“The Church embraces you” Archbishop tells North-easterners, Nepalis

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Over 500 north-eastern Indian students and Nepalis who congregated at the Jesuit-managed St. Joseph’s Boys School November 27th were reassured of the Church’s pastoral care for them with Archbishop Most. Rev. Dr. Bernard Moras saying “Discrimination between black and white is still rampant across the world, but there should be no reason for you to feel discriminated because the Church cares for you and embraces you.ne-1

The Bangalore Archdiocesan Commission for Migrants and Itinerant people is constantly working toward addressing your spiritual and temporal needs. It is important that you come together not just for the Holy Mass and cultural programs but also schedule more frequent meetings together to build up a bonding with each other and address the needs of each other”.

The Archbishop humorously mentioned how you don’t expect to search for Indian curries and masalas (Indian spices) when you travel the globe. ‘when in Rome, be like the Romans’ he said emphasizing on the importance of adapting to different cultures.ne2

The Prelate who thanked the Commission secretaries Fr. Martin Puthussery (sj), Fr. Saju Kalappurdkkal (scj),     Fr. Edward Thomas (sdb) and Sr. Nisha (fsm) for their efforts in communicating the mind of the Church towards migrants and Itinerant people appealed to the gathering to “also work toward bringing migrant workers too under the umbrella of the commission because they are often unnoticed”. President of the Nepali Christian Community, Hormi Shimerey who serves as a top-ranking Police Officer told the gathering “Respect should be commanded by the way of our life and not demanded”. Rector of the Jesuit community, Fr. Antony Joseph was a special guest at the function.

Reporter: Br.James chin sj and Sr.Fultimary RNDM.