Dear Member,
Weekly Announcements from St. Thomas the Apostle Syro Malabar Forane Catholic Church, Dallas, Texas.
1. Sunday Holy Qurbana Schedule
7:00 am: Holy Qurbana in Malayalam
8:30 am: Holy Qurbana in Malayalam
10:30 am: Holy Qurbana in English
8:30 am and 10:30 am Holy Qurbana will be live streamed.
Note: Those attending Holy Qurbana are required to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks and sanitize their hands inside the church.
However, with the COVID conditions currently receding, we will no longer have Holy Qurbana at 7:00 am starting from March 13th.
2. Parish Priest's weekly off
James achan's weekly off day is Monday. Hence, no Holy Qurbana will be held on Mondays starting from March 7th.
3. Include Registration Number to write checks to the church
Please include your church registration number in the check as part of the memo when you write checks to the church. The registration number for your family is available in the October 2021 statement that was sent to you. If you still do not know your registration number, please contact James achan.
4. Lenten Retreat - 2022
The Annual Parish Lenten Retreat for 2022 will be held during the following days:
Friday, April 1st - Sunday, April 3rd (Malayalam) - For Adults
Saturday, April 9th - Sunday, April 10th (English) - For High School and College Students
The Lenten Retreat for both groups will be led by Fr. Martin Chittadiyil, Director & Superior for the Tabor Divine Retreat Center in Kalyan, Mumbai. Please plan to attend this retreat.
5. In-person CCD resumes on March 6th
CCD will be conducted in-person (in the parish hall) at 8:30 am starting on Sunday, March 6th.
6. Marriage Preparation Course (Pre-Cana) 2022
For more details, please send an email to familyapostolate.chicago@gmail.com
Contact:
Fr. Paul Chalissery - (919) 749-7175
Mr. Jose Prakash - (954) 540-7286
7. Solemn First Holy Communion on April 30th
This year's solemn First Holy Communion will be celebrated on April 30th.
8. Inter Parish Sports Festival 2022
Registrations for IPSF 2022 are currently closed. If anyone wants to participate in IPSF, please contact the IPSF coordinators, Mr. Binish Mathew Pampackal @ (972) 799-6855 and Mrs. Tessy Thomas Changankerry @ (469) 618-1715.
Parish-level competitions for individual games will continue to be held in March.
Table tennis tryouts and selection will be conducted after the Spring break.
If you have any other questions and/or concerns, please reach out to the IPSF coordinators.
9. Church Bookings
For church bookings, non-parishioners will be able to book the church 12 months in advance of their event date based on availability. Parishioners on the other hand will be able to book any time prior to their event based on availability.
10. Address, Phone number, or Email Change
If your address has changed, please contact your ward Representatives/Secretary/Trustees/Parish Vicar via text message or email to change the address in the church database.
If your phone number/email or spouse's phone number/email changes, please provide the new contact information to update the church directory.
Emails: Vicar@syromalabarchurchdallas.org, trustee@syromalabarchurchdallas.org, secretary@syromalabarchurchdallas.org
11. Prayer Ministry
If you have a prayer request, please contact the prayer ministry leaders, Mary and Michael Kallarackal at (201) 563-0727. Everyone is welcome to join the prayer ministry and also to be part of the intercessory prayer sessions. Please contact the prayer ministry leaders if you would like to join the ministry.
12. Safe Environment News
The following is a program and service of The National Catholic Risk Rentention Group Inc. - VIRTUS Online
It is important to monitor all environments. Effectively monitoring all ministries eliminates any opportunity for an adult to be alone with a child in an isolated area while in-person or online. Monitoring all ministries also provides the opportunity to be vigilant in identifying any behaviors or situations that must be addressed before they can escalate to abuse, or problematic situations that could condition children to more easily be abused. Please read over the following attachment.
How Monitoring All Environments Contributes to Safety
God Bless You.
Fr. James Nirappel
Kaikkarans (Trustees):
Jimmy Mathew (972) 951-7304
Charly Angadicheril (817) 296-8255
Tony Joseph (469) 951-6639
Jeevan James (972) 375-8763
Liturgy Coordinator:
Jose Paul (972) 589-0434
Parish Vicar:
Fr. James Nirappel (443) 414-2250
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