2 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017

www.the-examiner.org
168 Years

A CATHOLIC NEWSWEEKLY - Est 1850 MUMBAI Vol. 168 No. 08 FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 Rs. 10/-

EDITOR :
Fr Anthony Charanghat
email: editor@examiner.in

ASST EDITOR :

CONTENTS
Fr Nigel Barrett 7 WORD OF GOD IN OUR FAMILY
EDITORIAL BOARD : Editorial
Fr Joshan Rodrigues
Adrian Rosario
Carol Andrade 8 "DUSTY" CHRISTIANS
Dr Astrid Lobo Gajiwala
Fr Pravin Fernandes

ART DIRECTOR :
Rosetta Martins
9 A PICTURE OF LENT
Fr Nelson Lobo, OFM Cap
ELECTRONIC MEDIA :
Neil D'Souza
11 THE SEASON OF LENT
ADVERTISING : Fr Kenneth Mendes
John Braganza

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY : 12 CATECHESIS TOWARDS...

Fr Anthony Charanghat
for the Owners, Fr Cyril de Souza SDB
The Examiner Trust,
Regn. No. E 10398 Bom.
under the Bombay
Public Trust Act, 1950. 13 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF...
AT : ACE PRINTERS Sr Perpetua Vaz H.C.
Mumbai Tel.: 2263 0397 / 98 OFFICIAL 4
OFFICE ADDRESS :
Eucharistic Congress Bldg. III, ENGAGEMENTS 6
1st Floor, 5 Convent Street (Near
Regal Cinema), Mumbai 400001 NOTES & COMMENTS 16
tel:
2202 0221 / 2283 2807 LOCAL NEWS 18
2288 6585
email:
NATIONAL NEWS 20
editor@examiner.in COVER - composed by Rosetta Martins
mail@examiner.in INTERNATIONAL NEWS 22
ads@examiner.in
Read the Bible as a familyfountainhead of faith
LETTERS 24 forma on and enhancing family worship.
(Courier surcharge for individual
copies outside Mumbai, Navi Mumbai
and Thane @ Rs. 10/-)
SUBSCRIPTION RATES-ANNUAL
Inland : Rs. 450/-
(Addl. Rs. 50/- for Postage - All India.
Rs. 300/- for Courier Charges for
Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane
DiSt Rs. 800/- for others. )
Airmail : Rs. 3,500/-
(Incl. Postage)
ONLINE E-PAPER
www.examiner.in
Website: the-examiner.org Total Pages Including Cover : 40

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 3

 OFFICIAL

Lent: A Season to Promote the Culture of Mercy

With Ash Wednesday on March 1, 2017, we begin the specially grace-filled season of Lent, during which we are invited to
meditate on the Passion, Death and Resurrec on of Our Lord.
In his message for Lent 2017, the theme of which is, "The Word is a gi . Other persons are gi s," Pope Francis states, 'Lent is a
favourable season for deepening our spiritual life through the means of sanc fica on oered us by the Church: fas ng, prayer
and almsgiving.' At the basis of everything is the Word of God which, during this season, we are invited to hear and ponder
more deeply May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gi of God's Word, be
purified of the sins that binds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and sisters in need."
I urge you, my dear people, to make every eort to spiritually benefit from this period through more prayer, acts of penance
and works of charity. Lent should be for each one of us a "spiritual retreat" experiencing the touch of God's Mercy spread out
over forty days, and also becoming agents of mercy ourselves.
Canon Law authorises Episcopal Conferences to determine, in place of abs nence, other forms of penance, especially works
of charity and exercises of piety. The CCBI has discussed this in depth, and I am giving below several alterna ves suggested.
However, I encourage you to go back to our ancient prac ce of abs nence from all meats on Ash Wednesday and Fridays of
Lent, besides also following one or more of the op ons given. We need to be generous with the Lord. In memory of our Lord's
Passion on Good Friday, and so that the fruits of Lent con nue throughout the year, I recommend that in our homes and
ins tu ons, we abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. This is also a me for sacramental Confession. Please do not wait
for Holy Week, but already now, benefit from the graces oered by the Sacrament of Reconcilia on.
Canon 1249 states: "All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his own way, to do penance. However, so that all may
be joined together in a certain common prac ce of penance, days of penance are prescribed. On these days, the faithful are in
a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, and to deny themselves by fulfilling
their obliga ons more faithfully, and specially by observing fast and abs nence."
The days for the common prac ce of penance are Ash Wednesday and every Friday of the year.
Alterna ve forms of penance suggested in the Archdiocese of Bombay are:

A. Forms of Prayer:
a. A ending Mass.
b. Making the Way of the Cross.
c. A visit to the Blessed Sacrament.
d. Reading the Scriptures.
e. Praying the Liturgy of the Hours.
f. For the homebound: Medita ng on the Lord's Passion.
g. Family Prayer together (the Rosary, or Scripture Reading and Reflec on, or some other prayer).

B. Acts of Penance:
a. Missing a meal: breakfast, lunch or supper.
b. Taking strictly vegetarian meals, avoiding even fish and eggs.
c. Abstaining from alcohol and/or smoking, for those accustomed to these.
d. Avoiding films/television and other forms of recrea on.

4 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017

C. Works of Charity:
a. Giving 10% of one's daily earnings in charity.
b. Oering a meal to a poor family.
c. Oering voluntary service for some social/charitable work.
d. Visi ng the sick/aged/lonely.
e. Dona ng blood.
f. Special care of the environment: carbon fas ng or some other way.

Fasng:
a) The days prescribed for obligatory fas ng are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Some may feel inspired to fast every Friday
in Lent, and this is a beneficial spiritual exercise.
b) The law of fas ng binds those who have completed their l8th year ll the beginning of the 60th year.
c) Those who are fas ng are to take only one full meal per day. A light breakfast may be taken in the morning and a light supper
in the evening. But one can always reverse the order of the meals e.g. take the full meal in the evening, instead of the a ernoon.
d) Those who cannot keep the law of fas ng without considerable diculty because of health, work etc. are excused from the
observance of the law. Our faithful are however urged not to excuse themselves too easily from this obliga on, as it is but fi ng
that on the two prescribed days of fas ng, we unite ourselves in a special manner with the Passion and Death of Our Saviour
by a more intense form of penance.

Dispensaon:
In case of diculty regarding the fulfilment of the obliga on of common penance and fas ng, or a doubt regarding the existence
of factors excusing from these obliga ons, a dispensa on may be obtained from the Parish Priest or Confessor.
A dispensa on from the law of common penance and fas ng is hereby granted to members of the Armed Forces and Security
Personnel in the Archdiocese and to travellers by land, sea or air.
Lenten Alms:
The Lenten Alms collected this year have been earmarked for St Pius X College, Goregaon the Diocesan Seminary of Bombay.
Easter Dues:
Easter Du es would require that the faithful who have made their First Communion, should receive Holy Communion at least
once a year during the Paschal me, unless for a good reason, the precept is fulfilled at another me during the year (Can. 920).
Besides, the faithful are reminded that those who have reached the age of discre on are bound to confess their grave sins at
least once a year (Can. 989).
In the Archdiocese of Bombay, the Easter Du es can be fulfilled this year between Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017, and
Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 2017.
Our penance during the season of Lent should transform our hearts, enabling us to experience God's love, to become merciful
in turn, so that in an ever new miracle, divine mercy shines forth in our lives, inspiring each of us to love our neighbour and to
devote ourselves to what the Church's tradi on calls the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. These works remind us that faith
finds expression in concrete everyday ac ons meant to help our neighbours in body and spirit: by feeding, visi ng, comfor ng
and instruc ng them.
In Jesus crucified, God shows His desire to draw near sinners, however far they may have strayed from Him.

I wish each one of you a grace-filled season of Lent.

February 11, 2017

Oswald Cardinal Gracias
Archbishop of Bombay

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 5

 ENGAGEMENTS
CARDINAL OSWALD GRACIAS
Sun Feb 26 5:00 p.m. Celebrates Eucharist, Commissioning of the Ministry of the Word, St Pius X College,
Goregaon
6:30 p.m. Cultural Programme, Ministry of the Word, St Pius X College, Goregaon
Wed Mar 1 6:30 p.m. Celebrates Ash Wednesday Eucharist, Holy Name Cathedral, Fort
Thu Mar 2 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
Sat Mar 4 8:00 a.m. Celebrates Eucharist with Church Music Leaders, Holy Name Chapel, Fort
10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort

BISHOP DOMINIC SAVIO FERNANDES

Sun Feb 26 9:30 a.m. Administers the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Jude Church, Jeri-Meri.
6:00 p.m. Administers the Sacrament of Confirmation at Sacred Heart Church, Santa Cruz.
Sat Mar 4 4:00 p.m. Administers the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Joseph Church, Mira Road.
Sun Mar 5 10:30 a.m. Administers the Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady of Dolours Church, Marine Lines.
5:00 p.m. Administers the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Anne Church, Bandra.

BISHOP JOHN RODRIGUES

Sun Feb 26 9:15 a.m. Confirmations, St Anthony Church, Malwani
6:00 p.m. Confirmations, St Anne Church, Mazagaon
Thu Mar 2 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
Sat Mar 4 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
7:00 p.m. Confirmations, Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Goregaon (W)
Sun Mar 5 10:30 a.m. Confirmations, St John Bosco Church, Borivli (W)

BISHOP ALLWYN D'SILVA

Tue Feb 28 11:00 a.m. Meeting at Bishops House, Pune Greening of the Campus
Thu Mar 2 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
Sat Mar 4 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
6:00 p.m. Niramay Niketan, AIDS and Leprosy Home, Trombay
Sun Mar 5 9:30 a.m. Archdiocesan Womens Day, St Joseph School Hall, Bandra

BISHOP BARTHOL BARRETTO

Sun Feb 26 8:30 a.m. Celebrates Eucharist, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Manori
6:00 p.m. Celebrates Eucharist and administers the Sacrament of Confirmation, St Louis Church,
Dahisar
Tue Feb 28 6:30 p.m. Celebrates Thanksgiving Mass, Monastery Chapel of the Congregation of the Missionary
Brothers of St Francis DAssisi, Borivli
Thu Mar 2 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
Sat Mar 4 10:30 a.m. Bishops Team Meeting, Archbishops House, Fort
Sun Mar 5 9:30 a.m. Celebrates Eucharist and administers the Sacrament of Confirmation, St Andrew Church,
Bandra
4:00 p.m. Celebrates Eucharist, Konkannim Charismatic Rally, Our Lady of Salvation Church, Dadar

BISHOP BOSCO PENHA

Sun Feb 26 9:30 a.m. Celebrates Eucharist and administers the Sacrament of Confirmation, St Francis Xavier
Parish, Kanjur Marg.
Sat Mar 4 8:00 p.m. Training Programme for SCC Animators, St Theresa Parish, Bandra

BISHOP PERCIVAL FERNANDEZ

Sun Feb 26 9:30 a.m. Confirmations at O.L of Lourdes Church, Katemanavli
6:00 p.m. Confirmations at St Blaise Church, Amboli, Andheri (W)
Sun Mar 5 8:45 a.m. Confirmations at St Francis Xavier Church, Dabul
6:00 p.m. Attends SCC Environment Rally, Infant Jesus Church, Jogeshwari East

Archdiocese of Bombay : www.archdioceseoombay.org

The Examiner News Site : www.archbom.org

6 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017

 EDITORIAL
Fr Anthony Charanghat

Word of God in our Family

D
o we consider the Bible a table around which the family gathers, and a founda on on
which the faith of our family is built? On Bible Sunday, as we try to draw some prac cal
ways to share the Word of God at home, perhaps we will be surprised to discover that
the family Bible, regardless of whether it is prominently enthroned or is gathering dust on our
bookshelf, is one of the most valuable spiritual treasures of a Chris an home.
Indeed, the Word of God is living and eec ve, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetra ng
even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern the reflec ons and
thoughts of the heart," writes the author of the Le er to the Hebrews (4:12).
But how is the Word of God to become "living and eec ve" in our homes, in our families,
in our professional and social rela onships? There are a few prac cal ways to make the
treasures of the Bible into a table at which our families are nourished and strengthened for
the Chris an life.
Given the hec c and stressed pace of life and our typically overworked schedules, making
family me for the Bible reminds us of the need to put God first. Gathering around the table
of God's Word enriches and strengthens the experience of family as a 'domes c Church'.
This me dedicated to reading the Word of God puts the whole family into living communica on
with God. Everyone gathered in this family ac vity - married couples, parents and children - is
brought to a living encounter with Christ, who is present as the Word among them.
It is a wholesome prac ce to introduce children to Sacred Scriptures once they receive
First Holy Communion. It helps them to connect to the readings proclaimed at Mass. This
rela onship of the Bible to the liturgy means it is invaluable for arming children in the faith
of the Church: it allows them to make the connec on between what is proclaimed and heard
in the liturgy with what is read in the home.
Parents can also choose to integrate family prayer me with the reading of Scripture. The
Liturgy of the Hours is biblical in content and inspira onal, through and through. So when
praying the Liturgy of the Hours as a family, whether Morning or Evening Prayer, the family
par cipates in the common and universal prayer of the Church. The family can also experience
the riches of God's Word by adap ng this ancient approach to a medita ve and prayerful
reading of Scripture in the home.
This will move members of the family spontaneously from hearing to living God's Word. The
lives of the saints are filled with examples of holy men and women who have translated God's
Word into ac on. The saints stand out because of their unique and graced capacity to be not
only hearers, but doers of God's Word. In the faith, hope and love of the saints, God's Word
recorded in the pages of the Biblecomes alive in the book of life.
Parents must narrate Bible stories to their children, and devote me to reading and discussing
the various levels of meaning in the sacred stories. When children, with their natural capacity
for awe and wonder, marvel at the biblical stories, they can be led to connect the story of
their life and their family to the story of salva on itself, irresis bly living their faith eec vely.
Biblical stories and figures who reveal human weakness and sinfulness provide opportuni es
to families to discussat age-appropriate levelsthe reali es of human experience in the
light of God's love and mercy and thus build a culture of mercy, which Pope Francis invites us
to in the year 2017.

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 7


"Dusty" Christians
A
sh Wednesday is a day to remember our
humanness and mortality, our weakness and
fallenness. As the inaugura on of the Season
of Lent, it is a day for reflec on,
penitence and prepara on for
Easter. It is a sombre day of
recollec on and examina on
of what needs to change in
our lives, if we are to be fully
Chris an. It is a day for restora on that will reveal the
beauty of Gods design for us, showing us once again
the scale, propor on and priori es intended for us by
our Creator.
It is worth no ng that the ashes imposed on our
foreheads this day were not given to everyone in
the early Church, but only to public penitents who
were brought before the Chris an community.
Notorious sinners were marked publicly as a sign of
Ashes are a sign that we are ALL
sinners, and that the difference
between the good and bad in us is
sometimes frightfully thin.
their disgrace. As me went on, others began to share their
humility and their aec on for the penitents, that they too
were marked as sinners.
Ashes are a sign that we are ALL sinners, and that the
dierence between the good and bad in us is some mes
frigh ully thin. We have treated people as things, and
treated things as if they were valuable people. So we look
into our hearts and say, Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me." (Psalm 51) The external
sign of this renewed spirit is the imposi on of ashes in the
shape of a CROSS.
Some mes, these crosses are obvious, some mes more
subtle. But they are the very stu that symbolise our
mortality and sin. Our dusty foreheads remind us of our
Fr Pravin Fernandes is a diocesan priest of Bombay (&
former spokesperson & Coordinator of the Archdiocesan
Catholic Communication Centre).
8 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
FR PRAVIN FERNANDES
human bodies, when they get sick or when they
work imperfectly, or when they age, or when they
stop working altogether. Of course, many good things
also come from our bodiesfulfilling work,
loving embraces in harmonious
rela onships, generous acts
of charity. But they all
come at a price!
Ash Wednesday also
helps us recall how God operates. He does not
reveal himself cloaked in worldly power, pageantry
and influence, but rather in weakness and
des tu on. (Phil 2:7) He became poor that we might
become rich. He makes himself poor in the Word,
in the Sacraments, in the church of the poor, and in
suering humanity.
There are three types of des tu on symbolised by the
ashesMATERIAL, MORAL and SPIRITUAL.
Material des tu on is what aects those living in
condi ons opposed to human dignity: those who lack basic
rights and needs such as food, water, hygiene, work, and
opportuni es to develop and grow culturally. In the poor and
marginalised, we see the face of Christ. By loving and helping
the poor, we love and serve Christ. Our eorts must be
directed to ending viola ons of human dignity, discrimina on
and every kind of abuse in the world. When power, luxury
and money become idols, they take priority over the fair
distribu on of wealth. Our consciences therefore have to be
converted to jus ce, equality, simplicity and sharing.
No less a concern is moral des tu on, which consists in
slavery to vice and sin. How much pain is caused in families,
because one of their members, o en a young person, is
in thrall to alcohol, drugs, gambling or pornography. How
many people see no meaning in life, no prospects for the
future, how many have lost hope! They are plunged into this
des tu on by unjust social condi ons, by unemployment
which takes away their dignity as breadwinners, and by lack
of equal access to educa on and healthcare. In such cases,
moral des tu on can be considered impending suicide.
This type of des tu on, which also causes financial ruin, is
invariably linked to spiritual des tu on, which we experience
when we turn away from God and reject His love. Spiritual
des tu on is reflected concretely in its material and moral
des tu on as men oned. Instead, we are called to proclaim
the libera ng news that God is greater than our sinfulness,
(Contd on Pg 10)
 FR NELSON LOBO, OFM CAP

A Picture of Lent
"T
here's nothing wrong with
me," the accident vic m
says. "But sir, you've just
been in a terrible car
accident. You're bleeding and have
some deep bruises. There may be
internal damage!" said a passerby. "I
told you," retorted the accident vic m;
"There's nothing wrong with me!" The
passerby persisted: "At least have a
doctor check you out, sir. We have an
ambulance right here it wouldn't take
very long..." "I told you, there's nothing
wrong with me!" "But, sir..." Then the
man walks away from the car accident.
His wife picks him up and drives him
home. Later, he dies from internal
bleeding. "There's nothing wrong with
me" can be a dangerous thing to say. collector. I fast twice a week and give a
Spiritually, it is probably the worst tenth of all I get." Maybe you can sum "God, there's everything wrong with
thing a person could possibly say. For up his prayer this way: "I thank you, me. Help me." Jesus goes on to say
a person to stand before God and say, God, that there's nothing wrong with that the sinful tax collector was the
"There's nothing wrong with me" me." Maybe he was right. He was a one that was forgiven by God, and not
that's incompa ble with Chris anity, good ci zen. He obeyed the law, lived a the perfect Pharisee. 2 Chronicles 7:14
and unacceptable to God. What is the moral and upright life. He even did the says, If My people who are called by
opposite of "there's nothing wrong religious things you were supposed to my name will humble themselves, and
with me"? Wouldn't it be "there's do he gave ten per cent of his income pray and seek my face, and turn from
everything wrong with me"? According to church, and he even fasted twice their wicked ways, then I will hear from
to the Bible, a Chris an is someone a week. Really, there's wasn't much heaven, and will forgive their sin and
who stands before God and says wrong with him. heal their land.
"there's everything wrong with me." Then Jesus focuses on the tax
"Two men," Jesus said, "went up to the collector in His story the opposite How will you observe Lent this year?
Temple to pray a Pharisee and a tax of the Pharisee. He had been stealing This humble tax collector is a picture
collector." Remember, the Pharisees money from people his whole life of Lent. This proud Pharisee is the
were the people who lived good, clean ruining the lives of others so that he opposite of Lent. Which one are you?
lives. The tax collectors were people could live it up. He knew that his whole How will you observe Lent this year? Do
who swindled and in midated others life had been a disaster, and that he you plan to act extra religious? Many
out of their money. Both of them deserved to go to hell when he died. people observe Lent that way: "Maybe
came to the Temple to pray. "The Jesus says that "the tax collector stood I will give up something for Lent. I will
Pharisee stood up and prayed about at a distance" he wouldn't even walk no longer watch my favourite TV show
himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not up to the front of the Temple "He for Lent. I will no longer eat chocolate
like other men robbers, evildoers, would not even look up to heaven" he for Lent. I will no longer listen to my
adulterers or even like this tax was so ashamed of his sin "but beat favourite CD for Lent. Look at how
his breast, and said, 'God have mercy religious I am. God must be extra
Fr Nelson Lobo is a Capuchin priest on me, a sinner.'" His prayer was the happy with me as I am refraining from
and superior of Padre Pio Friary in opposite of the Pharisee's, wasn't it? ea ng chocolate and listening to that
South Goa. Maybe you can sum it up this way, favourite CD." Jesus isn't concerned

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 9

 with chocolate and CDs; He's concerned
with what's going on in our hearts.
Lent is a me to give up those sins in
our lives. It's a me to give up the sin
of hypocrisy ac ng like a Chris an
on the outside, but being proud and
self-centred on the inside. Lent is a me
to give up the sin of duplicity being
a Chris an on Sundays, but being an
unbeliever from Monday to Saturday.
It's a me to give up the sin of being
lethargic "someday, I'll get my act
together spiritually."
What to Give Up...
The Fridays of Lent are days
of abs nence.
A day of fast is one on which
Catholics who are 14 to 60 years old are
required to keep a fast; especially 'No'
to non-veg. food and alcohol. Those
with medical condi ons requiring a
greater or more regular food intake
can easily be dispensed from the
requirement of fas ng by their priest.
However, more than giving up of food
and drink, what is more important is:
Give up complaining; focus
on gra tude.
Give up pessimism; become
an op mist.
Give up harsh judgements; think
kindly thoughts.
Give up worry; trust Divine Providence.
Give up discouragement; be full
of hope.
Give up bi erness; turn to forgiveness.
Give up hatred; return good for evil.
Give up nega vism; be posi ve.
Give up anger; be more pa ent.
Give up pe ness; become mature.
Give up gloom; enjoy the beauty that
is all around you.
Give up jealousy; pray for trust.
Give up gossip; control your tongue.
Give up sin; turn to virtue.
Give up giving up; hang in there!
The Joy of Lent
And a er we lay our sins before Christ,
Lent is also a me to give up our guilty
feelings. Just as that tax collector
walked home jus fied before God, so
can we walk away, knowing that we
have been forgiven. "I no longer have
to feel guilty about my sins. I no longer
have to beat myself up about the way
I've been living. I have been forgiven.
My sins have been washed away by the
blood of Jesus Christ. I can start over.
I can work hard to be someone who
obeys God, who worships God every
day with the way I live my life."
Lent is an a tude. It's an a tude of
honesty and humility, as we confess our
sins to God. But Lent is also an a tude
of relief and joy, knowing that our sins
have been forgiven, that Our Lord's
slate has been wiped clean, as we seek
to serve our God with our lives. That's
why the Fourth Sunday of Lent is called
Laetare Sunday. Laetare is a La n word
which means "rejoice" or "rejoicing."
There are mul ple reasons why the
Fourth Sunday of Lent is cause for joy,
the most important of which is the
proximity of Easter. On Ash Wednesday,
Easter was a long way o - six and a
half weeks, but on the Fourth Sunday of
Lent, Easter is only three weeks away,
and as the greatest of all Chris an
feasts draws ever nearer, joy increases.
Joy is also on the upswing, because the
amount of me le with the rigours
of the Lenten disciplinepeniten al
prac ces like fas ng, abs nence and
self-denialis more than half over. The
Scripture texts for the Fourth Sunday
of Lent (Year B) are a series of joyful
messages. The first reading from 2
Chronicles is the joyful proclama on by
King Cyrus of Persia that the Babylonian
cap vity is ended, the Temple in
Jerusalem could be rebuilt, and those
held in bondage were free to return
home. The second reading from Paul's
le er to the Ephesians begins with
the joyful statement: "God is rich in
mercy" (Eph 2:4), and it emphasises
that salva on is God's gi to us through
the power of Jesus Christ. Finally, the
gospel proclaims the joyful good news
that "God so loved the world that He
gave His only Son" (Jn 3:16) "so that
the world might be saved through
Him." (Jn 3:17) God does not get red
forgiving us our sins. During this Lent,
let's turn to Jesus more eagerly, for He
is rich in mercy. Let us rejoice. In spite
of our awful sinfulness, He s ll loves us.

" DUSTY CHRISTIANS" (Contd from Pg 8)

that He freely loves us at all mes, and that we were made

for communion with Him and eternal life.
May Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season find the
whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in
material, moral and spiritual des tu on that the Father is Quick Wit
ready to embrace all of us in Christ. Dad: How did you fare in your exam, son?
May the Holy Spirit sustain us in our resolu ons and
increase our concern and responsibility for human Tommy: The ques ons were dicult, Dad, and I could not
des tu on, so that we can become merciful and act understand them. So I wrote answers which the teacher
with mercy. will find dicult to understand!
As the phoenix rose from the ashes, may we all rise on Ash
Wednesday to a new life in Christ. - Percy

10 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017


The Season of Lent
L
ent is the period of
40 days before Easter.
The English word
Lent is a shortened
form of the Old English word
len(c)ten, meaning 'spring
season'. Lent starts on Ash
Wednesday and ends on
Easter Eve (known as Holy
Saturday). But if you look in
a calendar or diary and count
the days, they come to more
than 40!
Formerly, Lent started on
the First Sunday of Lent,
and it was a prac ce to
fast on all the days of Lent.
However, since Sunday
was always considered
as commemora ng the
Resurrec on, and thus a
day of rejoicing, the prac ce
prevailed of fas ng for
six days a week over the
course of six weeks, and Ash
Wednesday was ins tuted
to bring the number of 'fast
days' before Easter to 40.
This is because you don't
count the Sundays in Lent!
Ash Wednesday is the
first day of Lent. The name
comes from the tradi on
of pu ng a small cross of
ash on people's forehead
at Ash Wednesday church
services. This is a sign of
Confession, and helps people
to remember that they rely
on God for forgiveness from
their sins. The ash comes
from palm branches that
were burned a er the Palm
Sunday service the previous
year. Ash is used because it is
a symbol of death, because
all bodies turn to ash or dust
in the end.
For Chris ans, Lent is a
Fr Kenneth Mendes resides at Clergy Home, Bandra.
me to prepare for Easter
and to think about their
rela onship with God. It
represents the 40 days when
Jesus was tempted by the
Devil in the desert.
The purpose of Lent is the
prepara on of the believer
through prayer, doing
penance, repentance of sins,
almsgiving, atonement, and
self-denial.
In Lent, many Chris ans
commit to fas ng or giving
up certain types of luxuries
as a form of penance. Many
Chris ans also add a Lenten
spiritual discipline, such as
reading a daily devo onal,
or praying through a
Lenten calendar, to draw
themselves nearer to God.
The Sta ons of the Crossa
devo onal commemora on
of Christ's carrying the Cross
and of His execu onare
o en observed.
Pre-Lenten fesvals
The day immediately
preceding Lent is called
Mardi Gras ('Fat Tuesday')
Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove
Tuesday. The word 'shrove'
is a form of the English word
'shrive', which means to
obtain absolu on for one's
sins by way of Confession
and doing penance. Thus,
Shrove Tuesday gets its
name from the custom for
Chris ans to be "shriven"
before the start of Lent.
Shrove Tuesday originated
during the Middle Ages. As
in contemporary mes, food
items like meat, fat, eggs,
milk and fish were regarded
as restricted during Lent. To
keep such food from being
wasted, many families would
have big feasts on Shrove
Tuesday in order to consume
those items that would
inevitably get spoiled during
the next forty days. Pancakes
became associated with
Shrove Tuesday, as they were
a dish that could use up all
the eggs, fats and milk in the
house, with just the addi on
of flour.
In France, the
consump on of all fats
and fa y foods on this
day coined the name 'Fat
Tuesday' or Mardi Gras.
Originally beginning on
Sunday, Shrove Tuesday
was a three-day celebra on
that culminated in large
feasts on Tuesday night. By
the beginning of the 20th
century, however, the event
was restricted to the Tuesday
observance. Carnival became
associated with Shrove
Tuesday, in part from the
Spring Equinox celebra ons
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
FR KENNETH MENDES
that were prac sed by the
Romans and the ancient
tribes of Europe. The word
'carnival' comes from the
La n carni vale, meaning
"goodbye to meat". It could
also be taken to mean
goodbye to the desires of
the flesh ea ng, drinking
etc. However, in Goa, New
Orleans and Rio de Janiero
celebra ons, public revelry
and carousing have become
the tradi on for Carnival
around the world. It was
mostly as a result of the
Carnival celebra ons, that
the Church restricted the
observance to a single day.
The fourth Sunday in
Lent, which marks the
halfway point between
Ash Wednesday and Easter
Sunday, is referred to as
Laetare Sunday, because
of the tradi onal Entrance
An phon of the Mass.
Due to the more "joyful"
character of the day (since
laetare in La n means
'rejoice'), the priest has the
op on of wearing vestments
of a rose colour (pink),
instead of violet.
The fi h Sunday in Lent
(known as Passion Sunday
earlier, prior to Va can
II) marked the beginning
of Passion de.
The sixth Sunday in Lent,
commonly called Palm
Sunday, marks the beginning
of Holy Week, the final
week of Lent immediately
preceding Easter.
Wednesday of Holy Week,
Holy Wednesday (also
some mes known as 'Spy
Wednesday') commemorates
Judas Iscariot's bargain to
betray Jesus.
11

Catechesis Towards
Fostering Communities
Final Statement of XXI General Body Meeting of the Indian Catechetical Association
W
e, the 83 par cipants [laity, religious and
priests] from India, Malaysia and Brunei,
assembled for the XXI General Body Mee ng
of the Indian Cateche cal Associa on (ICA)
to deliberate on the theme: 'Catechesis Towards Fostering
Communi es',at NESTT, Pastoral Centre of Kothamangalam
Diocese, Muva upuzha, Kerala, February 8-10, 2017.
2. Our Reflecons
2.1 Catechesis is an essen ally ecclesial act through which
the Church nurtures her children with her own faith,
and incorporates them as members into the ecclesial
family. The Chris an community is the origin, locus and
goal of Catechesis. All cateche cal eorts foster Chris an
community life.
2.2 The focus of a purpose-driven Catechesis is to enable
people to be authen c disciples of Jesus. It would require
a holis c change at the cogni ve, eec ve and behavioural
level to face the challenges of the present me.
2.3 Fostering Chris an communi es is a highly complex
venture, since it involves mul farious perspec ves (persons,
environment, interac ons, rela onships, feelings, values and
beliefs) with mul faceted individuals, whose uniqueness and
complexity are to be valued. Nearly every problem facing our
post-modern socie es, especially the Chris an Communi es,
seems to stem from the loss of recognising this fact of
"being in rela onship with one's fellow human beings and
with nature.
2.4 The Church in India faces the challenges that arise
from the very fabric of Indian society which has its variety,
diversity, religiosity as both its salient features and its
elements of crisis. A Catechesis that intends to build such a
community has to take these challenges to heart.
2.5 The faith journey for a Chris an is not an individual
undertaking, but rather happens within a community.
Community Catechesis is a process of faith sharing with the
community, planned, put into prac ce and promoted by the
community, for the community, keeping in mind the eight
fundamental principles (The Eucharis c liturgy is central;
People share their faith; Parishioners embrace discipleship;
Adults are ac ve in Catechesis, which involves everyone; The
Catechumenate is the model; People recognise and celebrate
their gi s; The parish supports the households of faith) and
Fr Cyril de Souza SDB is President, Indian Catechetical
Association.
12 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
FR CYRIL DE SOUZA SDB
the framework.
2.6 The laity are called by God towards sanc ty and to
contribute to the sanc fica on of the world by being in the
world (LG 31). In order to empower them to live out this
voca on of penetra ng and perfec ng the temporal world
according to the values of the Gospel, we need to provide
them with adequate ongoing forma on.
2.7 Catechesis of the community is a model of faith
forma on that develops a belongingness to the Church. A
Catechesis alienated from the faith community is powerless,
ineec ve, and fails to integrate the members of the Church.
2.8 SCCs build Christ-centred (breaking of the Word and
Bread) communi es, promote Adult Catechesis, call for
prophe c leadership and foster communion among families,
and lead to the promo on of basic human communi es.
3. Proposals
Based on the above reflec ons, we propose:
3.1 That every church includes basic informa on about
other ritual churches in their cateche cal curriculum. That
catechists are trained to reflect cri cally on the new Media,
and make it the language of Catechesis to promote new ways
of being community and catechists. That adequate training
must be given to form catechists to be purposeful and
passionate witnesses of the Gospel.
3.2 That parents and families are equipped to become
channels and centres of the faith and its prac ce. That a
cateche cal plan be prepared to accompany couples during
their married life, especially in their first few years.
3.3 That the dynamic synergy and interplay of the
individual, communal and ecclesial dimensions be kept
in mind while fostering Chris an communi es. That
Catechesis in this direc on consciously make known the
concern for others, ac vate the curiosity to explore life
and learning, and s mulate leadership to foster authen c
Chris an Communi es.
3.4 That every Chris an be made aware of the challenges
that exist in Indian society, so that the faith matura on
process becomes responsive to the social, cultural and
religious issues.
3.5 That the paradigm of Community Catechesis be
explored, especially in the Small Chris an Communi es.
3.6 That the integral and holis c forma on of the laity
especially the adults, conscious of their voca on and mission,
(Contd on Pg 14)

150th Birth Anniversary
of Msgr Herculano
Gonsalves - II
L
ike a good shepherd,
Fr Herculano was
also concerned
about the integral
development of the straying
sheep, especially young girls
and women who were in
danger of ge ng involved
in pros tu on. Some mes,
children were le alone at
home or on the beach by
parents, while they went
to work. These innocent
girls were o en abused by
unscrupulous men to sa sfy
themselves. Fr Herculano
was moved to compassion
for them. In 1930, he
founded an orphanage at
Gauravaddo, in Calangute,
to shelter the young girls
and homeless children. He
did all he could for them,
and some mes, depriving
himself even of the basic
necessi es, he generously
gave to the poor. Although
he came from a rich family,
he lived like a poor man. To
him, the unwanted became
wanted. The orphans, the
abandoned children, the
poor and needy, especially
the girl child and women
in distress, were close to
his heart.
In those years, girls
had less opportuni es for
educa on. At that me,
there was no English
medium school in the
village of Calangute and
Sr Perpetua Vaz H.C. is based at St Alex Convent,
Calangute, Goa.
children had to
travel to other
places. Knowing
the importance of
English for be er
job opportuni es, in
1931, Fr Herculano
founded the first
English medium
school in Calangute,
for girls, which he
named Li le Flower
of Jesus School.
As the number of
children began to increase
in his orphanage and in his
school, Fr Herculano felt the
need of dedicated women
to care for these children. In
1834, religious orders were
banned in Goa by the King of
Portugal. The atheist rulers
were against the Church. A
change for the be er came
in 1928, with the New
Regime in Portugal. This
was a favourable me to
revive the diminishing life
of faith in the archdiocese
of Goa and Daman. January
16, 1935 is a red le er day
in the annals of the history
of the archdiocese, for, at
this crucial point in history,
Fr Herculano came up with
a novel idea of founding the
first indigenous religious
congrega on for women.
Scep cs considered it
a foolish idea, but with
tremendous faith in God
and a courageous spirit, he
SR PERPETUA VAZ H.C.
went ahead. He gathered
a group of eight devoted
and enthusias c girls, and
formed a Pious Union in
the parish of Calangute,
which later flowered into
a religious congrega on,
namely, Congregao
das Irms de Sto. Alexio.
Keeping in mind the spirit
of Va can II, the name
of the congrega on was
changed to Congrega on
of the Handmaids of Christ
since 1968.
Within two years of
taking up service in the
parish of Calangute, that
is, in 1932, Fr Herculano
was appointed the Vicar
General of the Ghats,
with the tle 'Monsignor'.
This was indeed a heavier
responsibility, as it involved
the administra on of the
region of the Western Ghats,
spread out on the borders of
Karnataka and Maharashtra,
which were then under the
Archdiocese of Goa and
Daman. Like Abraham, Fr
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
Herculano was called to
sacrifice and leave behind
his brainchild works
which were so dear to his
heart, that is, the orphanage,
the school and the seed of
a new congrega on that
he had just sown, and was
gently sprou ng. Only a
person like Msgr Herculano,
with a strong faith and an
uncondi onal trust in Divine
Providence, was capable of
accep ng the Will of God, as
manifested by his superiors.
He firmly believed that Gods
plans were much greater
than his own. He promptly
obeyed the Patriarch, and
launched out into the
unknown and dicult terrain
of the Western Ghats as
Vicar General, at the age
of 64, leaving behind his
unaccomplished work in the
hands of God.
The Patriarch, D. Teotonio,
was astounded by the deep
humility, prompt obedience
and self-sacrificing spirit
of Msgr Herculano. Taking
cognisance of the wonderful
work he had started in Goa,
in the parish of Calangute,
he saw the hand of God
leading Msgr Herculano, and
directed him to con nue to
take care of the orphanage,
the school and the new
congrega on, from Belgaum,
where he was residing as
Vicar General. The joy that
Msgr Herculano experienced
can be compared to the
joy of Abraham, when he
received back his son Isaac
on the mountain of sacrifice.
Msgr Herculano, having
passed the test of faith,
con nued his work with all
humility and trust in God.
And so, by his frequent
le ers and occasional visits
to Calangute, he personally
guided the Sisters of his
congrega on in the ini al
years of their forma on. In
13
 the mean me, he also felt
the need of a permanent
home to shelter his beloved
orphans. On March 19, 1933,
he laid the founda on for
the St Alex Orphanage. To
build this orphanage, he
did not hesitate to extend
his hands to beg from his
friends and villagers. Though
many people helped him
generously, some sent
him empty handed, and
even insulted him. On
one such occasion, a man
spat on his cassock, but
Msgr Herculano humbly
wiped the spi le from his
cassock, and blessing the
man, le with a smile on
his face. A er all the toil,
sacrifices and weariness
of Msgr Herculano, the
orphanage building, which
was nearing comple on,
collapsed due to some
defect in the founda on.
Nevertheless, his spirit was
not crushed. He came post-
haste from Belgaum, sold
his share of the ancestral
property at Benaulim, and
recommenced the building,
and by October of the same
year, the orphanage building
was completed.
On March 19, 1939, he
laid the founda on for St
Alex Convent. It was another
challenging task with no
funds, but he had a strong
faith in God. At mes, in
spite of his age, he would
refrain from travelling by
public transport, and walk
long distances, just to save
a li le money for his Sisters
and orphans. By the sweat
of his brow and countless
sacrifices, he built a home
for his Sisters. The children
and Sisters aec onately
called him Pai (father). Every
me he came down to Goa
from Belgaum, he used to
bring a sack of groundnuts,
and he took pleasure in
distribu ng them to the
orphans and children in
the school, as well as to
the Sisters. Such was his
dedica on, tenderness
and paternal love a self-
emptying love that gives
everything. He lived the
maxim of death to self to
be alive only for God and the
other. He was a man of faith,
a man of vision and had a
mission to fulfil.
Completely worn out in
health, in 1945, he requested
the Patriarch to permit him
to re re as Vicar General of
the Ghats. In 1946, he came
to spend the closing years
of his life at Calangute, in
the company of his beloved
orphans and Sisters, in the
Convent of his dreams. Here
he spent his days in prayer,
and personally guided the
Sisters by his own example.
He had a deep, personal and
in mate rela onship with
Jesus. He was o en seen
lost in contempla on, on his
knees, before the Blessed
Sacrament. He had a filial
love for the Blessed Virgin
Mary and addressed her as
Minha Mae (my Mother).
He drew inspira on for hard
work from St Joseph. St Alex
was a model for his silent,
self-sacrificing, poor and
hidden life. He exhorted the
Sisters to imitate the virtues
of St Alex, under whose
patronage he founded the
Congrega on. His love for
the Missions was inspired
by the missionary zeal of
the Li le Flower of Jesus,
under whose patronage he
founded two schoolsone
in Bombay, and the other
in Calangute.
Msgr Herculano had his
share of suerings too. Like
Jesus, he too experienced
rejec on from some of his
very own Sisters, for whom
he had done so much, and
in a way, sacrificed his life.
But he pa ently endured
his suerings in silence and
humility, as the will of God,
uni ng his suerings to the
Passion of Christ. While in
Belgaum, he o en used to
talk about the orphanage
and convent to his friends
and benefactors, with tears
flowing from his eyes, when
he thought of his beloved
orphans and Sisters. He felt
sad, because he could not
provide as adequately as
he wished towards their
maintenance. For their sake,
he gave up all he had, and
with a heart like that of a
pelican, sustained them with
his fatherly love, ll it hurt.
On March 21, 1950,
Msgr Herculano completed
his mission on earth, and
returned to his eternal
home. He was a hidden
treasure in the field of
Goaa model for all priests,
religious and the laity. He
never allowed the things of
this world to distract him
from his focus on God. He
was a man who lived all
for God, only for God, and
always for God in the service
of his people, especially the
poor and needy.
Read more about Msgr
Herculanos life and
death witnessed by his
contemporaries, on www.
handmaidsofchristgoa.com

CATECHESIS TOWARDS FOSTERING COMMUNITIES (Contd from Pg 12)

be given priority at all ecclesial levels in terms of resource 4. Conclusion

alloca on and pastoral planning. That courses in religious
studies and theological educa on for the laity be made
available, aordable and accessible, especially catering to
people coming from family or work backgrounds.
3.7 That we make Catechesis more integral and holis c
through the instruc onal, celebra onal and appren ceship
level. That we make Catechesis more community based and
more community oriented, in order to develop a sense of
belonging to Christ and the Church.
3.8 That SCCs be made the top priority in every diocese by
the bishops, priests, religious and the lay faithful. That priests
and religious visit Small Chris an Communi es of their
parishes and foster communion.
The verse of a Marian hymn begins with the words: "No
one can live as an island. To a large extent, this also spells
out the goal of Catechesis. All our Catechesis is focused
on fostering our communi es to become a 'communion of
communi es'. The delibera ons and proposals that have
emerged at this mee ng have thrown light on the need for
fostering communi es through our Catechesis.
As we move out on our missions, we can sum up our
delibera ons in the words of Pope Francis:
An evangelising community gets involved by word and
deed in people's daily lives.
It bridges distances it embraces human life (EG 24).

14 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 15
 NOTES COMMENTS
Apostolic Nuncio arrives
The new Apostolic Nuncio to India, His Excellency, Most
Rev. Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, has arrived in
India. Travelling by an Air India flight from Rome, the
Apostolic Nuncio touched Indian soil at 7:51 a.m. on
February 16, 2017.
He was received at the Delhi Indira Gandhi International
Airport by His Eminence Cardinal Baselios Cleemis,
President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, His
Eminence Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop
of Ernakulam-Angamaly; Most Rev. Anil Couto, Archbishop
of Delhi; Most Rev. Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX, Secretary
General of CBCI; Most Rev. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara,
Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad; Most Rev. Jacob Mar
Barnabas, OIC, Bishop of Gurgaon and the officials from
the Nunciature, Msgr Henryk M. Jagodzinski and Msgr
Tuomo T. Vimpari.
His Excellency was offered a floral bouquet by Cardinal
Cleemis, and honoured with a shawl each by Cardinal
Alencherry and Archbishop Anil Couto.
This is the new Apostolic Nuncio's first ever posting in an
Asian country. He has served mostly in the Secretariat of
State in Italy and in Latin American countries. As stated by
him, except for a short visit to Korea and another one to
Japan, he has not otherwise been to Asia.
In our first interaction with him, he impressed us all with
his simplicity, pleasantness, humour, and above all, his
already impressive knowledge of India.
Archbishop Diquattro, before coming to India, has
visited Colleges and Religious Communities where Indian
Priests and Religious are residing in Rome, and acquainted
16 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
himself with Indians and our culture. We thank God for
the gift of his person to us.
We accord a warm welcome to our beloved Apostolic
Nuncio. We look forward to work with him, and we assure
him of our prayers and wish him all God's blessings and
much joy and happiness in our beloved country. May our
Lady, Queen of Apostles, guide him and accompany him.
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX
Secretary General, CBCI
Carbon Fast in Lent 2017
During Lent, a Carbon Fast can honour God's Crea on.
A Carbon Fast challenges people to examine their daily ac ons
and reflect on how they have an impact on the environment.
The Carbon Fast campaigns are designed so that, during Lent,
people can take small steps to reduce carbon dioxide output,
with the hope of helping the environment and bringing the
world one step closer to a sustainable existence. The steps
that we prac se during Lent are meant to be con nued, so as
to make the change las ng.
In India, a Carbon Fast has great meaning, because so many
in the country are not only aware of climate change, but are
already nega vely aected by it, noted CSI moderator Most
Rev. Thomas K. Oommen.
For Catholics and many others, Lent is the me when we
remember the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness,
facing challenge and tempta on. It is a me when we reflect
on God's purpose for our life. Many take this opportunity to
fast from smoking, alcohol or chocolates.
But this year, our challenge is deeper: to take a Carbon Fast
to reduce the ac ons which damage God's Crea on; to reduce
our use of petrol, electricity, plas c, paper, water and toxins.
Each parish is invited to take small steps for a more sustainable
world, and by doing so, to rediscover a dierent rela onship
with God, with Crea on, and with one another. Each parish
of the Archdiocese will plan a Carbon Fast on the day allo ed
to them. The Archdiocese will have a Carbon Fast from Ash
Wednesday, March 1 to Saturday, April 8, 2017.
 The dates for observing the Carbon Fast days during Lent

NOTES COMMENTS
have been sent to the respec ve parishes in the Archdiocese.
Kindly look up your parish no ce board.

Interactive Session on 'Managing
Your Money' by YAA
AMIT LEONARD
On January 29, the Young Adults Associa on (YAA) of Our Lady
of Lourdes Church, Orlem, Malad, successfully organised an
interac ve session on the subject 'Managing your money'. Mr
Steven Fernandes, CFP, SEBI-registered Investment Adviser
was the resource person. The programme began with a short
prayer. At the outset, Mr Steven shared the experience of his
journey as a financial expert and adviser. He said, "If only a
hundred turn up for the talk, I would evaluate this event as
a successful one." To our amazement, we had a staggering
turnout of more than 150 people.
Mr Steven impressed on the audience the importance
of financial planning and setting up financial goals - long
as well as short term goals. He oriented the listeners on
how to achieve their investment goals and how to set
their planning right. He spoke about financial education,
equity shares, direct mutual funds, stockbroking, real
estate, knowing your expenses i.e. budgeting, and an
array of topics relating to finance and investments, aimed
at someone who's just started working to the middle aged
looking forward to their retirement plans. It was a very
rewarding experience for novices and for people already
well versed with financial planning and investments. The
session ended with Mr Steven satisfactorily answering the
queries and clarifications put forward by the audience
regarding financial planning and investments.
The Young Adults Association (YAA), under the guidance
of Fr Oniel Rodrigues, had really worked very hard in the
course of two weeks to manage and put up this event. The
event was a great success, and we hope that it bears good
fruit in the lives of individuals and families. We thank Our
Lord Jesus that we are in a win-win situation today, so as
to be able to use and manage our hard-earned money
well, and to reach and achieve our individual and family
investment goals.
Please send your ar cles and
reports with your name,
address, contact number, author
byline and relevant picture,
to editor@examiner.in

For Sale in Mahim (W)

FOR SALE Nr. Living Room Furniture
^,<&
2 BHK Rebello House, carpet), Fully Furnished with Modular
Hill Road, Bandra W. Kitchen & bright, modern interiors. -
ZE
895 carpet plus balconies. Also, Converted 1 BHK
One parking. 
ZE
4.75 Cr.
For Catholics only. For Buying/Selling/Leave& License
(Mahim/Matunga (West) - Santacruz
Contact (West & East),
Cheryl 9820334747 Reliable Real Estate Consultants
M : 9833054367

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 17


NEWS LOCAL
Rich Lenten Fare: Free
We never like to miss Mass, especially during Lent.
Ironically, however, we have often only "been present"
at Mass, but missed its meaning enshrined in the words
of Consecration. This Lent will give you an opportunity to
make good the damage done.
Starting March 9, free one-hour sessions by Fr Aniceto
Nazareth at St Joseph's Church, Umerkhadi on Thursdays
at 7:30 p.m. [Optional: Mass @ 7 p.m.] Alight at
Sandhurst Road Station West (harbour-line trains
from CST, Bandra, Andheri, Navi Mumbai). It's a three-
minute walk to the church. Register [name, e-mail &
telephone] NOW with anicetonaz@gmail.com and feel
the difference forever.
Lenten Recollection
for lawyers
Catholic Lawyers Guild Mumbai (CLGM) has organised
a Lenten Recollection on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at
Our Lady of Salvation Church, Dadar from 9 am to 1 pm.
This will be followed by Holy Eucharist and lunch. All
Catholic Lawyers are cordially invited. For registration,
kindly contact Adv. Walter Lewis on mobile: 98333 96063
or e-mail: president@clgm.olcmbom.org on or before
March 4, 2017. For further information, log on to our
website http://clgm.olcmbom.org/ For Catholic Lawyers/
Advocates only. Registration compulsory.
Kurla tense as Mother Mary
statue vandalised
A statue of Mother Mary was allegedly desecrated by
unknown persons in suburban Kurla in the wee hours of
Sunday February 19, leading to tension in the area.
The grotto of Mother Mary installed on a roadside in
Kurla was desecrated at around 4 am, police said. The
incident led to tension in the area, and police were trying
to pacify the angry locals.
They were also trying to obtain CCTV footage of the
area. In one of the footages they have managed to get,
three persons were purportedly seen moving on a bike
near the site, police said. Efforts were on to nab the
culprits, they said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V), Paramjit
Singh, said police personnel are on the spot and the
situation is under control. Reacting to the incident, social
activist Nicholas Almeida said this kind of disturbance
18 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
happens every now and then during election time. He
demanded strict action against the culprits.
daijiworld.com
CWM Cancer Camp
CWM, in association with SL Raheja Hospital, organised
a cancer checkup camp on World Cancer Day - February
4, 2017. Many people took opportunity of the camp;
BMI, BP, RNS, Doctors' consultation, ECG, Dietician
consultation was given for cancer patients to bolster their
immune system. Poha, tea and coffee was served to all.
Senior oncologists Dr Suresh Advani and Dr P. Jagannath
gave the talk on Cancer Awareness. The Conference
Room was completely packed; it was a successful
programme, and we thank all those who attended this
programme. 50% discounts on Cancer Marker Test for
CA125, mammography, USG Abdomen, Pap smear, ANS
specifics, PSA TEST were offered and would be available
till February 28, 2017 at the hospital.
Citizencredit Excellence
Awards 2015-16
The Ci zencredit Co-opera ve Bank Ltd. felicitated young
excelled minds at the Academic Excellence Awards 2015-
16 held on February 2, 2017 at St Andrew's Auditorium,
Bandra. The Bank awarded 254 students from various
streams for achieving excellent grades on completion
of S.S.C, I.C.S.E, C.B.S.E., HSC - Science/Commerce/Arts,
Graduate - B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., BMM, BBA, B.E., B.Tech., B.
Arch., LL.B, Post-Graduate Degree/Diploma from recognised
University, Ph.D., CA, MD, ACS, ICWA, MBBS, etc. A small
token of apprecia on was awarded to them.
T h e f u n c t i o n wa s w e l l a tt e n d e d b y st u d e n t s ,
accompanied by their parents. Mrs Geeta Andrades,
Managing Director & C.E.O and Mr Anthony D'Souza,
Chairman congratulated the students for their excellent
performance and inspired them with a motivational
speech. The students were also informed about the
Bank's services which would be a tool to them to attain
their goals and ambitions. An interactive Session on
'Career Opportunities' was taken up by Mr Roger Pereira,
Director of the Bank, who encouraged the students with
an inspiring talk to vest their interest in professions such
as IAS, Civil services etc.
Eminent speakers on the panel for the interactive
discussion were Mr Julio Rebeiro (retired Commissioner
of Police and Civil servant), Mr Michael Pinto (retired
IAS Officer), Rev. Fr Ryan Alex and Mr Walter Vieira
(author of 14 books, three of them with Prof. Northcote
Parkinson of Parkinson's Law fame) who maintained the
encouraging momentum among the students by sharing
their personal experiences and elaborating on the IAS
courses available.
Mary's Clan - 30 years of
palliative care for alcoholics
and the abandoned
For over 30 years, Mary's Clan of Bandra (Mumbai) has
offered palliative care and compassionate support to
alcoholics, terminally ill and the abandoned. Speaking to
AsiaNews, Bosco Pereira, Director of the rehabilitation
centre from addictions, argued that "palliative and
compassionate care is a top priority. They respect the
dignity of our people and respond to all forms of their
humanity, including the spiritual dimension. "
The Director explained that according to Catholic
doctrine, "each person is a unity of body and soul. As
persons, we are intrinsically valuable, since we have been
created to know, love, and serve God. This is why ending
a person's life is wrong, even if the individual has been
determined not to have a "good" quality of life."
The World Health Organisa on defines pallia ve care as
"an approach that improves the quality of life of pa ents
and their families facing the problems associated with life-
threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of
suering by means of early iden fica on and impeccable
assessment and treatment of pain and other problems -
physical, psychosocial and spiritual."
Mary's Clan was founded on May 13, 1983 (Feast of Our
Lady of Fa ma), and since then, has taken on more than 350
pa ents. Besides therapeu c support, the centre also deals
with the spiritual support of the sick. "It is our responsibility
- taking care of the sick for free, with gra tude for what we
have received from them."
Pereira points out that the Catechism of the Catholic
Church (CCC) states that "those whose lives are diminished
or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped
persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as
possible." (CCC 2276) He holds that "pallia ve care is a
privileged form of disinterested charity. As such, it should
be encouraged."
At the centre, the daily care of pa ents is based on three
pillars: the recitation of the Rosary in the morning, at
lunch me and at 8 pm. The pa ents follow a rehabilita on
programme that includes group discussions, counselling and
recrea onal ac vi es. Their stay (as well as the celebra ons
of the funeral ritual in the event of death) is entirely
borne by the centre. The funeral ritual, said the Director,
"is determined on the basis of religious alia on of the
deceased. It is a way by which we can restore their honour
and dignity."
asianews.it
NEWS LOCAL
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
The Retreat House, Bandra will have the following three-
day Lenten Retreats: March 9-12, 16-19 and 23-26. Contact: 2641
6653/2642 2095/2645 5296. Email: bandraretreathouse@gmail.com
Jesus Encounter Healing Retreat: from Friday, March
10 (7:30 am) to Sunday, March 12 (5:00 pm) 2017 at Vinayalaya,
Andheri (E), behind Holy Family Church, Chakala. Conducted
by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Mumbai. OPEN TO ALL.
Registrations at the CCR Office, Dadar (W) - 2430 3626 / 2421
0881, 98205 43622, 99309 40705. Register early.
Inner Healing Retreat to be conducted by Anthony Lobo and
Team from March 2-5, at Vinayalaya, Andheri. For registration,
please contact: Anthony 98198 49997; Audrey 98207 61532; Odette
98201 42085; Nazareen 98333 84096; Ralph 98333 98895. Fees: Rs
1300/- per person.
Bal Mela at MMVK, Nerul
The children of Shirvane, Kharave, Dharave and Nerul were
welcomed with lively music at Matru Milan Vikas Kendra
(MMVK), irrespec ve of creed and caste, between the age
group of 3-15 years. The event was organised by Rev. Fr
Deepak Noronha, in collaboration with Namitha Fitness
Hub. it was a mega event organised by Matru Milan Vikas
Kendra for the children in the vicinity under the tle 'Bal
Mela'. Sixty volunteers in white and blue ushered in the
160 li le children. The atmosphere was filled with joy and
laughter when they danced to the tunes of Sanam Re,
Chatak Matak and Jingat. The Magic Show added lustre
to the event; the children were amused with the magician
performing with enthusiasm and passion. Namitha Fitness
Hub sponsored a sumptuous meal. The programme
concluded with the distribu on of gi s to the winners. A
yearly calendar, books and sta onery were distributed by Fr
Deepak Noronha, Director of MMVK.
THE EXAMINER E-paper
The Examiner is available online at
www.examiner.in
The subscrip on cost is Rs 610/-.
For details, contact us on 2202 0221
or mail@examiner.in
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 19

NEWS NATIONAL
NEW DELHI
Two arrested for burglary
Police have arrested two teenagers for vandalising and
robbing a Malankara Orthodox Syrian church in north west
Delhi's Rohini area on Feb. 11.
The young men vandalised St Basil Church in the
intervening night of Friday-Saturday before taking money
from the dona on box. The police cracked the case within
hours, as the incident was captured on a CCTV camera
installed in an adjoining school run by the church.
St Basil comes under the Delhi diocese of Malankara
Orthodox Syrian Church, and was established 27 years ago.
CCTV footage from a school for the physically challenged
adjacent to the church provided the police with crucial clues
leading them to iden fy the accused, and apprehend them.
.........................................................................................UCAN
Church needs to 'brand' service
The Church in India needs to enhance its visibility in
media and brand its service to society, said a top Caritas
India official.
"The Catholic Church in India is known for its service to
society in terms of social work, educa on and healthcare.
Through its manifold services, the Church needs to enhance
its visibility in and through communication and social
media," said Fr Jolly Puthenpura, administra ve manager of
Caritas India.
The priest was speaking on the challenges the Church
faces today in India on February 17 at the opening of a two-
day seminar on communica on in New Delhi.
The Church's contribu on and its manifold services to all
sec ons of people are o en not suciently known. It has
to create visibility in all possible channels of communica on
including social media, Fr Puthenpura stressed.
The February 17-18 seminar, jointly organised by Catholic
Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) and Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), aimed to update the skills of those engaged
in communica on ministry in the Indian Church.
CRS is the ocial interna onal humanitarian agency of
the Catholic community in the United States, while Caritas
India is the CBCI's social service wing.
CBCI Secretary General Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas,
a member of the Pilar society, also agreed that the Church
20 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
needs space to communicate its "credible visibility and
branding of its services."
...............................................................MATTERSINDIA.COM
JHARKHAND
Christian killed for refusing
to return to tree religion
A Chris an man in Jharkhand died a martyr's death a er he
was forced, hands ed, to spend 17 hours in a cold pond for
refusing to renounce his faith in Christ.
The incident occurred in the village of Kubuaa, Palamu
district, where Bartu Urawn, a 50-year-old Chris an, lived with
his wife and son, Beneswar.
The la er slammed the violence by Hindu radicals against a
member of the Chris an minority in India, whose Cons tu on
guarantees freedom of worship, a principle increasingly
violated.
Bartu and his family had converted to Chris anity ten years
ago, as had nine other families in the village. Later, seven of
these families were forced to re-embrace their original religion.
The other villagers belong to a tribal group that worships
Sarna, the sacred grove of the Sai tree, whose mythological
roots are shared by Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The
religion also involves animal sacrifice.
Beneswar said that Hindus opposed his parents' conversion,
and had targeted them. In an a empt to get them to renounce
their faith, a group of 15 people ed them up, threw them into
the cold water, and le them overnight, whilst he was forced to
watch their agony.
"The villagers kept asking my father if he was ready to
forsake Christ," the son said. Every me, he said, "I will not
deny Christ . . . I will con nue to believe ll my last breath."
He noted that his father was also forced to eat some
sacrificial meat and drink a fermented substance before
his ordeal.
Beneswar said he was forced to drink polluted water. His
mother survived.
According to the latest report by 'Open Doors', India ranks
15th on its worldwide watch list of countries where Chris ans
are persecuted.
............................................................................ASIANEWS.IT
ASSAM
10,000 pray for peace
More than 10,000 people from various Christian
denominations spent four days in a northeastern Indian
town to pray for peace in the region.
 "There was a rumour about violence breaking out,
so we decided to come together and pray," said Fr Tom
Manga uthazhe, secretary of the United Chris an Forum
that organised the February 11-14 Bible Fes val at Diphu,
the headquarters of East Karbi Anglong district in Assam.
As many as 32 churches participated in the "biggest
programme" local Chris ans have ever arranged. All ethnic
groups were represented at the festival. "It was also a
statement of our ecumenical identity that Christians are
one, although there are several things that divide us."
According to him, the Bible "certainly unites us" and the
festival helped people experience the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. One of the main ac vi es during the fes val was
expounding the Scriptures. "There was conviction, there
were healings," the UCF secretary claimed.
Young people presented choirs from various churches
wearing traditional dress. "It was a statement of
our faith that in Jesus, we are one, and we love our
culture, our dress, our language, and that by being a
Chris an, we con nue to worship God as we are," said Fr
Mangattuthazhe. The choir groups included Diphu Hmar
Christian Fellowship, Karbi Anglong Presbyterian Church,
Birla and Karbi Anglong United Choir.
Various churches and Christian schools in the area
presented choreography based on the Bible. The Believers
Church in India presented choreographies depicting
dierent Bible themes on all days of the fes val. Around 200
young people from all churches worked as volunteers during
the fes val. The organisers hailed their "utmost dedica on
and sincerity" in serving others.
...............................................................MATTERSINDIA.COM
BHOPAL
India's medical degree scam
A Church official in Madhya Pradesh has welcomed
the Indian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the
disqualification of 634 medical professionals after an
investigation found they had bribed their way into
medical schools.
The Supreme Court's Feb. 13 decision came a er a lower
court judged that some students had gained access to
medical school by illegal means, replacing more meritorious
students. But some innocent students have been caught up
in the mass revoca on of qualifica ons.
"It is a very good verdict. The court has punished the
doctors who managed to get admi ed through fraud. But
authorities should also punish those running the fraud,"
said Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal.
The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board
cancelled medical school admissions between 2008-2012,
a er the scandal came to light in 2013. Inves ga ng ocials
NEWS NATIONAL
arrested some 2,000 people, including high ranking ocials,
in connec on with it by 2015. However, no poli cian has
been punished yet.
The Supreme Court's decision aects some 1,000 people,
including some 400 currently taking five-year courses at
dierent medical schools in the state, Bhaskar Lakshakar,
chair of the examina on board, told local media.
Billed as the biggest educa on scam in the country, the
Central Bureau of Inves ga on began to inves gate it, a er
more than 50 people associated with it died in mysterious
circumstances a er news of the scam broke.
The doctors' lawyers admitted fraud, but pleaded that
their clients be allowed to keep their degrees, if they served
society free of cost for some years. "We have no diculty
in concluding in favour of the rule of law.... Fraud cannot
be allowed... on the stratagem of public good," said the
three-bench judge consis ng of Chief Jus ce J.S. Khehar and
Jus ces Kurian Joseph and Arun Mishra.
.........................................................................................UCAN
KERALA
Late marriages causing decline
in Christian population
Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil, who kicked up a debate last
month by asking the Catholic faithful in his Thamarassery
diocese to marry early, feels that late marriage is causing
the shrinking of the Chris an community in Kerala. Coupled
with widespread use of modern family planning methods,
late marriage of men and women has led to a decline in the
Chris an popula on across the State. To buck this trend,
he feels that young men should marry by the age 25, and
women by 23.
In an interview to The Hindu, Bishop Inchananiyil said
that his observations were not an 'impulsive invention',
but an exhorta on based on the collec ve discussions and
sugges ons at the second eparchial assembly.
"The postponement of marriage claiming job insecurity
and material things caused a rise in the number of
unmarried young men. A vast majority of them are forced
to remain single all their lives, and this is indeed a serious
cause for concern," the bishop said.
He said civil law fixed the marriageable age as 21 for
males, and 18 for females.
.......................................................................THEHINDU.COM
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 21

NEWS INTERNATIONAL
VATICAN
Pope lashes out at intolerance
of foreigners
Pope Francis said that "no person is criminal, and no religion
is terrorist," in a message to a California conference of
popular movements.
"Chris an terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does
not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist," the Pope
said. He explained his point: "There are fundamentalist and
violent individuals in all peoples and religionsand with
intolerant generalisa ons, they become stronger, because
they feed on hate and xenophobia."
In his address, the Pope strongly endorsed the eorts by
grassroots organisations to bring fundamental change to
the world's poli cal and economic systems. He said that the
global system today is "brutal" in its single-minded quest
for financial gain, and leaves many people by the wayside.
The injus ces of this system cannot con nue, he said; "the
system's gangrene cannot be whitewashed forever, because
sooner or later, the stench becomes too strong."
The pontiff charged that powerful interests preserve
their status by encouraging fear of foreigners. Commen ng
on the parable of the Good Samaritan, he suggested that
entrenched powers today are anxious to classify people as
"neighbour" and "non-neighbour," absolving themselves of
their moral obliga ons towards those who are in need. He
also said that corrup on is widespread, and "the gu ng of
democracies is real."
Pope Francis made these comments to a conference
organised by the Vatican's dicastery for Integral Human
Development and by the US Bishops' Catholic Campaign for
Human Development, in associa on with an ac vist group,
the National Network of People Improving Communities
through Organising (PICO).
..........................................................CATHOLICCULTURE.ORG
Pope receives Special Olympics
athletes, talks of joy of sports
Pope Francis received a group of par cipants in the Special
Olympics World Winter Games, and spoke about the joy
of athle cs. "In a way, at the heart of all spor ng ac vity is
joy: the joy of exercising, of being together, of being alive
and rejoicing in the gifts the Creator gives us each day,"
the Pope said during the audience, which took place in the
Clemen ne Hall of the Apostolic Palace on February 16.
22 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
He added, "Seeing the smile on your faces and the
great happiness in your eyes, when you have done well
in an eventfor the sweetest victory is when we surpass
ourselveswe realise what true and well-deserved joy
feels like!" The Pope also spoke about the importance
of a culture of inclusion: "together, athletes and helpers
show us that there are no obstacles or barriers which
cannot be overcome. You are a sign of hope for all who
commit themselves to a more inclusive society. Every life
is precious, every person is a gift, and inclusion enriches
every community and society. This is your message for
the world, for a world without borders, which excludes
no one."
..........................................................CATHOLICCULTURE.ORG
USA
USCCB committee chairmen
call on President Trump to
protect religious liberty
Four bishops who chair committees of the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops have called
upon President Donald Trump to enact religious liberty
protections.
A draft executive order has been published in media
outlets, but the order has not been signed.
"Over the last several years, to our great dismay, the
federal government has eroded this fundamental right,
our first and most cherished freedom," stated Cardinal
Timothy Dolan of New York, Charles Chaput, Archbishop
William Lori, and Bishop Frank Dewane.
They added: "President Trump has pledged that his
"administration will do everything in its power to defend
and protect religious liberty in our land." We urge the
fulfilment of this promise, including an end to regulations
and other mandates by the federal government that force
people of faith to make impossible choices..."
"It is indeed encouraging to hear that the President
may be considering an Executive Order to implement
strong protections for religious freedom across the
federal government, in many of the areas where it has
been eroded by the preceding Administration, such as
health coverage, adoption, accreditation, tax exemption,
and government grants and contracts. We ourselves, as
well as those we shepherd and serve, would be most
grateful, if the President would take this positive step
towards allowing all Americans to be able to practise
their faith without severe penalties from the federal
government."
..........................................................CATHOLICCULTURE.ORG
Archbishop of Panama in
Rome to prepare for WYD
Archbishop of Panama City, Jos Domingo Ulloa, travelled
to Poland recently to exchange experiences with the
organisa on of the last World Youth Day. He explained that
the most delicate phase at the moment is to prepare for the
accommoda on of the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims
who will travel to Panama.
"We have the mo o: in each young pilgrim, we welcome
Jesus, and right now, that is the first priority: go looking for
places to accommodate young people."
The archbishop also travelled to Rome to meet with
the prefect of the Dicastery of the Laity, Family and Life,
Cardinal Kevin Farrell. They both studied the next steps. For
example, in the Eternal City on April 9, Palm Sunday, young
Poles will deliver the WYD Cross to the youth of Central
America. It is a gesture that serves to assess the role of
young people.
Msgr Jos said, "Young people need us to give them
opportunities, and enable them to understand that they
themselves are in control of their present and future. And it
is also up to the adult society to truly believe in the young."
In the coming months, most likely in April, the logo and
hymn of Panama's WYD will be revealed, whose Marian
motto is: "I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done
to me according to Your Word." It is a subject that is very
in tune with the next synod that Francis has convened in
Romea synod on the young and voca ons.
...............................................................ROMEREPORTS.COM
Newly ordained priest helps his
family convert to Catholicism
Coming from a family with a long line of Protestant pastoral
work, newly ordained Catholic priest, Fr Nikolaus Klemeyer
broke the mold by joining the Church, and took his family
with him.
Fr Nikolaus Klemeyer LC said, "I converted at 16 years old,
and also entered the Legionaries of Christ. For my mom,
it was the moment when she decided if she also wanted
to come. First I converted, and then, it was like a domino
eect for the others. Not so much just because I sought to
convert, but a bit because of the tes mony of my mom's
life, and the environment that we started to live in with a lot
of contact with Legionaries."
He grew up in Germany a ending a Catholic school, but it
wasn't un l a er he a ended a camp with the Legionaries of
Christ as a teen, that he first felt the pull to the Catholic Church.
Fr Nikolaus said, "The most intense moment, and my
entrance to Catholic life, was through my experience with
NEWS INTERNATIONAL
the Legionaries of Christ, simply because of Providence. I
was invited to live in Rome, while I a ended a youth camp.
I loved it. A erwards, as a young man, I began to place the
Catholic faith in my life even more."
Now, the six members of his family have all converted;
even his dad before he passed away. Fr Nikolaus said he
realised "God wanted to finish his life in a beau ful way by
becoming Catholic before he died."
...............................................................ROMEREPORTS.COM
Pope prays for victims
of violence in DR Congo
and Pakistan
Pope Francis led the crowds gathered for the Sunday
Angelus in a prayer for the vic ms of violence in Africa and
around the world. In par cular, he prayed for those aected
by violence in the region of the Kasa Central province in
the Democra c Republic of Congo. "I suer deeply for the
vic ms, especially for so many children ripped from their
families and their schools to be used as soldiers."
The Holy Father renewed his "heartfelt appeal to
the consciences and the responsibility of the national
authorities and the international community, that they
might take adequate and mely decisions to assist these,
our brothers and sisters."
In praying for vic ms of violence in the world, the Pope
turned his thoughts in particular to "the dear Pakistani
people, struck in recent days by cruel acts of terrorism."
Pope Francis prayed for all victims of violence, those
who have died and those who have been injured, as well
as for their families. "Let us pray ardently," he concluded
"for every heart hardened by hatred, that they might be
converted to peace, according to the Will of God." Then,
following a moment of silent prayer, he led the crowd in the
recita on of the 'Hail Mary'.
........................................................................VATICAN RADIO
Please send your Adver sement
with your name,
address, contact number,
tto ads@examiner.in or mail@examiner.in
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 23

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Curb unethical medical
practices and procedures
Sir, In a huge relief to pa ents, the Govt has put a cap on the
price of stents used in angioplasty. Hitherto, pa ents were
charged anywhere between Rs 25,000 and Rs 1.5 lakhs, or even
more, depending on the type of stent used and the type of
hospital. Ironically, the manufacturing cost of these stents is Rs
5,000-8,000 only. The new cap, eec ve from Valen ne's Day,
(Feb 14, 2017) is Rs 7,500 for bare metal stents to a maximum
of Rs 30,000 for drug elu ng stent. The Govt is now mulling a
cap on knee-joints, ocular lens and other implants.
The Govt must now turn its a en on to other unethical
practices and procedures in the medical profession that
are equally 'killing'. A system must be put in place to avoid
unnecessary tests and investigations for any and every
ailment. Such unethical prac ces need to be curbed. Similarly,
expensive procedures too should not be forced on people.
For example, in days gone by, doctors regularly told cataract
pa ents to return a er one or two years, as the 'cataract was
not ripe'. Nowadays, doctors invest heavily in the latest laser
surgery equipment. The new laser technology enables the
doctor to perform opera on on first-stage cataract pa ents.
These opera ons cost an average of Rs 50,000 per eye. Doctors
keen to recover their investment cost encourage pa ents to
go in for immediate surgery of both eyes.
A year ago, I underwent cataract surgery on one eye, and was
advised to do the other eye soon therea er. The hospital sta
kept sending me reminders. I wasn't sa sfied with the result of
the first surgery, and hence delayed the second surgery. A er
a year, I consulted another doctor for the second eye. He told
me that there was no need for surgery for at least six months.
Bo om line: Senior ci zens who go for regular check-ups
need not get alarmed, if told they have cataract. Always ask
the doctor if the surgery can be deferred by six months (at a
me). If not sa sfied, take a second opinion.
A cataract need not be removed simply because it is present,
unless it causes blurred vision, or has a poten al for causing
glaucoma. In the UK, even elderly people with blurred vision
have to wait for an average of one year under the Na onal
Health Scheme (NHS). So there's no need to get alarmed and
hurry with the surgery.
Prof Robert Castellino, Orlem
Please send your ar cles and reports with your name,
address, contact number, author byline and relevant pictures
to editor@examiner.in
24 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
A Home away from Home
Sir, This refers to the ar cle "Clergy Home A Home away from
Home" (The Examiner dated Feb 18-24) wri en by Marcelino
D'Souza. It was indeed heartening that some of us take the me
and trouble to visit our priests who have served us so much,
and are now going through the travails of a re red life. We are
thankful for our priests, whose lives embody the essence of
giving. From them, we learn firsthand what it means to sacrifice,
for they give their own lives as an oering to God, for our sake.
From our bap sm, to our first communion, to our final goodbyes,
we entrust our souls into their hands. And with great love and
tender care, they accept.
With the passing of me, there comes a point when we, as a
Church, must care for the priests who first cared for us. Because
of the sacrifices they have willingly made, priests have limited
personal resources, and no spouses or children to provide for
them as they age. And yet, as Catholics, we know that every
priest is our father, every Catholic his child. In a spirit of love, we
must care for our senior priests, as we would care for our own
families, for indeed, they are family. It is our duty to ensure that
these faithful men receive a comfortable and dignified re rement,
with modest housing, basic living expenses, and access to medical
care. It is not surprising to hear that a good number of re red
priests are s ll healthy enough, with loads of experience and tons
of talent. By parishioners being in constant touch with these men
of God, we can rest assured that their happiness will be to us a
blessing in disguise.
Xavier Louis, Bandra (W)
Municipal Corporations the
route to wealth!
Sir, In the backdrop of the municipal elec ons in Mumbai (which
would be complete by the me this comes into print), there
have been news reports recently, that some of the corporators'
assets have risen two- to three-fold since 2012. This is disturbing
news. When the corporators (for that ma er, all public servants
including MLAs and MPs), are called to work for the welfare of
the ci zens, this sudden rise in assets is certainly ques onable;
they seem to be working for their own welfare! And this point
regarding rise in Corporators' assets was highlighted at the KYC
(Know Your Corporator) programme, organised by the Orlem-
Malad unit of the Bombay Catholic Sabha, on February 15, 2017.
Dolphy cau oned the candidates that in view of the newspaper
reports, they would indeed be under 'public watch', and would
be answerable to the public at some stage. It is also well known
that several Corporators have gra charges against them.
In the meanwhlle, the Supreme Court upholding the AIADMK
chief, Sasikala's convic on in the "dispropor onate assets" case
shows that one cannot escape the Law. Incidentally, Sasikala's
case is around twenty years old. The wheels of jus ce move
slowly, but they do!
Melville X. D'Souza, Orlem
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 25
 1st Death Anniversary
Z E
(Husband of late Phila Extross)
On 26th February 2017
Always a smile for those around,
Always a hand to pick one off
the ground,
Always true, thoughtful and kind,
Wonderful memories Dad,
you left behind.
A tribute of love from
his family members.
Mass on 27 February 2017
th
at St. Annes Church,
Mazagoan at 7:00 pm.
WANTED
Qualified Accountant with
knowledge of Accounts & Tally
Apply to :
The Director,
Nirmala Niketan Polytechnic
49,New Marine Lines,
Mumbai 400020.
(within 15 days)
Tel. 22076303,22007544
Email id : nnpoly@gmail.com
s
Lowest Fares on all Domes c
and
Interna onal Airlines
Visa Assistance, Dubai Visa, EEA
Family permit UK etc.
Contact
MR. FILIPE DE MELO, Proprietor
Ace International Travels of India [IATA]
18, Sahakar Nagar Shopping Centre
Wadala West, Mumbai 400 031
Tel : 24125772 / 24150248 / 24166566
Email : aceintltvls@yahoo.co.in
26 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY 100th Birth Anniversary of
In cherished memory of
Roumanie
Barco
on 28th February 2017
Fondly remembered by
Winnie Ferreira Liby Lopez, Cedric,
(Late) Phila Extross
1921-2016
And Br. Mark. S.J and their families.
A year gone by, memories so fresh
Seems just yesterday, you were amidst us.
Your comforting word, %20%$<5('(9(/230(17
&219(<$1&( &,9,/:25.
your touch of humour
Your smiling face, your very presence, &RQYH\DQFH  3URSHUW\ &DUGV 7UDQVIHUV
in all we do. *XDUDQWHHG 3DLQWLQJ 3OXPELQJ :DWHU
Miss you, Nana. 3URRQJ7LOLQJ$OWHUDWLRQV6OLGLQJ:LQGRZV
*ULOOV 7HUUDFH &RYHULQJ IRU :DWHU3URRI
&HLOLQJVDQG3HUPDQHQW*DUDJH&RYHULQJ
First Anniversary Mass on
$YRLG&UDFNVDQG/HDNDJHV
28th February 2017 at 7.00 p.m.
at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, *2$&216758&7,21 &2175$&76
Orlem, Malad &216758&7,21(;7(16,212)<285+286(
3/2763523(57<0$77(56 $//*297
A tribute of love from her children,
$33529$/6 5(*,675$7,21:25.6(;(&87('
daughters-in-law and grandchildren
&217$&7-8'(
:8S
USA BHUTAN
7 DAYS COVERING
12 COUNTRIES -
14 DAYS
Rs. 46,000 BY AIR
DEP - 4 MAY, 2017
DARJEELING
12 COUNTRIES - 21 DAYS COVERING - NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, & SIKKIM
13 DAYS COVERING
DARJEELING, GANGTOK
11 COUNTRIES - 19 DAYS
PHILADELPHIA
Rs. 93,000 (all inclusive) Rs. 2,85,000 (all inclusive)
DEP -10 & 26 APRIL 2017
17 MAY 2017 DEP - 5 MAY, 2017 Rs. 31,500 BY 3AC TRAIN
Gilroy - 9821208374 / 9768313397 / 9167855024
Jude - 9821318067 / 8080033686

Months Mind Mass
In loving Memory of
A A Dearly Beloved Husband of
M Late Margaret Ramachandran
Born - 17-1-1928
Died - 04-2-2017
Father of ours gentle and kind,
Always for us the time you
would ind:
Reaching out to the young
and old,
You were so blessed with a
heart of gold.
Mass offered by his Sons,
Daughter,
Son-in-Law,
Daughters-in-Law,
Grandchildren, relatives
and friends
at St Anne's Cathedral,
Jail Road, Nashik Road on
Sunday, 5th March, 2017
at 11.00 am.
Hakuna Matata
Book your KENYAN SAFARI directly
with a Tour Operator based in
Nairobi.
Save agency fees and commission.
Contact: Nanc +254 750400004
or email nancy@btgltd.com
Bridge the Gap Safaris, Nairobi
Kenya.
www.btgsafaris.com
Fifth Death Anniversary
Prof. Parasurama
Ramachandran (RAMI)
August 10, 1929 - March 03, 2012
We wish you were here today
And Father of
Maria / Dexter Valles
And Grandfather of
Valerie Anne Valles
Fifth Death Anniversary
Holy Mass on 3rd March 2017
at 7am at OLPS Church
Chembur, Mumbai 400071
Month's Mind Mass
For
Late Rev. Fr. Fred Sopena SJ
Mass offered by Joseph Lobo
(XLRI1979), Iona Lobo, Conrad
Lobo, Clayton Lobo
at St. Francis Xavier Church
Panvel
on Saturday 25th February
at 7 p.m.
Mass every month on 25th
till December 2017.
If 25th of month a Sunday/
Monday Mass would be on
Tuesday at same time 7 p.m.
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
Missing you on your 21st birthday
Diorah Simone Rebello
1st March 1996
Even for just a little while
So, we could say "Happy Birthday"
And see you smile.
Your life with us was brief
But you have certainly left a
footprint for all the people who you
touched in life
You left a memory that is a link.
The light went out of our life
When we lost you
Oh! Darling DIORAH
You were a joy to everyone you knew
You flashed that smile when you
walked into a room
Your chatter and laughter chased
away any gloom
For a child to go before the parents is
so hard to bear
The pain is hurting every single day
Dearest Darling DIORAH wherever
you now are, we know you will shine
May be you are now a star in the sky
We look up each night and still
ask why ?
But heaven must be richer to have
you there
Just remind them there are still
people on earth who miss you
and care
Always loved and forever missed
Your grieving parents
Savio & Debbie
and beloved brother Shael
27
 GROOMS WANTED
RC Goan spinster 52/ 5'2" well
educated good nature homely prefer
life partner reply to email dsouzaa24@
rediffmail.com
DEC. 68 born RC Goan 5'2" wheatish
B.Com. spinster. Works with Foreign
Bank as an Officer. Suitable bachelors
may respond at revonne@yahoo.co.in
DEC. 82 born RC Goan 5'2" fair
slim B.Com., CFA Level 1 spinster.
Works with a Foreign Investment Bank.
Educated settled bachelors may respond at
sallysylviana@yahoo.in
RC Goan girl age 35, height 5'4" fair
and slim. Well qualified, well settled,
working in financial sector in Mumbai
with good family values. Seeking a
partner not more than 40 years who is
professionally qualified and well settled.
Please email personal details and a photo
to holymatrimony4me@gmail@gmail.
com
ALLIANCE invited from professional
RC bachelors above 5'9" upto 38 years for
RC Spinster 33 years, 5'4" postgraduate
with pleasant personality working in the
Gulf. Reply with pictures to elsyjoan18@
gmail.com
RC Goan spinster, 31yrs, 5'7",
postgraduate, professional, working in
Mumbai. Invites proposals from RC
goan bachelors, professionals, well
qualified and settled in Mumbai Reply:
martadger@gmail.com
ALLIANCE invited for RC 9
nov1981 born girl, 5"2', MBA, working
Mumbai,from well settled, educated
bachelors. Contact 8652721065,
ferson36@yahoo.com
CAVEAT
The Examiner does not vouch
for any claims made by the
Advertisers of products and
services. It shall not be held
liable for any consequences, in
the event such claims are not
honoured by the Advertisers.
Caution to verify particularly the
bonafides of credit and financial
institutions is exhorted as there
have been cases of duping.
28 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
MATRIMONIALS
Replies should be addressed to: The Advertiser, Box No.... The Examiner,
Eucharistic Congress Bldg No. III, 1st Floor, 5 Convent Street, Mumbai - 400 001
Matrimonial Advertisements Online.
Online Matrimonial Ads. available for an additional fee of `100/- Please visit
our website: http://archbom.org for further details, terms and conditions.
PARENTS of RC spinster; born
1983/5'.5" post graduate, pleasing
personality working in MNC seeks
alliance from qualified bachelors with
good family values. Reply with profile and
recent photograph to reply2examiner@
gmail.com
GOAN RC spinster, '88 born, 5'2",
slim, fair, smart, cheerful nature, masters
degree + PGD, working in a reputed MNC
seeks alliance from suitable bachelors.
Reply with details and photograph to
sleighbells63@gmail.com
MUMBAI based RC/ LC origin
from Kerala, spinster 30 years, 5'2" BE
(Chemical) working as an Academic editor
in a reputed firm in Mumbai seeks alliance
from well qualified & settled bachelors,
kindly contact us on the following phone
nos. or mail to fernandez369@yahoo.
com mob: 8655495039/ 9772928159
Landline 22831289/ 25558362
U.S.A settled, 31 years of age- RC East
Indian spinster B.E. M.S.(USA), seeks
alliance from well qualified RC bachelors
up to 35 yrs from USA or Canada. Email
details & pictures @ lightspretty56@
gmail.com
MUMBAI based RC Mangalorean
Spinster (29, 5'5"), B.Sc.(Biotech), M.Sc.
(Clinical Research), Manager in a reputed
firm in Mumbai, seeks alliance from well
qualified & well settled Bachelors. Kindly
reply with full details & photographs
to ccd3012@gmail.com or Contact
9922778898
GOAN spinster, 29/.5'8",BA post
grad. LOGISTICS, in DUBAI. Parents
in Kalamboli Mumbai. Seek alliance.
preferably working in UAE. Fernandes
9920044546
RC Mangalorean spinster 27/5'6" B.A
working for a US MNC in Mumbai seeks
alliance from RC bachelor, educated and
good family background please reply with
photograph and details to denverr89@
gmail.com
- Neil DSouza E-Media
PARENTS of Mangalorean RC
Spinster, 27, 5'4", fair, beautiful, slim and
smart from a well known business family,
BE, MS (USA), working in USA, seeks
alliance from professionally qualified
bachelors upto 35 years of age from
reputed families, preferably in the USA.
Please email details along with photograph
to mangaloreanproposal@gmail.com
ROMAN Catholic parents invite
alliance from well settled and qualified
bachelor with good family background
for their daughter, 26 years, 54,
graduate with pleasant personality. Kindly
reply with details and photograph to
smfeb2017@gmail.com
RC East Indian parents of fair age
24, 53, graduate in home science thru
Mumbai University. Seek matrimonial
alliance for their spinster daughter, From
Christian Bachelors who are well settled,
And has good moral character, please reply
with photo and details to daviddsylva@
gmail.com
RC spinster, homely, soft spoken,
24, 52 wheatish, M.Com, Accounts
Executive in a private firm. Educated
settled god fearing RC bachelors upto 30
years (Goan/Manglorean/East Indian) may
respond with details and photograph to
alliancefeb17@gmail.com.
BRIDES WANTED
SLIM RC Goan bachelor 50/ 5'6"
graduate working in a reputed company
Mumbai, prefer spinster dsouzaa24@
rediffmail.com
GOAN Catholic Businessman,
residing in Goa, operating worldwide,
SEO consultant, Web Designer &
Software developer, graduate, landlord,
from well educated family background,
only son, 47yrs, 6feet 2", Widower (Short
marriage), no issue, seeks alliance from
Catholic spinster of good character,
graduate, below 38yrs. Caste, financial
background no bar. Email: josephgoa@
outlook.com
RC bachelor Mangalorean born in
1985 height 5'10.5" working as a software
engineer in Florida, USA seeks a life
partner below 31 years and willing to settle
in the US. Please email to klaywien@
hotmail.com or contact 9987-460-389
GOAN RC bachelor 39, 6ft fair
good looking BSc, MBA Sr. Manager in
MNC well-settled seeks Goan spinster
reply with photo alliancedec2@gmail.
com
PARENTS of Roman Catholic Goan
bachelor 38/5'9",postgraduate, working in An Exclusive Website for Catholics seeking Matrimonial!
USA, seek alliance from goodlooking,tall, Available FREE Membership,
fair,professionally qualified spinsters, with Premium Paid Services, Confidential Profile features
strong christian values and good family and Personalized Service.
background Reply with details and recent Matches for all communities available from India, USA,UK,
photograph to : greenearth1412@gmail. Canada, Australia, Gulf countries...
com Login to: www.CatholicMatri.com and Register
or
PARENTS of handsome R.C.,
Login with Facebook
Anglo-Indian bachelor, 31/59, B.Tech For more information write to us:
[Electrical], MS Engineering [USA], admin@catholicmatri.com
worked for 6 years in USA, green card Tel: +91-9987870267/ 9819026481
holder, currently completing MBA at WhatsApp: +91 9821546085
Yale and talented in music. Searching
for a good-looking girl, [25-30 years]
with or heading for a professional G S C L A
degree, majoring in Medicine/ /Finance/ Capacity up to 700 pax
Engineering. Those interested kindly
provide details with 3-4 photographs We cater to your request, from
[close up & full size] to pathahead7@ Tiny Pares or Lavish Weddings
gmail.com; mobile no. 9923336729/
9823502015
Roce / Pot pone /Birthday /Engagement
MANGALOREAN RC well settled, Now you can also order food in Kgs.
businessman bachelor, postgraduate Contact:
engineer, 31, 58, fair, handsome and
talented from a reputed family, invites
Tressa 9967374315 / 9004654918
alliance from beautiful, fair, tall, well Email : thexpresscaterers@hotmail.com
qualified spinsters over 24 years of age
with good family background and values.
Profiles with family details must be
accompanied by photographs please, to
email id: rc25proposal@gmail.com
RC Goan bachelor 30/ 5'4" humble
good natured IT Professional, works for
a prestigious MNC, invites alliance from
professionally qualified Goan spinsters.
kindly send profile with photograph
to jmariaf07@gmail.com Mob:
9769856694
Please send your adver sements with
your name address and contact No. to
ads@examiner.in

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 29

 FURTADOS
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO
The name you can trust
Wedding still HD Photography and
Videography (Sony NX5)
Packages with Karizma/ Photo Book,
Still Photography Package
`20,000/- onwards
Candid Photo Package
`30,000/- onwards
For appointments call
9821568040/ 9869433521
Anna's
Designer Couture
Exquisite bridal gowns
Bridesmaid dresses
Cocktail & party dresses
Flower girl dresses
Mother of the bride/ groom
Communion dresses
Call - 9769977407
annasdesignercouture@gmail.com
REQUIRED TEACHER!
For Pre-Primary Sec on
H.S.C. E.C.C.E., Training course of 1 year
(with child psychology).
(English Medium convent Educated)
Those interested kindly forward your
resume to:
The Manager / The Head Teacher
Timing:- 11.00 am to 1.00 pm.
Send Resume latest by 11th March 2017.
To St. Josephs High School.
[Primary Sec on]
M.G. Road, Danukarwadi, Kandivli (W),
Mumbai-400067.
V M B
Roman Catholic Brides
and Bridegrooms
Contact: Mrs. Victoria
riya.anthony11@gmail.com
9960683078/ 8390022313
Address: Aquarium World,
Shop No.5, Nirmala CHS, Opp.
Gayatri Mandir, Om Nagar,
Vasai (West) - 401202.
'We do our best...
God will do the rest'
2 BHK for Sale
at Santacruz East
Carpet area 635 sq
Vakola Pipeline
Close proximity to church,
schools,markets,
railway sta on,banks
Carvalho / D'Souza
9820019226 / 9820473016

MASTER A
R
OF 3 BHK in Bandra for outright
purchase by a Catholic Family.
CEREMONIES Building must have a li .
Please text/ whatsapp details of
loca on, Carpet Area and expected
ROMI FURTADO amount to
CALL FOR APPOINTMENTS: (+91) 9167094816
9820085013 Full Cheque Payment
www.primeentertainers.com Brokers Excuse

Joannas Classes * Buy 3BHK spacious Row House Villas for

Easter Egg Classes (1 day)
Learn to make tradi onal Simnel Cake
with decora on, whole chocolate &
marzipan eggs, Hollow Eggs, Bonnets,
Bunnies, Swan, Humpty Dumpty on
the Wall, with royal icing & sugar-paste
flowers. The best part is that you get to
take home a goodie bag at the end of
the class
Contact Joanna @ 26418026
or 9833531082
Limited seats, so ensure that you book
yours ASAP.
the price of 2BHK Apartments in Panjim.
Gated community project just 6 kms from
Panjim with Club House, Green Spaces,
open Terrace and all modern ameni es
* 21,780 sq NA plots Tourist Development
Zone 15kms from Mopa Interna onal
Airport @ Rs.9,25,000/-
* 10,890 sq NA plot just 19 kms from
Mopa Interna onal Airport at Rs.7,50,000/-
* Great opportunity to book a flat with
just Rs.50,000/- at Taloja, (New KharGhar).
Please call for more details.
Interest Free EMI op on available
Full Cheque Payment / No Brokerage
Call: Valen ne
(Valy - Orlem, Malad)9324722468

30 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 31
 VACANCIES AVAILABLE
The following vacancies are available in an unaided English Medium school.

1] Head Teacher Primary sec on H.Sc. D.Ed.

2] Teachers for Secondary sec ons H.Sc. D. Ed. (2 posts)
3] Oce cum Lab Assistant Graduates in any stream, well versed in computer knowledge.

Candidates with above qualifica ons, enthusias c, well experienced and having good English
language skills may please contact the Manager, Infant Jesus High School, Shankarwadi,
Western Express Highway Jogeshwari-East, Mumbai 400 060 within 15 days.

Good Proposals EXCEL ELECTRONICS

INVEST Rs.5000 p.m for 11 years
and receive TAX FREE Rs.27 lakhs /
Rs 2 lakh as Pension for life me for
self n a er death - Rs.2 lakh pension
for Spouse. Life Time cover of Rs. 12
lacs from LIC of India.
For further details contact: Mr.
JOHN FERNANDES
(Member of MDRT The
Premier Associa on of Financial
Professionals)
(Award in Financial Planning India
thru CII U.K)
Repairs all types of Indian & Imported
Wide-choices of Catholic
* LCD, LED, TELEVISION
Brides & Grooms Available:
Contact : * DVD PLAYER, AUDIO SYSTEM
Royal Christian Family, * WASHING MACHINE,
99, Perin Nariman Street, 1st Floor, REFRIGERATOR, MICROWAVE, AC
Nr. GPO, Fort, Mumbai 400001 * COMPUTER
Tel.: 022-22693578, 22654924
Email:royalchristianfamily@gmail.com For Home
Website: www.royalchristianfamily.com Service & More
detail call
Serving the community since 35 years
9820308174
For Advertising in 9322417064
OThe Examiner OThe Secular Citizen
ODIVO Konkani Weekly ORAKNNO and
other Catholic periodicals
Contact:

(Member of the Corporate Club for
agents LIC)
Mobile No:- 9820253459 /
9820608034 Tel No:- 25773458 /
59
Email: johnzeena@gmail.com,
website: www.johnlic.com
U can contact for FREE POLICY
SERVICING / DEATH CLAIMS/
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY
Ad-Master - 9820473103
We have openings for
OEditorialAssistants - rewriters, Stringers,
OPage Designers knowing In-design,
Pagemaker, Photoshop ODistribution-cum-
circulation incharge (having his own two
wheeler vehicle) O Local Representatives.
Contact in person:
AD-MASTER
99, Perin Nariman (Bazargate) Street,
1st Floor, Above Dr. Kothari Clinic,
Near GPO., Fort, Mumbai 400001
BED BUGS, GEL COCKROACH,
WHITE ANTS (TERMITE) RODENT & ETC.
Flats, Society premises, Bungalows, Office
premises, Godown, Hospitals, Hotels, Churches
and Schools.
Contact Person: RAYMOND MIRANDA
MIRANDA..
Cell :# 9820241321, # 9819594482.
Service available also at Thane, Navi Mumbai &
Raigard Dist also.
Office: Military Road, Marol, Andheri (East), Mumbai-400 059.
Our Konkan Div Govt Licence No is 0101/17112/P/E.

Praise Lord Jesus HOME PACKERS & MOVERS AVAILABLE

2BHK New tower 1.65cr in IC Colony
1RK Sale area 325 36L opp d-mart
Dahisar West
1bhk new with swimming pool, garden
etc.. 77L 750 Area in Jankalyan Malad
West 0%Brokerage
1bhk under construc on 71L in Orlem
Malad West 0% Brokerage
Randell Abranches
I C ESTATE CONSULTANCY
9820429916
32 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
Home / Oce Reloca on, Packing &
Moving, Household Transporta on, FURNISHED 1 / 2 BHK / AC HALL
Car Transporta on, Commercial FOR FAMILY/GROUPS AVAILABLE
Shi ing Services. Within City, India,
& Interna onal Too. ON RENT ON DAILY /SHORT
TERM BASIS WITH COOKING
PAC n DELIVER
Contact - Mr. Anuj Sangoi FACILITY. ALSO 2 BHK FOR SALE
Mob-9323673747, Tel -39698399
IN PARRA NEAR BAGA/SALIGAO,
anuj@pacndeliver.com
NORTH GOA.
20 Yrs of Quality Service
CONTACT 9011925812
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 33
 W -I I
FRESHERS CAN APPLY
Vacancy available for Females
below 30 years of age as
Back Oce Sta
J M Technologies
Bandra(w)
Call 9029747346

PROPERTY
Possession 2018
1 BHK - For 77 Lacs
2 BHK - For 99 Lacs
Loca on :
Orlem Malad West.
Launch Oer:
Close to Schools, Colleges, Malls,
Commercial Complex.
Call Now:
Anthony Fernandes
9833873288
34 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
 O Come ye to Calvary @Versova
and walk the Via Dolorosa this Lent
The Greatest man in History, JESUS,
had no servants yet they called Him Master;
had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher,
had no medicine, but was sought out for Healing,
had no army, yet kings feared Him
won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, but still was crucified buried in a tomb,
yet HE LIVES TODAY! and waits for each one of us.
The Via Dolorosa (Via Della Rosa) also known as Jesus' Way of the Cross and 14 stations of the Cross route, marks Jesus' path
after being convicted by Pilate, as one of the most important and meaningful Holy Land attractions to worldwide Christians. Those
who have had the privilege of walking "The Via Dolorosa" in the Holy Land, would have experienced a meaningful Journey full
of Peace, Joy and Satisfaction. However, making the Via Dolorosa Trip to the Holy Land is not practical for the vast majority.
So the alternative is to meaningfully walk the 14 Stations of the Cross in one place and get that inner peace and satisfaction.
Calvary@Versova is one such place in the Archdiocese of Bombay where 15 Stations of the Cross have been errected across the
Grounds of Our Lady of Health Parish in Versova, Andheri West. Every year different Parish groups, Cells and Associations from
across the 10 Deaneries of Mumbai and also the Vasai Diocese find time to make that Journey and walk the Stations of the Cross
expressing the desire to come again. Apart from walking the Way of the Cross, pilgrims find time to visit Institutions in the Parish
viz: the House of Charity and Vimala Convent and spend time with the inmates.
The Church grounds are open to all Church groups from across Mumbai and beyond.
Visiting Groups desiring food arrangements {Breakfast, Lunch, Tea @ Rs.150/- per head (Veg)and @Rs.200/- per head (Non-Veg)} may please
contact Jasmine D'Souza (M:9920303012 / 9820133891) or Peter Lobo (M:9004530603)
Individuals wishing to walk the Way of the Cross can join the Versova Parish when it conducts the Way of the Cross during Fridays of Lent (under
lights) from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm or when the Versova Parish Youth enact the Way of the Cross on Good Friday from 7.00 am to 10.00 am.

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 35

 A W P

 
 

to Mount Mary Basilica
 
 
Organised by The Guild of Mother Mary   

& The Legion of Mary (Comi um)  !"#!$%&"'()

!('!$*!&"'()
On the 11th March 2017

  
  
from St Joseph's Church. Vikhroli (W) at 10.45 pm
 
   
Contact: Tony Dias 9821342611, Salvador Moraes 9920260049    
Anthony Pereira 9930829124 !  "#$%&  '
    (  )  *
+ "   
 ,
*   -  .  % -$    /
 
0# 

+ ,- !.!$
/ 01 2 /3,/%

4/-

5
 + - 1,2 324
43 3  43 3 ,3 434323,
   &  150 5303
1 4423240
/ %& 6 133203
60+/& 7 1 43543 

 2/ 
/ 0 &$ 1 4,5, 5
10, 52

S M T T
10 days all inclusive
Vaca on Group Tours
Darjeeling Kolkata
2nd May - Rs 13990
Jammu Kashmir
(VASAI - WEST) 12th May- Rs 12990
1 bhk for 35 lakhs, Leh Ladakh Srinagar
2 bhk for 55 lakhs 12th May - Rs 16990
3 Bhk for 67 lakhs.
Call 8655118151/
8070272997
Email: tours2016@gmail. com

Manuel DSouza
Cell: 9821275458

Holy Trinity
Interiors
Specialised in:
Unique Glass Altars,
Grottos and Interiors
T123, Gen - Josey House,
Juhu Koliwada, Santacruz (West)
Mumbai - 400 049. Resi.: 2660 3109

36 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017

 Beatles in Town
On March 17, at Mahalaxmi Racecourse Mumbai, to raise funds for children
with cancer.
The Bootleg Beatles Mania, a popular UK band, will be performing live at the
Racecourse on March 17th. For Re-living the magic of the Sensational Four,
the group will be performing all those iconic Beatles numbers. It will be
highly charged entertainment for a worthy cause. All the proceeds will go to
Cherish Life India Foundation,
a non-pro it organisation
that has partnered with the
government-run Sion Hospital
for the treatment of paediatric
cancers. The NGO focuses
on children from the less-
privileged sections of society
who just cannot afford the
high cost of treatment. For
them poverty is the real killer,
says Blanche Saldanha, founder and managing trustee of Cherish Life India
Foundation. So far 13 successful bone marrow transplants have taken place
in the special ward equipped and run by Cherish Life who also maintains
the costs of the nursing staff and consultants needed. The treatment is being
given absolutely free, with Cherish Life paying the costs which amounts to Rs
10lakh to 12lakh per child. Cases of leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood
disorders are also being treated. Patients come from Maharashtra and other
parts of the country for this treatment. Cherish Life aims to set up many
such wards for treating children with cancer. They have all their lives before
them, says Blanche Saldanha. We want to give them that all-important
second chance.

For further details please call:

022-26414793,
and book the donor pass on
bookmyshow.com.

THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 37

38 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017
THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017 39
 Regd.No.MCS/115/2015-17 Without prepayment Licence No. MR/TECH/WPP-125/SOUTH/2017
Posted at Patrika Channel Stg. Oce Mumbai 400 001 every Saturday & Monday RNI 1976/57 Published every Saturday Dt. 25-2-2017.
Total pages Including Cover: 40

Edited, Printed & Published by Fr. Anthony Charanghat for and on behalf of The Examiner Trust (Regn.No.E 10398 Bom.)
Printed at Ace Printers, 212, Pragati Industrial Estate, Delisle Road, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013. Tel.: 22630397 / 98.

40 THE EXAMINER FEB 25 - MAR 03, 2017