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Mr. Tulsi Mayal of Brooklyn, NY passed away today, February 12, 2020.

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Today we lost the one of the first generation came to this country in early 70’s. Mr. Tulsi Mayal originally from Baroda, Gujarat and was living in Brooklyn, NY passed away today, February 12, 2020. He is well known to the Gujarati Christian community not only in Brooklyn but in tristate area. May God rest him in internal peace and grant comfort to his family and friends.  A special prayers for Julie aunt that may God grant her the strength to survive without him.  
He is maternal uncle of Albina, Philomena, Deepak and Nitin Parmar.

Details of Funeral services:
Viewing: Friday, February 14, 2020 between 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
At Joseph A Brizzi and Sons Funeral Home 3913-3921 Fort Hamilton Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11218
The prayer service will be held at Christ United Methodist Church 673 45th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220-1118 between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 15, 2020. 
Then they will proceed to New Jersey for burial at Rosedale Cemetery, 355 East Linden Avenue; Linden, Union County, New Jersey, 07036.
Few Pictures from the memory-lane… 

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Bishop Rathna Swamy of Ahmedabad Diocese will attend the “Annual fund raising event” in Canada.

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Dear Friends in Christ,

With immense pleasure we would like to inform you that His Excellency Athanasius Rethna Swamy will be visiting Toronto between 28th February and 8th March 2020. The purpose of his visit is to participate in the “Annual Fund Raiser Event” organized by St. David’s Parish, Maple to support Church activities in Tarapur, Gujarat, and attend official meetings within Archdiocese of Toronto and spend some time with our Gujarati catholic community in the Greater Toronto Area.

GCPC has organized a program to welcome and honor His Excellency. Details are as follows:
Date : 1st March 2020
Venue : St. David’s Parish, 2601 Major MacKenzie Dr., Maple, ON. L6A 1C6
Procession : 2:00 pm
Mass in Gujarati : 3:00 pm
Program and Dinner : 4:30 pm onwards
Contribution : Adults, students on work permit/PR and children above 10 years- $15 per person, 
Children 10 years and below- No Charge, International Students-No Charge
Kindly RSVP by 15 February, 2020 in order to help us properly organize the program. No RSVP required for those who would like to attend the high Mass only and not the program and dinner.
Anyone who would like to showcase their talent or perform on the stage, please contact one of the following committee members or email at gujaraticatholicparivarcanada@gmail.com, or contact any of the committee members; Gaura Macwan,  Malti Parmar, Smita Sen, Sunita Francis, and Sweta Vania via email or WhatsApp.
NOTE: This year’s “Family Day” will mark completion of 7 years of formation of GCPC. Instead of 17th February, 2020, we will be celebrating “Family Day” on 1 March, 2020.
Stay blessed.
GCPC Committee.