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Report of the Conclusion of the Silver Jubilee of the Eparchy of Kalyan

Catholic diocese of Kalyan,erected for the SyroMalabar Migrants living in

and around Mumbai and spreadwithin 15 civil districts, celebratedthe conclusion of its Silver JubileeYear from 7th to 10th November,2013 at Somaiya Grounds, Sion.Diocese of Kalyan, with its hundredthousand faithful having its roots inKerala, has been on a pilgrimagemaintaining its unique identity forthe past 25 years in the soil ofMaharashtra. From 2007 a sevenyear spiritual preparation with dif-ferent themes for each year, hasundoubtedly made an impact inthe life of the faithful.

Thecelebrationsof the Sil-ver Jubilee began from2nd October 2012 with vari-ous spiritual, social, chari-table activities conductedthroughout this period.

The concluding cel-ebrations began with theHoly Qurbana, presidedover by His ExcellencyMar Thomas Elavanal,Bishop of Kalyan. Inaugu-ration of the concludingcelebrations of the SilverJubilee and the Charis-matic convention wasdone by His EminenceOswald Cardinal Gracias,Archbishop of Mumbai.Expressing his joy overthe co-existence of theoriental Eparchy in thesame territory with 5 Latindioceses, he emphasizedthe need of Christian vir-tues like love, truth, sin-cerity, peace, etc. to solvemany of the problemsfaced by the present In-dian society.

Rev. Fr. MathewElavumkal VC, Director,Divine Retreat Centre,Muringoor and his teamled the threedays’convention. ‘Role of

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Cover : India's Church Too Must ActOn Gender Violence

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India's Church Too Must ActOn Gender Violence

The month of December 2012 saw India aghast atthe brutal assault and gang rape of a paramedicin New Delhi, who died a fortnight later. Her

death, which led to nationwide demonstrations, forcedthe government of India to enact a comprehensive newlaw against rapists. The law is in place, but nothing hasreally changed.

Rape of Dalit women, college girls and workingprofessionals, and sometimes of babies as young asone, have taken place with sickening frequency in India’s major cities, as wellas its smaller towns. Tourism has suffered as young women from Europe,Japan and the United States have all but stopped traveling to India. New Delhihas come to be known as the country's rape capital.

Rape, attempted rape, molestation and other gender violence in thework place, in public areas, and in the security of the home as custodial rape,also force themselves on the nation’s sensibilities all too often. But even in thisdismal scenario, two recent incidents stand out for the sheer audacity of thecrime and the social and professional status of the perpetrators.

The first is the case of a Supreme Court judge, unnamed until now andreported to have since retired, who tormented a young law intern who wasassisting him. She did not go to the police, but narrated her anguish in a blog,which went viral.

A flustered chief justice ordered an immediate enquiry by a committeeof three judges, which has since interviewed the victim. A week later, the chiefjustice set up a gender sensitization committee in the Supreme Court whichwill, presumably, be replicated in the coming days in each of the state highcourts and other subordinate courts in the country.

The second case is that of the Tehelka investigative magazine editor-in-chief and celebrated author, Tarun Tejpal, who is accused by a youngcolleague of attempting to rape her in hotel elevator. Both of them wereparticipating in a cultural “Think-fest” in the resort state of Goa, whose highprofile national and international participants included Hollywood film starRobert De Niro.

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Contentspg. 3 - India's Church Too Must Act

On Gender Violencepg. 5 - Church? or Wedding Hall?!pg. 7 - Reader's Viewspg 8 - New Age Liespg 10 - If Women Can't Be Priests,

What Can They Do?pg 14 - ICPA Jubilee Award For

Josy Josephpg 15 - Jesus Will Soon Arrive, Be

Preparedpg 16 - Simple Life Saving Tips

Everyone Must Knowpg 17 - Why Is Only My Father’s

Name So Important ...pg 19 - Inspirationpg 20 - Matrimonialspg 22 - Methods to Relieve Stress in

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In emails to the Tehelka manag-ing editor, Shoma Choudhury, theyoung reporter, who has since quit themagazine, narrated in painful detail theshattering of her trust in her employerand his arrogance even as he wreakedviolence on her. The magazine’s man-agement failed to treat her complaintwith any seriousness. Police in Goaand Delhi are now investigating thecase, which has also forced the Indianmedia establishment to take a closelook inside its own cupboard, not en-tirely free of skeletons.

Gender violence, especially at thework place, was the focus of the Su-preme Court in 1997 when the thenChief Justice J S Verma -- who authoreda report suggesting radical reforms inthe jurisprudence on gender violenceafter the December 16, 2012 gang rapeof the paramedic student in Delhi --formulated what are called the Vishakhaguidelines, which put the onus of a safeworking environment on the employer.

The code says all work placesmust have institutional structures toprevent or deter sexual harassment. Itdemands procedures for the resolu-tion, settlement or prosecution of suchacts. The guidelines also lay down agrievance redressal mechanism thatmandates all companies, whether op-erating in the public or private sector,to set up a complaints committee withinthe organisation to look into such of-fenses.

Tehelka magazine does not havesuch a mechanism, and by all counts,neither do Indian courts.

And of course neither do religiousorganizations, such as the Church,which in India runs thousands of edu-cational, medical, and social serviceinstitutions.

Over the years, formal structuresand people in authority in almost everyreligion in India have been accused bytheir own members, followers and oth-ers of sexual harassment or actualcrimes and exploitation by those inauthority. It is perhaps not in the sameclass as accusations against someCatholic clergy in the West, but hasoften been grave enough to invite po-

lice investigation.Catholic diocesan institutions and

schools and colleges run by religiouscongregations, and similar institutionsrun by the Protestant denominations inthe country, have often been in thenews for deaths of students followingcorporal punishment, injuries to youngboys and girls at the hands of theirteachers and similar violations of thenational education codes.

There have also been instancesof gender crimes over the years, evenwithin the Catholic congregation. Mosthave been glossed over, or dismissedas allegations of a feverish imaginationor a political vendetta.

Even if so, there is no doubt thatChurch institutions across the boardneed to have their own equivalent ofthe Vishakha guidelines which will notjust ensure transparency and help vic-

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India's Church Too Must Act On Gender Violence tims get justice and redress, but willalso empower the Church to regain itsmoral courage to intervene in the dis-course for gender justice.

Its silence in recent times hasimpacted on its image as an upholderof human rights and justice. In theprocess, perhaps, it will also help theCatholic Bishops Conference of Indiato at last evolve and publish a code forgender justice. A draft was submittedto it a long time ago by a group ofconcerned religious, but not much hasbeen heard of it since then.

It is indeed time the draft is takenout of the cupboard and a code isformulated on gender justice and pre-vention of gender violence in organiza-tions run by the Church, including itsown offices.

John Dayal is the general secretary of the AllIndia Christian Council and a member of theIndian government’s National IntegrationCouncil. Source: ucanews

Book of psalms shatters auction record

United States: On a dark, damp andexpensive Tuesday night at Sotheby’sauction house in Manhattan, one ofthe 11 surviving copies of the BayPsalm Book, the first book (and thefirst book of Scripture) printed in En-glish in America, was sold for the high-est price ever recorded for a printbook in open sale.

The $14.2 million price (a bid of$12.5 million, plus fees) exceeded bymore than a million dollars the $11.5million paid for the previous record-holder, John James Audubon’s “Birdsof America,” in 2010.

The psalm book’s new owner isthe private equity fund founder andphilanthropist David Rubenstein, whocalled in his bid from Australia. Ac-cording to Sotheby’s auctioneer DavidRedden, who gaveled down the sale

in two and a half minutes of concertedbidding, Rubenstein, a well-known an-tiquities buyer and donator, intends tolend the ancient Puritan hymnal tolibraries around the country, eventu-ally putting it on long-term loan to oneof them.

The buyer of the Bay Psalter (itsfull title is “The Whole Booke ofPsalmes, Faithfully Translated into En-glish Metre,”) wasn’t present in thehall, but the seller was.

The Rev. Nancy Taylor, seniorminister and CEO of Old South Churchin Boston, stood smiling next to the 4-inch-by-7-inch psalm book, which wasnestled in velvet in a tall rectangularcase.

“It’s fantastic,” she said. “We’rejust delighted. This means the world tous in terms of the continuation and thebuilding up of our ministries in Bos-ton.”

Though the world record pricewas on the low end of estimates bySotheby’s, which had suggested thepsalter could go for $30 million, Taylorsaid, “In the rarefied world of somepeople this may not be much, but for achurch, this is huge. It’s going to makeall the difference in the world."

Source: Religion News Service

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Lo and behold! The wedding season is upon us! It’s that time ofthe year when the maximum

number of NRIs and gulf expatriatesreturn to India to tie the knot, keepingour parish churches busy during theseason of Advent like there isn’t goingto be another day! Oh! The way videocameras whirr all through the Eucha-ristic celebration, the focus being thebridal couple per se with no sensitivityshown towards the profundity of theMass and cameramen of every huepirouetting in the sanctuary with nary aremonstrative glance from the Cel-ebrant, more like the nuptials werebeing held in a bird sanctuary. Youhave a whole bunch of these profes-sionals literally dancing around in thesanctuary, chatting and passing instruc-tions to each other, block-ing the view of the congre-gation, even as they keepprompting to the bride orthe groom to tilt their headsone way or other, the twomerrily playing to the gal-lery!

The same is the casewith Christenings, couplesvying with each other to havethe newly baptized baby ‘of-fered’ on the Altar, the placeof the Lord’s sacrifice. Maybe our par-ishes need to consider arranging forspecialists to attend to the sacrificialaspect of this ‘offering’ of the infant bythe parents and godparents! That wouldprobably take care of the tamasha,parents and godparents finally revert-ing to the age-old practice of placingthe child at the foot of the Altar.

True, our parishes under thewatchful eye of the Priest-in-Charge[PIC] of the Parish Liturgy Team [PLT],do periodically come up with guide-lines for the bridal couple and theirphotographers and videographers, notforgetting the garb permissible inChurch of which those concerned arealso apprised by the Parish Office wellin advance. Yet, it’s a well-known factthat these are observed more in thebreach. Worse is the case when the

PIC is transferred and the new incum-bent takes over, sometimes an inva-sive overdose of the permissive culturesetting in with aplomb. And then, thecouples concerned and their familiesare known to play games when it comesto any particular rule/s. If the PIC hasinstructed the couple as regards cer-tain songs not being allowed at theMass, the couple uses vaasta to get the

ok from the revered parishpriest!

This indeed is the sce-nario prevalent across alldioceses in India. Instancesof the bride at a wedding orthe young mother or god-mother at a Christeningcoming to Church forget-ting to wear either her top orwhatever, thus indulging inan exposition of what is notneeded in church, be it the

inners or the lack of the same, are notnew, the maid-of-honour often comingthrough as ‘made-for-dishonour’. Cer-tain parishes have special shawls orwraparounds for taking care of suchsillies, but their use is hardly ever en-forced unless the particular priest/sis-ter-in-charge is around.

To avoid such anomalous situa-tions and any confusion whatsoever,its time the Liturgy Commission of ev-ery diocese (the Bombay ArchdiocesanLiturgical Commission showing theway!) comes up with clear stipulationsconcerning Weddings, Christenings,First Communions and Confirmationsalong the following lines: 1. Dress code - for the bride and ALL

female members of the bridal/chris-tening troupe in Church, what they

wear or refrain from wearing out-side the gates of the Church com-pound being nobody’s problem soto say!

2. Photography & Videography –number of ‘clickings’ permitted,number of photographers andvideographers permissible (theirmovements minimized), positionsfor the personnel concerned to beidentified and notified so as to en-sure that those marrying as well asthose getting their babies baptizedor whatever realize that they are inChurch and not in a studio or hall.

3. Music - Hymns that can be usedand those that can’t be used

4. Baby on the Altar – education asregards the senselessness of sucha practice and its debarment

5. Lectors – Only those who are Lec-tors in a given parish to be permit-ted to read

6. Enforcement – who enforces therules in a given parish and how,and totally devoid of favouritismand influence of any kind.

The guidelines so drafted – coveringseveral other points that might need tobe covered as well - ought to be offi-cially made known to and in all par-ishes of by the Ordinary of the diocesein place of the present rule of eachparish framing its own rules and regu-lations. Clearly, what is at stake is thesanctity of the Church and its sanctuaryas also of the particular sacrament be-ing celebrated.

Church? Or Wedding Hall?!... the focus being the bridalcouple per se with no sensitiv-ity shown towards the profun-dity of the Mass ... cameramen..., more like the nuptials werebeing held in a bird sanctuary.

Ladislaus L.D'Souza

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Family in the church’ was the theme ofthe first day. On the second day Mrs.Hazel D’souza spoke about the chal-lenges faced by the young generationin the Church as the theme of the daywas the ‘Youth’. The music ministrywas led by Kalyan Eparchy Youth –KEY Band. The theme of the third dayof the convention was ‘Missionary Call’.A ‘Missionaries Meet’ was held on 9th

November at 9.30 am at the DiocesanPastoral Centre–ARC, Panvel. 450priests, religious and seminarians par-ticipated in the meeting in which allthose who had worked and are pres-ently working in the diocese werehonoured.

The last and concluding day ofthe Silver Jubilee Celebrations beganwith Solemn Holy Qurbana presidedby His Beatitude George CardinalAlencherry, the Major Archbishop ofSyro Malabar Church. In his homilyand presidential address, seeing theeffectiveness of the Eparchy of Kalyan,the Cardinal stressed the need for thepastoral care of the migrants spreadglobally. The public meeting was inau-gurated by Chief MinisterShriPrithvirajChavan wherein he appre-ciated the contributions of the diocesein the development of Maharashtraespecially in the social and charitablefields through the Karunya Trust. Heacclaimed that Maharashtra absorbsall the people irrespective of their caste,creed, religion, language, nationality,etc. and promised all sorts of help forthe development of this minority com-munity.

Bishop Thomas Elavanal in hisintroductory speech explained aboutthe present status of diocese espe-cially in the various pastoral, social andcharitable fields of the diocese. BishopPaul Chittilapilly, the first Bishop ofKalyan remembered the initial journeyin getting the diocese established.

In their felicitation speeches, allpraises were expressed by JusticeKurian Joseph (Hon. Justice, SupremeCourt), Rt. Rev. Dr.Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. (WRBCChairman &Archbishop ofGandhinagar), Mar Andrews Thazhath(KCBC President and Archbishop ofTrichur), Rt. Rev. Dr. John Rodrigues

(Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay), MarJacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C.(Apostolic Visitor of the Syro-MalankaraChurch), H.G. Geevarghese MarCoorilos(Malankara Orthodox SyrianChurch, Mumbai Metropolitan).

Based on the 25 years of theirmemories,Msgr. Jacob Porathur (Proto-Syncellus) and Mrs. Rosily Thomas(Pastoral Council Secretary) sharedtheir vision for the future. Rev. Dr.Francis Eluvathingal (Chancellor) wel-comed and Fr. Justin Kallely (GeneralConvenor)thanked everyone. Theyouth, children and young mothers ofthe eparchy prepared a Cultural ex-travaganza.

The other dignitaries present onthe dais were Mrs. Janet Lawrence D’Souza (Vice Chairperson ofMaharashtra State Minority Commis-sion); Mr. Johny Joseph(UpaLokayukta); Shri. JagannathAchanna Shetty (MLA - Sion Koliwada);Shri.ChandrakantHandore (MLA –Chembur); Mrs. Thanksy FrancisThekkekkara (Additional Chief Secre-tary, Department of Minorities Devel-opment); Rt. Rev. Dr.Abp AbrahamViruthukulangara (Archbishop of theArchdiocese of Nagpur); Rt. Rev. Dr.Bp. Lourdes Daniel (Bishop of the Dio-cese of Nasik); Mar VijayAnandNedumpuram CMI (Bishop ofthe Diocese of Chanda); Mar SebastianVadakkel (Bishop of Ujjain); Mar AntonyChirayath (Bishop of the Diocese ofSagar); Mar Jose Chittooparambil CMI(Bishop of the Diocese of Rajkot); MarJoseph Kollamparampil CMI (Bishopof Jagdalpur); Rev. Dr. Antony Kollannur(Chancellor, Major Archiepiscopal Cu-ria of the Syro-Malabar Church); Rt.Rev. Dr.Abp Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.(Archbishop Emeritus of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar); Mar JosephPallickaparambil (Bishop Emeritus ofthe Diocese of Palai); Mar Simon StockPalathara (Bishop Emeritus of the Dio-cese of Jagdalpur); Mar JacobManathodath (Bishop of the Eparchyof Palghat); Mar Joseph Arumachadath,MCBS (Bishop of Bhadravathi); MarRemigiusInchananiyil (Bishop of theDiocese of Thamarassery); Msgr. JacobPorathur (Proto syncellus of the Dio-cese of Kalyan); Mr.Babu Thomas(MPCC Vice-President); Rev. Dr. Jo-

seph Cheriampanatt MST (Syncellusand Mission Superior Sangli Mission);Rev. Fr. Thomas Kannanaikkal CMI(Syncellus and Mission SuperiorChavara Mission); Rev. Fr.SajoyEthackatt VC (Syncellus and Mis-sion Superior Ahmednagar Mission);Rev. Fr. Jose Polackal MCBS (Repre-sentative of the Satara-Solapur Mis-sion); Adv. Malayil Joseph Kurian (Gen-eral Convenor, Diocesan InaugurationSteering Committee); Mr. P.J. Mathew(KCA President); Mr. Jose Joseph(President of Kalyan Laity Movement);Mr. PKX Thomas ( President ofPithruvedi); Rev. Fr. GeorgeVadakkethala (Working President ofDiocesan Inauguration Steering Com-mittee); Rev. Fr. JojuArackal(Presbyterium Secretary); Rev. Sr. AliceKripa CMC (President of CRI); Rev. Sr.Blossom CHF (Provincial of Mary MathaVice Province, Jalgaon); Mrs. RosilyThomas (Secretary of Pastoral Coun-cil); Mrs.Eliamma Sebastian (Presidentof Mathrusangam); Ms.Sruthi Sunny(DEXCO Member of KEY);Ms.AdnaPeyus (Catechism Student).

On that auspicious occasion, Shri.PrithvirajChavan handed over the keyof the 100th house built for the poorpeople of Kalyan Taluka; the priests ofthe Eparchy handed over their OrganDonation agreement forms; the matri-monial website of the eparchy wasamalgamated with the matrimonialwebsite of the Syro-Malabar Church;four printed texts were released namely- the history book titled ‘Silver FootPrints’, the proceedings and findingsof the Symposium, titled “The identityof the St. Thomas Catholic Migrants”,the Silver Jubilee Souvenir and Marathitranslation of the Bible Commentary. Acake of 25 kilos was cut by the MajorArchbishop Mar George CardinalAlencherry along with Mar ThomasElavanal and Mar Paul Chittilapilly.Prizes were distributed for the winnersof the English and Malayalam essaycompetition on the theme of theEparchy of Kalyan and Silver Jubilee.Silver Jubilee Mementos were distrib-uted by 12 young priests to all thedignitaries.

—Dr. Francis EluvathingalChancellor

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79 December 2013

Voting for AAPI read with interest Eric D'sa's es-

pousal of the Aam Admi Party (AAP) ofwhich he is a member. He sees it asthe epitome of virtue and the saviourfrom the "corrupt Congress and com-munal BJP". What he observes is partlytrue. Unfortunately corruption is en-demic to our country, and not limited topoliticians or the Congress party. Sincethe Congress has had the longest in-nings in governance, it obviously hashad the maximum opportunities to putits hand in the till. But the two largestscams of which it is being accused, the2 G and Coalgate ones, are both basedon "presumptive loss", and not on ac-tual loss. It is like saying that becauseVirat Kohli did not complete his centruyat Vishakapatnam India lost the matchto the West Indies.

To give the devil its due, it is theCongress which enacted the Right toInformation Act, that has emerged asthe greatest weapon against corrup-tion. Corruption is a complex issue;The other side of the coin is dishonesty,which most Indians resort to; frommanipulating the age of their childrenentering school, to getting a train reser-vation. We have scant respect for therule of law.

D'sa expects the AAP to find 545respectable people to run for the par-liamentary elections. I am sure ourfreedom fighters thought the same in1947, and again after the Emergency in1977. But we know what happened toall those "selfless crusaders". So far theAAP has been involved in protests only.It has now entered electoral politics,and is yet to prove itself in governance,which is a different kettle of fish.

As of now AAP seems confined tourban Delhi. The issues it raises, otherthan corruption, are basically muncipalissues of bijli, sadak, paani. Even itsparty symbol, a broom, seems indica-tive of another muncipal issue - sanita-tion. One must wish Eric D'sa and hisespousal of AAP, all the best. It mustprove its mettle in electoral politics andalso in governance. It is premature tocoronate it as the saviour of India.

—chhotebhaiKanpur

CorruptionCorrodesCountry

A disturbing report in the Times ofIndia, 26 Nov 2013 states The Police,Revenue and the BMC have once againtopped the most corrupt departmentsaccording to the Maharashtra StateAnti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Thenumber of officials caught red-handedfrom 2008 to Oct 2013 are as follows:Police—457, Revenue—369, BMC —98, Health—45, Education—45.Mumbai city’s Economic Offences Wing

(EOW) from Jan 2010 to Oct 2013 hasregistered 449 cases, the biggest in-volving Speak Asia and the NationalStock Exchange Ltd (NSEL). The EOWsince its inception in 1994 has recordedover 2,000 cases amounting to 12,394crores.

But this is only the tip of the cor-ruption iceberg. Besides having theACB and the EOW as grievanceredressers, departments themselvesneed to have in place an internal mecha-nism that will be effective in dealingwith corruption and bribery. A userfriendly complaint filling process willalso automatically act as a more effica-cious deterrent. Ill-gotten assets shouldbe seized and confiscated. Anotherworry is the fall in conviction rate. From28% in 2011, it fell to 18% in 2012, andtill the end of August 2013 it stood at15%.

The good Book in Deuteronomyor ‘Second Law’ or Reiteration of theLaw commands: “You shall not bendthe law or show partiality. You shall notaccept bribes because bribes blind theeyes of even the wise, and subvert thecause of the righteous. Justice, justicealone is what you must seek….” (Deut16:19-20).

—Dr Trevor Colaso

Thanks to Holy Spirit, Sacred Heartof Jesus, Mother Mary and St. Jude

for favours granted.—M. C. Fernandes, Goa

Thanksgiving

8 9 December 2013

Definition:The “New Age” Movement (NAM),sometimes also referred to as the “Hu-man Potential Movement”, is a looselyconnected network of people, groups,activities and practices which, accord-ing to its adherents, purportedly fosterand produce a vast array of beneficialresults such as “spiritual” and personalgrowth, financial success, improvementin relationships, physical and psycho-logical healing, individual and globalpeace, stabilization of the environment,etc.

Background:The NAM was born in the U.S. duringthe rebellious 1960’s when all tradi-tional institutions and values, especiallyin relation to the Church and the familywere under attack. The forerunner andvanguard of the New Age was the“Peace Movement” of the 1960’s whichcondemned traditional morality. TheNAM also drew from Radical Environ-mentalism, Radical Feminism andFeminist spirituality of the 1970’s whichit gained popularity around the world.Today the NAM has been able to suc-cessfully infiltrate almost every majorinstitution, both religious and secular.

Appearance of Good/Reality of Evil:The NAM, on the surface, appears tobe a good thing. It promises globalpeace, health, personal and spiritualgrowth, and environmental stability.However, the methods it promotes toachieve these goals are cleverly hid-den beneath this benevolent surfaceappearance. A closer scrutiny revealsa dark, sinister methodology for draw-ing people away from the Jesus Christand towards individualism, and the re-ligious practices of pagans, belief inreincarnation, and the power of the“Self”.

Nevertheless, the NAM, on thesurface, does not deny the existence ofJesus Christ – to do so would scare offmost Christians in an instant. Instead,clever syntax is applied, while tradi-

tional aspects of our faith are rede-fined. Jesus Christ becomes less thanwhat He is, God, and instead is rel-egated to becoming one of a numberof “Spiritual Guides” or “AscendedMasters” who were mere humans who“evolved” into higher beings after dis-covering and using “ancient wisdom.”Indeed, the NAM promises that anyindividual can attain this status through“Self Realization” or “Higher Conscious-ness” of the fact of one’s own “HigherSelf”, “God-Self”, or “Divinity”. Essen-tially, each individual can become God.

Forbidden Fruit:The NAM is riddled with occult andother forbidden practices which makeup the “ancient wisdom”, includingmedium ship, channeling, divination,

tians did during the time of Moses. Theseductions are subtle, but at its core isSatan himself. He is promising, just ashe did in the Garden of Eden, that theforbidden fruit will make us gods.

“No Sin, No Hell”:The concepts of sin and hell do notexist in the NAM, Reincarnation and“ascension” are the explanations givenby the NAM. “Original blessing” re-place the concept of original sin, andMan’s fall from grace is now termedMan’s “ascension”. The redemptivepower of the cross is no longer needed,and in this way Jesus Crucifixion is nolonger meaningful and can thereforebe totally ignored. Some aspects of the“New Age” depersonalize Jesus Christby referring to a “Christ Conscious-ness” (Eckankar) – who came throughvarious persons throughout the ages,or a “Cosmic Christ” (Rosecrusianism).

Evil Spirits in Disguise:Satan, as well as the other evil spirits,are fallen angels who turned away fromGod. Yet they have the power to ap-pear to people as benevolent. SaintPaul warns: “Even Satan disguises him-self as an angel of light.” (2 Cor. 11:14).

What appears to some to be a“Divine Light” is, in reality, the “ShiningDarkness” of Satan. Despite the attrac-tiveness, and apparent concern shownby these “Spirit Guides”, these spiritswill ultimately lead to spiritual oppres-sion and other forms of spiritual de-struction here on Earth, and possiblyserious consequences in the life tocome.

Truth = Jesus Christ:Catholics and other Christians needsto become more aware of the lures andtraps of the NAM in order to avoid them.We must reject the lies and false prom-ises of Satan’s NAM, and give our-selves completely to the Truth that isJesus Christ. Satan wishes to rule theworld, but God will ultimately triumph.He alone is our hope and our salvation.

New Age Lies

Capt. Mervin John Lobo

astrology, consulting spirits of the dead,tarot cards, crystals, palm reading,Ouija boards, psychic powers, Yoga,Reiki transcendental medication, rosepoetry, past-life regression, etc. Godspoke to Moses about such practices:

“Let there not be found amongyou anyone who immolates his son ordaughter in the fire, nor fortune teller,soothsayer, charmer, diviner, or casterof spells, nor one who consults ghostsand spirits or seeks oracles from thedead. Anyone who does such things isan abomination to the Lord” (Deut18:10-12).

“Do not turn aside to idols, normake molten gods for yourselves. I, theLord, am your God.” (Lev. 19:4).

“The Spirit says clearly that somemen will abandon their faith in latertimes. They will obey lying spirits andfollow the teaching of demons.” (I Timo-thy 4:1).

Despite the clear implications ofsuch practices, an increasing numberof people are abandoning their truefaith to follow some or many aspects ofthe NAM. People today are replacingGod with evil spirits and pagan gods,just as the ancient Israelites and Egyp-

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Panaji: The Indian Church is consider-ing a paradigm shift from an institu-tional approach to a Church of com-munion with people following the suc-cessful completion of the first nationalconvention of the small Christian com-munities (SCC).

"This is the beauty of SCCs, as thechurch is experienced more as a com-munion than hierarchy. And that is theparadigm shift we want to make froman institution to church of communion,"said Fr. Anthony Fernandes, a Goadiocesan organizing team (GDOT)member.

The event held from Nov. 19 to 21in Goa brought together the country'scultural diversity in a unique bondingexercise over faith and other thingswhen a 2,000 outstation delegates par-ticipated with about 5,000 local ones.

"Many of the bishops came backwith a sense of joy after their personalencounters with people as a result oftheir visits to the parishes and evenparishioners’ homes," Fr. Fernandessaid.

Taking stock of the three-dayevent, church leaders said the occa-sion and organization of event was ajourney of growth and learning.

Fr Leonardo Souza, GDOT con-vener, said the presence of ApostolicNuncio Archbishop SalvatorePennacchio, CBCI president Cardinal

Oswald Gracias, archbishops and bish-ops, hundreds of priests and sistersand over 7,000 active lay animators,affirm that SCCs now occupy a centralplace for a new way of being the Churchand that the Church in India intends topromote SCCs as home and school ofcommunion for the 21st century.

It was also a rich cultural interac-tion as the guests stayed with Goanfamilies and enjoyed their hospitality.

Church leaders said an event ofthis magnitude with representativesfrom 140 dioceses from the length andbreadth of the country was held for thefirst time.

"Goa had the privilege of hostingit and it is a big achievement in itselfthat we were up to the mark," Fernandessaid.

"We carry with us happy memo-ries of gathering all over Goa, celebrat-ing the Eucharist joyfully with people,visiting families, participating in thegospel sharing and exchange of expe-riences and partaking of a meal withthem," Fr. Souza said.

National services team (NST),which was responsible for the organi-zation of the event, has expressed sat-isfaction after a post-event evaluation.

"We will have a similar programsoon at the regional level," said NSTsecretary Fr. Vijay Thomas.

Source: Times of India

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United States: The parish I grew up in,like many Catholic churches before it,had two centers of power. The first andmost obvious was the pastor himself:Father Henkel was a formidable pres-ence, serving our parish from beforemy birth until his “retirement” after mysophomore year of college—when weburied him. The other person of influ-ence was never whatever associatepastor was blowing through, but ourparish secretary, Mrs. Larison. Sheserved our parish for two decades notonly as a competent administrator butas a moderating influence when FatherHenkel’s old-school grumpy streak gotthe better of him, usually in relation tounruly infants during Mass.

One wonders how many ruffledfeathers Mrs. Larison smoothed amongparishioners and parents from theparish’s school in her role as the firstwelcoming face in our parish. Mrs.

Larison’s authority in the parish wentonly so far, of course, limited to thepower of persuasion and occasionaldamage control. It’s a limit still faced bywomen who work in parishes and dio-ceses, though some have taken onmore of the heavy lifting in pastoralministry.

Even Pope Francis, while he hasdismissed the possibility of women’sordination, acknowledged in his Sep-tember interview in the Jesuit maga-zine America that our challenge todayis “to think about the specific place ofwomen also in those places where theauthority of the church is exer-cised.?.?.?.” The pope also recentlysaid that women were “more impor-tant” than bishops and priests, just asMary was more important than the dis-ciples—but he left it at that.

The trouble is that ever since PopeJohn Paul II judged in 1994 that thechurch has no authority to ordainwomen to the priesthood and forbadefurther debate about the topic, therehas been little movement on the otherroles of women in the church. Thecrack in the door when it comes toordination is so slim that Cardinal KurtKoch, head of the Pontifical Council forPromoting Christian Unity, said in Sep-tember that “it would need the author-ity of an entire Council even to reopenthe discussion,” according to the UKTablet. While many have hoped for aplace for women in the diaconate, Kochadded that it was “difficult to conceiveof a diaconate for women that does not

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We can’t expect an ecumenicalcouncil any time soon, but we may stillhope for some movement on the issueof women’s leadership beyond piouscomparisons of all women to Mary,however well intentioned. Since theofficial exercise of church authority, asa pastor for example, remains canoni-cally tied to ordination, and womencannot be ordained, the only option fortheir further participation in the leader-ship of the church is to untie that legalknot.

Mrs. Larison’s cohort of faithfulchurchwomen has now given way towomen who serve as parish leaders(though without the title “pastor”), di-ocesan chancellors, and directors ofreligious education. Changing or clari-fying the law to allow women in posi-tions of pastoral authority to exercise itcanonically—such as naming a lay-woman the canonical pastor of a par-ish—would be a step forward inwomen’s ministry in the church.

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Vatican City: Archbishop Dr BernardMoras, who is on an official visit toRome, called on Pope Francis andobtained apostolic blessings on theBangalore Archdiocese and the peopleof Karnataka.

The Archbishop, who is visitingthe Vatican for the first time after theelection of the new Pope, had a privateaudience with Pope Francis on Mon-day and presented him a fragrant san-dalwood carving of Blessed VirginMary. He also garlanded the Popewith garlands of scented sandalwoodand cardamom, all products that aresynonymous with Karnataka, on be-half of the faithful from the State.

Pope Francis received Arch-bishop Moras very warmly and gladlyimparted his Apostolic blessings tothe people of Karnataka, and in a spe-cial way to the people of Bangalore,particularly the clergy and faithful ofthe Archdiocese of Bangalore.

George Cardinal Alencherry, Ma-jor Archbishop of the Syro-MalabarCatholic Church, was present duringthe audience. Bangalore Archdiocesanpriests Frs Christopher Vimalraj andCyril Victor accompanied ArchbishopMoras to greet the Holy Father.

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and celebrates Mass with the HolyFather in the same Chapel.

Archbishop Moras also had therare privilege of concelebrating theHoly Eucharist along with Pope Francisto mark the conclusion of the Year ofFaith celebrations at the Vatican onNovember 23.

Pope Francis grants apostolicblessings to Archbishop Moras

As a consulter and member ofthe Pontifical Council for Health CareWorkers, Archbishop Moras is invitedas a delegate to the XVIII InternationalConference organised by the Councilfocusing this year on the theme of“Care for the Elderly withNeurodegenerative Diseases.”

The World Health Organization’sDirector for ageing, Dr John Beard,presenting epidemiological data, ex-pressed concern that over 36 millionpeople in the world suffer from de-mentia.

Professor of Palliative Medicineand Member of the House of Lords,United Kingdom, Baroness Ilora GillianFinlay spoke of the need for earlydetection and holistic approach di-rected towards bio-socio-psycho-spiri-tual aspects of the patient care.

The Director of the Catholic Hos-pital Association of India (CHAI), FrTomi Thomas and Dr Thomas Mathew,Professor of Neurology, St John’s Na-tional Academy of Medical Sciences,Bangalore, are among the 750 partici-pants from 54 countries attending theInternational Conference at the Vatican.

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Mahrashtra Governor, His Excellency, Shri Shanakaranarayan, isexpected to be the Chief Guest for the award function in which, Dr JohnHenry Anand (79), a reputed Hindi writer from Jabalpur will receive ICPA’sSwami Devanand Chakkungal Award for the best Hindi writer.

news agencies and Publishing Houses,affiliated to the Catholic Bishops Confer-ence of India (CBCI), is completing 50years of service to the Church, this year.To mark the Association’s Golden jubi-lee, a National Convention of Christianjournalists will be held at the above venueon December 7. The jubilee celebrationswill begin with a concelebrated Holy Masscelebrated by Most Rev. ChackThottumarickal, Bishop of Indore andChariman of the CBCI Commission forSocial Communications.

The convention, with its theme“Press & Nationa Building—Challengesbefore Christian Journalists,” will be in-augurated by Bishop Chacko, later in themorning. During the inaugural session,Preeti Sharma Menon from Delhi willspeak on “Professionalism in Journal-ism” and Mrs Abha Singh, a social activ-ist and advocate from Mumbai will dwellon “Journalism, a Social Responsibility.”

During the post–lunch session,prominent journalists from across thecountry will address the gathering: MrsSmitha Deshmukh on “Ethics in Journal-ism,” Lucy Gabriel on “Gender issues inJournalism,” Shri Ram Puniyani on “Fight-ing Communalism & Caste Politics” andRobin Shukla on “Professional Trainingin Journalism.”

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It is a classic revelation of divineimportance, told and retold downthe ages: His Coming is Near; Pre-

pare for the Lord’s arrival. Indeed, whatthe prophets disclosed for thousandsof years earlier came to pass. The prom-ised Messiah did arrive. Today, wetreasure that awesome event; living it,recreating it, for the journey of Faithnever ceases. Each newgeneration carries forwardthe holy memorial ofChrist’s birth with all its de-tails.

2013 years later. Thisis the third Sunday in Ad-vent.

The outpouring ofdeclarations from holy menand prophets (Old Testament) tellingpeople to wait, watch and prepare re-verberated through centuries; re-inforced in meditation, prayer and de-votion. The Christ would come in theLord’s appropriate time as preachedby God’s messengers. Patience wascalled for – just as today we prepare inhomage to the Messiah’s coming.

John the Baptist was a messen-ger of God. There was a time when

Christ had spoken of John by saying hewas the one about whom it was written,“See, I am sending you my messengerahead of you, who will prepare yourway before you” (Mt. 11:10). This is theGospel reading. It is all about prepara-tion.

The world will be transformedthrough faith overnight when He is born.Repentant sinners will be forgiven asthey sing praises to God and his glory.Seek forgiveness, do penance and re-joice as the hour draws near to cel-ebrate the birth of Christ. Disassociate

oneself rom the forces ofevil. Be reconciled with theLord God. Receive the Eu-charist and live in harmonywith one another ; the day isnearer to the moment ofgreat joy.

In the Book of Isaiahthe prophet made it obvi-ous to all the faithful when

he said: “He will come and saveyou”.(Is.35:4). The ripple effect of thispromise widens, specifically in thehearts of Christians totally welded tothe flames of faith within their spirit. Theseriousness of this ‘ripple’ is ever com-patible with the liturgy for all time. Themeasure of spiritual values is nevertransitory “ wake up and be prepared,Jesus will arrive.

Anjali was a Catholic student ofclass seven in the local school. Shecame from a poor family, her fatherbeing a porter at the village railwaystation. There were days of suffering,pain and worry; yet, her mother some-how always had a meal cooked forthem even through some difficult weeksduring her pregnancy. Now, the womanwas in the last stages before delivery.

The girl sat by the broken windowlooking out into the narrow, wet anddirty lane outside. It was raining heavily.But Anjali went on praying the rosary.She prayed for her mother’s easy deliv-ery and anxiously awaited news of thebaby. Would it be a brother or a sisterfor her ? What she was preparing in herheart was to see the baby ; to be happy,to tell her friends and neighbors thegood news. In expectation of the baby’s

safe arrival she made promises to hersaint… she had preparations in mind.

Like Anjali, Christians across theworld pray and prepare for the festivalof Christmas. Some organize concerts,music to play at home, others buyshoes and clothes, send greeting cardsand rejoice to declare the birth of Jesus,the Savior. The days move fast and themoment will soon arrive. Midnight Masswill highlight the Birth of Christ. Bellswill ring, for this is an important feast inthe Christian calendar.

Let us “…through faith and pa-tience inherit the promises.” (Heb.6:12).

In the letter of James we read :“Be patient, therefore, until the comingof the Lord.”(Jas.5:7). This reminds usthat the liturgy is a witness for theMessiah. Make happiness and recon-ciliation with friends, family and foes apeace message in preparation for Hiscoming. Convey the motif of cheer onearth and in the whole Church.

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Truly said “Prevention is betterthan Cure”, but what if accidenthas already occurred after tak-

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How to deal when someonehas a heart attack?So what you need to do is first check ifthe person having persistent chest painwhich is spreading to his/her arms,jaw, neck, stomach or back. If yes thengive an immediate call to ambulanceand before its arrival make sure that theposition is comfortable for them likemake him/her sit on floor or lean againsta wall .If there is no history of aspirinallergy to them then make them chew325 mg aspirin slowly. Don’t leave themalone till ambulance is reached.

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How to prevent choking?At this time you just need to encourage

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by Mayank Jain

Keeping the whole debate aboutfeminism aside, I have a question to ask that’s troubling me

for a long time now: Why do all theforms we ever encounter ask only forthe fathers’ name? Is having a father soimportant to a person’s legal existence?

This is the issue we have all dealtwith, at some point or the other whenour fathers were given more impor-tance than our mothers as if they werethe ones who kept us for 9 months andnurtured us day and night. There is nodebate on a father’s role in a child’slifetime but the over emphasis makesme sick.

A friend’s observation forced meto write this post. She is a student of apremier all girls’ college in University ofDelhi which is supposed to be the bestin India but she found no mention of hermother’s name anywhere in any impor-tant document. This is what happenswhen someone with a single motherdecides to fill a form for a public institu-tion: Questions about father and hisfather are asked again and again untilthe scars of the past become wounds

again. It is indeed a harrowing experi-ence being asked about someone whoisn’t in your life anymore and giving noimportance to your mother who raisedyou facing all odds and still never getsto be an important part of the wholeprocess.

The picture of her admit cardshows how her identity is based on hisfather’s name and nobody will everidentify her if she spells out her mother’sname because it’s nowhere in the docu-ment:

This came as a stunning revela-tion to me and it stinks of patriarchyfrom an institution where every studentis female, having the name of yourfather is of utmost importance. When Idug deep into my pockets and foundout my own identification cards fromvarious places, I was in for a surprise.

I looked at my driving license andit had my father’s name with no men-tion of my mother. The story was samefor my college ID card, my library cardsas well as my voter ID card and PANcard.

This is a classic example of hy-pocrisy and lack of empathy from agen-cies that propagate themselves asagainst discrimination and inequality.While this deals with emotional andsocial aspect of having to disclose yourfather’s name every time you try to getsomething done but it makes no senselogically too. Everyone can have onlyone mother while fathers can be possi-bly more than one.

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InspirInspirInspirInspirInspiration!ation!ation!ation!ation!

A Dream, a vision, agoal, a desire, these are allthings most of us know we need whenwe are working towards success butsomewhere along the line, forgottenthat is why it is so important we followthem through.

Everyone always says, “Follow yourdreams!” But not everyone does it.Life interjects, bills pile up, and some-times we have to do jobs we don’twant to do just to make it through theday. However, there are a number ofreasons to follow your dreams, tobreak the trend, and to live the lifeyou’ve always wanted. Here they arebelow:

They make life worth living:Your dreams are what can get youthrough even the worst days. If youare struggling, your dreams are yourreason to keep going. They are whyyou wake up in the morning and tryagain. They are what makes your en-tire life worth living.

You’ll meet other dreamseekers:When you are motivated and excitedabout pursuing your dreams, you’ll

attract other people who have the samevalues and interests. The more yousurround yourself with high achievers,the further you’ll go. Then, when timesget tough, and it’s hard to keep going,your friends will motivate you to con-tinue achieving.

You can be an inspiration toothers:If you decide to go and follow yourdreams, you will give hope to otherswho want to do the same. You canserve as their example and their reasonwhy they should give it a try. You canhelp them, coach them, and encour-age them to keep going.

You can provide for yourfamily:

When you are this motivated, it’s veryhard to fail. If you are very set on yourdreams, and you make sure that youcan make an income along the way,you’ll be able to provide for your family.Some dreams take longer than othersto achieve, but that’s what makes theend goal so worth it.

Working in a job you hatemakes the days go slowly:Why should you work in a job you hate?

You’ll count the clock, you won’t do aswell, and you’ll dread waking up in themorning. Instead, pursue your dreams!Get excited about your day, and enjoythe process of doing what you love.

Because no one is going tofollow them for you:Let’s face it: no one else is going topursue your dreams for you. Everyonehas their own dreams and their owngoals for what they want to achieve inlife. If you don’t go for it, no one elsewill.

So that you can finally behappy:Life without dreams is depressing.Search far and wide for yours, andmake a promise to yourself that youwill start pursuing them. Once you geton the path towards your goal, you willnotice a distinct change in how youfeel.

To prove them wrong:All of us have been around people whotold us our dreams weren’t possible.Let that add fuel to your fire. Thinkabout all the people who said it wouldnever happen, and go out and provethem wrong.

It will make your parentsproud:Sometimes parents don’t always un-derstand our dreams or they try tosway us towards a particular one. How-ever, if you are adamant about yourdreams, and you work hard to achievethem, your parents have no reason notto be proud of you.

It will make YOU proud:Even better than making your parentsproud, you will be proud of yourself!Your confidence will rise, and you’llenjoy the excitement and the adrena-line that comes with doing somethingyou’ve always wanted to do.11. You only live once.

Life is short. Our days are num-bered, so why spend them doingsomething we don’t love? It’s time tomake a decision to go for it.

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Office is more like a pressure cookerand stress keeps building up with ev-ery passing moment. As we said, wecannot get rid of stress but we can atleast learn how to manage it and if not,our peers will gain an edge over us. Ifwe really don’t know how to managethis nasty stuff, we are really going tohave a hard time and the most immedi-ate of all visible outcomes is that of“reduced productivity”.

Ask for Help:If you are not able to understand some-thing or if you lack knowledge in thefield you are working, step up and askyour co-workers or manager. There isno reason to feel shy or to feel embar-rassed. You will be asking becauseyou want to perform well .

Prioritize Your Work Flow:Often you may have to deal with avolume of work. If you have been as-signed more work than usual, don’t letthe load to make you heavy. All youhave to do is to prioritize the works athand. Talk to your manager and seewhich one needs to be done immedi-ately. Create a checklist. When you areworking with one, don’t think of theothers in queue.

Walk Around for a Minute:Your office may not have a big walkingspace but it will at least have corridorsor hallways. Just go and take a walk.Think of food you like, light momentsyou spend and smile to yourself.

Never Ever Skip yourBreakfast:Do you know that breakfast is THEMOST IMPORTANT MEAL of the day?A hungry stomach can never concen-trate. It will help you to get energy andrefresh your mood. It will help yourbrain to function properly. Just eatsome when your tummy asks for somefood. Don’t ignore this. Corporate worldis a war front and you cannot fight withan empty stomach.

Sit Properly:

There is no point laughing at this. Sit-ting posture is really important when itcomes to office work. Your neck, backand shoulder muscles must be relaxedwhen you work. A wrong sitting pos-ture will only make things work andtense your muscles. This will lead tophysical stress like fatigue and pain.This directly impacts your productivity.If that happens, sit straight, take a deepbreath and roll your shoulders andneck. Massage your fingers, roll yourwrists clockwise and anticlockwise andstand up for a few moments. Once yourmuscles are loosened, get back to work.

Know How Big is Your Quilt:Office is a place of cutthroat competi-tion. Of course you need to do betterbut in an attempt to do so, don’t take upresponsibilities that are too much foryour physical and mental capabilities.Set goals that are realistic.

Laugh Them Off:There will always be people who will tryto bully you or make fun of you. Theywill do this either on purpose to hamperyour productivity by tapping into youremotional quotient or they will simplydo this for fun. Whatever be the case,you will never get an office where peoplelike them will not show up. The bestthing to do here is to laugh them off! Ifthey are making fun of you, you laughtoo! May be try to make a subtle funabout yourself or someone else amongyour coworkers.

Motivate Yourself:If you don’t see anything motivating in

that in a corporate culture, there are afew things that are always beyond yourcontrol. You can simply do nothing tochange them. So, why bother your-self? Often, it is wise to overlook a fewthings than to pull off your hair in anattempt to take control.

Saying NO is a Good Idea:Many of us have this annoying problemof not being able to say NO onsomeone’s face. It is kind of rude to usethat negative word but in a pressurecooker like workspace, it can reallyhelp you to relive stress in office. Notbeing able to say ‘No’ can be a weak-ness and your callous colleagues willsimply try to take advantage of that.They will try to dump their work on youor simply make you pay for their coffee!This will create stress.

Carry Some Humor:Well, most of us use smartphones ca-pable of playing videos. It is always agreat idea to carry some funny videosin your mobile and watch them duringlunch. Laughing is a good medicineand can effectively take your attentionoff the work pressure. This way, yourbrain gets time to relax and can get adaily dose of laughter which has sev-eral health benefits. Laughter can re-duce blood pressure, improve creativ-ity and memory, increase alertness,reduce stress hormones like adrena-line and cortisol, increase oxygen lev-els in blood and improve blood circula-tion and more.

Methods to Relieve Stress in Officeyour office, why not cre-ate one? Carry the pho-tos of your loved onesto office can actuallymotivate you and takestress off you. Thoughtsof your loved ones havethe ability to calm downyour disturbed andstressed mind.

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Prayer Service For People Lost Lives While Vikhroli Level Crossing

The Bombay Catholic Sabha, Vikhroli Unit has organized prayer service for the people who have lost their lives atthe level crossing on 21st November 2013 at Vikhroli. The Prayer Service was attended by a large number of parishionersand dignitaries including Janet Dsouza, Vice Chairperson Minority Commission Maharashtra State. The dignitariesspoke and appreciated for organising a unique prayer meet by the Vikhroli BCS. The meet ended with prayers &blessings by Rev. Fr. Anthony Dsouza & Rev. Fr. Simon Lopes of St. Joseph Church, Vikhroli.

Further the Vikhroli unit of BCS kept the following demands before the concerned authorities: 1. Escalator at VikhroliBridge; 2. Ticket counter at Vikhroli East on the ground level; 3. Removal of garbage dumping near the middle footoverbridge; 4. Ramp to climb the bridge; 5. Sauchalaya and 6. Advance train indicator/ monitor showing information of nextsuburban train.

Close to the 'Prayer Service' on21st Nov., the Bombay CatholicSabha, Vikhroli Unit organised an-other important programme 'HumSab Ek Hai' an inter-religious meeton 26th November 2013 at the St.Joseph's Church School Hall,Vikhroli.

In these times where the worldis rife with strife and hatred, TheBombay Catholic Ssbha is trying todo its bit to evolve people towardsheart-centered consciousnesswhich develops the flow of uncon-

'Hum Sab Ek Hai' by BCS Vikhroli Unit

ditional love. It is an expression of the love of God, which exists in every part of the universe and flows through eachone of us, if we but allow it. Priests from various religions expressed their views on unity in diversity. The occasion alsomarked the remembrance of people who have lost their lives on 26/11/2008.

Bombay Catholic Sabha,Vikhroli Unit Committee

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