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Prarthna Jukebox | Kirtan Sagar Bhajans By Ketan Christian Premieres Jan 6, 2021.

Prarthna Jukebox | Kirtan Sagar Bhajans By Ketan Christian Premieres Jan 6, 2021.

All Glory and Praises to Lord Jesus Christ for this dream to come true that started almost 25 years ago! As a family we have always enjoyed singing Church hymns-bhajans in our native, the beautiful language Gujarati! My father Mr. Joseph Beda Parmar lead the Church choir in my younger days and my elder brother Jagadish Christian followed his footsteps. I have been a huge fan of Motabhai Jagadish’s melodious voice.

While leaving in Jersey City, NJ, we met Mr. Michael Scribe, a musical Maestro who has traveled many parts of the world with various orchestras in his younger days. His musical abilities prompted me to this dream of having an album composed by Mr. Scribe and sung by Mr. Jagadish Christian. Well, somehow this dream stayed undercover and finally we are here with different singers!

આપની સમક્ષ પ્રભુ પિતાની આરાધના માટે “કીર્તનસાગર”માંથી ચૂંટેલા આ આઠ ભજનોનું ‘વેબ આલ્બમ’ “પ્રાર્થના” રજુ કરતાં ઘણો આનંદ થાય છે. આપણને “પવિત્ર બાઇબલ” નાં વચનો દ્વારા જીવન જીવવાનો સાચો માર્ગ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે. જ્ઞાનમાર્ગે “બાઇબલ”નો ઉપયોગ જીવનને પ્રેરણા આપે છે. જ્યારે ભક્તિમાર્ગે આપણને પ્રભુનો અનુભવ થાય છે. બાઇબલનાં જ વચનો, જે ભજનો સ્વરૂપે “કીર્તનસાગર”માં પ્રકાશિત થયેલાં છે તે ભજનો, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યમાં એક આગવું સ્થાન ધરાવે છે.

મારા પૂજ્ય પિતાજી જોસેફ બેડા પરમાર દ્વારા પસંદ કરાયેલા આ આઠ ભક્તિગીતો, જે પ્રભુ પિતાની પ્રેરણા થકી અમારી, એટલે કે કેતન અને ઈલાની મધ્યસ્થીના ફળ સ્વરૂપ, આજથી લગભગ પચ્ચીસેક વરસો પહેલાં અમેરિકા સ્થિત માનનીય માઈકલ સ્ક્રાઈબ દ્વારા મનભાવન રાગોમાં ઢાળવામાં આવ્યાં હતા અને ગુર્જરભુમિના જ સંગીતકાર શ્રી શૈલેષ એલ. મેકવાન તથા શ્રી બ્રિજેશ આર. પરમારના સંગીત સંયોજન દ્વારા ભક્તિમય બનાવાયા છે. ગુજરાતી શ્રધ્ધાળુઓના કંઠે ગવાય અને તે દ્વારા પ્રભુનો મહિમા થાય, એ હેતુથી તૈયાર થયેલ આ ભક્તિગીતોના સંપુટને ગુજરાતી ભક્તોની આગળ પ્રસ્તુત કરતાં અનહદ આનંદ અને ગૌરવ થાય છે.

આ પ્રકારનાં ભક્તિગીતોને ગાનારાંઓમાં ગજબની શક્તિનો સંચાર થાય છે! આ ગાયકો, સંગીતકારો તથા સ્વરકારો પ્રભુમય બનીને પોતાના જીવનમાં પ્રભુની પ્રસન્નતા પ્રાપ્ત થયાનો અહેસાસ મેળવે છે. ઘરે ઘરે આ ભજનો ગવાશે અને આ ગીતોમાંથી જીવન જીવવાનું અમૂલ્ય ભાથું મળી રહેશે તેવી અપેક્ષા અને પ્રભુ પ્રાર્થના!

Songs List

0. ધર્માધ્યક્ષ નો સંદેશો – 00:00

૧. અમને પ્રાર્થના કરતાં શીખવો – 03:38

૨. જેવી રે ભોંય એવું પાકે – 12:36

૩.એક ગાલ પર તમાચો – 18:03

૪. શું રે ખાશું, પીશું, ઓઢશું, એની ચિતા રે અપાર – 23:29

૫. તમે કરો ઉપકાર પ્રભુનો મેળવવાને પ્યાર. – 28:08 ૬. પ્હાડ ઉપર પયગંબર બેઠા – 33:03

૭. હું છું ઉત્તમ ઘેટાંપાળક – 37:48

૮. શાસ્ત્રી પૂછે ખ્રિસ્તને – 42:26

Music Credits – Composer – Michael Scribe Music & Arrangments – Shailesh L Macwan & Brijesh R Parmar

Singers – Mukesh Macwan, Nilesh Vaghela, Prakash Hingu, Roshni Macwan & Vrajesh Parekh

Chorus – Linsi S Macwan & Uma Dave

Studio – Soor Sagar (Valetva, Petlad)

Mixed By – Piush Parekh

Video Credits – DESIGNED by Priscilla Macwan, Presymec Studio  https://presymec.com/

Sketch Artist/After Effects – Mukesh Patel Asst Sketch Artist – Urvesh Parmar

Special Thanks to Shane Macwan

All Glory and Praise to Lord Jesus Christ. Special thanks to The Most Reverend, Athanasius Rethna Swamy, the fifth Catholic Bishop of Ahmedabad Diocese, Gujarat, India for his Blessings and well wishes. Many thanks to Shailesh L. Macwan for being my “TWIN”, my hands and feet in India and working tirelessly day and night, countless hours at times, during these difficult times of COVID-19. I am so thankful for helping me to make my dream of 25+ years come true! Many thanks to my loving dad Mr. Joseph Beda Parmar whose love for God, family, music and community has been my role model throughout my life. I want to thank my brother Jagadish Christian whose melodious voice, love and knowledge of music has always inspired me throughout my life. And lastly, I am very thankful to my wife Ila, daughters Christine, Stephanie and Sydney along with all other family members and friends for their loving support.

With Love, Ketan & Ila Christian

The welcome of Bishop Rathnaswamy by GCPC, Canada was held on March 1st, at St. David’s Catholic Church, Maple, Ontario.

Bishop Rathnaswamy of Ahmedabad arrived at L.B. Pearson airport of Toronto on Feb 27th, and was welcomed by several members of the community at the airport. This is his first visit to Canada. He participated and addressed people at St. David’s Dinner and Dance event, held on Feb 29, which is an yearly fundraising event for the sister parish of St. Joseph Parish of Tarapur, Gujarat. This is the seventh year of the event.
Bishop Rathnaswamy of Ahmedabad arrived at L.B. Pearson airport of Toronto on Feb 27, 2020

The welcome of Bishop Rathnaswamy by Gujarati Catholic Parivar of Canada(GCPC) was held on March 1st, at St. David’s Catholic Church, Maple, Ontario. The procession began at 3:00 pm with Knights of Columbus, Alter servers, readers, and offertory participants. The solemn mass was concelebrated by Rev. Bishop Rathnaswamy of Ahmedabad, Fr. Ernesto Da Cicio(the parish priest), Fr. Lijo, Fr. Paul and Fr. Mani. At the end of the mass, there was a group photo session with the congregation. There were about 100 members present. Large number of students participated in the event. The choir, offertory procession, prayers during the mass were organized by Malti Macwan.

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

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.