Guardian Angels Foundation organized “The America250 Celebration Picnic” on June 06, 2026.
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PLANT TREES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – Guardian Angels Foundation
PLANT TREES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – Guardian Angels Foundation.
PLANT TREES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – Not only plant A Tree but Watch It Grow!!
Even before the world realized the problems with the environment, Lucy Larcom wrote a beautiful poem “Plant a tree” (before 1893). Please read it below:
દર વર્ષે સમગ્ર વિશ્વમાં ૫ જૂન નો દિવસ વિશ્વ પર્યાવરણ દિવસ તરીકે મનાવવામાં આવે છે. પર્યાવરણની જાળવણી માટે વૃક્ષોની વાવણી અને તેનો ઉછેર કરવાની ઉત્કંઠા બધે જ જોવા મળે છે. આપણા ભારત દેશમાં ૨૦૦ કરોડ વૃક્ષોની જરૂર છે. લોકોએ વૃક્ષારોપણની સમસ્યા સરકારના માથે છોડી દીધી છે. વૃક્ષોનુ વાવેતર, ઘડતર, માવજત જરૂરી છે. વૃક્ષ વાવ્યા ના વરસ પછી એ વૃક્ષની હયાતીનું પ્રમાણપત્ર રજૂ કરવાની કોઈ જોગવાઈ કે નિયમ જરૂરી છે એવું નથી લાગતું? હમણાં જ ગુજરાત સમાચાર માં આવેલો આ લેખ વાંચીને ચિંતા થાય એ સ્વાભાવિક છે.
એથી જ આજ પંખી, બહુ ખુશખુશાલ છે;
ઉપવનમાં એનું વૃક્ષ, હવે રાજ્યપાલ છે.
– સુનીલ શાહ
ગાર્ડિયન એન્જલ્સ ફાઉન્ડેશન (USA) દ્વારા જૈતુન વાડી પ્રોજેક્ટ “પંચવર્ષીય વૃક્ષારોપણ યોજના” નો આરંભ કરવામાં આવ્યો. જૈતુન વાડી પ્રોજેક્ટ યોજના હેઠળ ગાર્ડિયન એન્જલ્સ ફાઉન્ડેશન દ્વારા આગામી ૫ વર્ષમાં કુલ ૫૦૦ ઓલિવ ટ્રી રોપવાનું ધ્યેય રાખવામાં આવેલ છે. જેમાંથી ચાલુ વર્ષે ૧૪૫ ઓલિવ ટ્રી નું રોપણ કરવાનું આયોજન કરેલ છે. આ ઓલિવ/જૈતુન પ્લાન્ટ ઇઝરાયેલથી મંગાવવામાં આવ્યા છે. ગાર્ડિયન એન્જલ પ્રેસિડેન્ટ શિલ્પાબેન મકવાણા તથા પાસ્ટર વી.કે મકવાણા (USA) અને પરિવાર તેમજ સંસ્થાના સર્વ વ્હાલાઓનો આ કાર્ય માટે આભાર. શાંતિ અને એકતાના પ્રતિક સમા ઓલિવ ટ્રી રોપવાની યોજનાનો આરંભ ઈશ્વર કૃપાથી ગંગા ડેરી ફાર્મ CDS રાવળાપુરા આણંદ ખાતે ૨૭/૬/૨૪ ના રોજ કરવામાં આવ્યો. જો કોઈએ આ સેવામાં જોડાવું હોય કે સંસ્થા તથા જૈતુન વાડી પ્રોજેક્ટ વૃક્ષારોપણ યોજના વિશે વધારે માહિતી જોઈતી હોય તો તમે help@GuardianAngels.Foundation ઇ-મેલ ઉપરથી સંસ્થાનો સંપર્ક કરવા નમ્ર વિનંતી.
વૃક્ષારોપણનો આ પ્રોજેક્ટ અને એમાંય આ ઓલિવ વૃક્ષની પસંદગી ખરેખર દાદ અને ધન્યવાદને પાત્ર છે. ફરી આવતા વરસે આ યોજના હેઠળ વૃક્ષારોપણના કાર્યક્રમ પહેલાં આ વરસે રોપેલા ૧૪૫ ઓલિવ ટ્રી ના હયાતી, ઉછેર અને તંદુરસ્તીનો અહેવાલ રજૂ કરશો એવી અપેક્ષા.
Guardian Angels Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
Our mission is to cultivate a sustainable future through three core pillars: Environmental stewardship, women’s empowerment, and educational enrichment.
Driven by our values of environmental sustainability, gender equality and education for all, we strive to create a world where communities thrive harmoniously with nature, women and girls are empowered agents of change, and education catalyzes progress and prosperity.
Join us in planting seeds of change, nurturing communities, and growing a brighter future together.
Guided by Faith, embracing Psalm 91:11 ‘For He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.’
Nurturing the future: Inspiring olive tree planting initiative
Planting olive trees, symbolizes the growth of love, compassion, and spirituality. Spreading love and harmony is a beacon of hope.
With faith and determination, fostering a culture of peace and understanding.
ગાર્ડિયન એન્જલ્સ ફાઉન્ડેશન (USA) દ્વારા જૈતુન વાડી પ્રોજેક્ટ ના નેજા હેઠળ ગુજરાતના વિવિધ શહેરોમાં ઓલિવ વૃક્ષનું રોપણ કરવામાં આવ્યું એના પિક્ચર્સ………………..
Bishop Checchio will ordain Ketan Christian, the first Gujarati as a Deacon along with 15 candidates and one other as a transitional Deacon.
Bishop Checchio will ordain Ketan Christian, the first Gujarati as a Deacon along with 15 candidates and one other as a transitional Deacon. The ordination will take place on Friday, May 03, 2024, at 4:00 PM at The Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, 32 Elm Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840.
The permanent Deacon is an ordained member of the Church who has received the sacrament of Holy Orders (as does a Bishop and Priest) and is deemed a cleric. Permanent Deacons make promises of obedience to the Bishop. They also promise to pray the Liturgy of the hours each day for all the people of God. Deacons can perform Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals. A Deacon also assists Priest or Bishop at Mass and may give the Homily.
My younger brother and son of Late Mr. Joseph Beda Parmar and Late Sushila, Ketan Christian is married to Ila Christian and they are proud parents of three beautiful daughters, Christine, Stephanie and Sydney living in South Plainfield for the last twenty plus years. He and his family are the members of the Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield, NJ 07080. Coincidently Bishop Checchio was ordained and installed as a fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen in the same very Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield on May 03, 2016. On the 8th anniversary of his ordination to bishop on May 03, 2024, Bishop Checchio will ordain Ketan as a Deacon. May 3rd is the Feast of Saints Philip and James.
Link of Live streaming – https://www.youtube.com/@CathedralofStFrancisofAssisi/stream
The video of the ordination :
Pease note Ketan and family is pleased to invite you for dinner after the ordination on May 03, 2024 at 6:30 PM at Royal Albert’s Palace, 1050 King Georges Post Rd, Fords 08863. Please RSVP by April 26, 2024 Call/Text (732)331-5192
Traditionally, the beginning of the order of deacons is traced back to the story in Acts of the Apostles, Acts 6: 1-6. The time finally came during deliberations of the Second Vatican Council in 1963, calling for restoration of the diaconate as a permanent level of Holy Orders. In June 1967 Pope Paul VI implemented this decree of the Council when he published the apostolic letter “Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem” (“The Sacred Order of the Diaconate”) in which he re-established the permanent diaconate in the Latin Church.
Please click here to read: THE PERMANENT DIACONATE: A HISTORY.
Please click here to read: Diaconate A Short History of the Permanent Diaconate.
The very first time in US history five men from the Archdiocese of Baltimore were ordained as a Deacon On June 12, 1971 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
Although a resolution was already passed by the CBCI for accepting the permanent Diaconate in India as a proper and permanent state of the hierarchy in 1966, it was only in 1982 that the CBCI finally petitioned the Holy See. A year later, the CBCI received permission from the Holy See to restore and promote the permanent Diaconate in India, with a proviso that before it could be introduced in any diocese, the bishop would consult the bishops of the region. On January 22, 2006, Bombay was the first and only diocese in India to introduce the permanent Diaconate when, the then Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Ivan Dias, ordained two permanent Deacons, Mr Lloyd Dias from Sacred Heart Church, Vashi and Mr Elwyn De Souza from St Joseph Church, Juhu.
Please click here to read more about the above.
One more Link to read more about the above.
Please click here to read about The Diaconate within the Diocese of Metuchen.
Please save the date and join: Ketan will serve as Deacon of the Mass and preach is first homily.
HOLY MASS OF THANKGIVING
Sunday, May 05, 2024 @ 11:30 AM
Church of the Sacred Heart
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
Fr. Paresh Parmar, the Episcopal Vicar of The Diocese of Ahmedabad, Gujarat will be attending all above events and will offer a Mass in Gujarati as per details below:
No Greater Love: a “Passion play” for the Lenten Season presented by The Xavier Company.
No Greater Love: a “Passion play” for the Lenten Season presented by The Xavier Company.
UGCOA=DoGoodToAll organized a cricket tournament on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Johnson Park, Piscataway, NJ.
UGCOA=DoGoodToAll organized a cricket tournament on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Johnson Park, Piscataway, NJ. Four teams participated in the “Unity Cup 2021”, ZNMD, EXODUS, GCS Guardians and UNITY. The park has two cricket pitch so two games can be played at once.
The first game was played ZNMD vs EXODUS. ZNMD made 76 runs for 8 wickets in 10 overs and EXODUS was bowled out for 43 runs in 10 overs.
Man of the match – Aron Unis – ZNMD – 28 runs in 16 balls with two sixes and one four.
The second game was played GCS Guardians vs UNITY. GCS Guardians made 105 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs and Unity made 36 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs.
Man of the match – Prakash Thomas – GCS Guardians – 3 wickets in 2 overs and given up 2 runs.
The third game was played UNITY VS ZNMD. UNITY made 55 runs for 2 wickets and ZNMD made 56 runs for 3 wickets in 6.2 overs.
Man of the match – Brijesh Rana – UNITY Made 10 runs in 15 balls, took 2 wickets in 2 overs and given up 10 runs.
The fourth game was played GCS Guardians vs EXODUS. GCS Guardians made 50 runs for 8 wickets in 10 overs and EXODUS made 41 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs.
Man of the match – Johnson Christian – EXODUS – took 3 wickets in 2 overs and given up 7 runs.
Thus the ZNMD and GCS Guardians were qualified for the final. In the final game ZNMD made 81 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs and GCS Guardians made 60 runs for 5 wickets in 10 overs. So ZNMD earned the champion trophy and GCS Guardians earned the runners up trophy.
Man of the match – Rodricks Christian – ZNMD – Made 44 runs in 30 balls with 4 fours.
Best Batsman of the tournament – Aron Unis – ZNMD – Made total 60 runs.
Best Bowler of the tournament – Prakash Thomas – GCS Guardians – Took total 5 wickets.
Player of the tournament – Aron Unis – ZNMD – Made 60 runs, most sixes (3) took 1 wicket, took 2 catches.
Please click here to view the pictures taken by Mr. Neeraj Gamadia of N & M Photography.