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FOREWORD

The first ever Youth Assembly of the MCYM at the ETRI level was held at Pune in the month of February this year. The Assembly gave out a clarion call to the Malankara Youth in the ETRI to evangelize the whole of India. It suggested Neo Evangelization as a first step towards achieving this glorious mission envisaged by Mar Ivanios, the venerable first Archbishop of the Malankara Catholic Church. The Assembly challenged the youth to bring about a spiritual renewal in their personal lives and to spread the fruits achieved by the same into the Church and the human society at large. This year MCYM Ulhasnagar aspires to respond to this challenge put forth by the Youth Assembly and to take up the evangelizing mission of Christ Jesus in our lives. As Christian youth, we earnestly desire to embark upon a spiritual journey and to serve as willing companions to those who accompany us on this path. “Set your house in order…” (2 Kings 20: 1). Taking the cue from the prophetic saying of Prophet Isaiah to King Hezekiah to set the house of Judah in order, we wish to set our house, MCYM Ulhasnagar in good order as a first step in our evangelizing mission. The blog(name) has been designed as a humble beginning to this daunting endeavour. It is intended to act as a ceaseless reminder to us while engaging in this challenging task. While soliciting your prayers and support, we invite all good souls to join hands with us and get filled with the Word so that together we may bring about the evangelization of our motherland.

MCYM-ULHASNAGAR
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Director:   Fr. John Britto OIC
Sister-in-charge:   Sr. Jobin SIC
President:  Mr. Jithin James
Secretary:  Ms. Anju Mathew
Treasurer:  Mr. Sheejo Jose
Vice Presidents: 1) Mr. Jithin Abraham   2) Ms. Merin Sabu
Jt. Secretaries: 2) Ms. Jissy Ninan
Jt. Treasurer:  Mr. Joicy Thankachan
Animators:  1) Mr. Anil Mathew   2) Mrs. Achamma Philip

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*Carol Competition : December-2013

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Sunday, 14 October 2012

A Life Story of our Pithavu Mar Ivanios


         
“Be proud of being Catholics .Let your holiness and good examples be a guiding torch to the non-Catholics.”- Mar Ivanios.
The late archbishop his grace Mar Ivanios OIC was born on September 21, 1882 at Mavelikara. Mar Ivanios took birth in the famous “Mallitta”Panicker family belonging to the Malankara Orthodox Church. Mar Ivanios was baptised under the name Geevarghese. Young Geevarghese was a brillant student and joined MD Seminary at the age of 15. On April 20,1898 Geevarghese received Minor orders and was sent to Madras Christian College for higher studies. There Geevarghese obtained his Masters Degree .  On September 15,1908 Geevarghese was ordained as a priest by his Grace Vattasseril Mar Dionysius. Just after the ordination Fr. P.T.Geevarghese was appointed as the Principal of M.D.Seminary,Kottayam. Later this young principal moved to Calcutta (Kozhikode) accepting an invitation to teach in the Serampore College. During his stay in Calcutta (kozhikode),Fr. P.T.Geevarghese concentrated his attention on the possibility of the formation of a monastic community as an instrument of spiritual renewal within the Syrian  Orthodox Church,which was facing many internal and external problems.
In this attempt he was well inspired by the Christain and Hindu monastic traditions. After making the necessary arrangements to begin such a form of life,he resigned his professorship at Serampur and started the community on August 15,1919 at Mundanmala,Ranni to which he gave the name Bethany Ashram,which  is officially known as Order of the Imitation of Christ(OIC). Within no time, Bethany Ashram and its beloved founder came to the limelight of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and Fr. P.T.Geevarghese OIC was consecrated Bishop of Bethany on May 1,1925 and he received the new name MAR IVANIOS OIC. His relentless search for truth in the ascetic atmosphere of Bethany Ashram led him to the firm conviction to unite with the catholic church. On September 20,1930 Mar Ivanios together with Mar Theophilos OIC and most of the members of the Bethany Ashram  embraced the Catholic Faith. Later ,the  re-union movement gained rapid momentum under the leadership of Mar Ivanios OIC, giving birth to the Malankara Catholic Church.Mar Ivanios , Metropolitian Archbishop understood that only by uniting with the Catholic Mother Church and with the pope of Rome, the church over here will obtain the perfection of unity envisaged by jesus and permanent solution for the problems of the native Church would ensue. Thus, Geevarghese Mar Ivanios , Metropolitian is the prophet of unity, who gave leadership to the re-union movement. As a lover of nature and a man of great vision,Mar Ivanios OIC rightfully earned the title of “Newman of the East” even before his demise on July 15,1953.
Mar Ivanios  had a towering personality that the Indian Church has seen even after St. Thomas, the Apostle of India. The unity and love among the Individual Churches of the Catholic Church is an example to us. Let us try to bear witness to unity through living in love and unity.
-ANJU MATHEW
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