June 2011

© St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Toronto

MONTHLY EVENTS

June 2011 Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 12

June 2

Feast of Ascention of

Our Lord

June 12

Feast of Pentecost

June 13

Sleeha Nombu begins

June 18

Monthly Prayer

Meeting at Alexander

& Elsamma’s resi-

dence (6:30 PM)

June

Women’s Prayer

meeting at Jaison &

Jessy’s residence

(6:30 PM)

2:00 PM Malayalam Class

2:30 PM Sunday School

3:30 PM Song Practice

4.00 PM Prabhatha Na-

maskaram ( Prayers before

the Holy Mass)

4.30 PM Holy Mass

3.30 PM – 4.15 PM –

Confessions

Malankara Catholic Church St. Mary’s Mission Toronto

St. Eugene’s Chapel◊13 Regina Avenue◊Toronto, Ontario◊M6A 1R2

[email protected]

Sunday Liturgy

“The Church leads people brought

into unity in the unity of the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit,” is an

extension of the mystery of the incar-

nation and of the Kingdom of God

inaugurated by Jesus Christ on earth

and brought about by the mission giv-

en to the Apostles (Mt 28:18--20), for

proclaiming and estab-

lishing, among all peo-

ples, the Kingdom of

God. The church slowly

grows to its maturity, and

longs for the completed

Kingdom. The Church

through her presence and

mission in the world con-

tinues this sanctifying

ministry which Her Mas-

ter initiated.

We have lots of

Malankarites migrated to

Edmonton years ago. We

appreciate our Archdiocese of Ed-

monton for their support and spiritual

motivation to this community. All

Syro-Malankara community wishes

to keep their tradition and pass the

same liturgy to our future generation.

As a result of the continuous efforts

and wishes of all Malankarites, on

Feb 10, 2010, we decided to have a

prayer group and biweekly prayer

meetings are conducting at the resi-

dence of one of these families. Holy

Mass was celebrated occasionally

when a Malankara priest was avail-

able.

The presence of Rev. Fr. Daiju Ku-

riakose, who is on a spe-

cial assignment in To-

ronto, was a driving

force in the formation of

the community in Ed-

monton in 2009-2010.

During the visit of Rev.

Fr. Daiju Kuriakose on

April 28, 2010, we cele-

brated the Holy Mass in

Santa Maria Italian

Church. In this auspi-

cious Eucharist, with the

guidance of Daiju Achan

we formatted an execu-

tive committee and

elected Mr. Thomas Cherian as

trustee, Mr. Saji Varghese as secre-

tary, Maju Sebastian as tresurer &

Mrs. Priya Sebastian as Women

Nominee .Also nominated Mr.

Johnson Kuruvilla, Mr. Varghese

John and Deepak Chackalamuriyil

as other committee members to lead

this new mission in Edmonton

(...cont’d in pg. 3)

Pastor of Edmonton Mission:

Fr. Thomas Puthuparampil

SECOND MALANKARA MISSION BEGAN IN EDMONTON

INSIDE THE ISSUE

New Malankara Mis-

sion

1

Feast of Mar Eusebius 4

Month of Sacred Heart 6

Youth Seminar 7

Father’s day 8

Celebrations 9

Kids’ corner 10, 11

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Mass

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malankara


Congratulations His Beatitude Mar George alencherry for becom-Congratulations His Beatitude Mar George alencherry for becom-ing the new Major Arch bishop of Syro Malabar riteing the new Major Arch bishop of Syro Malabar rite


(New Church in Edmonton...)

The first visit was conducted by His Grace Abraham

Mar Youlios, the Bishop of Muvattupuzha Diocese to

Edmonton along with Fr. Daiju Kuriakose on June 30,

2010. We gathered together along with our well-

wishers and celebrated a Holy Mass in Malankara rite

in St. Theresa`s Roman Catholic Church. The Bishop

and Fr. Daiju Kuriakose visited our Archbishop, H.E.

Richard W. Smith and asked about the permission for

getting a Malankara Priest here.

H.H. Pope Benedict XVI erected a new Exarchate in

USA and appointed as first Bishop H. E. Rev. Dr.

Thomas Mar Eusebius as Apostolic Visitor to Canada

and Europe. During his first visit to Edmonton on Jan-

uary 15, 2011, there was a meeting with the Archbish-

op of Edmonton, H.E. Richard W. Smith, and

requested for the presence of a Malankara priests

here. As per the request of H.E. Dr. Thomas Mar

Eusebius, the Archbishop of Edmonton is very

kind enough to appoint Rev. Fr. Thomas Puthu-

parampil as our coordinator.

On April 28, 2011, the Apostolic Visitor to Cana-

da visited Edmonton and conducted Holy mass

by H.E. Dr. Thomas Mar Eusebius in St. There-

sa’s Roman Catholic Church. During the auspi-

cious Eucharist, the bishop officially read the ap-

pointment letter of Archbishop Richard W Smith,

regarding Fr.Thomas Puthuparampil as the co-

ordinator for the Malankara faithful in Edmonton.

Fr.Thomas Puthuparampil

Feast day Celebration of His Excellency Bishop Mar Eusebius

John kuriakose (Toronto), Fr. Sun-

ny Kavuvila (Queens), Fr. Francis

Assissi (visiting from Mavelikkara,

Fr. Wilson (visiting from Batheri)

as co-celebrants.

After the mass there was a falicita-

tion meeting where Fr. Sunny Ka-

vuvila & Mother Vijaya (DM) con-

On Monday, 30th May, about 75

malankarites gathered at

our Bishop's House in New York

to celebrate Bishop's feast. Bish-

op's feast is celebrated on the

Birth Day of the Saint (St. Euse-

bius) whose

name our

bishop ac-

quired

on being

ordained as

the Malan-

kara Bish-

op. The cel-

ebrations

started

with Holy

Mass with

Mar Euse-

bius as the main celebrant and Fr.

Peter Kochery (V.G), Fr. Augus-

tine Mangalath (Chancellor), Fr.

gratulated Bishop Eusebius in

this special occasion. Fr. Peter

Kocheri welcomed the gather-

ing & Fr. Augus-

tine Mangalath said vote of

thanks. The feast celebrations

ended with a deli-

cious lunch.

Toronto mission was

represented by Fr.

John Kuriakose,

Sebin Alexander,

Thomas Kuthiravat-

tom & Simon

Plamthottam. We

were privileged to

bear witness to the

first feast day of our

Bishop.

Simon Plamthottam


A group photo with Mar

Eusebius on his feast day

with the sheep fold gath-

ered there.

Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius

celebrating mass on his feast day

Altar Server Schedule – June 2011

Date Candle 1 Candle 2 Marbahsa

1

Mar-

bahsa 2

Bells Read-

ings

Thuri-

ble

June

5

Neil Christopher Kevin Reuben Sebin Br. Jobin Leo

June

12

Samson Reuben Deepak Neil Lynn Leo Sebin

June

19

Christopher Neil Reuben Samson Deepak Sebin Br. Jobin

June

26

Reuben Samson Christopher Neil Br.

Jobin

Deepak Lynn


Malankara Catholic Church

In Catholic Church calendar,

each month is dedicated to a

Saint or a Feast that is of a great

importance. June is the month

that celebrates the Sacred Heart

of Jesus. This year, the feast of

the Sacred Heart of Jesus is be-

ing celebrated on June

11th. Sacred Heart of Jesus rep-

resents the entire mystery of

Christ, the totality of his being,

and his person considered in its

most intimate essential: Son of

God. Christ himself is the

“Sacred Heart”, the Word Incar-

nate and our Savior who loved

us abundantly. Pope John Paul

II constantly reminded us that

devotion to the Sacred Heart

was an essential component for

evangelization, which is a mis-

sion called for by the church.

June: Month of the Sacred Heart

“For evangelization today,” he

said “the Heart of Christ must be

recognized as the heart of the

church: it is He who calls us to

conversion, to reconciliation. It is

He who leads pure hearts and

those hungering for justice along

the way of the beatitudes. It is He

who achieves the warm commun-

ion of the members of the one

Body. It is He who enables us to

adhere to the Good News and to

accept the promise of eternal life.

It is He who sends us out on mis-

sion. The heart-to-heart with Jesus

broadens the human heart on a

global scale.” So let us celebrate

the Feast of Sacred Heart with de-

votion and open-heartedness that

He may sow in us the seeds need-

ed for evangelization.

Stephina Alexander

Liturgical Cycle

Ariyippu kalam Nov 1 - Dec 20

Deneha kaalam (Elda

kalam)

Dec 21 - Feb 21

Valiya nombu kalam Feb 22 - Apr 11

Kyamtha kalam Apr 12 - May 30

Penthikosti kalam May 31 – Aug 5

Tejaskarana kalam Aug 6 – Sep 13

Sleeba kalam Sep 14 - Oct 31

Liturgy of the Month

Week Gospel Readings Epistles Old Testament read-

ings

June 5 John 16:5-11

The work of the spirit

Acts 1:12-14;

Eph 1:15-2

Ex 6:1-8; Wis 12:1-11;

Isa 44:21-28

June 12

John 14:15-24 The promise of the

Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13;

1Cor 12:4-11

Ex 19:1-15; Prov 2:1-

15;

Joel 2:28-32

June 19 John 6:25-33

The Bread from heav-

en

Acts 2:14-21;

Rom 8:1-11

Gen 41:37-45; Josh 5:1

-9;

Jer 29:4-14

June 26

Luke 9:1-6 The mission of the

twelve

Acts 1:15-26;

1Cor 1:26-31

Num 16:1-11; 1Sam

2:27-36;

Isa 49:1-7


Youth are always in search of truth

and meaning in life. In their pursuit, they need

guidance and inputs. Toronto MCYM had the

opportunity to conduct a Youth Seminar on

May 28, 2011 from 11 am to 5 pm at our

MCYM president’s residence. The seminar

had given ample opportunity to interact on the

topic Holiness that enriched and motivated the

youth that were present there.

We opened the seminar with the recit-

ing of the holy Rosary. Following this, we had

Bible readings concentrating on two main

scriptures – Luke 24: 36-53 (call to a renewed

life), and Galatians 5: 22-23 (virtues). The

main speaker of the day was our director Fr.

Daiju Kuriakose. He began with a basic de-

scription of what Holiness is – a virtue. He

explained to us that to achieve Holiness, there

are three main criteria: you must have a sin-

less life, it must give you peace and fulfill-

ment, and you must lead a life that is pleas-

ing to God (a life worthy of God’s call). Fr.

Daiju then continued to say that the world it-

self is good because God created it, and all of

God’s creations are good. However, it is we

who embraced sin and make the world sinful.

So we can either be a saint in this world with

the help of God or leave ourselves to the temp-

tations to become a devil in this world. We

spoke about the path to Holiness and had dis-

cussions about why we need to be holy.

We had some free time to just sit in

silence and reflect on our lives and ways for us

to become holy. Throughout the various activi-

ties, discussions, and reflections we had, our

youth truly experienced a very spiritual and

communal feeling. We also played a few

games and had ample bonding time. May God

shower his abundant blessings and graces up-

on our MCYM, so that we may grow in the

path of Holiness.

By: Divya Mamootil

Youth Seminar

Papal intentions: June 2011

General Intention That priests, united to the Heart of

Christ, may always be true witnesses of

the caring and merciful love of God.

Missionary Inten-

tion

That the Holy Spirit may bring forth

from our communities numerous mis-

sionary vocations, willing to fully con-

secrate themselves to spreading the

Kingdom of God


Malankara Catholic Church

A Poem dedicated to all the Fathers out there…

Source: Unknown

On behalf of the entire community, we would like to wish all fathers a very warm Happy

Fathers Day!

4 years My Daddy can do anything!

7 years My Dad knows a lot…a whole lot.

8 years My father does not know quite everything.

12 years Oh well, naturally Father does not know that either.

14 years Oh, Father? He is hopelessly old-fashioned.

21 years Oh, that man-he is out of date!

25 years He knows a little bit about it, but not much.

30 years I must find out what Dad thinks about it.

35 years Before we decide, we will get Dad's idea first.

50 years What would Dad have thought about that?

60 years My Dad knew literally everything!

65 years I wish I could talk it over with Dad once more.

Happy FatHer’s Day


By:

Leah. By:

Angela.

By:

Reuben

Shanjini Mathew


By:

Shalini.

By:

Anna.

By:

Alan.

June 2011

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