Joseph Macwan - Amrut Smruti parv

 

Reginaben - JM's wife and other guests lighted the lamp.

A large audience applauded as the lamp was lit by Reginaben Macwan wife of Joseph Macwan at the Amrut Smrutiparv  Samaroh at the Sahitya parishad Hall, Ahmedabad, India on 23rd Oct 2010 at 4.00pm

Releasing of " Jindagi Jeevyano harak" edited by Manilal H Patel.  Indukumar Jani, Raghuvir Chaudhury, Prakash Shah, Sudarshan Iyenkar, Mohanbhai Patel... on the stage

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"Vanchitona Vanothar" A video by Gurjarvani on Joseph Macwan [14 min.] was also shown at the function.

A full hall at Gujarat Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad,India

Joseph Macwan - activist and writer

Photos by Setul Gamit

The sacrament of New Birth or New Life    [ Snansamskar ] is well presented in this DVD in Gujarati [ 30 min.] meant for the Catholics of Gujarat mainly from Ahmedabad diocese. The Video addresses the parents of the little child to be baptized. Bishop Thomas Macwan introduces the video and Francis Parmar S.J. explains the deep meaning of this Sacrament. 

This DVD will be released at Chavdapura  on the occasion of its blessing of the Church of Mother Mary  by Bishop Thomas Macwan.

Devasia M.

Mother Teresa - 100th birth Aniversary celebration Amdavad-5th Sept

The Celebrations were in the  grand new hall on the top of St Xavier's College, Ahmedbabd,India. A large audience attended the function.

The final item was a colorful multimedia programme. Dancers from Nadiad performed wonderfully well in pure Indian dances depicting the activities and messages of Mother Teresa. Jyoti and Elisa did the choreography and direction. Sachin Desai prepared the movie at Gurjarvani studios for the same presentation . Ashok vaghela coordinated the  presentations which were shown in Petald on 29th Aug 2010 and today in Ahmadabad.

 Come back to this blog for more news.

Devasia M

The Lady who took the role of MT at Petlad and Amdavad

Mother Teresa - 100th birth Aniversary celebration Petlad.

The Birth centenary of Mother Teresa was celebrated at Petlad , Gujarat, India on 29th Aug at 4 pm to 8 pm.

Sisters of Mother Teresa - Missionaries of Charity - from Ahmedabad and Vadodara were present for the celebration. People lined up to contribute to the wonderful work done by the sisters in Gujarat for the poorest of the poor. A 40 min multimedia programme and a meal for all who came were the last part of the celebration of the day. In spite of the rain and the mandap collapsing with the rain people gathered in the Church cum hall for the celebration.

See photos at the bottom of the blog.

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Devasia