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SYNODAL NEWS BULLETIN of the SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH Vol SYRO-MALABAR MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CURIA SYNODAL NEWS BULLETIN OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH Vol. 24 Nos. 1 - 2 December 2016 MOUNT ST. THOMAS, KAKKANAD EDITORIAL BOARD Mar Pauly Kannookadan (Chief Editor) Mar Jose Puthenveettil Fr. Antony Kollannur (Editor) Fr. Sebastian Vaniyapurackal Fr. Paul Robin Thekkath .................................................................... Published by Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Curia P.B. No. 3110, Kakkanad P.O., Kochi 682 030, India Design & print Viani Printings, Kochi Phone : 0484 2401635 CONTENTS Editorial...........................................................................................................04 XXIV SYNOD (2016), SESSION 1 Inaugural Address...........................................................................................08 Report .............................................................................................................13 Decisions ........................................................................................................35 Concluding Address........................................................................................38 XXIV SYNOD (2016), SESSION 2 Inaugural Address...........................................................................................42 Report .............................................................................................................47 Decisions ........................................................................................................87 Concluding Address........................................................................................94 PASTORAL LETTERS / CIRCULARS / DECREES Pastoral Letter on Sabhadinam – Malayalam (2016) .....................................99 Pastoral Letter on Sabhadinam – English (2016) .........................................104 Circular at the time of Kerala Elections ........................................................108 Circular after XXIV Synod (2016) – Session 1- Malayalam .......................... 112 Circular after XXIV Synod (2016) – Session 1- English ............................... 117 Circular after XXIV Synod (2016) – Session 2- Malayalam ..........................121 Circular after XXIV Synod (2016) – Session 2- English ...............................129 Circular on the Erection of the Eparchy of Great Britain and the Appointment of the Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar Faithful Residing in Europe ..........................................................................136 Decree of Appointment of Rev. Fr. Jose Pulickal, Auxiliary Bishop of Kanjirapally ....................................................................140 Decree of the Erection of the Eparchy of Great Britain for the Syro-Malabar Faithful .......................................................................142 Decree of Appointment of Rev. Fr. Joseph (Benny Mathew) Srampickal, Bishop of Great Britain .................................................................................143 Decree of Appointment of Rev. Msgr. Stephen Chirappanath, Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar Faithful Residing in Europe. ..........145 Activities of the Major Archiepiscopal Tribunal .............................................147 Statement of Accounts of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia ...........................156 EDITORIAL The Pontificate of Pope Francis is characterized by the word “mercy”. The very motto he chose to mark his pontificate was “miserando atque eligendo” meaning that his election as Pope was a merciful act of God. In his inaugural address to the XXIV Synod, Session 2, the Major Archbishop Mar George Alencherry pointed out that “this is a paradigm shift in Episcopal and Priestly ministry which Pope Francis has inaugurated and has challenged immensely every Christian and also non-Christian. The Holy Year of Mercy and his two encyclicals, Lumen Fidei and Laudato si and the Apostolic Exhortations, Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia, have given a new direction in the vision and mission of the Church”. The celebration of the Holy Year of Mercy (Decem- ber 8, 2015 - November 20, 2016) was carried out in the whole Church in full vigour. In the words of the Major Archbishop in his inaugural address to the XXIV Synod, Session 1, “more than on celebrations, the emphasis for the Year of Mercy is on the ob- servance of the fundamental virtue of mercy that the Holy Father wishes to inculcate in Christian life and activities especially in the pastoral practice of the Church. The Church in India too and our eparchies in particular have taken deep interest in awareness cre- ation and organization of activities for the Holy Year of Mercy.” The theme of “mercy” reverberated also in the Major Archi- episcopal Assembly held at Sahrudaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara in the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda during the XXIV Synod, Session 2, from 25-28 August 2016. The Synod had chosen the triple themes of ‘Simplicity in Life, Witness in Family and Mission of the Migrants’ for the Assembly and had its line- amenta entitled: The Responses of the Church to the Challenges of Today - Simplicity in Life, Witness in Family, and Mission of Migrants. In fact the theme of simplicity gained greater promi- nence in the discussions during the Assembly than the other two themes. The instrumentum laboris of the Assembly highlighted the fact that “for people of all walks of life and religious affilia- tion, every parish, religious house and institution should become a welcoming place where they experience the providence and protection of the Father, forgiveness and mercy of the Son and the loving communion of the Holy Spirit.” Again mercy is seen to be the thread that runs through all the three themes of the Assem- bly: Simplicity in life is not merely for the sake of simplicity, but motivated by the genuine desire to imitate the Lord who emptied himself for the sake of the other and compassion for those who lack everything by becoming merciful as the Heavenly Father is merciful. This is the one quality which every Christian family is specially called to witness – to make the face of Christ accessible to everyone through their lives. The mission of the migrants can- not be limited to construction of institutions, but more than that it is projecting the face of the merciful God wherever they are planted in the providence of God. The canonization of Mother Teresa on 4 September 2016 was indeed a high point of the celebration of the Year of Mercy. In his homily during the canonization ceremony, Pope Francis declared that “Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for every- one through her welcome and defence of human life, those un- born and those abandoned and discarded. She was committed to defending life, ceaselessly proclaiming that “the unborn are the weakest, the smallest, the most vulnerable”. It is a proud moment for all Indians when Mother Teresa was canonized as St. Teresa of Kolkata, inviting every Indian to emulate her example of mer- cy. The Syro-Malabar Church too marked the event with special thanksgiving prayers in churches and participating in the national events of commemoration in Kolkata, Delhi and Trivandrum. In this year of mercy, the Syro-Malabar Church too received some special blessings in the area of pastoral care of her migrant faithful. On 28th July this year, the election of Fr. Joseph (Ben- ny Mathew) Srampickal, as the Bishop of the eparchy for the Syro-Malabar Faithful in Great Britain with Preston as its See and Mgr. Stephen Chirappanath, as the Apostolic Visitator of Europe with Episcopal rank was announced. Besides strengthening our efforts for providing pastoral care to our faithful in the diaspora, it gives a better opportunity for us to bear witness to the merciful face of the Father, living our faith tradition more effectively in these parts of the world. As the Syro-Malabar Church is gearing herself up for the forthcoming jubilee of her elevation to the Ma- jor Archiepiscopal status, we can hope for greater juridical per- fection as well as much more effective evangelization mission and pastoral care activities. These were some of the important themes and events that en- gaged the attention of the two sessions of the XXIV Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church. In this issue of the Synodal News (Vol. 24, Nos. 1 – 2, December 2016) we have included documents relating to the two Sessions of the XXIV Synod held in the year 2016. Besides, there are Pastoral Letters and Cir- culars, Documents related to important ecclesiastical provisions and other usual items. It is hoped that these items will help the readers to be informed of the major events and discussions in the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church. XXIV Synod (2016) Session I 07 – 12 January 2016 8 XXIV SYNOD (2016) SESSION 1 7-12 JANUARY 2016 INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE MAJOR ARCHBISHOP My dear Brother Archbishops and Bishops, Praise be to Jesus Christ! Cordial welcome to all of you to the present Session of the Synod! Having been spiritually refreshed by the joyful experience of ordaining the new priests of our Church, we are assembled to have the Synodal experience of praying, reflecting and making decisions for the good of the Church and the society. Let us thank the Lord for the gift of 281 new priests this year (144 diocesan and 137 religious priests of whom 28 will be ordained in the com- ing months) for our Church. We will have the New Priests’ Day celebration someday after Easter once
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