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© St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Toronto
little, but in union with God
we can do so much.
The Lord is our strength and
our shield. I believe that
Sunday school catechism is
the foundation or the stepping
stone to discover more fully
the need for God in our lives.
God has blessed our church
with a great group of teach-
ers. They have inspired and
S ix S unda y Schoo l Ch i l -
dren Rece ives Top Aw ards
The Toronto Ma-
lankara Catholic
Mission has been
truly blessed to have
received the North
American Catechism
Awards from grade
3 to grade 9. With
the leadership of our
vicar, Father John
Kuriakose who has
continually stressed
the importance of
Sunday school to our chil-
dren. Together with the help
or our parish, home and Sun-
day school teachers, our chil-
dren have placed their com-
mitments to God. Again, I
can only emphasize that
alone we can accomplish so
encouraged the children to
know God deep within
their hearts. I would like to
thank all the teachers
for their dedication,
time and effort spent
for the spiritual growth
of our children.
And of course my dear
children, I like to con-
gratulate you all for
your hard work and
effort for placing God
first in your life.
May God continually
bless you and help you to
love Him as much as He
loves you.
Congratulations Again!
God Bless,
Jessy Mani
(HM)
Excellent Achievement in North American Catechism Exams
MONTHLY EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2009 Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 3
Sept 1-8 (8 Days Fast)
Prayer meeting
every day at
different homes
Sept 12
Prayer meeting at
Raju & Shirley’s
residence (6:30-
8:30 pm)
Sept 13
Malankara Catholic
Church Perunaal
Sept 20
Youth Bake Sale
Sept 27
Holy Hour of Eu-
charistic adoration
(3.00 PM – 4.00
PM)
2.30 PM Song practice
3:00 PM Sunday School
4.00 PM Prabhatha
Namaskaram ( Prayers be-
fore the Holy Mass)
4.30 PM Holy Mass
3.30 PM – 4.15 PM –
Confessions
Contact Information: Fr. John Kuriakose,
222 Ridley Blvd,
Toronto, ON, M5M 3M6
Tel: (416) 485 7781 [email protected]
Sunday Liturgy
Liturgy of the Month
Week Gospel Readings Epistles
Sept 6 Luke 18:18-30 The Rich Man
James 1:2-8
Hebrew 13:1-6
Sept 13
Luke 21:34-38 The Need to Pray
James 1:19-27
1 Cor 1:18-25
Sept 20 Mark 13:24-37 The Coming of the Son
of Man
1 John 5:1-5
1 Cor 10:14-22
Sept 27
Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man and
Lazarus
1 John 3:11-18
Rom 15: 1-6
Sunday School
Award Recipients Rank
Grade 3: Anugrah Shajee
1st
Grade 4: Sara Shajee
1st
Grade 6: Isabel Mani
1st
Grade 7: Deepak Wilson
2nd
Grade 8: Jonathan Mani
2nd
Grade 9: Joana Mathew
2nd
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Inside the Issue St. Mary’s Camp 2
Altar Server Workshop 2
Malankara Convention 3
MCM Perunnal 2009 4
© St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Toronto
On August 28 & 29, St.
Mary’s Mission conducted
its first Sunday School and
Youth Camp at St. Eugene’s
Chapel. During the first
day, the camp began with a
fun ice breaker session, and
continued on with other ac-
tivities including praise and
worship, bible study, jeop-
ardy game, interactive ses-
sions, and ended the day
with the Holy Mass.
On the second day, the par-
ticipants were given the op-
portunity to share their testi-
monies with everyone.
From many of the testimo-
nies that we heard, we have
come to recognize and un-
derstand the important role
that prayer plays in our
lives. We then moved on to
the Eucharistic Adoration
followed by our Sunday
Liturgy.
Overall, it was a blessed
experience for everyone
who attended the camp.
From participating in the
interactive sessions, praise
and worship, and the ado-
ration, we were able to
renew our spirituality and
were able to build a
stronger relationship with
each other.
-Lynn B.
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S unday S chool and Youth Camp a Great S uccess!
Daiju Achen talked about
the importance of the Morn-
ing Prayer before the Holy
mass, and how every altar
server should be present for
it to complete the Eucharis-
tic celebration. The work-
shop included some of the
fundamentals such as setting
up the altar with the chitola
Daiju Achan held an Altar
servers workshop on Sunday
August 23rd. The workshop
was conducted to provide an
introduction for those who
were interested in becoming
an altar server and it gave
the opportunity to review
some of the basics with the
current altar servers.
Aspiring Young B oys Attend Altar S ervers’ Workshop
and virikkootam. Though
every aspect of altar serving
was not covered a glimpse
was provided to instil a de-
sire within the participants
to focus on the mass to serve
the Lord. These workshops
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
PentiKosthi Kalam May 31 – Aug 5
Tejaskarana Kalam Aug 6 – Sept 13
Sleeba Kalam Sept 14 – Oct 31
through the grace of God
should help to give a strong
foundation in shaping the
lives of the young boys in our
church community.
-Leo B.
© St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Toronto
The 2009 North American
Jubilee Convention was
hosted by the Dallas mission,
and took place in Addison,
Texas in Hotel Intercontinen-
tal, a five-star hotel, from
Aug 6-9.
The convention began with
the thurmeni leading us in the
Sandhya Prathana, and our
Catholicos, His Beatitude
Baselios Cleemis Catholicos
led the inaugural meeting.
After dinner, our cultural
programs started. We the
Toronto mission sung a song
relating to the Jubilee, and
some of the youth performed
a dance to a Christian song.
Besides our performances,
there were plays, skits, songs
and dances that really made
you appreciate being part of
the Malankara Church.
The next day Cleemis Pithave
gave a speech on “The Ma-
lankara Church, Today and
Tomorrow.” He encouraged
the youth to get involved in
every part of society, but to
also bring their Malankara
roots and influences into
whatever they do. He also
reminded the parents, or the
Malankara Church of today,
to all the more encourage
their children to become
active Malankarites, and to
not push them aside as too
young, or they will loose
their future church.
Tim Staples was a former
Protestant, now Catholic. He
was a person who would
again and again bash the
Catholic Church, and knew
every verse in the Bible to
prove it was not even Chris-
tian. Now, he is a famous
Catholic apologist, and
stands up for the true faith at
every moment. He was talk-
ing about how and “Why I
am a Catholic”, as his
speech was appropriately
named.
Fr. Herman Jayachandra
gave a speech on “The
Devil: Myth and Reality.
What About Exorcism?” Fr.
Herman came from India for
the convention, and he was
an exorcist. He spoke about
the true facts about the
devil, and what the lies
about Satan that our society
tells us are.
After Fr Herman, Mario St.
Francis spoke to us. Mario
was once an internationally
known athlete, fashion
model and actor, who was
born Catholic and went to
Mass every week, but only
had a true experience with
Christ not too long ago. He,
like Tim Staples expressed
that he was really happy to
see so many young people
here, and once again encour-
aged evangelization.
It was our Catholicos’
speech that set the tone for
the rest of the convention.
Again and again it was re-
peated that the need for
evangelization was needed
from the Malankara Catholic
Church. With only 25 years
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A S uccessful N orth American Jubi lee Convention
under our belts, we’re not as
established in North America
as the Catholic Church as a
whole. Although I may focus
on the Catholic Church in its
entirety, I, and all of you fel-
low Malankarites, do have a
responsibility to at least give
a little notice and help to our
fledgling church. But as we
do this, we can’t forget that
the Church is made of people,
not beings. We have to estab-
lish a bond with each other,
and we have to strengthen our
faith together. If one has a
strong faith, bring it to the
whole church. If one can
speak well, speak for those
who can’t.
- Nisha T.
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