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http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/news_m/news_m.htm

 

The Catholic church will take up the study of Sanskrit, adapt to monastic life

in an ashram

and adopt the Hindu ritual of aarti during mass if the movement towards

'Indianisation of

the church' gets the nod from 400 priests and five bishops congregating in Pune.

Starting

Tuesday, Pune's Papal Seminary, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its

transfer

from Kandy (Sri Lanka) to the city, will play host to the priests for three

days. Discussions

will cover the state of the church in India and the movement for its

Indianisation. The

Catholic church has already adopted a number of Indian traditions and practices

and has

come a long way, four decades after the historic Second Vatican Council

(1962-65)

brought an epochal shift in the modern church through its declaration on

religious liberty.

Pune's Papal Seminary, which has ordained over 1,250 priests during the past 50

years,

has continued with its modernisation effort along with its associate

institutions such as

the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), formerly the Pontifical Anthenaeum, and the De

Nobili

College. Pune-based Catholic leaders such as Joseph Neuner, Kurien Kunnumpuram,

Francis X D'Sa, John Vattanky and Subhash Anand have been stressing for lesser

control

from the Vatican, to make the church "truly Indian and genuinely Christian".

'Many

Christian priests follow ancient ashram system strictly'. Francis X D'Sa, an

internationally

acclaimed Sanskrit scholar has noted in his paper published in 'Dreams and

Visions: New

Horizons for an Indian Church (2002)': "Today, the time has come for the Indian

church to

shed its image of a multinational company and retrieve those characteristics

which bring

out its 'Catholicity' in the best sense of the word." Pandikattu Kuruvilla,

teacher of

philosophy at JDV and the Papal Seminary's rector, Ornellas Coutinho, explained

that a

number of Indian religious customs and practices have already been embraced by

the

Catholic church to become truly Indian.

 

Courtesy: The Times of India, October 25, 2005

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OTHER RELIGIONS ARE ADAPTING OUR TRADITIONS & RITUALS TO EXPAND THEIR BASE & TO

INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS THEY HAVE . ALSO WE SHOULD'NT FORGET THIS THAT

OURS IS THE OLDEST SYSTEM , WHICH HAS THE NATURAL LAW AS IT'S BASE IT IS THE

TRUTH & FACT THAT , EVER SINCE THE PEOPLE HAD BEGAN WRITTING DOWN THE HISTORY WE

NEVER DID HERE OF AN OFSPRING COMINNG OUT OF MALENESS NOR DO WE SEE ANY MALE

CREATURES LEADING OR FEEDING THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ,TO THE BIRDS PLANTS ,FOR ALL

THE PROCREATIO IS THROUGH FEMALENESS NOT FROM THE OPPOSITE, WE ARE THOSE WHO

FOLLOWS & PRACTICE THIS NATURAL ORDER WHERE ASTHESE PROHPET BASED RELIGEGIONS

ARE PATRYARCHIALLET ALL THESE PEOPLR TRY , BUT THEY CANNOT CHANGE THE

COSMOLOGICAL ORDER OR SYSTEM THE WHOLE COSMOS IS PREVAILED UPON BY HER AND NOT

HE, THE SHAKTI , PARASHAKTI , THE ETERNAL POWER , THE ULTIMATE POWER , MORE

OVER THE WORD POWER IN ANY LANGUAGE, IS TAKEN AS FEMALE GENDER . MY KNOWLEDGE OF

THE LANGUAGE [ ENGLISH ] IS NOT THAT GOOD PLEASE BEAR WITH

THE GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING MISTAKES. JAI MATAJI

 

Arjuna Taranandanatha <bhagatirtha

wrote:http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/news_m/news_m.htm

 

The Catholic church will take up the study of Sanskrit, adapt to monastic life

in an ashram

and adopt the Hindu ritual of aarti during mass if the movement towards

'Indianisation of

the church' gets the nod from 400 priests and five bishops congregating in Pune.

Starting

Tuesday, Pune's Papal Seminary, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its

transfer

from Kandy (Sri Lanka) to the city, will play host to the priests for three

days. Discussions

will cover the state of the church in India and the movement for its

Indianisation. The

Catholic church has already adopted a number of Indian traditions and practices

and has

come a long way, four decades after the historic Second Vatican Council

(1962-65)

brought an epochal shift in the modern church through its declaration on

religious liberty.

Pune's Papal Seminary, which has ordained over 1,250 priests during the past 50

years,

has continued with its modernisation effort along with its associate

institutions such as

the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), formerly the Pontifical Anthenaeum, and the De

Nobili

College. Pune-based Catholic leaders such as Joseph Neuner, Kurien Kunnumpuram,

Francis X D'Sa, John Vattanky and Subhash Anand have been stressing for lesser

control

from the Vatican, to make the church "truly Indian and genuinely Christian".

'Many

Christian priests follow ancient ashram system strictly'. Francis X D'Sa, an

internationally

acclaimed Sanskrit scholar has noted in his paper published in 'Dreams and

Visions: New

Horizons for an Indian Church (2002)': "Today, the time has come for the Indian

church to

shed its image of a multinational company and retrieve those characteristics

which bring

out its 'Catholicity' in the best sense of the word." Pandikattu Kuruvilla,

teacher of

philosophy at JDV and the Papal Seminary's rector, Ornellas Coutinho, explained

that a

number of Indian religious customs and practices have already been embraced by

the

Catholic church to become truly Indian.

 

Courtesy: The Times of India, October 25, 2005

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Have no fear. The SANATANA DHARMA is like fine cream as it will always rise to

the top.

 

"Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinaschaya Cha Duskrtam, Dharmasamstarpanathaya,

Shambavhami Yuge Yuge" (Bhagavad Gita)

 

"For the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked, I advent

myself from age to age" - LORD SRI KRISHNA

 

Please excuse my Sanskrit, as it is not that good.

 

JANARDANA DAS

 

prem menon <premji_13 wrote:

OTHER RELIGIONS ARE ADAPTING OUR TRADITIONS & RITUALS TO EXPAND THEIR BASE & TO

INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS THEY HAVE . ALSO WE SHOULD'NT FORGET THIS THAT

OURS IS THE OLDEST SYSTEM , WHICH HAS THE NATURAL LAW AS IT'S BASE IT IS THE

TRUTH & FACT THAT , EVER SINCE THE PEOPLE HAD BEGAN WRITTING DOWN THE HISTORY WE

NEVER DID HERE OF AN OFSPRING COMINNG OUT OF MALENESS NOR DO WE SEE ANY MALE

CREATURES LEADING OR FEEDING THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ,TO THE BIRDS PLANTS ,FOR ALL

THE PROCREATIO IS THROUGH FEMALENESS NOT FROM THE OPPOSITE, WE ARE THOSE WHO

FOLLOWS & PRACTICE THIS NATURAL ORDER WHERE ASTHESE PROHPET BASED RELIGEGIONS

ARE PATRYARCHIALLET ALL THESE PEOPLR TRY , BUT THEY CANNOT CHANGE THE

COSMOLOGICAL ORDER OR SYSTEM THE WHOLE COSMOS IS PREVAILED UPON BY HER AND NOT

HE, THE SHAKTI , PARASHAKTI , THE ETERNAL POWER , THE ULTIMATE POWER , MORE

OVER THE WORD POWER IN ANY LANGUAGE, IS TAKEN AS FEMALE GENDER . MY KNOWLEDGE OF

THE LANGUAGE [ ENGLISH ] IS NOT THAT GOOD PLEASE BEAR WITH

THE GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING MISTAKES. JAI MATAJI

 

Arjuna Taranandanatha <bhagatirtha

wrote:http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/news_m/news_m.htm

 

The Catholic church will take up the study of Sanskrit, adapt to monastic life

in an ashram

and adopt the Hindu ritual of aarti during mass if the movement towards

'Indianisation of

the church' gets the nod from 400 priests and five bishops congregating in Pune.

Starting

Tuesday, Pune's Papal Seminary, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its

transfer

from Kandy (Sri Lanka) to the city, will play host to the priests for three

days. Discussions

will cover the state of the church in India and the movement for its

Indianisation. The

Catholic church has already adopted a number of Indian traditions and practices

and has

come a long way, four decades after the historic Second Vatican Council

(1962-65)

brought an epochal shift in the modern church through its declaration on

religious liberty.

Pune's Papal Seminary, which has ordained over 1,250 priests during the past 50

years,

has continued with its modernisation effort along with its associate

institutions such as

the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), formerly the Pontifical Anthenaeum, and the De

Nobili

College. Pune-based Catholic leaders such as Joseph Neuner, Kurien Kunnumpuram,

Francis X D'Sa, John Vattanky and Subhash Anand have been stressing for lesser

control

from the Vatican, to make the church "truly Indian and genuinely Christian".

'Many

Christian priests follow ancient ashram system strictly'. Francis X D'Sa, an

internationally

acclaimed Sanskrit scholar has noted in his paper published in 'Dreams and

Visions: New

Horizons for an Indian Church (2002)': "Today, the time has come for the Indian

church to

shed its image of a multinational company and retrieve those characteristics

which bring

out its 'Catholicity' in the best sense of the word." Pandikattu Kuruvilla,

teacher of

philosophy at JDV and the Papal Seminary's rector, Ornellas Coutinho, explained

that a

number of Indian religious customs and practices have already been embraced by

the

Catholic church to become truly Indian.

 

Courtesy: The Times of India, October 25, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Janardana,

 

Well said! It is amazing that Hinduism is the only religion surviving

and thriving even after at least 10,000 years. These days the church

is facing a lot of pressure, their attempts at conversion are not as

succesful as they were in the past. I have noticed that churches in

Kerala have started a "Vidyarambham" (initiation to education) after

observing the huge popularity of this in Hindu temples. But this

church based Vidyarambham has not been very successful, drawing less

than 100 people usually even when Bishops preside over the ceremony.

 

We can expect to see more efforts to Hindu-ify the Catholic church in

the coming years, primarily out of sheer desperation.

 

-yogaman

 

, Janardana Dasa

<lightdweller> wrote:

>

> Have no fear. The SANATANA DHARMA is like fine cream as it will

always rise to the top.

>

> "Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinaschaya Cha Duskrtam,

Dharmasamstarpanathaya, Shambavhami Yuge Yuge" (Bhagavad Gita)

>

> "For the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked,

I advent myself from age to age" - LORD SRI KRISHNA

>

> Please excuse my Sanskrit, as it is not that good.

>

> JANARDANA DAS

>

> prem menon <premji_13> wrote:

> OTHER RELIGIONS ARE ADAPTING OUR TRADITIONS & RITUALS TO EXPAND

THEIR BASE & TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS THEY HAVE . ALSO WE

SHOULD'NT FORGET THIS THAT OURS IS THE OLDEST SYSTEM , WHICH HAS THE

NATURAL LAW AS IT'S BASE IT IS THE TRUTH & FACT THAT , EVER SINCE THE

PEOPLE HAD BEGAN WRITTING DOWN THE HISTORY WE NEVER DID HERE OF AN

OFSPRING COMINNG OUT OF MALENESS NOR DO WE SEE ANY MALE CREATURES

LEADING OR FEEDING THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ,TO THE BIRDS PLANTS ,FOR ALL

THE PROCREATIO IS THROUGH FEMALENESS NOT FROM THE OPPOSITE, WE ARE

THOSE WHO FOLLOWS & PRACTICE THIS NATURAL ORDER WHERE ASTHESE PROHPET

BASED RELIGEGIONS ARE PATRYARCHIALLET ALL THESE PEOPLR TRY , BUT THEY

CANNOT CHANGE THE COSMOLOGICAL ORDER OR SYSTEM THE WHOLE COSMOS IS

PREVAILED UPON BY HER AND NOT HE, THE SHAKTI , PARASHAKTI , THE

ETERNAL POWER , THE ULTIMATE POWER , MORE OVER THE WORD POWER IN ANY

LANGUAGE, IS TAKEN AS FEMALE GENDER . MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE [

ENGLISH ] IS NOT THAT GOOD PLEASE BEAR WITH

> THE GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING MISTAKES. JAI MATAJI

>

> Arjuna Taranandanatha <bhagatirtha@m...>

wrote:http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/news_m/news_m.htm

>

> The Catholic church will take up the study of Sanskrit, adapt to

monastic life in an ashram

> and adopt the Hindu ritual of aarti during mass if the movement

towards 'Indianisation of

> the church' gets the nod from 400 priests and five bishops

congregating in Pune. Starting

> Tuesday, Pune's Papal Seminary, which is celebrating the 50th

anniversary of its transfer

> from Kandy (Sri Lanka) to the city, will play host to the priests

for three days. Discussions

> will cover the state of the church in India and the movement for

its Indianisation. The

> Catholic church has already adopted a number of Indian traditions

and practices and has

> come a long way, four decades after the historic Second Vatican

Council (1962-65)

> brought an epochal shift in the modern church through its

declaration on religious liberty.

> Pune's Papal Seminary, which has ordained over 1,250 priests during

the past 50 years,

> has continued with its modernisation effort along with its

associate institutions such as

> the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), formerly the Pontifical

Anthenaeum, and the De Nobili

> College. Pune-based Catholic leaders such as Joseph Neuner, Kurien

Kunnumpuram,

> Francis X D'Sa, John Vattanky and Subhash Anand have been stressing

for lesser control

> from the Vatican, to make the church "truly Indian and genuinely

Christian". 'Many

> Christian priests follow ancient ashram system strictly'. Francis X

D'Sa, an internationally

> acclaimed Sanskrit scholar has noted in his paper published

in 'Dreams and Visions: New

> Horizons for an Indian Church (2002)': "Today, the time has come

for the Indian church to

> shed its image of a multinational company and retrieve those

characteristics which bring

> out its 'Catholicity' in the best sense of the word." Pandikattu

Kuruvilla, teacher of

> philosophy at JDV and the Papal Seminary's rector, Ornellas

Coutinho, explained that a

> number of Indian religious customs and practices have already been

embraced by the

> Catholic church to become truly Indian.

>

> Courtesy: The Times of India, October 25, 2005

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Visit your group "" on the web.

>

>

>

>

> Terms of

Service.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

>

>

>

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Tru that. Definitely, THE ONLY EXTANT ONE surviving and thriving after 10,000

years and even longer. Some of the ones causing alot of world wide ruckus these

days will ptobably not survive into the next century, let alone for 10,000 or

more years.

 

JANARDANA DAS

 

childofdevi <childofdevi wrote:

Hi Janardana,

 

Well said! It is amazing that Hinduism is the only religion surviving

and thriving even after at least 10,000 years. These days the church

is facing a lot of pressure, their attempts at conversion are not as

succesful as they were in the past. I have noticed that churches in

Kerala have started a "Vidyarambham" (initiation to education) after

observing the huge popularity of this in Hindu temples. But this

church based Vidyarambham has not been very successful, drawing less

than 100 people usually even when Bishops preside over the ceremony.

 

We can expect to see more efforts to Hindu-ify the Catholic church in

the coming years, primarily out of sheer desperation.

 

-yogaman

 

, Janardana Dasa

<lightdweller> wrote:

>

> Have no fear. The SANATANA DHARMA is like fine cream as it will

always rise to the top.

>

> "Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinaschaya Cha Duskrtam,

Dharmasamstarpanathaya, Shambavhami Yuge Yuge" (Bhagavad Gita)

>

> "For the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked,

I advent myself from age to age" - LORD SRI KRISHNA

>

> Please excuse my Sanskrit, as it is not that good.

>

> JANARDANA DAS

>

> prem menon <premji_13> wrote:

> OTHER RELIGIONS ARE ADAPTING OUR TRADITIONS & RITUALS TO EXPAND

THEIR BASE & TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS THEY HAVE . ALSO WE

SHOULD'NT FORGET THIS THAT OURS IS THE OLDEST SYSTEM , WHICH HAS THE

NATURAL LAW AS IT'S BASE IT IS THE TRUTH & FACT THAT , EVER SINCE THE

PEOPLE HAD BEGAN WRITTING DOWN THE HISTORY WE NEVER DID HERE OF AN

OFSPRING COMINNG OUT OF MALENESS NOR DO WE SEE ANY MALE CREATURES

LEADING OR FEEDING THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ,TO THE BIRDS PLANTS ,FOR ALL

THE PROCREATIO IS THROUGH FEMALENESS NOT FROM THE OPPOSITE, WE ARE

THOSE WHO FOLLOWS & PRACTICE THIS NATURAL ORDER WHERE ASTHESE PROHPET

BASED RELIGEGIONS ARE PATRYARCHIALLET ALL THESE PEOPLR TRY , BUT THEY

CANNOT CHANGE THE COSMOLOGICAL ORDER OR SYSTEM THE WHOLE COSMOS IS

PREVAILED UPON BY HER AND NOT HE, THE SHAKTI , PARASHAKTI , THE

ETERNAL POWER , THE ULTIMATE POWER , MORE OVER THE WORD POWER IN ANY

LANGUAGE, IS TAKEN AS FEMALE GENDER . MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE [

ENGLISH ] IS NOT THAT GOOD PLEASE BEAR WITH

> THE GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING MISTAKES. JAI MATAJI

>

> Arjuna Taranandanatha <bhagatirtha@m...>

wrote:http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/news_m/news_m.htm

>

> The Catholic church will take up the study of Sanskrit, adapt to

monastic life in an ashram

> and adopt the Hindu ritual of aarti during mass if the movement

towards 'Indianisation of

> the church' gets the nod from 400 priests and five bishops

congregating in Pune. Starting

> Tuesday, Pune's Papal Seminary, which is celebrating the 50th

anniversary of its transfer

> from Kandy (Sri Lanka) to the city, will play host to the priests

for three days. Discussions

> will cover the state of the church in India and the movement for

its Indianisation. The

> Catholic church has already adopted a number of Indian traditions

and practices and has

> come a long way, four decades after the historic Second Vatican

Council (1962-65)

> brought an epochal shift in the modern church through its

declaration on religious liberty.

> Pune's Papal Seminary, which has ordained over 1,250 priests during

the past 50 years,

> has continued with its modernisation effort along with its

associate institutions such as

> the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), formerly the Pontifical

Anthenaeum, and the De Nobili

> College. Pune-based Catholic leaders such as Joseph Neuner, Kurien

Kunnumpuram,

> Francis X D'Sa, John Vattanky and Subhash Anand have been stressing

for lesser control

> from the Vatican, to make the church "truly Indian and genuinely

Christian". 'Many

> Christian priests follow ancient ashram system strictly'. Francis X

D'Sa, an internationally

> acclaimed Sanskrit scholar has noted in his paper published

in 'Dreams and Visions: New

> Horizons for an Indian Church (2002)': "Today, the time has come

for the Indian church to

> shed its image of a multinational company and retrieve those

characteristics which bring

> out its 'Catholicity' in the best sense of the word." Pandikattu

Kuruvilla, teacher of

> philosophy at JDV and the Papal Seminary's rector, Ornellas

Coutinho, explained that a

> number of Indian religious customs and practices have already been

embraced by the

> Catholic church to become truly Indian.

>

> Courtesy: The Times of India, October 25, 2005

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Visit your group "" on the web.

>

>

>

>

> Terms of

Service.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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when the Hindu aspects are adopted, for eg: the Vidyarambham is on Vijayadashami

day, then atholicism cease o be that and the process of integration of

Catholicism to Hinduism has started.

 

Janardana Dasa <lightdweller wrote:Tru that. Definitely, THE ONLY

EXTANT ONE surviving and thriving after 10,000 years and even longer. Some of

the ones causing alot of world wide ruckus these days will ptobably not survive

into the next century, let alone for 10,000 or more years.

 

JANARDANA DAS

 

childofdevi <childofdevi wrote:

Hi Janardana,

 

Well said! It is amazing that Hinduism is the only religion surviving

and thriving even after at least 10,000 years. These days the church

is facing a lot of pressure, their attempts at conversion are not as

succesful as they were in the past. I have noticed that churches in

Kerala have started a "Vidyarambham" (initiation to education) after

observing the huge popularity of this in Hindu temples. But this

church based Vidyarambham has not been very successful, drawing less

than 100 people usually even when Bishops preside over the ceremony.

 

We can expect to see more efforts to Hindu-ify the Catholic church in

the coming years, primarily out of sheer desperation.

 

-yogaman

 

, Janardana Dasa

<lightdweller> wrote:

>

> Have no fear. The SANATANA DHARMA is like fine cream as it will

always rise to the top.

>

> "Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinaschaya Cha Duskrtam,

Dharmasamstarpanathaya, Shambavhami Yuge Yuge" (Bhagavad Gita)

>

> "For the protection of the good and the destruction of the wicked,

I advent myself from age to age" - LORD SRI KRISHNA

>

> Please excuse my Sanskrit, as it is not that good.

>

> JANARDANA DAS

>

> prem menon <premji_13> wrote:

> OTHER RELIGIONS ARE ADAPTING OUR TRADITIONS & RITUALS TO EXPAND

THEIR BASE & TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS THEY HAVE . ALSO WE

SHOULD'NT FORGET THIS THAT OURS IS THE OLDEST SYSTEM , WHICH HAS THE

NATURAL LAW AS IT'S BASE IT IS THE TRUTH & FACT THAT , EVER SINCE THE

PEOPLE HAD BEGAN WRITTING DOWN THE HISTORY WE NEVER DID HERE OF AN

OFSPRING COMINNG OUT OF MALENESS NOR DO WE SEE ANY MALE CREATURES

LEADING OR FEEDING THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ,TO THE BIRDS PLANTS ,FOR ALL

THE PROCREATIO IS THROUGH FEMALENESS NOT FROM THE OPPOSITE, WE ARE

THOSE WHO FOLLOWS & PRACTICE THIS NATURAL ORDER WHERE ASTHESE PROHPET

BASED RELIGEGIONS ARE PATRYARCHIALLET ALL THESE PEOPLR TRY , BUT THEY

CANNOT CHANGE THE COSMOLOGICAL ORDER OR SYSTEM THE WHOLE COSMOS IS

PREVAILED UPON BY HER AND NOT HE, THE SHAKTI , PARASHAKTI , THE

ETERNAL POWER , THE ULTIMATE POWER , MORE OVER THE WORD POWER IN ANY

LANGUAGE, IS TAKEN AS FEMALE GENDER . MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE [

ENGLISH ] IS NOT THAT GOOD PLEASE BEAR WITH

> THE GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING MISTAKES. JAI MATAJI

>

> Arjuna Taranandanatha <bhagatirtha@m...>

wrote:http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/news_m/news_m.htm

>

> The Catholic church will take up the study of Sanskrit, adapt to

monastic life in an ashram

> and adopt the Hindu ritual of aarti during mass if the movement

towards 'Indianisation of

> the church' gets the nod from 400 priests and five bishops

congregating in Pune. Starting

> Tuesday, Pune's Papal Seminary, which is celebrating the 50th

anniversary of its transfer

> from Kandy (Sri Lanka) to the city, will play host to the priests

for three days. Discussions

> will cover the state of the church in India and the movement for

its Indianisation. The

> Catholic church has already adopted a number of Indian traditions

and practices and has

> come a long way, four decades after the historic Second Vatican

Council (1962-65)

> brought an epochal shift in the modern church through its

declaration on religious liberty.

> Pune's Papal Seminary, which has ordained over 1,250 priests during

the past 50 years,

> has continued with its modernisation effort along with its

associate institutions such as

> the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), formerly the Pontifical

Anthenaeum, and the De Nobili

> College. Pune-based Catholic leaders such as Joseph Neuner, Kurien

Kunnumpuram,

> Francis X D'Sa, John Vattanky and Subhash Anand have been stressing

for lesser control

> from the Vatican, to make the church "truly Indian and genuinely

Christian". 'Many

> Christian priests follow ancient ashram system strictly'. Francis X

D'Sa, an internationally

> acclaimed Sanskrit scholar has noted in his paper published

in 'Dreams and Visions: New

> Horizons for an Indian Church (2002)': "Today, the time has come

for the Indian church to

> shed its image of a multinational company and retrieve those

characteristics which bring

> out its 'Catholicity' in the best sense of the word." Pandikattu

Kuruvilla, teacher of

> philosophy at JDV and the Papal Seminary's rector, Ornellas

Coutinho, explained that a

> number of Indian religious customs and practices have already been

embraced by the

> Catholic church to become truly Indian.

>

> Courtesy: The Times of India, October 25, 2005

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Visit your group "" on the web.

>

>

>

>

> Terms of

Service.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditions Divine

 

 

 

 

 

Visit your group "" on the web.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit your group "" on the web.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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