Holy Family Syro-Malabar
Catholic Mission
Newsletter- Vol 4, Issue No.46, July 26th
Phone: 623-328-5784
Liturgy
Every Sunday at 4:00 PM until
Catechism resumes at:
Our Lady of Fatima church
1418 S 17th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Weekday
Mon - Sat at 8.30 AM at:
Father’s residence
1st Friday – Qurbana &
Adoration at 6.30 PM
Detailed Schedule-Sunday
3:00 PM: Catechism for
Children
Rosary, Novena
Praise & worship
4:15 PM: Holy Qurbana
5:30 PM: Social Hour
Director
Fr. Mathew Munjanatt
2936 N 81st Avenue,
Phoenix, AZ- 85033
Phone: 623-328-5784
Finance Details
Income for July 12th & July 19th:
$1530.00
Building Fund: $1400.00
Total Church fund: $23,208.21
Total Building fund: $72,574.14
Thank you all for your
contributions. Please note the
suggested amount per month is
$50.00 for subscription and
$100.00 towards building fund
Website: www.holyfamilychurchphx.org
St.Alphonsa-Path to Sainthood
On July 27th we celebrate the feast of St.Alphonsa-first woman saint of India.
It’s a day of great happiness for all of us. At this juncture it would be
important for us to contemplate on the life of St.Alphonsa to understand how
she attained sainthood.Alphonsa is usually noted for her acceptance and love
of suffering and pain. Her acceptance and love for suffering and her growth
in the path of sanctity through such suffering and pain opens up the depth of
her relationship with and in Jesus Christ and what became for her an
experience of the redemptive value of suffering when joined to His suffering.
This is what in fact makes her worthy of the honor of the altar universally.
A letter written by St.Alphonsa reveals the redemptive dimension of the
suffering of Christ as well as her own adherence to it giving an immense value
of discipleship. She writes: “Since only grief and suffering have fallen to the
lot of my divine Spouse Jesus, I too lovingly embrace them, and my soul is at
peace, though my body continues to be tormented. For the last seven years I
have ceased to be my own, being given over entirely to my Divine Spouse.
You know all that; and now let the Lord do as He will with me. It is not a
cure I am anxious for, but only that His Holy Will be fulfilled in me.”
Thus, behind the suffering what St.Alphonsa cheerfully accepted is the truth
of a living and loving encounter with Jesus Christ. She denies herself. She dies
to herself. She forgoes everything imaginable of a personal sense of
ownership or belonging. She becomes a person living in Christ so that all her
sufferings and pain are not thought to be experienced apart from Christ but
in Christ and with Christ. Christ was the centre of Sister Alphonsa’s life and
character and not self. She dethroned herself to enthrone Christ, and made
Him, with unerring vision, the focus of her life.
The life of St.Alphonsa will remind Christians of the central mystery of the
Christian faith, the redemptive suffering and death of the Lord and the Love
which it revealed. Her veneration as a saint will always be the remembrance of
the crucified Lord.
Lord Jesus, you who cured the sick, and laid a healing
hand upon the lame, the blind, and the crippled, look with
compassion upon all the people who are sick. Heal them
.
and give them the strength to bear their sorrow and offer
it up to you who suffered so much for us.
The grace of God has appeared…..Titus 2:11
Holy Family Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission July 26th 2009

Announcements BIBLE Quiz

1) Bible Study for the prayer
meeting - Mathew-Chapter 4.
2) Catechism classes for children
will resume from the month of
August.
3) Registration forms for
catechism will be available from
the first week of August.
Feast Day
July 27th is the feast of
St.Alphonsa.
Wishing all the parishioners of
Holy Family Syro Malabar
Catholic Mission a very happy
feast…….
Annual Retreat
The annual retreat will be held
on September 25, 26 & 27 by
Fr. Alex Vachaparambil ofm.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
1. There were totally how many generations from Abraham to the
birth of the Messiah?
2. What is the meaning of the name “Immanuel”?
3. After the death of Herod, his son succeeded him as the king of
Judaea.What was the name of Herod’s son?
4. Before beginning his work, when Jesus heard that John had been
put in person, he left Nazareth and went to live in a town by lake
Galilee, what was the name of that town?
5. In the gospel of St.Mathew, Jesus says false prophets come to
you looking like _________ on the outside, but on the inside they
are really like ______________.Fill in the blanks.
6. Jesus sent out his 12 disciples giving them authority to drive out
evil spirits and to heal every disease and every sickness but he
asked them not to go to two places. Name them.
7. Even after Jesus performed miracles, two towns do not turn
away from sins. Which are these two unbelieving towns?
8. In the gospel of St.Mathew, when the teachers of the law and
Pharisees asks Jesus to show a sign, Jesus says that the evil and
adulterous generation will not be given any sign except for the sign
of________________.
9. In the parable of the weeds, the Man who sowed the seed is the
______________, the field is the __________.Fill in the blanks.
10. In the gospel of Mathew, which is the chapter that mentions the
"Parable of the Mustard seed?
Answers should be sent to the following email –id
newsletterholyfamily@gmail.com
Also please include your names in the mail.

Answers for previous issue: 1.Day and Night, 2.Eden, 3.Dove/Raven,

Happy Anniversary to all
the parishioners celebrating their
anniversary this month.
4. Slingshot, 5. Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior, 6.Children of God
7. St.Mark, 8.Adam, 9.Abraham, 10. Gold, frankincense and myrrh.
.
Questions(current issue): Taken from the gospel of St.Mathew
Winner will be announced on the following Sunday through a draw.
Winner of the last issue: Aaron Joseph

* The First Holy Communion and Confirmation will be held on October 18th 2009. Preparation classes
for the First Holy Communion and Confirmation are conducted on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

New Parish Members

Hearty Welcome to all the newcomers. Members who have not yet registered are requested to contact
Fr.Mathew Munjanatt or Mr. Thomas Chacko to fill in the registration forms.
Honor your father and your mother………Exodus 20:12