Christmas Greetings

[Louis]

> We wish you and your family:
> a Merry Christmas,
> a Joyous Holiday Season
> & Health and Happiness in 2011

> From
> Louis and Meena Machado
> (our visit to India has been great so far)
> Attaching a couple of u tube video links - Enjoy
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-5ar30_tgg>
>
>

[Vilas]

Wish you "Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year 2011".
May GOD bless you

Regards,

Vilas, Julie, Risa & Evan
9819860052

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Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 6:28 AM
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Subject: {Swabhimani Vasaikar} Christmas Greetings

We wish you and your family:
a Merry Christmas,
a Joyous Holiday Season
& Health and Happiness in 2011

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[Michael Gonsalves]

Dear Friends,

 

My worry:

 

    It is alarming to see the parliament going from bad to worse in discipline, politicians becoming more and more corrupt, the rich becoming richer and the poor poorer. The country seems to be heading for anarchy!
At this Christmas Jesus reminds us of the simple yet peaceful life; and see how LOKASATTA, a renouned Marathi news paper of Mumbai depicts Jesus on page 16: as having a glass of beer in one hand and a lighted cigarette in the other on very Christmas day! How do you expect you, the news media to help improve the situation? Nirbhay Jana-manch at Nirmal Naka in Vasai burnt the copies of Lokasatta in public to show our disgust! 

DOWN WITH LOKSATTA!

 

Fr. Michael G.
    * President, Indian Catechetical Association.
    * President, Marathi Khristi Literary Parishad.

   *Director, Faith-Formation Centre, Vasai Diocese. 

•     Guide: Apang Seva, Vasai.
•     Guide: SamaajajivanShuddhi Abhiyaan      

     Jeevan Jyotee, Girij, Vasai (W), 401201, India.

    Mobile: 9326433487. http://bloggers.com/MichaelG, micha...@yahoo.co.in

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

1. Christmas week: Story-telling programmes in Vasai.

2. Marathi adaptation work of CCBI catechism series "In His Footsteps"

3. 9-11 Feb 2011: Indian Catechetical Association XV GBMeeting in Udaipur.

4. March-April: Lenten discourses in Vasao. 

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From: Louis <loum...@yahoo.ca>
To: loum...@yahoo.ca
Sent: Fri, 24 December, 2010 6:27:39 AM

Subject: {Swabhimani Vasaikar} Christmas Greetings

[Sunil D'Mello]

Dear Father,

 

It was never expected from a reputed newspaper like Loksatta, that too when they have a responsible editor like Ketkar. I feel, it was all fixed, it was like a paid news (including Suvarta fiasco), otherwise they would have used Infant Jesus'  photo on the occasion of Christmas.

 

One more thing about Suvarta December issue, when the administrator of Suvarta came to know about the disgusting photo of Jesus he/she should have stopped the distribution and asked the concern press to replace the cover with the correct content but unfortunately they chose to stick to the same back cover and distributed the issue. This photo of Jesus (and various other) is on net for a long time now and I wonder how the proof reader or the concerned person missed it before finalizing the issue, after all it was the back cover and not a middle page.

 

I have written a letter to Ketkar to express the concern and disgust.

 

--

dmellosunny's blog
http://dmellosunny.blogspot.com/

Thanks & regards,
Sunil D'mello
Proud to be a "Swabhimani" Vasaikar.

[Nixon Rodrigues]

Similar mischief was played in Orissa,

http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2010/12/28/angry-orissa-christians-protest-jesus-caricature/

but people in Orissa showed their unrest, what about vasaikars ?

why our bishop of vasai  has not said anything to media about this mischeif  ?

will suvarta clarifies to readers , what was hidden behind the back page Ad and 

why they are so much greedy for Ads, Content is losing its value due to heavy ads

by getting in this issue , suvarta is going away from its mission but nobody is bothered,

everybody wants to milk it.

Finally who will bell the cat ?

Nixon

[Michael Gonsalves]

Orissa, Kerala and Vasai!

Angry Christians protest Jesus caricature

Christians and others in Orissa have protested against a politician’s Christmas card that caricatured Jesus. The card from Manohar Randhari depicted an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus holding cigarette in one hand and a beer can in the other. Randhari is a member of the ruling Biju Janata Dal, a regional party in the Orissa state legislative assembly. Irate Christians blocked roads in various parts of Nawarangpur district on Christmas Day to protest the card. They lifted the ban after Randhari apologized saying some of his followers printed the card and the printer had played the mischief. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur said the controversy was “unfortunate” and the caricature showed “lack of sensitivity or ignorance” about Christmas. The prelate also said the legislator should be aware of the symbols of other religions lest he hurts their sentiments. Harish Aishalya, public relations officer of the opposition Congress party supported the protest against the “derogatory” picture. Father Upasi wants the legislator to spend time in a church to atone for his “irresponsibility.”

The incident in Orissa follows a similar one last week in Kerala where youth of a local parish protested after a weekly newspaper portrayed Jesus in a similar pose in Cherthala. Around 50 youth of Cherthala parish along with Catholic Living Community burned copies of the weekly Kerala Kaumudi and shouted slogans in front of its office before Christmas. The weekly published an interview of the archbishop of Trivandrum on his visit to the Holy Land along with photo of Jesus with a cigarette and glass of liquor in his hand. “The incident is uncalled for. Things would have been worse if the same incident had happened in other religions,” Father Sebastian Manickathan, the parish priest, told ucanews.com. The priest said, “it seems they have done it purposely but after seeing the protest, they are trying to justify it.” People expressed their anger through sporadic protests at different places. The editors of the publication asked for an apology.

The same picture of Jesus was published by Loksatta, the prominent Marathi daily of Maharasthra in its Christmas issue. The people e in Nirmal, Vasai burnt the copies of the daily in public on 26^th December.

What’s happening? A racket cooked well? All our Catholic publications like Suwarta and The Examiner should be extra careful in publishing ads with Chritian pictures!

(Source: ucanews.com)

 

Fr. Michael G.
    * President, Indian Catechetical Association.
    * President, Marathi Khristi Literary Parishad.

   *Director, Faith-Formation Centre, Vasai Diocese. 

•     Guide: Apang Seva, Vasai.
•     Guide: SamaajajivanShuddhi Abhiyaan      

     Jeevan Jyotee, Girij, Vasai (W), 401201, India.

    Mobile: 9326433487. http://bloggers.com/MichaelG, micha...@yahoo.co.in

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

1. Christmas week: Story-telling programmes in Vasai.

2. Marathi adaptation work of CCBI catechism series "In His Footsteps"

3. 9-11 Feb 2011: Indian Catechetical Association XV GBMeeting in Udaipur.

4. March-April: Lenten discourses in Vasao. 

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Cc: Michael Gonsalves <micha...@yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Fri, 31 December, 2010 12:36:17 PM
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