Dear Friends, Praise the Lord! Yes, we have a bigger reason to praise the Lord now! We are blessed with a new Bishop. Bishop Thomas Macwan has been ordained as the Bishop of Ahmedabad Diocese on last Saturday, 11th Jan. He is the first Gujarati bishop in the 100 years history of the church of Gujarat.
The Lord has allowed me to participate in the glittering ceremony on Saturday and I could personally meet and congratulate the new bishop. There was a huge gathering of priests and nuns and more than ten thousand people to participate in the gathering. Cardinal Ivan Diaz of Mumbai, all the 3 other bishops of Gujarat and 4 other bishops from various other parts of India graced the occasion. Ahmedabad diocese is now divided into two i.e. Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. Gandhinagar is archdiocese and Bishop Stanlislaus Fernandes is the Archbishop from now on. While working as the Dean of Nadiad deanery, Bishop Thomas Macwan has been putting a lot of efforts to conduct charismatic programs. He has supported Jesus Youth activities wholeheartedly and it was a great boost for us to reach out to the villages. Bishop has now chosen his mission “to serve and to proclaim the Good News”. Please very specially pray for Bishop Thomas and for the whole of Gujarat. Love, Sibi --- "God does not require us to be successful but he expects us to be faithful" (Mother Teresa) __________________________________________________ Sibi Joseph Ahmedabad, India Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
