Rev. Fr. Jose Rev. Fr. Anto Rev. Fr. Lijo Rev. Fr. Litto Kannumkuzhy Kanjirathingal Thaliyath Cheruvallil 1-May 13-Jun 13-Jun 13-Jun Rev. Fr. Satish Jamnik 29-Jun Festal Greetings also to all our Rev. Sisters and Laity, having Patron’s Day in May & June FARIDABAD DIOCESAN BULLETIN SANTHOME MESSENGER DIOCESE OF FARIDABAD-DELHI Volume-12, Issue-2, Mar-Apr 2021 E-mail: [email protected] PATRON ARCHBISHOP KURIAKOSE BHARANIKULANGARA INSIDE MISSION EDITOR PASTORAL LETTER 03 BISHOP JOSE PUTHENVEETTIL CHIEF EDITOR A WRONG SIGNAL FROM JHANSI 07 REV. MSGR. DR. JOSEPH ODANAT [email protected] hÀ¤ob hn¯v hnXbv¡p¶ cmjv{Sob knKv\epIÄ 10 ASSOCIATE EDITOR MR. JOHNSON V.P. CATECHISM 13 [email protected] MEMBERS REV. MSGR. DR. JOSE VETTICKAL INDIAN CHRISTIANS & NATION BUILDING 14 REV. DR. PIUS MALEKANDATHIL MR. A. C. WILSON MS. JESSY JOSE PASTORAL VISIT 16 DESIGNED & PRINTED BY MATHRUVEDHI 19 ROYALTHOTZ, NEW DELHI [email protected] DSYM 20 WEB EDITION MR. THOMAS MAMPILLY OUR PARISHES 22 Published by: Diocese of Faridabad-Delhi Bishop's House, 1B/32 N.E.A, Old Rajinder Nagar New Delhi - 110060 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.faridabaddiocese.in (For Private Circulation Only) MARCH - APRIL 2021 1 Eparchy of Faridabad Hearty Welcome and Best Wishes to New Nuncio is Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Leopoldo Girelli (67) the new HApostolic Nuncio to India & Nepal on Saturday, 13 March 2021. Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was born on 13 March 1953 in Predore, Bergamo in Lombardy region of northern Italy. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 13 July 1987 and worked in the Papal Diplomatic missions in Cameroon, New Zealand and at the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, and finally in the Apostolic Nunciature to the United States where he held the rank of Counsellor. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia on 13 April 2006 and Titular Archbishop of Capreae. He was ordained Bishop on 17 June 2006 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to East Timor on 10 October 2006 in addition to his duties as Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia. On 13 January 2011 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and to Brunei, and non-residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam. He was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Archbishop on 18 June 2011. Leopoldo On 13 September 2017, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Apostolic Girelli Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and on 15 September 2017 he was appointed New Apostolic Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus. Aside from Italian, his mother language, he also speaks Nuncio to India English and French. Thanks and Best Wishes... he Diocese of Faridabad remembers with Tgratitude Rev. Fr. Cyriac Kochalumnkal CST, Rev. Fr. Sebastian Areeparambil CST and Rev. Fr. Julius Karukumthara who return to their home Congregation and Diocese after having fulfilled their pastoral ministry in the diocese of Faridabad. Rev. Fr. Cyriac served the Diocese as Vicar General and Punjab Mission Coordinator and Rev. Fr. Sebastian as Parish Priest and Panniwala Mission Station Director. Rev. Fr. Julius served the Diocese as Vicar at Noida and Jasola, Youth Director and in various other capacities. The whole diocesan community thank them sincerely for their spiritual and pastoral service in the diocese of Faridabad. We gratefully acknowledge their fruitful pastoral ministry and wish them all the best in their future ministries. Adieus... 2 MARCH - APRIL 2021 pastoral letter t\m¼pImew Xncn¨phchnsâ ImeL«w ssZhIr]bmepw ssÈloI knwlmk\¯nsâ at\mKpW¯mepw ^coZm_mZv cq]XbpsS sa{Xm³ BÀ¨v _nj¸v Ipcymt¡mkv `cWnIpf§c k`tbmsSm¶n¨p Xsâ A[nImc¯nÂs¸« CShIIfnse _lpam\s¸« hnImcnamÀ¡pw kzÀ¤ob AknkvtX´namÀ¡pw aäp sshZnIÀ¡pw k\ymkn\ok\ymknamÀ¡pw hnizmknIÄ¡pambn FgpXp¶Xv. 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