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(1 year The Secular Citizen FREE) Contents The New Man In Christian Faith pg. 3 - The New Man In Christian by Ladislaus L D’Souza th Faith he NEW MAN IN CHRIST, the much celebrated theme of the 38 International Eucharistic Congress [IEC] manifested itself in a firm desire pg. 4 - India's Tipping Point in the new man to Live In the Fullness of the Eucharist, Nigel Barrett’s pg. 6 - Reader's Views T film demonstrating at the close of the Diocesan Congress [DC] celebrations at pg. 7 - Let the Spark lChoose Don Bosco’s Grounds, Matunga, on Sunday 7 December 2014 the conviction pg 10 - Rallying lAround The Bread of believer after believer exulting in being Catholic and alive! Carol Barrett did of Life! the honours of confirming that sentiment, wowing as she did the gathering with pg 11 - Views on News her enthusiastic rendition of the theme song I’M CATHOLIC – I’M ALIVE! With pg 15 - Thousands attend feast of all joining in with gusto and without inhibition! St. Francis From Jesuit Fr MM Balaguer’s and Divine Word Fr George Proksch’s pg 16 - How to loose Weight and essaying of the IEC theme in the Indian idiom to the slick presentation on the DC Become Fit theme by Fr Nigel Barrett, Director of the Archdiocesan Communication Centre, pg 17 - New Rules for Cheques the Church in Bombay has come a long way. What lent the right sheen to the pg 18 - Wake up the World 50 Golden Years being commemorated was the sophistication in evidence. The highly modern fusion dances that had smoke and swirling skirts colour the night pg 13 - Inspiration! sky in a delightful medley that was a treat not to be missed. The genial Dr Valerie pg 20 - Matrimonials D’Souza, Coordinator of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Committee, expressed her pg 22 - Allwyn Fernandes Passes liturgical sensibilities in the marvellous floral arrangements that gave every Away picture frame filmed a charm its own! Indeed, those who left a sizeable number of chairs vacant do not know what they have missed! From the Presidential Procession to the Governor’s address, and from the polyphonic singing of the choir under the baton of the affable Mario Nazareth, Subscriptions Rate: Maestro of the Cathedral Choir, to the release of the gas-balloon Rosary at the One year (anywhere in India) Rs. 250 end of the programme—never mind that the Cross remained firmly rooted on Three years (anywhere in India) Rs. 700 terra firma!—was a spiritual, vocal, lyrical, musical and physical portrayal of the Five years (anywhere in India) Rs. 1000 human spirit alive in the Faith! 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A film on the Congress itself had all thrilled at the sight of our beloved Holy Father of happy (Article on pg. 7) (Contd.. on p. 4) 15 December 2014 3 India’s Tipping Point hen Namo thundered from the Red Fort ramparts on In We see defence person- BY CHHOTEBHAI Wdependence Day that what nel in uniform and we re- India needed was more thunder boxes nomenon I will first quote some of the (loos) many of his admirers were spect them. We also see phrases used to describe Gladwell’s askance, thinking that he had a loose book – crossing a threshold, tipping hinge! Not me. I genuinely felt that it police in uniform and we the scales, taking off, wildfire propor- was the most exciting thing to happen tend to detest them. If we tions, epidemic of contagious diseases, since the election of Pope Francis. Let achieving critical mass, exponential me tell you why. see religious leaders overdrive, virulent virus, stickiness; and A seemingly unrelated incident individuals can make a difference. See was the board meeting of the Kanpur wearing a distinctive where I am heading. Electric Supply Corporation (Kesco), So let us follow the case study of held in Lucknow. There was a Rupees dress we are inclined to how crime was arrested in NYC. In One Thousand Crore proposal for the venerate them. What we 1980 it had over 2000 murders and long term restructuring of Kesco, One 600,000 felonies (crimes). Conditions Hundred Crores for immediate wear creates an environ- in the subway transit system were cha- upgradation of transformers and trans- otic, filthy, littered and the 6000 coaches mission lines, and a seemingly innocu- ment, an aura around us. were covered with graffiti. The system ous One Crore for blue uniforms for the was also losing $ 150 million annually staff. The mega projects sailed through, small match can cause a huge inferno. Small is big. Astrophysicists tell us that from ticketless travel. In 1984 there but the uniforms were a sticky point. were 15,000 felonies on the subway Surely not for the money, but perhaps the smallest particles that were formed immediately after the Big Bang of cre- alone, and they climbed to 20,000 by for the idea – a brainwave of Dr Roshan 1990. Jacob IAS, the visionary District Magis- ation pack the deadliest punch. The particle collider at the CERN laboratory In stepped William Bratton, and trate of Kanpur, who was given addi- felonies dropped by 75%. How? By a tional charge of Kesco, because of her in Switzerland is 25 kms in diameter. So small is big, powerful and effective. change of environment. Gladwell administrative acumen. propagates the “Broken Window” What’s the connection between Little things should never be underes- timated. It is in this context that I see the theory. A broken window on a coach is Namo’s loos and Jacob’s blues? Much, indicative of callousness, which in turn, much more than meets the eye. loos and the blues. What their visionar- ies are trying to tell us is; start some- acts as a trigger to petty crime. It sends For this I revert to the gyan that I out a message that such small things picked up from the book “The Tipping where cognizable, to make the effect recognizable.