parish Priest, Bibikulam 20,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Melur 20,000.00

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0 1 . Parish Priest, Aruppukottai 2,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Lourdupuram 2,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, Kadamalaikundu 2,000.00

0 1 . Parish Priest, Karumathur 2,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Mathankovilpatty 2,000.00

Montfort Brothers, Sattur 2,000.00

Holy Cross Sisters, Sulakarai 2,000.00

Carmel Fathers (OCD), Thummuchinampatti 2,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kavirayapuram 1,200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Thummuchinampatti 1,120.00

Fr. Tharsius MSFS, Othyal 1,000.00

SMMI, Sisters, Othyal 1,000.00

CIC Sisters, Aruppukottai 1,000.00

JIHM Sisters, R.R.Nagar 500.00

CIC Sisters, Virudhunagar 300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 12,66,093

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03 Nilakkottai 07 Railway Colony

10 Samayanallur 14 Sattur

17 Aruppukottai 21 Silukkuvarpatti

24 Kariapatti 28 Rajapalayam

31 Ellis Nagar

Necrology

> ? . Alexis Diamond Raj on 01.01.1997

Fr. Savarimuthu V.A. on 08.01.1982

Fr. Ignatius I. on 08.01.1986

Fr. Balthasar A. on 16.01.1986

Archbishop Justin Diraviam on 25.01.1991

Fr. Peter Roy on 29.01.1964

@ B . Parish Priest, Meenampatti 20,000.00

Fr. Rector, Chirst Hall Seminary, Karumathur 18,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ellis Nagar 17,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kathakinaru 16,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Iravathanallur 15,700.00

St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School 13,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Thiruthangal 11,300.00

MSFS Fathers, Pandian Nagar 11,200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Sindalacherry 11,100.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Perumalmalai 11,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, R.R. Nagar 10,600.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Railway Colony 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Virudhunagar 10,000.00

@ B . Correspondent R.C.M.S& P.S. Rosary 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Packiapuram 9,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Usilampatti 8,063.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ugarthe Nagar 7.200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Manalar 7,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Michaelpalayam 6,450.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Silukuvarpatti 6,210.00CRI Batlagundu Unit 6,000.00

@ B . Parish Priest, Thirumangalam 6,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Uthamapalayam 6,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Batlagundu 5,200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Pandian Nagar 5,050.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Rosary Church 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Shenbaganur 4,245.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Iyampalayam 4,050.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Royapuram 4,000.00


Fr. Parish Priest, Othyal 3,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Nilakottai 3,280.00Fr. Parish Priest, Ammapatti 3,096.00

@ B . Parish Priest, Mangalamkombu 3,055.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Alangulam 3,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Y. Othakadai 2,979.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ayan Nathampatti 2,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kariapatti 2,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kottur 2,200.00

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Munjikkal 53,000.00Nagamalai 18,000.00Othyal 2,100.00Palanganatham 74,000.00Periyakulam 17,000.00Perumalmalai 11,000.00Railway Colony 12,000.00Rajapalayam 29,513.00Rayappanpatti 35,000.00Rayapuram 5,200.00R. R. Nagar 12,580.00Sengole Nagar 43,000.00Shenbaganur 15,000.00Sillukkuvarpatti 15,000.00Sivakasi 3,03,000.00Srivilliputhur 1,26,665.00St. Annes Convent, Mapalayam 2,500.00St.Mary’s Church 50,000.00Sundaranatchiapuram 14,100.00Theni 69,272.00Thirumangalam 20,000.00Thirunagar 15,000.00Thummichinampatti 900.00T.Sindalacherry 3,000.00T.Vadipatti 30,000.00Ugarthe Nagar 7,250.00Usilampatti 15,100.00Uthamapalayam 12,500.00Virudunagar 72,000.00W.Pudupatti 26,000.00Y.Othakadai 6,300.00

80,000.00 18,250.00 2,000.001,00,000.00 16,000.00 6,200.00 35,000.00 15,000.00 42,000.00 4,500.00 13,500.00 - 55,518.00 -3,05,000.00 - - 60,000.00 20,900.001,20,460.00 26,000.00 25,000.00 650.001,18,000.00 14,800.00 6,035.00 13,740.00 2,000.00 74,000.00 - 12625.00

Achbishop’s House Community - 26,800.00

Holy Cross Convent, Pambarpuram - 30,000.00

Nilakottai - 8,150.00

Packiapuram - 14,500.00

Pandian Nagar - 3,040.00

Samayanallur - 85,000.00

22,78,32018,93,834Total

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Church 2014 2015

Alangulam 2,000.00Ammapatti 300.00A. Nathampatti 5,500.00Anjal Nagar 31,545.00Anna Nagar 25,000.00Aruppukottai 10,000.00Ayravathanallur 10,410.00Bastin Nagar 21,000.00Batlagundu 70,000.00Bibikulam 48,000.00Bodinayakanur 2,000.00Chinnamanur 4,400.00Christ Hall Seminary 30,866.00Ellis Nagar 50,000.00Gnanaolivupuram 1,30,000.00Hanumanthanpatti 40,000.00Holy Rosary Church 16,000.00Iyyampalayam 4,501.00J. A. College 17,000.00Kadachanendal 65,000.00Kadamalaikundu 4,500.00Kalladipatti 10,200.00Kariapatti 1,000.00Karumathur 1,500.00Kavirayapuram 3,000.00Kottur 5,285.00K.Pudur 1,10,000.00Loudr Puram 1,769.00Manalar 3,000.00Mangalamkombu 2,500.00Mangudi Meenatchiapuram 4,000.00Matha Kovilpatti 3,500.00Meenampatti 28,078.00Melur 6,000.00Michaelpalayam 10,000.00

Mission Sunday Collection -

A Comparitive Picture as on 16/12/2015

2,717.00 4,780.00 6,000.00 30,400.00 40,000.00 - 17,200.001,00,000.00 62,000.00 55,000.00 - - - 75,000.001,30,000.00 45,000.00 30,000.00 6,300.00 - 90,000.00 5,000.00 12,000.00 1,100.00 1,750.00 2,170.00 12,385.001,15,000.00 - 3,250.00 3,050.00 6,000.00 2,500.00 30,000.00 10,000.00 50,050.00

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Bible SundayCollection as on 24/11/2015 83,660.00





Thirunagar 2,000.00

Nagamalai 1,800.00




Lourdupuram 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

Othyal 200.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 1,01,190.00

Mission Sunday - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 16,61,902.00K. Pudur 1,15,000.00Kadachanendal 90,000.00Munjikkal 80,000.00Shenbaganur 55,518.00Michaelpalayam 50,050.00Rayappanpatti 42,000.00Anna Nagar 40,000.00Meenampatti 30,000.00Archbishop’s House Community 26,800.00Thirunagar 25,000.00Nagamalai 18,250.00Y. Othakadai 12,625.00Perumalmalai 6,200.00Ugarthe Nagar 6,035.00Holy Cross Convent, Pambarpuram 5,000.00Kadamalaikundu 5,000.00Manalar 3,250.00Pandian Nagar 3,040.00Othyal 2,000.00Thummichinampatti 650.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 22,78,320.00

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Holy Childhood - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 1,69,194.00

Ugarthe Nagar 1300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 1,70,494.00

Vocation Sunday Collection - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 87,157.00



Collection as on 16/12/2015 91,557.00

St. Peter’s Pence - 2015

Collection as on 24/11/2015 79,057.00



Lourdupuram 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 84,222.00

Prison Ministry

Collection as on 24/11/2015 80,393.00





Shenbaganur 500.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 89,028.00

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Othyal 200.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 57,195.00

Peter the Apostle

Collection as on 24/11/2015 16,030.00

Anjal Nagar 6980.00

Theni 3,200.00


Batlagundu 2,000.00

Bibikulam 2,000.00


Thirunagar 2,000.00




Nagamalai 1,200.00


Y. Othakadai 913.00

Perumalmalai 618.00


Lourdupuram 500.00

Melur 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

Nilakottai 300.00

Mathakovilpatti 300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 47,541.00

Mass Received From Parishes

Anna Nagar(300 Nos) 30,000.00

Ayravathanallur (158 Nos) 7,900.00

Bibikulam ( 150 Nos) 7,500.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 45,400.00

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African Mission

Collection as on 24/11/2015 28,800.00

Anjal Nagar 7,252.00



Theni 2,500.00

Thirunagar 2,000.00

Bibikulam 2,000.00





Shenbaganur 500.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Melur 500.00


Nilakottai 400.00

Othyal 300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 55,217.00

Communication Day

Collection as on 24/11/2015 37,100.00

St. Mary’s Church 3,000.00

Theni 2,300.00


Thirunagar 2,000.00


Nagamalai 1,500.00





Perumalmalai 745.00


Lourdupuram 500.00

Shenbaganur 500.00

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KANI (Seminarians Fund )

CIC Generalate, Madurai 15,000.00

Parishnors, Rajapalayam 11,500.00

Mr. Belavendran, Kariapatti 10,000.00

S.U.M. Hr. Sec. School, Rayappanpatti 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, T. Saveriyarpuram, Tuticorin 10,000.00

Fr. John, Rector, Karumathur 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Munjikkal 10,000.00

CIC Provincialate 10,000.00

Parishnors, Melakoilpatty, Batlagundu 6,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Karumathur 6,000.00

Daughters of St. Mary of Leuca 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ramayanpatty 5,000.00

Mr. Silubai & Family 5,000.00

Sr. Headministress, Nirmala Girls Hr. Sec. School 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Anna Nagar 5,000.00

SMI Convent, Anjal Nagar 5,000.00

Parishnors, Perunkudi 5,000.00

Kovai Presentation Sisters, Nagamalai Pudukottai 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Y. Othakkadai 4,000.00


Mr. Ignacimuthu - Avila Teresa Family, Rajapalayam 3,000.00

Parishnors, T. Saveriyarpuram, Tuticorin 2,740.00

Fr. Arockia Selvam MSFS, Virudhunagar 2,000.00

Mr. Sahayaraj & Sujatha, Nagamalai 1,000.00

Mr. Thiyagarajan & Gnana Amali Family, Rajapalayam 1,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ayravathanallur (bination) 200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Perumalmalai (bination) 100.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 1,10,040.00

OpusSivakasi 10,100.00

Bastian Nagar 5,000.00

Bibikulam 3,400.00

Hanumanthanpatty 3,100.00

Rosary Church 3,000.00

Kathakinaru 2,500.00

Railway Colony 2,500.00

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Packiapuram 2,120.00

Batlagundu 2,000.00




Ammapatti 610.00


Melur 500.00

Lourdupuram 500.00

Nilakottai 300.00

Mathankovilpatti 300.00

Kavirayapuram 150.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 42,625

Chennai Rain Relief Mission

CRI Madurai City Unit 1,50,000.00

Fr. Headmaster, St. Britto School, Madurai 1,06,000.00

F � . Parish Priest, Bastian Nagar 61,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Sivakasi 60,000.00

Fr. Correspondent, St. Britto School, Madurai 55,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Vadipatti 50,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Anjal Nagar 4 � � 4 � � � � �

Sr. Superior, Leuca Convent, Moontrumavadi 39,935.00

CRI Theni Unit, Rayappanpati 35,000.00

F � . Parish Priest, Hanumanthanpatty 33,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Royappanpatti 33,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Periyakulam 30,500.00Fr. Parish Priest, Thirunagar 30,000.00

A � � � � Velankanni Mtri.Hr.Sec.School. Batlagundu 29,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Anna nagar 28,450.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Virudhunagar 25,000.00F � . Parish Priest, Theni 25,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Minjikkal 25,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, Gnanaolivupuram 20,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest. St. Mary’s Church 20,000.00

F � . Parish Priest, Bibikulam 20,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Melur 20,000.00

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� . Parish Priest, Aruppukottai 2,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Lourdupuram 2,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, Kadamalaikundu 2,000.00

� . Parish Priest, Karumathur 2,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Mathankovilpatty 2,000.00

Montfort Brothers, Sattur 2,000.00

Holy Cross Sisters, Sulakarai 2,000.00

Carmel Fathers (OCD), Thummuchinampatti 2,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kavirayapuram 1,200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Thummuchinampatti 1,120.00

Fr. Tharsius MSFS, Othyal 1,000.00

SMMI, Sisters, Othyal 1,000.00

CIC Sisters, Aruppukottai 1,000.00

JIHM Sisters, R.R.Nagar 500.00

CIC Sisters, Virudhunagar 300.00

Collection as on 16/12/2015 12,66,093

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January February

03 Nilakkottai 07 Railway Colony

10 Samayanallur 14 Sattur

17 Aruppukottai 21 Silukkuvarpatti

24 Kariapatti 28 Rajapalayam

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Necrology

� � . Alexis Diamond Raj on 01.01.1997

Fr. Savarimuthu V.A. on 08.01.1982

Fr. Ignatius I. on 08.01.1986

Fr. Balthasar A. on 16.01.1986

Archbishop Justin Diraviam on 25.01.1991

Fr. Peter Roy on 29.01.1964

� � . Parish Priest, Meenampatti 20,000.00

Fr. Rector, Chirst Hall Seminary, Karumathur 18,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ellis Nagar 17,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kathakinaru 16,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Iravathanallur 15,700.00

St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School 13,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Thiruthangal 11,300.00

MSFS Fathers, Pandian Nagar 11,200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Sindalacherry 11,100.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Perumalmalai 11,000.00Fr. Parish Priest, R.R. Nagar 10,600.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Railway Colony 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Virudhunagar 10,000.00

� � . Correspondent R.C.M.S& P.S. Rosary 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Packiapuram 9,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Usilampatti 8,063.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ugarthe Nagar 7.200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Manalar 7,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Michaelpalayam 6,450.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Silukuvarpatti 6,210.00CRI Batlagundu Unit 6,000.00

� � . Parish Priest, Thirumangalam 6,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Uthamapalayam 6,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Batlagundu 5,200.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Pandian Nagar 5,050.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Rosary Church 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Shenbaganur 4,245.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Iyampalayam 4,050.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Royapuram 4,000.00


Fr. Parish Priest, Othyal 3,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Nilakottai 3,280.00Fr. Parish Priest, Ammapatti 3,096.00

� � . Parish Priest, Mangalamkombu 3,055.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Alangulam 3,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Y. Othakadai 2,979.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Ayan Nathampatti 2,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kariapatti 2,500.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Kottur 2,200.00

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