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Y our Loving Archbishop,

(+Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy)

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friends and helpers to others. In compassion

and love, our ability to receive from others

very often determines the extent to which

we can give to others. When we are able to relate to others at

relatively deep levels of friendship will , of course, have a

significant effect upon our ministry as Priests and Religious.

The facility with which we can share with others our utmost

concerns will free us from unnecessary fears and will give us

the support and encouragement for our effective ministry.

When we are able to give and receive feedback from those

whom we know it helps us from repeating the same mistakes

in our ministry. Our mutual interdependence is a great help for

us to share one another’s burdens in an atmosphere of true

love. Such an experience will help us to be convinced first and

foremost within ourselves, and by our speaking about the love

of God to others.

Jesus had an inner circle of friends from among the twelve. In

the Gospel of Mark we read that He took Peter, James and John

with him when he went to the olive grove called Getsemane

and he became deeply troubled and distressed (Cfr. Mark 14:

32-33) The 15th chapter of the Gospel of St. John gives us the

glimpses of Jesus’ views on friendship. Jesus looks at friendship

as an involvement with a free option and commitment on both

sides at the same time one must take the initiative. This is well

expressed in the gospel of St. John chapter 15 verse16 “You did

not choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce

lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask

for in my name” (John 15:16). Friendship can never be forced

on any person but it must be marked by mutual openness to

each other which is portrayed in the Gospel of St. John chapter

15 verse 15, “I no longer call you slaves, because a master does

not confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends since I have told

you everything the Father told me” (John 15:15)

True friendship also means sharing of good times, “I am the vine;

you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them will

produce much fruit”( John 15:5) and of bad times “Since they

persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you”( John 15:20).

Genuine friendship does neither restrict nor control the persons but

frees them; It is not possessive but has it’s orientation towards others.

The above mentioned characteristics of friendship are found in the

words of Jesus” Love one other in the same way I have loved you”

(John 15:12) “You did not choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to

go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever

you ask for using my name” (John 15:16). This is my commandment:

Love each other (John 15:17). Other-centeredness is the most

distinctive quality of friendship in the teaching of Jesus and it is this

thrust he has given to our ministry that we must love one another as

he has loved us (Cfr. John 15:12) and we must be ready to wash one

another’s feet as he has washed our feet (Cfr. John 13:15). The essence

of true friendship is the total self-gift of oneself for the sake of others

which consists in laying down one’s life for the sake of his friends

(Cfr. John 15:13). If we are the true followers of Jesus let us take to

heart the teaching of Jesus on friendship as our model and follow

the path of friendship which has trodden.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy and

Grace- filled New Year and God’s choicest blessings on you for a better

future.

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A � chbishop’s Engagements - January 20170 � - Grace and Blessings Day @ Archbishop’s House

03 - St. Paul’s Seminary Project Committee Meet

@ Archbishop’s House

05 - Visiting the Staff & Seminarians @ St. Paul’s,

Trichy

06 - Feast Day Mass @ Pudhukottai

07 - Thanksgiving Mass for the Canonization of

St. Fusco @ Anna Nagar

08 M - Archdiocesan Youth Commission General

Body Meeting @ NPC

E - Feast Day Mass @ Marambadi

10-11 - Priests’ Reunion

13 - Confirmation Mass @ Ugarthe Nagar

14 - Blessing of the Parish Church @ Packiapuram

15 - Confirmation Mass @ Kavirayapuram

16 - First Holy Communion Mass @ Tirunagar

17-19 - TNBC Annual Meet @ Hosur

21-22 - Pastoral Visit to Bastin Nagar

23 - Blessing of the Church @ Dhevadhanam

25 - Feast Day Mass @ Thiruvotriyur

27 - Archdiocesan YCS/YSM Golden Jubilee

Celebrations @ NPC

28-31 - CCBI @ Bopal

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O " # $ " % & ' % ( ) $ " % & * % # (OMD) - 1st January

Society of the Divine Word (SVD) - 15th January

Society of the Catholic Apostolate (SAC) - 22nd January

Pallottine Missionary Sisters (SAC) - 22nd January

Congregation of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS)- 24 th January

Congregation of Samaritian Sisters (CSS) - 25th January

Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) - 31st January

Montfort Fathers (SMM) - 31st January

Pope’s Intention for January 2017:

Christian Unity.That all Christians may be faithful to the Lord’s teaching by

striving with prayer and fraternal charity to restore ecclesial communionand by collaborating to meet the challenges facing humanity.

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1. The World Day of Peace 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 : 9 ; < ; = > ? @ ; B C D E

st of January all

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

‘ N F G I J F K L G Q L R S U tyle of Politics for Peace’.

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

Madurai. It commences on 10th Tuesday at 10.00 a.m. It will be

over with lunch on 11th Wednesday inst. The theme would be:

Hindutva Politics, Ecumenism and Inter religious Dialogue. Prof.

Arunan CPM , Mr. Kanagaraj CPM, Rev. Fr. Michael Amaladoss

sj and Rev. Fr. John Kennedy are the speakers. There will be also

the Holy Mass with the Jubiliarians. All our parish priests are

requested to attend it without fail.

3. 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.

4. The Church Unity Octave is observed in January (18th to 24th).

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.

5. Congratulation to Rev. Fr. Pappuraj for his excellent renovation

work with the total amount of Rs. 15,00,000/-, towards the chapel

and the school at JameenNathampatty, the substation of Rajapalayam

parish.

6. Congratulation to Rev. Fr. Edwin Sahayaraj for his excellent

construction work of the Marian Grotto, at Gnanaolivupuram.

7. Rev. Fr. Paul Britto thanks his German friends who contributed

Rs. 44,735 (• 627) for the ministry of Legal Cell.

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renovation of Packiapuram church.

Rev. Fr. M. Paul, USA - Rs. 7,00,000/-

Rev. Fr. V. Arul Joseph, USA - Rs. 4,00,000/-

Madurai Archdiocese - Rs. 3,00,000/-

Rev. Fr. Paul Britto - Rs. 1,00,000/-

Rev. Fr. Jerome Patrick, USA - Rs. 50,000/-

Rev. Fr. Valentine Joseph, USA - Rs. 50,000/-

Rev. Fr. Britto Suresh, USA - Rs. 50,000/-

Rev. Fr. Maria Arul Selvam D. - Rs. 25,000/-

Rev. Fr. Edwin Sahaya Raja - Rs. 25,000/-

Rev. Fr. Madhan Babu - Rs. 10,000/-

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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE

FRANCIS

FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE

FIFTIETH WORLD DAY OF PEACE

1 JANUARY 2017

Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace

1. At the beginning of this New Year, I

offer heartfelt wishes of peace to the

world’s peoples and nations, to heads of

state and government, and to religious, civic

and community leaders. I wish peace to

every man, woman and child, and I pray

that the image and likeness of God in each person will enable us to

acknowledge one another as sacred gifts endowed with immense dignity.

Especially in situations of conflict, let us respect this, our “deepest

dignity”,[1] and make active nonviolence our way of life.

This is the fiftieth Message for the World Day of Peace. In the first,

Blessed Pope Paul VI addressed all peoples, not simply Catholics, with

utter clarity. “Peace is the only true direction of human progress – and

not the tensions caused by ambitious nationalisms, nor conquests by

violence, nor repressions which serve as mainstay for a false civil order”.

He warned of “the danger of believing that international controversies

cannot be resolved by the ways of reason, that is, by negotiations founded

on law, justice, and equity, but only by means of deterrent and murderous

forces.” Instead, citing the encyclical Pacem in Terrisof his predecessor

Saint John XXIII, he extolled “the sense and love of peace founded

upon truth, justice, freedom and love”. [2] In the intervening fifty years,

these words have lost none of their significance or urgency.

On this occasion, I would like to reflect on nonviolence as a

style of politics for peace. I ask God to help all of us to cultivate

nonviolence in our most personal thoughts and values. May charity and

nonviolence govern how we treat each other as individuals, within society

and in international life. When victims of violence are able to resist the

temptation to retaliate, they become the most credible promotors of

nonviolent peacemaking. In the most local and ordinary situations and in

the international order, may nonviolence become the hallmark of our

decisions, our relationships and our actions, and indeed of political life in

all its forms.

A broken world

2. While the last century knew the devastation of two deadly

World Wars, the threat of nuclear war and a great number of other

conflicts, today, sadly, we find ourselves engaged

in a horrifying world war fought piecemeal. It

is not easy to know if our world is presently more

or less violent than in the past, or to know

whether modern means of communications and

greater mobility have made us more aware of

violence, or, on the other hand, increasingly inured

to it.

In any case, we know that this “piecemeal”

violence, of different kinds and levels, causes great suffering: wars in

different countries and continents; terrorism, organized crime and

unforeseen acts of violence; the abuses suffered by migrants and victims

of human trafficking; and the devastation of the environment. Where

does this lead? Can violence achieve any goal of lasting value? Or does

it merely lead to retaliation and a cycle of deadly conflicts that benefit

only a few “warlords”? Violence is not the cure for our broken world.

Countering violence with violence leads at best to forced migrations and

enormous suffering, because vast amounts of resources are diverted to

military ends and away from the everyday needs of young people, families

experiencing hardship, the elderly, the infirm and the great majority of

people in our world. At worst, it can lead to the death, physical and

spiritual, of many people, if not of all.

The Good News

3. Jesus himself lived in violent

times. Yet he taught that the true battlefield,

where violence and peace meet, is the

human heart: for “it is from within, from the

human heart, that evil intentions come” (Mk

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7:21). But Christ’s message in this regard offers a radically positive

approach. He unfailingly preached God’s unconditional love, which

welcomes and forgives. He taught his disciples to love their enemies (cf.

Mt 5:44) and to turn the other cheek (cf. Mt 5:39). When he stopped her

accusers from stoning the woman caught in adultery (cf. Jn 8:1-11), and

when, on the night before he died, he told Peter to put away his sword

(cf. Mt 26:52), Jesus marked out the path of nonviolence. He walked

that path to the very end, to the cross, whereby he became our peace

and put an end to hostility (cf. Eph 2:14-16). Whoever accepts the Good

News of Jesus is able to acknowledge the violence within and be healed

by God’s mercy, becoming in turn an instrument of reconciliation. In the

words of Saint Francis of Assisi: “As you announce peace with your

mouth, make sure that you have greater peace in your hearts”.[3] To be

true followers of Jesus today also includes embracing his teaching about

nonviolence. As my predecessor Benedict XVI observed, that teaching

“is realistic because it takes into account that in the world there is too

much violence, too much injustice, and therefore that this situation cannot

be overcome except by countering it with more love, with more goodness.

This ‘more’ comes from God”.[4] He went on to stress that: “For

Christians, nonviolence is not merely tactical behaviour but a person’s

way of being, the attitude of one who is so convinced of God’s love

and power that he or she is not afraid to tackle evil with the weapons of

love and truth alone. Love of one’s enemy constitutes the nucleus of the

‘Christian revolution’”.[5] The Gospel command to love your enemies

(cf. Lk 6:27) “is rightly considered the magna carta of Christian

nonviolence. It does not consist in succumbing to evil…, but in responding

to evil with good (cf. Rom12:17-21), and thereby breaking the chain of

injustice”.[6]

More powerful than violence

4. Nonviolence is sometimes taken

to mean surrender, lack of involvement and

passivity, but this is not the case. When

Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace

Prize in 1979, she clearly stated her own

message of active nonviolence: “We in our

family don’t need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace – just get

together, love one another… And we will be able to overcome all the evil

that is in the world”.[7] For the force of arms is deceptive. “While

weapons traffickers do their work, there are poor peacemakers who

give their lives to help one person, then another and another and another”;

for such peacemakers, Mother Teresa is “a symbol, an icon of our

times”.[8] Last September, I had the great joy of proclaiming her a Saint.

I praised her readiness to make herself available for everyone “through

her welcome and defence of human life, those unborn and those abandoned

and discarded… She bowed down before those who were spent, left to

die on the side of the road, seeing in them their God-given dignity; she

made her voice heard before the powers of this world, so that they might

recognize their guilt for the crimes – the crimes! – of poverty they

created”.[9] In response, her mission – and she stands for thousands,

even millions of persons – was to reach out to the suffering, with generous

dedication, touching and binding up every wounded body, healing every

broken life. The decisive and consistent practice of nonviolence has

produced impressive results. The achievements of Mahatma Gandhi and

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in the liberation of India, and of Dr Martin

Luther King Jr in combating racial discrimination will never be forgotten.

Women in particular are often leaders of nonviolence, as for example,

was LeymahGbowee and the thousands of Liberian women, who

organized pray-ins and nonviolent protest that resulted in high-level peace

talks to end the second civil war in Liberia. Nor can we forget the eventful

decade that ended with the fall of Communist regimes in Europe. The

Christian communities made their own contribution by their insistent prayer

and courageous action. Particularly influential were the ministry and

teaching of Saint John Paul II. Reflecting on the events of 1989 in his

1991 Encyclical CentesimusAnnus, my predecessor highlighted the fact

that momentous change in the lives of people, nations and states had

come about “by means of peaceful protest, using only the weapons of

truth and justice”.[10] This peaceful political transition was made possible

in part “by the non-violent commitment of people who, while always

refusing to yield to the force of power, succeeded time after time in

finding effective ways of bearing witness to the truth”. Pope John Paul

went on to say: “May people learn to fight for justice without violence,

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renouncing class struggle in their internal disputes and war in international

ones”.[11] The Church has been involved in nonviolent peacebuilding

strategies in many countries, engaging even the most violent parties in

efforts to build a just and lasting peace. Such efforts on behalf of the

victims of injustice and violence are not the legacy of the Catholic Church

alone, but are typical of many religious traditions, for which “compassion

and nonviolence are essential elements pointing to the way of life”.[12]

I emphatically reaffirm that “no religion is terrorist”.[13] Violence profanes

the name of God.[14] Let us never tire of repeating: “The name of God

cannot be used to justify violence. Peace alone is holy. Peace alone is

holy, not war!”[15]

The domestic roots of a politics of nonviolence

5. If violence has its source in the human heart,

then it is fundamental that nonviolence be

practised before all else within families. This is

part of that joy of love which I described last

March in my Exhortation AmorisLaetitia, in the

wake of two years of reflection by the Church on

marriage and the family. The family is the

indispensable crucible in which spouses, parents

and children, brothers and sisters, learn to communicate and to show

generous concern for one another, and in which frictions and even conflicts

have to be resolved not by force but by dialogue, respect, concern for

the good of the other, mercy and forgiveness.[16] From within families,

the joy of love spills out into the world and radiates to the whole of

society.[17] An ethics of fraternity and peaceful coexistence between

individuals and among peoples cannot be based on the logic of fear,

violence and closed-mindedness, but on responsibility, respect and sincere

dialogue. Hence, I plead for disarmament and for the prohibition and

abolition of nuclear weapons: nuclear deterrence and the threat of mutual

assured destruction are incapable of grounding such an ethics.[18] I

plead with equal urgency for an end to domestic violence and to the

abuse of women and children.

The Jubilee of Mercy that ended in November encouraged each

one of us to look deeply within and to allow God’s mercy to enter there.

The Jubilee taught us to realize how many and diverse are the individuals

and social groups treated with indifference and subjected to injustice

and violence. They too are part of our “family”; they too are our brothers

and sisters. The politics of nonviolence have to begin in the home and

then spread to the entire human family. “Saint Therese of Lisieux invites

us to practise the little way of love, not to miss out on a kind word, a

smile or any small gesture which sows peace and friendship. An integral

ecology is also made up of simple daily gestures that break with the logic

of violence, exploitation and selfishness”.[19]

My invitation

6. Peacebuilding through active nonviolence is the natural and

necessary complement to the Church’s continuing efforts to limit the use

of force by the application of moral norms; she does so by her participation

in the work of international institutions and through the competent

contribution made by so many Christians to the drafting of legislation at

all levels. Jesus himself offers a “manual” for this strategy of

peacemaking in the Sermon on the Mount. The eight Beatitudes (cf. Mt

5:3-10) provide a portrait of the person we could describe as blessed,

good and authentic. Blessed are the meek, Jesus tells us, the merciful

and the peacemakers, those who are pure in heart, and those who hunger

and thirst for justice.

This is also a programme and a challenge for political and religious

leaders, the heads of international institutions, and business and media

executives: to apply the Beatitudes in the exercise of their respective

responsibilities. It is a challenge to build up society, communities and

businesses by acting as peacemakers. It is

to show mercy by refusing to discard people,

harm the environment, or seek to win at any

cost. To do so requires “the willingness to

face conflict head on, to resolve it and to

make it a link in the chain of a new

process”.[20] To act in this way means to

choose solidarity as a way of making history

and building friendship in society. Active nonviolence is a way of showing

that unity is truly more powerful and more fruitful than conflict. Everything

in the world is inter-connected.[21] Certainly differences can cause

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frictions. But let us face them constructively and non-violently, so that

“tensions and oppositions can achieve a diversified and life-giving unity,”

preserving “what is valid and useful on both sides”.[22] I pledge the

assistance of the Church in every effort to build peace through active

and creative nonviolence. On 1 January 2017, the new Dicastery for

Promoting Integral Human Development will begin its work. It will help

the Church to promote in an ever more effective way “the inestimable

goods of justice, peace, and the care of creation” and concern for

“migrants, those in need, the sick, the excluded and marginalized, the

imprisoned and the unemployed, as well as victims of armed conflict,

natural disasters, and all forms of slavery and torture”.[23] Every such

response, however modest, helps to build a world free of violence, the

first step towards justice and peace.

In conclusion

7. As is traditional, I am signing this Message on 8 December,

the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Mary is the Queen of Peace. At the birth of her Son, the angels gave

glory to God and wished peace on earth to men and women of good will

(cf. Luke 2:14). Let us pray for her guidance. “All of us want peace.

Many people build it day by day through small gestures and acts; many

of them are suffering, yet patiently persevere in their efforts to be

peacemakers”.[24] In 2017, may we dedicate ourselves prayerfully and

actively to banishing violence from our hearts, words and deeds, and to

becoming nonviolent people and to building nonviolent communities that

care for our common home. “Nothing is impossible if we turn to God in

prayer. Everyone can be an artisan of peace”.[25]

- From the Vatican, 8 December 2016

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ïWâ¥ngh£ofshdJ ïisP® »¿¤J ãw¥ò bgUÉHh¡bfh©lh£l¤Jl‹ ïizªJ or«g® 11 m‹W nguha® mt®fŸ jiyikÆšel¤j¥g£ld. cÇik kW¡f¥g£l k¡fSl‹ njhHik bfh©L mt®fsJthœîÇikfS¡fhf¢ brašgLtj‹ _y« kÅj¤ij ca®¤j nt©L«v‹w »¿¤J ãw¥ò¢ brŒâÆid nguha® mt®fŸ tH§», thœ¤J T¿Má tH§»dh®fŸ. gÂ¡FG¡fË‹ xU§»iz¥ghsU« behãÈmU£gÂ ika¤â‹ ïa¡FdUkhd mU£gÂ. Kidt® Mdªj«mt®fŸ »¿¤J ãw¥ò thœ¤âid¢ brŒâahf tH§», ghlš,eld¥ngh£ofËš Kjš _‹W ïl§fis¥ bg‰wt®fS¡F¡nfla§fisí« rh‹¿jœfisí« tH§»dh®. òÅj n#hr¥ gâ‹knkÅiy¥gŸËÆ‹ jhshsU« KjštUkhd mU£rnfh. Ã®kyh njÉmt®fŸ tshf¤âid tH§», mid¤J V‰ghLfisí« Äf¢ áw¥ghf¢brŒâUªjh®fŸ. thœ¤J¢ brŒâÆidí« tH§»dh®fŸ. rj§iffiy¤bjhl®ò ika¤â‹ ïa¡Fd®, mU£gÂ. mUshdªj«ngh£ofS¡fhd¤ â£lÄlš, eLt®fŸ nj®î, khjh bjhiy¡fh£á¡fhdxË¥gâî M»adt‰iw Äf¢ áw¥ghf¤ jdJ gÂahs®fSl‹ ïizªJbrŒâUªjh®. ïUgÂ¡FG¡fË‹ xU§»izªj Ãfœthf ÉHhmikªâUªjJ. - gÂ. kgh. kh®lo‹ nahR, bray®, ïisP® gÂ¡FG

I � � � � � � � � � � � � � AAPS – IAS ACADEMYDecember 04, 2016

As the demands of the society changed, its culture changed, and

consequently also its educational practices. There is no doubt that

education is the secret key of human success and the roots of education

lie in competition. Today, competitive exams sit at the core of the Indian

education system. They are the real gateway to enter into the value-

added service sectors in India. In order to update knowledge and reinvent

themselves to keep abreast of knowledge, communication, social

engineering, and technology revolutions, Students in modern society look

for ample opportunities to prove themselves. To make their dream come

true an A r � � � � � � � � Antony PappuSamy (AAPS) – IAS Academy,

was initiated by MMSSS, MITE and Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai,

in collaboration with the Catholic Professors Conference of Madurai

Archdiocese to train students in civil service examinations: IAS, IPS,

IFS; TNPSC Exams: Group 1,2,4; IBP (Bank Exams) & Clerical Exams;

VAO Exams; NET, SET Exams. It is the joint venture of MMSSS-

MITE, Education, SC/ST, Youth and Labour Commissions.

The inauguration of AAPS-IAS Academy was held on 4th December

2016 at 10 a.m. in MMSSS. The programme started with an invocation

to God by Prof. Arul Mozhi, President of the Catholic Professors

Conference. Rev. Fr. S. Lawrence, Secretary & Treasurer of MMSSS

extended a cordial welcome to the Partners and the participants.

The President Most Rev. Dr. Antony Pappusamy, Diocesan

Procurator Rev. Fr. Y.Arockiam, Superintendent of RC Schools Rev.

Fr. Joseph, member of CPC, Prof. Beula and a student rep Mr. Richard

lighted the lamp as mark of inauguration.

The function was presided by Most Rev. Dr. Antony Pappusamy,

Archbishop of Madurai Archdiocese. The function was added meaning

with the presence of Mr. Raja Bhupathi, Managing Director, Radian

Academy, Chennai as our Chief Guest.

Rev. Fr. Martin, Secretary, Youth & Labour Commissions in his

felicitation address well explained the purpose and need of the Academy

in the Archdiocese of Madurai. He stressed on importance of quality in

administrative services and qualified students.

Rev. Fr. Joseph Arockia Raj, Superintendent of RC Schools,

expressed in his felicitation that the business world of ours needed youth

who were equipped and empowered to acquire or hold power and to

change inequality / differences and oppression. He encouraged the

youth who have enrolled in the Academy should work hard, sincerely to

attain the goal.

Rev. Fr. S. Lawrence, Secretary & Treasurer of MMSSS during

his felicitation sent out the message to the aspiring youth of minority

religion that they should thrive to excel in civil service examinations and

commit themselves to work for the betterment of our people. He also

urged that the youth of today were not useless and used less.

Rev. Fr. Y. Arcokiam, Archdiocesan Procurator expressed in his

felicitation speech that this was a good initiative to reach larger

community of unreached youth.

“The opening ceremony of the AAPS Academy is a grant event,

inspiring speeches by the intellectuals and should burn in students an

2019

e � e ! " # $ % & ' ! % ' ( $ ) * # " % + , e � . Fr. Sebastian, Secretary of SC/ST

Commission.

Most Rev. Dr. Antony Pappusamy, Archbishop of Madurai in his

presidential address gave an inspiring speech on how could Catholic

People excel in top Government positions. He emphatically articulated

that a hand full of people with qualification might not bring much change

and needed more people to shoulder the responsibility of bringing change

in the Nation and in the lives of our minority Dalit people. He stressed

that civil services examinations were not challenges but opportunities

for students. He called upon students to imbibe values of sensitivity,

empathy, and responsiveness to come up in life.

Followed by which His Grace, Archbishop Most Rev. Dr. Antony

Pappusamy, unveiled the Logo of the Academy and Inaugurated the

AAPS – IAS Academy. The logo with two persons at the centre one

holding light refers to the Guru-Shisya relationship imparting knowledge

through books, and having crown of Christ the King as a model of

leadership and victory. All these efforts are to lead to green pastures

and nation building.

The inaugural session came to an end with the vote of thanks by

Prof. Arul Mozhi. Prof. Henry Julius, Secretary of CPC, introduced the

resource person of the day Mr. Raja Bhupathi.

To facilitate students, to make familiarize the aim and objective of

the Academy and to frequent students with knowledge and skills in

clearing the civil service examinations, Mr. Raja Bhupathi, Managing

Director of Radian Academy, Chennai, the Chief Guest and the Resource

person of the day, initiated in students a thirst for quality learning,

commitment in acquiring the expected results. He moved with the students

in the input session and motivated the youth with his skillful knowledge

and experience. It was really a motivating factor for all the students.

The session was attended by 40 students from various parishes of

the Archdiocese of Madurai. At the end the course designer, organizer

of such event Dr. Pushparajan shared his vision and the way to make

forward the academy to a greater height. Overall the students were

happy to be part of the academy and vowed to excel in all civil service

examinations.

-Fr. Rajan, Asst. Secretaty, MMSSS- MITE.

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17.12.2016 m‹W khiy 6.00 kÂ¡F nguha® jiyikÆš T£l«bjhl§»aJ. RthÄ rjh áthdªjh j« thœ¤JiuÆš, ‘ahJ« Cnu ahtU«nfç®’ v‹w fyh¢rhu¤ij¡ bfh©lJ ïªâah. ïnaR xU ôjuhf¥ãwªjhY« mtiu¥ ã‹g‰W« »¿Þjt®fŸ ï¡fyh¢rhu¤â‰FcÇat®fshf kh‰¿¡bfhŸtj‹ milahskhf bfh©lhl¥gL« ï›ÉHh,ghuh£o‰FÇaJ v‹W T¿dh®. bjhl®ªJ lh¡l® mkhDšyh, k‹d®fšÿÇ bray® É#auhft‹, ãu«kFkhÇÞ É¤ahyahit¢ nr®ªj FkhÇckh, ïa¡Fe® jªij Mdªj«, k‰W« kJiu I¡»a #kh¤ jiyt® gê®mfkJ mt®fŸ thœ¤Jiu tH§»d®. jiyik ciu M‰¿a nguha®mªnjhÅ gh¥òrhÄ mt®fŸ, ïiwtÅ nt%‹¿ Ã‰wY« (communion with

God) (Dialogue of Life) ciuahlš kdÃiyíl‹ thœtJ« vªj xUrka¤ij¢ rh®ªjtU¡F« ï‹¿aikahjJ v‹W T¿dh®. nkY« eh«fhQ« tF¥òthj¢ NHÈš, kJiu k¡fŸ mikâíl‹ thH‘âUtU£nguit’ mik¥ãid¥ òJ¥ã¥gJ ey«jU« v‹W«, mj‰fhd xUFGit mik¤J¢ brašgl ciuahlš gÂ¡FGÉ‰F Mnyhridí«eš»dh®. mikâ k‰W« gšrka e£òwî ika«, fhªâ Äôáa¤â‹ rh®ghfK¢rka üšfSl‹ gtÅí«, K¢rka¥ ghlY« ïiwtz¡fkhf¥ghl¥g£lJ. mU£rnfhjÇ mkyuhÂ midtU¡F« e‹¿ T¿dh®. ïªJ,ïRyh«, »¿Þjt kiwia¢ rh®ªj bgÇnah® gy® ïâš g§nf‰wd®.

- jªij mUŸ, bray®

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Holy Childhood - 2016

Collection as on 23/11/2016 1,98,879.00

St. Josph’s Home, P. Chettiapatti 10,000.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 2,08,879.00

St. Peter’s Pence - 2016

Collection as on 23/11/2016 93,595.00

Anna Nagar 5,000.00

Mangudi Meenatchiapuram 1,000.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 99,595.00

Communication Day - 2016

Collection as on 23/11/2016 90,293.00

Anna Nagar 5,000.00


Collection as on 19/12/2016 96,293.00

v©Â, kd« tUªJnth« v‹w brŒâfSl‹ mU£jªij n#hr¥ É¡l®tªâUªjh®. x¥òuî mU£rhjdkË¤j 22 jªija®fËl¤âš midtU«ïiwk‹Å¥ig¥ bg‰wã‹ kJiu¥ nguha® mªnjhÅ gh¥òrhÄ mt®fË‹jiyikÆš FU¡fŸ gyUl‹ FzkË¡F« âU¥gÈ eilbg‰wJ. kWehŸjªij m‰òjrhÄ, fhiy âahd¤ij tÊel¤âl, e‰fUiz¥ gÈÆ‹ tÊahfv›thW ešthœî thHKoí« v‹W jªij mUŸ ciu tH§»dh®.g§nf‰nwhUŸ 30 ng® jÉu k‰wt®fŸ fhiy czit¤ jÉ®¤J MÉÆ‹tu§fS¡fhŒ fh¤âUªjd®. MÉÆ‹ fÅfŸ g‰¿ jªij njtuh{ ciutH§»dh®. Û©L« jªij n#hr¥ É¡l® mt®fŸ e‰fUiz¥ ãur‹d¤âšFzkË¡F« tÊgh£il Ãfœ¤âdh®. gy® ey«bg‰wd®.

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vq;nfy;;yhk; kWf;fg;gLfpwNjh> md;Gf;fhf kf;fs; Vq;Ffpwhh;fNshmq;Fmd;G gfpug;gl Ntz;Lk;; mJNt fpwpj;J ngUkhd; gpwg;gpd;

md;gpd; ew;nra;jp vd;W $wpdhh;. njd;dpe;jpaj; jpUr;rigapd; Mah;jd;Dila tho;j;Jr; nra;jpapy; $Wifapy;; ek; r%fj;jpy; ek;ikr;

Rw;wpthOk; Vio vspatNuhL ehk; gfph;e;J thOk; NghJehk; nfhz;lhLk;fpwpj;J gpwg;Gtpoh cz;ikahd mh;j;jk; ngUk; vd;whh;. ,t;topghl;L

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Bible Sunday

Collection as on 23/11/2016 76,421.00

Bastin Nagar 10,000.00

Anna Nagar 5,000.00


Collection as on 19/12/2016 92,421.00

Mission Sunday - 2016

Collection as on 23/11/2016 12,41,000.00

Theni 1,75,650.00

Palanganatham 1,05,000.00

Bastin Nagar 1,02,000.00

Kadachanendal 90,000.00

Anna Nagar 54,000.00

Holy Rosary 50,000.00

Ayravathanallur 27,500.00

Railway Colony 20,100.00

Holy Cross Convent, Batlagundu 20,000.00

R.R. Nagar 10,000.00

Kadamalaikundu 7,000.00

M. Meenatchiapuram 6,000.00

Meenampatti 3,000.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 19,11,250.00

African Mission- 2016

Collection as on 23/11/2016 28,541.00


Anna Nagar 5,000.00

Holy Rosary Church 4,500.00

Samayanallur 2,800.00


Ammapatti 1,210.00


Mangudi Meenatchiapuram 500.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 52,151.00

Peter the Apostle - 2016

Collection as on 23/11/2016 12,851.00


Anna Nagar 5,000.00




Ammapatti 1,240.00


Perumalmalai 1,000.00


Collection as on 19/12/2016 37,791.00

KANI (Seminarians Fund )

Fr. Parish Priest, Munjikkal 24,280.00

Fr.Parish Priest & Parishnors, Anna Nagar 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest & Parishnors, Kanyakumary 10,000.00

Sr. Superior General, Old Kosavapalayam 10,000.00

St. Mary’s Education Trust, Kariapatti 10,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest & Parishnors, Ammapatti 10,000.00

Fr. P.P& Parishnors, Jameen Nathampatti, Rajapalayam 5,600.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Christ the King Church, Sengole Nagar 5,000.00

Sr. Superior General, Kosavapalayam 5,000.00

Fr. Rector, St. Paul’s Seminary 5,000.00

Fuscos School Vandiyur 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, Nagamalai 5,000.00

25 26U V W X Y Z [ W \ ] ^ \ V Y _

January February

01 Nilakkottai 05 Railway Colony

08 Samayanallur 12 Sattur

15 Aruppukottai 19 Silukkuvarpatti

22 Kariapatti 26 Rajapalayam

29 Ellis Nagar

Necrology

` a b c d f g c h i j k g l f m n f a o p f o q on 25.01.1991

Fr. 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

Fr. Peter Roy on 29.01.1964

Rev. Brothers De La Salle, Nagamalai 5,000.00

Fr. Parish Priest, R.R. Nagar 4,000.00

Madurai CRI Unit 2,000.00

Mr. A. Vincent Raj, Marthandampatty 2,000.00

Evangelization Commission, Nobili Pastorl Centre 500.00

Leuca Sisters, Moondrumavadi 500.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 1,18,880.00

Prison Ministry

Collection as on 23/11/2016 99,336.00

Anna Nagar 5,000.00


Collection as on 19/12/2016 1,05,336.00

Mass Received From Parishes

Bastin Nagar (200 Mass) 20,000.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 20,000.00

Opus Securitatius

Sivakasi 12,900.00






Perumalmalai 1,000.00

Ammapatti 800.00


Lourdupuram 101.00

Collection as on 19/12/2016 33,151.00

Santa: I haven’t slept all night in the train.

Fiend: Why?

Santa : Got upper berth.

Friend : Why didn’t u exchange?

Santa : Oye! There was nobody to exchange in the lower

berth.

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