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‘SANCUM’ is planning to hold its national leadership training event and convocation in Brooklyn.

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sancumlogoSOUTH ASIAN NATIONAL CAUCUS OF THE UNITED METHODIST

1401 Oak Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

Phone & Fax: 847-864-9637

revtimothyrathod@yahoo.com

President: Rev. Timothy Rathod

June 18, 2014

 

Dear Friends:
Greetings!

 

The South Asian National Caucus of the United Methodists (SANCUM) is planning to hold its national leadership training event and convocation in Brooklyn: Christ United Methodist Church, Seventh Avenue at 45th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (Phone: 718-436-6606) from July 18-20, 2014.

 

This church has a high percentage of members of the Indian origin and they have invited us to join them in this celebration.

 

We will start with an informal gathering from Friday Noon till 2 P.M. and then the celebrations will begin at 3 P.M. with an Opening Worship and conclude on Sunday with community worship. I will send you the detailed agenda and the registration information as the dates get closer. We would be honored if you and your family would be able to join us.

 

I thought I should give you the dates of the Convocation to you a little early so that you may block the dates and plan to attend.

 

We are planning to rent a bus or a minivan from Chicago to go to New York with no cost to the South Asian United Methodist constituents. If you would like to ride with the group, please let us know before June 15th. If you would like to fly in, we are trying to give a scholarship assistance of $100 to the first ten adults and five youth.

 

The members of the Christ Church in Brooklyn, NY are providing free accommodation in their homes and all the meals will be served in the church’s fellowship hall. We are also trying to locate the best hotels close to the church for those who would like to find accommodation on their own. We will send you that information in coming weeks.

 

Please share this information with all the South Asian families in your church, district and conference. We sincerely hope and pray that you both will be able to join us.

 

If you have any question, please e-mail me or call me.

 

With kind regards,

 

 

 

Rev. Timothy Rathod
President SANCUM
Registration form – Please click here.

 

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Gujarati Catholic Samaj of USA welcome Fr. Jeba Malai on his visit to USA.

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We the members of Gujarati Catholic Samaj of USA welcome Fr. Jeba Malai to USA. We wish him all the best while he is here. Let’s know who Fr. Jeba Malai is.

Fr.Jeba Malai

 

Name : Fr. Jeba Malai
Date of birth : 1st October 1957
Year of Ordination : 26th April 1987
Worked in the missions of Ahmedabad : Matar,  Mehmedabad,  Nadiad and Mirzapur  from 1987 – 2001
Worked in the missions of Archdiocese of Gandhinagar :
Parish Priest in Gandhinagar from 1996-2001
Master’s degree in Marriage and Family from 2001-2002 in Kerala
Director of Family Apostolate from 2002 onwards
Secretary to the Archbishop and Financial Administrator of Archdiocese from 2003- 2013
Director of Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, Pethapur from 2009 onwards
Vicar General of Archdiocese of Gandhinagar from January 2014 – May 2014
Now he has come to St. Vito’s Church, 816 Underhill Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York as a Parochial Vicar. Msgr.
Rev. Monsignor James White is his Pastor. Fr. Jeba said that his pastor is very kind. He is enjoying his stay over here. He said they had good celebration of Pentecost on Sunday.
Fr. Jeba said he would be happy to meet us and celebrate Holy Mass for Gujarati Community.

 

We will arrange for him to celebrate Gujarati Mass for us in near future.
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Please see attached schedule of the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima and see of you can visit at your nearby location.

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The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima was sculpted in 1947 by Jose Thedim, based on the description of Sr. Lucia, one of the three young seers who saw Our Lady each month from May to October 1917 in Fatima, Portugal.

 

On October 13, 1947, in the presence of some 150,000 pilgrims, the statue was blessed by the Bishop of Leiria at Fatima, Portugal to be the pilgrim, the traveler.

 

Sent out to bring the Message of Fatima to the world, the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue has traveled the world many times, visiting more than 100 countries, including Russia and Red China, bringing the great message of hope, “the peace plan from heaven,” to millions of people. Many miracles and signal graces are reported wherever the statue travels including shedding tears many times.

 

In 1951, Pope Pius XII remarked: “In 1946, we crowned Our Lady of Fatima as Queen of the World and the next year, through Her Pilgrim Statue, She set forth as though to claim Her dominion, and the favors She performs along the way are such that we can hardly believe what we are seeing with our eyes.”

 

The Pilgrim Virgin Committee was formed to carry out the mandate set down by the Bishop of Fatima in 1947 and now, after 54 years, Pope John Paul II says that the Message of Fatima is more urgent now than ever. So, the Pilgrim Virgin Committee continues to bring the statue to the world and the demand for visits of the statue remains.

 

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