Saturday, November 10, 2012

Malayalam Bible Quiz




Bible Quiz -Malayalam
SNO
Portions
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01
Romans 1 -16
02
1 Corinthians 1-8
03
1 Corinthians 9-16
04
Galatians 1-6
05
Ephesians 1-6
06
Philippians 1-4
07
1 Thessalonians 1-5
08
2 Thessalonians 1-3


Monday, October 8, 2012

Two New Doctors of the Church

Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed two new Doctors of the Church: St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen


Sunday, October 7, 2012

Venerable Mar Thomas Kurialacherry

 
 
             First Bishop of the Diocese of Changanacherry
Born
Jan. 14, 1873
Died
on June 2nd, 1925, Rome
Servant of GOD
Dec. 13, 1991
Venerated
April 2, 2011, By  Pope Benedict XVI
Founder of
Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament(S.A.B.S.)
 
Motto
“Renew everything in Christ”
 
Mortal Remains In
Changanacherry , Metropolitan Cathedral Church
 
 
 
The Venerable Thomas Kurialacherry born on January 14, 1873 at Champakulam (Kerala) in Kurialacherry family. He was fortunate indeed to have his priestly studies in Propaganda college, Rome . He was ordained priest on May 27, he served as vicar in the parishes of Chennamkary, Kavalam, Edathua and Champakulam. Mar Thomas Kurialacherry was consecrated bishop on 3rd Dec. 1911.
 
In order to make his vision concrete, the Venerable founded the religious Congregation of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in 1908.
 As Bishop, Mar Thomas took keen interest in educating the faithful in the doctrine and the teachings of the Church and in promoting evangelical values. He introduced discipline and accountability in the administration of the parishes; fought against such rampant social evils as alcoholism, exploitation of women, social injustice. The poor and the suffering found in him a father and a refuge. Being a strong advocate of education, Mar Thomas started several educational institutions including St. Berchman's College at Changanacherry. His 113 pastoral letters bear witness to the apostolic zeal for the spiritual welfare of the people of God.
 
The saintly bishop died in Rome on June 2nd, 1925. His mortal remains were brought back to Changanacherry on July 25, 1934 and interred in the Metropolitan Cathedral Church.His cause of canonization was taken up in 1983 and he was declared Servant of God on Dec. 13, 1991.
 
On April 2, 2011, the Holy Father,His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI approved a statement saying that Bishop Kurialachery had lived a life of heroic virtue. This gives him the additional title of "Venerable".
 
 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Venerable Fr. Matthew Kadalikkattil

 
 
             Founder of Sacred Heart (S.H.) Congregation for Women
 
Born
1872 April 25 .Edapady, Meenachil, Pala Diocese, Kerala.
 
Died
23rd May 1935
Servant of GOD
1989
Venerated
27th June 2011
Founder of
Founder of Sacred Heart (S.H.) Congregation for Women
Mortal Remains In
Mortal remains interred at  S.H. Convent Chapel, Palai
 
 
 
 
Venerable Fr. Matthew Kadalikkattil  born on 25thApril, 1872 as the second son of Cherian and Rosa of a Syrian Catholic family Kadalikkattil at Edappady belonging to the diocese of Pala.              
 
He joined the seminary conducted in the Syrian Carmelite monastery at Mannanam and was ordained priest on February 17, 1901. To experience and share the compassionate love of the Sacred Heart to the poor and the destitute he started a new religious community on January I, 1911 in a small house with four members and consecrated it to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Fr. Mathew was later twice in charge of Lalam new and twice of the filial church at Kannadiurumpu within Palai itself. Here he bestowed special attention to the conversion and uplift of a very backward class called 'Harijens'.
 
Another area he worked and spent himself for God and his people was education.. He bestowed his fatherly care upon the primary school and middle school at Kannadiurumpu. Later he established an English middle school at Lalam facing almost insurmountable difficulties and hardships. This school later grew into the great girls High School, which is doing wonderful service for the higher education and overall progress of women in the area.
 
He had become an apostle of devotion to the Sacred Heart to the extent that he used to sign himself under the title 'The servant of Sacred Heart'. He yielded his soul to the loving Heart of Jesus on May 23, 1935.     
 
He dedicated his life to the service of the less privileged and rejected ones of the society. So from the very beginning of the congregation he started orphanages also. His cause of canonization was taken up in 1987 and he was declared Servant of God in 1989 and declared as 'Venerable' on 27th June 2011.
 

Saturday, July 28, 2012

St. Alphonsa's Prayer

28 July, is the Feast day & death Anniversary of St. Alphonsa,the First Catholic  Woman saint from  India.