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Holy week messages from Fr William sj in Gujarati

House Blessing 2013

This is a tentative Scheduled for House blessing. Your Ward representatives will inform you about the timings of the blessing. - Fr V Dias SJ

House Blessing - 2013
Date	day	Time	Area	Father	Ward Rep
1 -04-2013	Monday	Morning Evening	Shefali & Sunshine IIM & ATIRA	David & Vally Jerry & David	Sanjay K T Pauly
2-04-2013	Tuesday	Morning Evening	Ward 27 Prem Chand Ward 16	David & Vally David, Mat, Val &Jerry	Marie Flory Marcus
3-04-2013	Wednesday	Evening	Ward 4 Azad Society	Vally & David	Flory Rathod
4-4-2013	Thursday	Evening Evening	Ward 18 Ward 25	Siddarth Mathew	Louis George SimonPeter
5-04-2013	Friday	Evening Evening	Ward 17 Ward 2	Mathew & Vally David	Kumar Francis Sanjay
6-04-2013	Saturday	Evening	Ward 5	Vally	Suhrid
7-04-2013	Sunday	Morning Evening	Ward 6 Ward 7	Vally Jerry	Simon Simon
8, 9 ,10,11	Mon –Thu	Evening	Ward 8 , 9 ,10, 11, 12, 13,14	Dav, Mat, Sidd & Vally	Vejalpur
12-04-2013	Friday	Evening	Ward 15 Ward 20	David & Vally Mathew & Siddarth	Grace Raji Jervis
13-04-2013	Saturday	Evening	Ward 19	Vally, Jerry & Siddarth	Alex Joseph
16-04-2013	Tuesday	Evening Evening Evening	Ward 21 Ward 22 Ward 23	Vally David Mathew & Siddarth	Francis Vincent Fernandes Geido
17-04-2013	Wednesday	Evening Evening	Ward 24 Ward 26	Mathew Sidd, David & Vally	Saby Fernandes Paul George
18 -04-2013	Thursday	Evening	Ward 28 Ward 29	David Mathew & Vally	Hedwig Vaz K T Davis
19-04-2013	Friday	Evening Evening	Ward 30 Ward 34	David & Vally Mathew & Siddarth	Agnelo Pinto Johnny George
20-04-2013	Saturday	Evening	Ward 33	Mathew, Sidd & Val	Olga Menezes
23-04-2013	Tuesday	Evening	Ward31	Dav, Sidd, Math, Jerry & Val	George Fernandes

HAPPY EASTER

GOING BEYOND THE RITUAL-footwashing

 GOING BEYOND THE RITUAL- A PERSONAL STORY!

P.J. Joseph, SJ

GOING BEYOND THE RITUAL- A PERSONAL STORY!

I have, by now, seen many articles expressing opinions on Pope Francis washing the feet of a small group of 12 young people on Manudy Thursday this year. Among them were two girls and two Muslims. And they all looked like humans!

Some 'good Christians' thought that Pope was breaking a tradition, others thought he was setting a 'questionable example', and still others thought he was breaking a 'church law'... and others may be still thinking and thinking....!

A fascinating thought among all these good people is that 'foot washing' is a ritual... which from their expressions look like having little or no significance in practical life except of course the symbolic meaning.....! It is to be done once a year in a church and let it be until next year!

GOOD FRIDAY

Pope Francis - Holy Thursday - footwashing

Pope Francis

Pope Francis washes feet of 12 jailed minors, including two girls, at de...

Pope francis washes women's feet

Pope Francis washes women's feet 

Associated Press | Updated: March 29, 2013 08:21 IST

Rome: In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention centre - a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men.

No pope has ever washed the feet of a woman before, and Francis' gesture sparked a debate among some conservatives and liturgical purists, who lamented he had set a "questionable example." Liberals welcomed the move as a sign of greater inclusiveness in the church.

Speaking to the young offenders, including Muslims and Orthodox Christians, Francis said that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion in a gesture of love and service.

"This is a symbol, it is a sign. Washing your feet means I am at your service," Francis told the group, aged 14 to 21, at the Casal del Marmo detention facility in Rome.