Holy Family Syro-malabar Catholic Mission

Holy Family Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission Newsletter- Vol 4, Issue No.46, July 26th

Phone: 623-328-5784 Liturgy

Every Sunday at 4:00 PM until Catechism resumes at: Our Lady of Fatima church 1418 S 17th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85007

Weekday

Mon - Sat at 8.30 AM at: Father’s residence 1st Friday – Qurbana & Adoration at 6.30 PM

Detailed Schedule-Sunday 3:00 PM: Catechism for Children Rosary, Novena Praise & worship 4:15 PM: Holy Qurbana 5:30 PM: Social Hour

Director

Fr. Mathew Munjanatt 2936 N 81st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ- 85033 Phone: 623-328-5784

Finance Details

Income for July 12th & July 19th: $1530.00 Building Fund: $1400.00 Total Church fund: $23,208.21 Total Building fund: $72,574.14 Thank you all for your contributions. Please note the suggested amount per month is $50.00 for subscription and $100.00 towards building fund

Website: www.holyfamilychurchphx.org

St.Alphonsa-Path to Sainthood On July 27th we celebrate the feast of St.Alphonsa-first woman saint of India. It’s a day of great happiness for all of us. At this juncture it would be important for us to contemplate on the life of St.Alphonsa to understand how she attained sainthood.Alphonsa is usually noted for her acceptance and love of suffering and pain. Her acceptance and love for suffering and her growth in the path of sanctity through such suffering and pain opens up the depth of her relationship with and in Jesus Christ and what became for her an experience of the redemptive value of suffering when joined to His suffering. This is what in fact makes her worthy of the honor of the altar universally. A letter written by St.Alphonsa reveals the redemptive dimension of the suffering of Christ as well as her own adherence to it giving an immense value of discipleship. She writes: “Since only grief and suffering have fallen to the lot of my divine Spouse Jesus, I too lovingly embrace them, and my soul is at peace, though my body continues to be tormented. For the last seven years I have ceased to be my own, being given over entirely to my Divine Spouse. You know all that; and now let the Lord do as He will with me. It is not a cure I am anxious for, but only that His Holy Will be fulfilled in me.” Thus, behind the suffering what St.Alphonsa cheerfully accepted is the truth of a living and loving encounter with Jesus Christ. She denies herself. She dies to herself. She forgoes everything imaginable of a personal sense of ownership or belonging. She becomes a person living in Christ so that all her sufferings and pain are not thought to be experienced apart from Christ but in Christ and with Christ. Christ was the centre of Sister Alphonsa’s life and character and not self. She dethroned herself to enthrone Christ, and made Him, with unerring vision, the focus of her life. The life of St.Alphonsa will remind Christians of the central mystery of the Christian faith, the redemptive suffering and death of the Lord and the Love which it revealed. Her veneration as a saint will always be the remembrance of the crucified Lord. Lord Jesus, you who cured the sick, and laid a healing hand upon the lame, the blind, and the crippled, look with compassion upon all the people who are sick. Heal them . and give them the strength to bear their sorrow and offer it up to you who suffered so much for us. The grace of God has appeared…..Titus 2:11

Holy Family Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission Announcements

BIBLE Quiz

1) Bible Study for the prayer meeting - Mathew-Chapter 4. 2) Catechism classes for children will resume from the month of August. 3) Registration forms for catechism will be available from the first week of August.

Feast Day

July 27th is St.Alphonsa.

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Wishing all the parishioners of Holy Family Syro Malabar Catholic Mission a very happy feast…….

Annual Retreat The annual retreat will be held on September 25, 26 & 27 by Fr. Alex Vachaparambil ofm. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Happy Anniversary to all

the parishioners celebrating their anniversary this month.

1. There were totally how many generations from Abraham to the birth of the Messiah? 2. What is the meaning of the name “Immanuel”? 3. After the death of Herod, his son succeeded him as the king of Judaea.What was the name of Herod’s son? 4. Before beginning his work, when Jesus heard that John had been put in person, he left Nazareth and went to live in a town by lake Galilee, what was the name of that town? 5. In the gospel of St.Mathew, Jesus says false prophets come to you looking like _________ on the outside, but on the inside they are really like ______________.Fill in the blanks. 6. Jesus sent out his 12 disciples giving them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and every sickness but he asked them not to go to two places. Name them. 7. Even after Jesus performed miracles, two towns do not turn away from sins. Which are these two unbelieving towns? 8. In the gospel of St.Mathew, when the teachers of the law and Pharisees asks Jesus to show a sign, Jesus says that the evil and adulterous generation will not be given any sign except for the sign of________________. 9. In the parable of the weeds, the Man who sowed the seed is the ______________, the field is the __________.Fill in the blanks. 10. In the gospel of Mathew, which is the chapter that mentions the "Parable of the Mustard seed? Answers should be sent to the following email –id [email protected] Also please include your names in the mail. Answers for previous issue: 1.Day and Night, 2.Eden, 3.Dove/Raven, 4. Slingshot, 5. Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior, 6.Children of God 7. St.Mark, 8.Adam, 9.Abraham, 10. Gold, frankincense and myrrh. . Questions(current issue): Taken from the gospel of St.Mathew Winner will be announced on the following Sunday through a draw. Winner of the last issue: Aaron Joseph

* The First Holy Communion and Confirmation will be held on October 18th 2009. Preparation classes for the First Holy Communion and Confirmation are conducted on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

New Parish Members

Hearty Welcome to all the newcomers. Members who have not yet registered are requested to contact Fr.Mathew Munjanatt or Mr. Thomas Chacko to fill in the registration forms. Honor your father and your mother………Exodus 20:12