November 2010

© St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church, Toronto

MONTHLY EVENTS November 2010 Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 5

Nov 6 Women’s Prayer

Meeting - Raju & Kochumol’s Resi-dence (6:30pm)

Nov 20 Ecumenical Carol

Festival Nov 26 & 27 Christmas Carolling

2:00 PM Malayalam Class 2:30 PM Sunday School 3:30 PM Song Practice 4:00 PM Prabhatha Namaskaram 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Confessions 4:30 PM Holy Qurbono

Contact Information: Fr. John Kuriakose, 222 Ridley Blvd, Toronto, ON, M5M 3M6 Tel: (416) 485 7781 [email protected]

Sunday Liturgy

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Inside the Issue Photos 2

6 New Saints 5

MCYM Day 6

Month of Rosary 9

Exarchate I naugurated! B ishop Thomas M ar Eusebius I nstalled Sounds of chenda melam, horns and clanging cymbals were filled in the atmosphere as Syro-Malankara Catholics from all over North America jumped for joy as they welcomed Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius, the newly elected Exar-chate for the Syro-Malankara Catholics in the United States. The Bishop-elect is also appointed Apos-tolic Visitator of the Malankara Catholics in Canada and Europe by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. The ceremony for the installation was held at Bishop Kellenberg Me-morial high school in New York. Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebius, 49, was born in Mylapra, Kerala, India, and ordained a priest in 1986. As a known scholar, he holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome, and has served as a parish priest and seminary professor. He was ordained a bishop September 21 in India. The new ex-archate was inaugurated on Sept 21, 2010 during Holy Qurbono. Bishop William Murphy preached the homily at Mass. The installation ceremony, which was conducted in Malayalam, also included represen-tatives of the Syro-Malankara clergy, religious and laity, who knelt

before the new bishop as a sign of fidelity. In order to install the Bishop, the bishop was seated in a chair and lifted up three times by a group of priests. He then blessed the congregation, the people of God entrusted to him the Malankara Catholics all over the United States and Canada. After the liturgy, there was a public meeting in which Bishop Murphy lit the large golden lamp that shows the beginning of the public meeting. Bishop Thomas M a r Eu seb iu s w as g i v e n "felicitations" and good wishes by several bishops and lay people. At the conclusion, the new bishop thanked "the Divine Providence that gave me a share in the grace of his priesthood," and acknowledged the "serious responsibilities" he was taking on. The Malankara commu-nity from Toronto would like to con-gratulate our Bishop and wish all the best for his success.

- Tom M.


“I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree

with one another so that there may be no divisions among

you and that you may be per-fectly united in mind and

thought.” 1 Corinthians 1: 10


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We are Blessed with 6 New Saints to the Church The Catholic Church recog-nizes 10 Canadian saints. Eight of them - canonized by Pius XII in 1930. Eight were Jesuits whom the Church considered martyrs during the settlement of New France. The others - beatified as confessors - were recognized during the papacy of Pope John Paul.

St. Isaac Jogues St. Antoine Daniel St. Jean de Brébeuf St. Gabriel Lalemant St. Charles Garnier St. Noël Chabanel St. René Goupil

St. Jean de La Lande While Canadians are focused on the canonisation of our nation's newest saint, Br. Andre Bessette (see page 3), the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will in fact canonise five other people on October 17, 2010. Here's a glimpse of who these people are, and why they are important.

Stanislaw Soltys Stanislaw Soltys Kazim-ierczyk was a Polish priest who lived in the Fifteenth Century.

He was born in Lubelskie in east-ern Poland in 1433. Stanislaw entered religious life at the age of 23, in the Canons Regu-lar of Corpus Christi Church. He quickly gained a reputation as a preacher, confessor, theologian and philosopher. His reputation earned him the title of "Blessed Stanislaw", and by the first year after his death, 176 "blessings" were attributed to him. One of these blessings was an-

nounced by the King of Poland, who said Stanislaw had helped him defeat the invading Tatars. Stanislaw was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 18, 1993.

Camilla Battista da Varano Camilla Battista da Va-rano was born a Princess in Camerino in central

Italy on April 9, 1458. Despite her wealthy noble family background, at the age of 23 she decided to join a poor order of nuns in the Italian city of Urbino. Her father, a Prince who was ini-tially opposed to his daughter's religious vocation, eventually re-stored a monastery in Camerino so Camilla could be close to her fam-ily. In 1502, her family was persecuted and her father and brothers were killed. She fled to a small town in southern Italy. Camilla writes in her biography that she had a number of mystical experiences during her life which led to her resolute love of Christ. She died on May 31, 1524, during the plague.

Candida Maria de Jesus Candida Maria de Jesus

was born as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola in Guipuzcoa in north-ern Spain on May 31, 1845. In 1871, Candida founded a new congregation, called Hijas de Jesus (Daughters of Jesus) for educating children in the Christian faith, and for the advancement of young women in the city of Salamanca. She took on the name Candida

Maria de Jesus after founding the congregation. She opened several more schools during her lifetime. Some of these schools were purely for educating children. Others served as Sunday school for young women who were domestic workers during the week. Candida was renowned for her un-wavering trust in the Virgin Mary, and for her modest way of living. She died on August 9, 1912. Giulia Salzano

Giulia Salzano was born on October 13, 1846 in Caserta in southern It-aly. At the age of four, her father died and she

was sent to the Royal Orphanage of St Nicola La Strada. She was raised by the Sisters of Charity until the age of 15. Giulia earned her teaching diploma and taught at a school in Casoria, Naples. She became increasingly interested in teaching catechism to children and young adults, and encouraged devotion to the Virgin Mary. Later in life, Donna Giulietta, as she was affectionately known, founded the Congregation of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She died in Naples in 1929, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in April 2003. Due to her charism, she is consid-ered the Prophetess of the New Evangelisation.

Mary Helen MacKillop Mary Helen MacKillop (15 January 1842 – 8 August

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Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month

GENERAL INTENTION Drug Addicts and Victims of Every Form of Dependence That victims of drugs or of other dependence may, thanks to the support of the Christian community, find in the power of our Saving God strength for a radical life-change. MISSION INTENTION The Continent-wide Mission in Latin America That the Churches of Latin America may move ahead with the continent-wide mission proposed by their bishops, making it part of the universal missionary task of the People of God.

Give thanks to the Lord! Thanksgiving Day is a time for our family and friends to get together and to give thanks for all we have been given. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Mon-day of October. Its history dates back to when the first Europeans arrived in North America. As the harvest season came to end, they celebrated with a large feast for their good fortune and abundance of food. This tradition has been

carried on since and con-tinues to be one of the ma-jor holidays in North America! During these times of cele-brations, let us also remember

to give thanks to the Lord for eve-rything that he has done. As it states in 1 Chronicles 16:8, “Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among nations what he has done”.

- Lynn B.

MCYM Day Celebration Being Catholic is a privilege

and a gift from Jesus Christ our Lord. But being part of MCYM is our right; one of many gifts from our God. Malankara Catholic Youth Movement set her journey dating back to Nov. 27th of 1967 at Vennikulam, Kerala. It was for-mally launched however in Feb. 28, 1968. There were namely 2 in-spirations that led to the formation of MCYM in our Malankara church. First one was due to the extensive discussion on the role of Laity in the Catholic church in light of one of the topics in, then recently finished Vatican Council II (Lumen Gentium, Ch.4, ‘The Laity’; 30-38). Second inspiration was be-cause of the fight between religious and social organizations against the second communist regime in 1967. This Spirit given movement has been flourishing for the past 4 decades and continues to do so through the youths of the Ma-lankara Church.

Four major objectives of our Movement is as listed below:

1. Formation of value based

young generation in the Church. 2. To facilitate the practice

of faith life in the family, church and in the society through the youth

3. To empower the youth to undertake the catalytic role to bring about a just society based gospel values.

4. Organizing the youth to articulate responses against dehu-manizing forces in the society. On the 17th of October, 2010, we were able to celebrate the MCYM day. Inauguration by a pro-cession, raising of flag and singing the MCYM Anthem before the Mass were awe inspiring. After the Mass, we had presentations and Quiz competitions (Jeopardy) be-tween the parishioners. It was a blessed day reminding us how far we have come and how far we are yet to go. May God be praised through this movement in Toronto. MCYM Toronto would like to thank our community for all their sup-port and encouragement.

- Sebin A.

Give thanks to

the Lord, call on

his name; make

known among

nations what he

has done 1 Chronicles 16: 8

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Liturgy of the Month

Week Gospel Readings Epistles

Nov 7 Hudos Eetho (Renewal of the Church) John 2: 13-22 Cleansing the Temple

Rev 21: 1-8 Ephe 4: 17-24

Exodus 32: 1-14 Proverbs 16: 1-19 Ezekiel 8: 1-6

Shiju Thomas

Nov 14 Luke 1: 5-25 The Birth of John the Baptist Is Announced

Acts 3: 17-26 Rom 4: 13-25

Genesis 17: 15-22 Proverbs 1:7-19 Malachi 4: 1-6

Jason Thomas

Nov 21 Luke 1: 26-38 Annunciation to Mother Mary

1 John 3: 1-10 Heb 13: 1-6

Genesis 3: 8-15 Judges 13: 1-7 Isaiah 7: 10-17

Simon Plamthottam

Nov 28 Luke 1: 39-56 Visitation of Mother Mary to Elizabeth

1 Peter 2: 1-10 1 Tim 2: 8-15

Genesis 18: 1-15 1 Samuel 2: 1-11 Isaiah 29: 17-24

Joy Powath

Old Testament Readings & Readers


We are Blessed with 6 New Saints to the Church cont inued . . . 1909) was an Australian Roman Catholic nun who, together with Father Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Since her death she has attracted much veneration in Australia and internationally. MacKillop is the only Australian to have been beatified (in 1995 by Pope John Paul II). On 17 July 2008, Pope Benedict XVI prayed at her tomb during his visit to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008. On 19 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI approved the Church's recognition of a second miracle attributed to her intercession. It was announced on 19 February 2010 that her canonisation is due to be for-mally declared on 17 October 2010, making her the first Austra-lian saint. After her canonisation she will be known as Saint Mary of the Cross. Mary MacKillop died on 8 August 1909 in the Josephite convent in North Sydney, and was laid to rest at the Gore Hill Ceme-tery, a few kilometres up the Pacific Highway from North Sydney.

After her burial, people continu-ously took earth from around her grave. As a result, her remains were exhumed and transferred on 27 January 1914 to a vault before the altar of the Mother of God in the newly built Memorial Chapel in Mount Street, Sydney.

Canada’s Own Saint

Andre Bessette Alfred Bessette, later known as An-dre, was born in Quebec in 1845. He was so weak when he was born that his parents baptised him soon afterwards, fearing he would not

survive. Physical ai lments persisted throughout his life, and as a result he moved quickly through jobs. At the age of 25, he presented him-self as a candidate at the novitiate of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Montreal. Here, he was given the name Brother Andre. At the time he was desperate, jobless and could not read or write. Andre was deeply devoted to St Jo-seph, and urged the sick and trou-bled who visited him to pray to the saint for assistance. Pretty soon, people reported that their prayers had been answered, and Brother Andre became known as "The Miracle Man of Montreal". He would often work for 6-8 hours a day receiving visitors. He died at the age of 92, in 1937, shortly after commissioning the building of St Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. It is estimated that one million people visited his coffin when he died. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 1982.

- Br. Jobin T.


The Church does not make a saint – it recognises a saint. Can-onisation is the act by which the Holy Father declares in a definitive and solemn way that a Catholic Christian is actually in the glory of heaven, intercedes for us before the Lord and is to be publicly ven-erated by the whole Church. Canonisation is the act by which the Holy Father declares in a de-finitive and solemn way that a Catholic Christian is actually in the glory of heaven, intercedes for us before the Lord and is to be publicly venerated by the whole Church. Canonisation is a double statement – about the life of the person and also about the faith of the people who are alive at this moment. They are as much a part of the canoni-sation as the person who is being recognised. When declaring a saint the Church looks at: The life of a person. It looks at what the person did, how she reacted to the events of life, what people wrote and said about her, what she wrote or said herself. For a martyr the Church looks at the death of a person and consid-ers the reason for the death and the circumstances surrounding the death. The question of continuing devo-tion. When the person died did the people keep the memory alive? Is the person still alive in the faith of the people? Is her life continuing in the people? There are two major steps in the process of canonisation, beatifica-tion and canonisation.

Beatification Beatification is both a process and a stage on the way to canonisation. The ceremony of beatification is the public declaration that a person has lived a heroically holy life, is with God, has the power of inter-cession with God for us and is a model for the faithful. Beatification recognises that the person is a saint for a particular region, for a particular group of people or for a religious congrega-tion but not for the whole Church or the world. It permits this person to be honoured by special liturgies and prayers in the local place. How Does a Person get Beati-fied? All baptised persons are called to holiness and many persons are holy. Beatification and canonisa-tion give a public recognition that the person is worthy of veneration because the holiness of life has been proved. The beatification process begins in the diocese where the person died or where a miracle is claimed to have occurred. Beatification is a pre-requisite for canonisation. There are two phases: one in the diocese where the person died, and one in Rome. The Diocesan Phase In the diocesan phase the writings and stories of the person are col-lected and examined. Further evi-dence is also rigorously collected to establish the heroicity of virtue. In addition there is an examination of cures that could be de-clared miracles. One cure is cho-sen for study in the diocese where

it occurred. The Roman Phase

All the information collected in the diocese is sent to Rome where a panel of medical specialists give an opinion as to whether the cure could be explained by scientific means. Then theologians and car-dinals study whether the cure can be attributed to the intercession of the person. Heroicity of virtue also needs to be established. If these outcomes are positive the person is decreed to be “Venerable”. Follow-ing these two decrees, recommen-dations are made to the Holy Fa-ther who then decides if the person can be beatified. If beatification is successful the next step in the process is canonisation. Canonisation The recognition of a miracle verifies that the person is with God and has intercessory power with Him. The Blessed person does not grant the favour herself but intercedes with God on behalf of those who ask the favour.


The Process of Canonisation

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Altar Schedule - November

As you all may know, in the Church the month of October is called the month of the Rosary. This month is dedicated each year to Our Lady of the Rosary, Mother Mary. Millions of people all over the world honour the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the love and protection they received by the lov-ing intercession of our Mother. We do not worship Mother Mary, but instead we give veneration to her because she is the Mother of God. We give more importance to her because God favoured Mary out of all to give birth to our Saviour and so she intercedes for us sinners who are on Earth. The Virgin Mary is seen as the most compassionate human being because of her will-

ingness to let go of her desires to say ‘yes’ to God’s wishes. Since most of us see Mary as a motherly figure, we turn to her for support just like a child who runs to their mother for comfort. We remember that she is a human who gave birth to the Son of God and so we ask for her prayers, compassion and love to be with us always. When we face hardships and suf-ferings in our day-to-day earthly life. She loved, served, and wor-shiped the God Almighty through out her earthly life. Being the chil-dren of God we must be more open to Mary’s intercession. She always intercedes for us and a classic ex-ample of Mary’s intercession oc-curred at the wedding feast of

Cana. The prayer we make through the intercession of Mother Mary will never be turned down. We have to develop a habit of saying the Rosary every-day. When we recite the Rosary contemplating the mysteries of Christ we will experience the peace, happiness and she will help us to meet our needs through God. Mother Mary will always bring God’s blessings and graces to our life. Hence, let us honour our Mother by reciting the Rosary daily.

- Shanjani M.

October, The Month of Rosary

COMMEMORATION NOVEMBER 3RD

METROPOLITAN POULOSE MAR PHILOXINOS The Titular Metropolitan of Chayyal

FEAST DAY NOVEMBER 13TH HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REV.

YOOHANON MAR CHRYSOSTOM Metropolitan of the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta

FEAST DAY NOVEMBER 29TH HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REV.

DR. GEEVARGHESE MAR DIVANNASIOS Metropolitan of the Eparchy of Puthur

FEAST WISHES FEAST WISHES


At present, for canonisation proof is required that another miracle has occurred since beatification (previously two miracles after be-atification were required). The proof of such a miracle must be rigorously studied, as for beatifica-tion, in the diocese where it hap-

pened. The documentation is pre-sented to Rome, where the Cause is reopened. When all evidence is accepted by both the medical experts and the theologians, the Holy Father issues the decree for canonisation and the ceremony, generally held in Rome, can proceed. The title of “Saint” is granted. Canonisation means that the saint will now be recognised world-wide and venerated as a saint for the universal Church. The feast-day is listed in the universal Church cal-endar and the liturgy and prayers may be universally used. Miracles The intercessory power of the per-son being studied is usually estab-lished through the proof of a mira-cle. The subject of a miracle is usually the cure of an organic ill-ness so that there can be scientific proof of the fact.

A second miracle is presently re-quired as verification that this per-son is worthy of universal cult. For a cure to be declared a miracle there are two aspects to be exam-ined – the theological and the medical.

Theological Did the cure take place and did it happen in the context of prayer to God through the intercession of the holy person? It is God who does the curing. Medical Was the cure beyond normal medi-cal and scientific explanation? This proof is by documentary and anec-dotal evidence. Six elements need to be examined: Did the person really have the ill-ness? Was there a valid diagnosis? Is there proof, that at another point in time, the illness was gone? Is there proof that the cure was not brought about by medical or surgi-cal means? Is there proof that it was outside the normal curative process? Is there proof that the cure was complete? Is the cure permanent? Before a cure can be examined, for most illnesses, 5 years must elapse from the time of cure for an adult and 10 years for a child.

- Br. Jobin T.


The Process of Canonisation cont inued . . .

Prayer in Praise of the Saints How shining and splendid are your gifts, O Lord

which you give us for our eternal well-being Your glory shines radiantly in your saints, O God

In the honour and noble victory of the martyrs. The white-robed company follow you,

bright with their abundant faith; They scorned the wicked words of those with this world's power.

For you they sustained fierce beatings, chains, and torments, they were drained by cruel punishments.

They bore their holy witness to you who were grounded deep within their hearts;

they were sustained by patience and constancy. Endowed with your everlasting grace,

may we rejoice forever with the martyrs in our bright fatherland.

O Christ, in your goodness, grant to us the gracious heavenly realms of eternal life.



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- Neil T.



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