Year of Faith in the Exarchate

Year of Faith Celebration in the Exarchate

The celebration of the Year of Faith, declared by the Holy Father for the Universal Church, was officially inaugurated in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate by His Excellency the Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Mar Eusebius on November 17 in the St. Thomas Syro-Malankara Catholic parish, New Jersey during the Exarchate Pastoral Council Meeting.

The Year of Faith observances in the Exarchate are aimed at deepening our faith, our rootedness in the Gospel values, our commitment to our Church and at bearing better witness to the values that we have inherited as a Church, as families and as individuals.

Specific Activities:
  1. An ongoing faith formation program designed for all our parishes. A few faith formation teams are formed who will carry out this ongoing faith formation program in all the parishes.
  2. An ongoing Bible Study program is initiated, which will be carried out on parish levels. In order to facilitate this, an Exarchate level Bible Quiz competition is arranged. The rules and regulations of the competition are given below.
  3. In the Year of Faith, an Exarchate level Bible Convention lasting for three days also is arranged. The convention will be held on July 11, 12 and 13 in New York. The preacher is Rev. Fr. Boby Jose Kattikadu.
  4. The concluding celebration of the Year of Faith in the Exarchate shall be on November 23, 2013.
  5. The Year of Faith prayer for our families and parishes is given below.