Fwd: A model priest

[cibu cj]

Is this our father Davis? (who was there in thalore parish)

http://www.indiancatholic.in/news/storydetails.php/13477-1-1-Priest-'s-kidney-donation-inspires-people

> Priest's kidney donation inspires people
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> October 1, 2009
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> KOZHIKODE, India (UCAN) -- A Catholic priest has set a rare example by
> donating his kidney to a Hindu man and at the same time helping to launch a
> new organization that aims to help kidney patients.
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> Father Davis Chiramel who
> donated his kidney to a Hindu man
> On Sept. 30, doctors at a leading hospital in the southern Indian state of
> Kerala surgically transplanted one of Father Davis Chiramel's kidneys into
> Gopinathan Chakkamadathil, who has been ill for the past two years.
> Father Chiramel is pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church Vadanappilly, a
> parish in Trichur archdiocese, where Chakkamadathil lives.
> "I could not find a better way to celebrate the Year for Priests than this,"
> the 49-year-old priest told UCA News two days before the operation.
> He said his gesture was also aimed at promoting kidney donation among
> people, besides helping just one poor family.
> The priest's organ donation helped launch the Kidney Federation of India
> that day. The organization aims to promote kidney donation and raise funds
> to help patients who cannot afford dialysis or transplants.
> Chakkamadathil, an electrician, said the Catholic priest came to his rescue
> at a time when he was "unwillingly" awaiting death.
> "I am a poor man and it was impossible for me to afford a kidney
> transplant," he told UCA News before the surgery.
> The father of two sons, aged five and 11, said he was leading a "quite
> contented life" with his meager income when he contracted a fever in 2007.
> He received "a rude shock" when doctors at a Catholic hospital told him that
> both his kidneys had failed.
> Since then, Catholics of the Vadanappilly parish have supported his
> three-times-a-week dialysis treatment.
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> Gopinathan Chakkamadathil,
> recipient of the priest’s kidney
> Father Chiramel said he heard about Chakkamadathil's illness from his
> parishioners who were trying to raise funds for a kidney transplant. He
> recalled feeling dejected upon hearing the news and had prayed for many
> days. He finally decided to help the poor family by donating his kidney.
> The priest said he did not want to leave the Hindu man to the mercy of
> racketeers who charged exorbitant prices for organs.
> "But it was a painful decision and many people discouraged me," said the
> priest, who is also the general secretary of the Accident Care and Transport
> Services that helps road accident victims.
> Nevertheless, he went ahead with his decision and "by the grace of God, all
> tests showed my kidney was suitable."
> Father Chiramel says the kidney donation was a God-given chance to preach
> through deeds rather than words.
> His decision worried parishioners, however, who organized special prayers
> for his well-being and Chakkamadathil's speedy recovery.
> Father Chiramel "is a model for all of us," Lewis Francis Mangan, a parish
> trustee told UCA News. "The whole parish is behind him because he is doing a
> great thing."
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[Joseph]

Raphael mashu( malayalam)  says its a different Father Davis

Joseph

2009/10/13 cibu cj <cib...@gmail.com>