An article leading to the innermost meaning of the East Syrian Liturgical Year of the Syro Malabar Church and it's practical implications to the spiritual life of the faithful
This article analysis the present situation of faith formation in the Syro Malabar Church and synthesizes those elements to depict what catechesis should be in the present ecclesial context of the oriental churches in India.
Analysis of the present catechetical situation in the Syro-Malabar Church and proposals for a Catechetical renewal from an eastern ecclesial perspective.
God by creating human person in his image and likeness bestowed on him a grandeur that cannot be contested or overlooked. Human life is considered great because of the creative intervention of God right from its beginning. If God is the master of life and its source, then no one else can claim absolute authority over life.
The Church worldwide has been blessed since 1978 with a surge in the number of seminarians. According to data published in L’Osservatore Romano and the Vatican’s statistical yearbook II began his pontificate in 1978;by the end of 2005, that number had grown to 114,439—a remarkable increase of 79.1 percent.
The name “Syro-Malabar Church” was given by Rome to the St.Thomas Christians in the last quarter of the 19th century. This is a Church founded in A.D.52 By St. Thomas, an apostle of Jesus. Its earlier history is shrouded in obscurity.But the reality is that it was a flourishing Church and in Kerala, South India, St. Thomas had established Christian pockets in seven places viz.