Holy Family Syro-malabar Catholic Mission

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Holy Family Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission Newsletter- Vol 4, Issue No.43, June 14th

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 May 31st & June 7th: $2,601.00 Expenses: $2,500.00 Building Fund: $500.00 Total Church fund: $24,164.05 Total Building fund: $68,609.14 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

Feast of Corpus Christi The festival of Corpus Christi celebrates the Eucharist as the body of Christ. The name 'Corpus Christi' is Latin for 'the body of Christ’. This jubilant festival is celebrated by Roman Catholics to proclaim the truth of the transubstantiation of bread and wine into the actual body of Christ during Mass. The main feature of Corpus Christi celebrations is the triumphant liturgical procession in which the sacred host is carried out of the Church 'for the Christian faithful to make public profession of faith and worship of the Most Blessed Sacrament'. The procession also emphasizes that the sacrifice of Christ was for the salvation of the whole world. During his papacy, Pope John Paul II led an annual Corpus Christi procession from St Peter's Square in the Vatican to the streets of Rome. Many traditional Catholics are keen for such processions to be promoted everywhere in the world in the light of the late Pope's example. Since the host contains the real presence of Christ, it is treated as Christ in human form would be treated, with reverence, ceremony and adoration. The host is displayed on a 'monstrance' and protected from the sun by a canopy. The procession moves through local streets, either to another church, or back to the church where it began. The Church states that...the devout participation of the faithful in the Eucharistic procession on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is a grace from the Lord which yearly fills with joy those who take part in it. - Redemptionis Sacramentum 143 The festival was inspired by the religious experience of St Juliana (11931258), a Belgian nun, who dreamed repeatedly of the Church under a full moon with a black spot. The moon, she said, was the Church's calendar of festivals and the black spot was the lack of a festival to celebrate the holiest element of the Church - the Eucharist. The festival was instituted throughout the Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264.

Prayer Intentions Lets pray to the Lord - to relieve the sufferings of the innocent victims of war around the world, Grant them peace of mind, healing of body, and a renewed faith in your protection and care.

I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst…..John 6-35

Holy Family Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission Announcements 1)Prayer Meetings Third Saturday -Bl.Kunjachan ward-Mesa area Fourth Saturday – Bl.Chavara ward. - Laveen area Bible Study- Mathew-Chapter 2 2) There will be 2 sessions (one week each) of summer classes for children in the month of June and July respectively. 3) Those who are interested for Malayalam classes please sign up for the same.

Feast Day

July 27th is St.Alphonsa.

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St.Alphonsa ward members are requested to take the initiative in planning the celebrations for the feast.

Fruit of the Spirit

There is perhaps no more loved and admired saint in the Catholic Church than Saint Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church. Though his work was in Italy, he was born in Portugal. He first joined the Augustinian Order and then left it and joined the Franciscan Order in 1221, when he was 26 years old. St. Anthony became a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr. He lived only ten years after joining the Franciscan Order. So simple and resounding was his teaching of the

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Catholic Faith, so that the most unlettered and innocent might understand it. He was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died. He is called the “hammer of the Heretics” His great protection against their lies and deceits in the matter of Christian doctrine was to utter, simply and innocently, the Holy Name of Mary. When St. Anthony of Padua found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached it to the fishes. This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God, the delight of the angels, and the easing of his own heart. St. Anthony wanted to profess the Catholic Faith with his mind and his heart, at every moment. He is typically depicted with a book and the Infant Child Jesus, who miraculously appeared to him, and is commonly referred to today as the "finder of lost articles. Saint Anthony was canonized (declared a saint) less than one year after his death.

Amazing facts of the Bible

There are 9 fruits of the Spirit listed in the Bible They are found in the Ninth book of the Bible GALATIONS 5:22 Also take a look a little further.... 5 + 2 + 2 = NINE! Just by chance? Coincidence? Or is it proof of just how deep are God's ways down to every detail.

* The First Holy Communion and Confirmation is tentatively planned for the month of October. Preparation classes for the First Holy Communion will be conducted accordingly.

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. Let all that you do be done in love…….I Corinthians 16:14