Aug2020

Christ The King Knanaya Catholic Church, New Jersey 67 Fitch St, Carteret, NJ 07008 Issue 5 - Aug 2020 Inside this Issue - Pastor's Desk - Faith Corner - Relationship & Mutual Understanding - Farewell by Catechists, Youth Ministry & PRO Pastor's Desk tremendous support, love and cooperation which I have received for the past 8 years. I firmly believe that Dear Friends in Christ, the gems shared by our community are treasures of Glory to God. It is a humbling and joyful family values, faith, tradition and devotion. Let these treasures be cherished, protected, nourished and experience to think about how this Church started as a shared. You are the founding fathers and mothers of mission with a handful of believers and see how today it this magnificent Church. We together have made has transformed into a vibrant faith filled community. history. We can truly be proud of what we have Were it not for the Lord we would not have achieved or accomplished in such a short time. reached where we are today. God has worked through each and every one of us and He has taken our Christ the May Christ the King bless our community and King family to glory. let us together make it an example of God’s presence and service to all people. Let us always remember and In the Bible we read about a miraculous feeding keep this miracle in our hearts and minds for all ages of five thousand. When Jesus saw the large crowed His to come. Our Church is truly a blessing and a gift from heart was filled with pity for them and He healed their God and we should never ever forget this even for a sickness. When His disciples came to Him and said “It is moment. I am so proud to say that it was a blessing already very late so send the people away and let them go from God that I got the opportunity to serve you all in to the villages to buy food for themselves. “They don’t this Tri-State area. have to leave” answered Jesus. “You yourselves give them something to eat”. All we have are five loaves and two Be assured of my prayerful support for our fish, Jesus said BRING THEM HERE TO ME. Christ the King family, that it may continue to grow in faith, hope and charity. Through this Church may In the same way a few years ago when we started many divine blessings comes to you each time you thinking about a new Church all of us thought “How can it enter it to worship the living God who has made His be possible?” “What do we have?”, we had very few dwelling among us “My dwelling place shall be with parishioners and limited financial resources, but we all them” says the Lord, “And I will be their God and they came together and brought what little we had and placed it will be my people” (EZ:37:27) in Jesus’s hands and prayed and we came together as a parish,worked as a team with unity, faith and - Fr. Renny Kattel, Pastor perseverance, always keeping this goal and vision in mind of building a sanctuary and house dedicated to our God and God in turn did great and mighty deeds for us and performed a miracle by giving us this beautiful Church. Yes, there where challenges and struggles through these years of spiritual growth but during these years we saw the countless ways of God’s providence and His guidance at every step of the way. I wish to take this opportunity to thank all the parishioners, especially our dedicated Trustees and Parish Council Team, our dynamic youth and CCD family for the Page | 1 Christ The King Knanaya Catholic Church, New Jersey Issue 5 – Aug 2020

Martyrdom of Ordinary Life: Fortitude Our Lord is a God who deeply understands the weakness and brokenness of human nature. As Christ was preparing for His passion, He promised His disciples that He would not leave them abandoned but after Him would come the Holy Spirit, the Advocate. Although the disciples did not fully understand what He meant, Jesus knew that all men and women would need help in living a faithful life; which is why we need the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, we are given seven gifts which help sustain the Christian life. One of those gifts is ‘fortitude’ which the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines as “the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life” (CCC 1808). For Christians, then, the model and source of fortitude is Christ himself. He provides us with a constant example, going to the extreme of giving up his life for love of us. He also tells us that \"without me, you can do nothing.\" Christian fortitude makes it possible for us to follow Christ day after day. Fortitude helps us realize that true happiness lies in following God's will, even though fear, prolonged effort, mental or physical suffering, or danger may mask that fact, or threaten to put us off course. From the beginning, Christians considered it a privilege to suffer martyrdom, for they recognized that it meant full identification with Christ. Throughout history, the Church has kept up the tradition of giving particular veneration to martyrs, those who by a special gift of grace, shed their blood to proclaim their faithfulness to Jesus, thus offering the supreme example not only of fortitude, but also of Christian witness. Although there have been martyrs in every age, especially our own, for most Christians these days it is unlikely that we will ever be in that situation. Nevertheless, as Pope Benedict XVI has reminded us, there is also a \"martyrdom of ordinary life\", a testimony that today's world needs very badly. There is the silent and heroic testimony of \"so many Christians who live Christianity without compromise, fulfilling their duty and dedicating themselves generously to the service of the poor.\" Here our eyes turn naturally to our Blessed Mother, for she stood at the foot of her Son's Cross, giving an example of extraordinary fortitude without suffering physical death, to such an extent that she can be truly called a martyr without dying, as in an ancient liturgical prayer: \"Blessed be the Virgin Mary who at the foot of the cross merited the palm of martyrdom without dying.\" As St Josemaría wrote, \"Marvel at Mary's courage: at the foot of the Cross, with the greatest of human sorrows – there is no sorrow like her sorrow – filled with fortitude. And ask her for that same strength, so that you too can remain beside the Cross.\" May we as Christians, call upon the Holy Spirit for this special gift to rise up to the challenges we face today. Through the mystery of Jesus Christ, we know that “our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Rom 8:18). Although many of us will not be called to martyrdom, we are called to be witnesses of the gospels and joyfully unite our daily struggles and challenges to the Cross. Our dear St John Paull II writes “There are many, a great many manifestations of fortitude, often heroic, of which nothing is written in the newspapers, or of which little is known. Only human conscience knows them ... and God knows! I wish to pay tribute to all these unknown courageous people. To all those who have the courage to say \"no\" or \"yes\", when they have to pay a price to do so! To the men who bear an extraordinary witness to human dignity and deep humanity. Just because they are unknown, they deserve a tribute and special recognition.” Come Holy Spirit and teach how to endure our daily crosses and provide us with Your gifts and fruits to persevere in this life and pursue the Heart of Christ. Amen. - Anita Malika

Relationships & Mutual Understanding I would like to talk about how we encounter relationships in our day to day life. The word Relationship simply means the way in which two or more people, groups, and countries behave toward and deal with each other. According to Anthony Giddens PHD, a British Sociologist, “a relationship will only carry on being successful as long as the relationship is meeting the individual’s partners needs and they benefit from it”. Let us analyze some of the essential factors from our daily practical lives which may positively influence our relationships: 1. Effective two-way communications: Communication is the two-way process of reaching A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING in which participants not only exchange information’s, ideas, and feelings but also create and share a meaningful dialogue. Do you think we are communicating effectively as always? Obviously, your answer may be Yes, but in the reality, it’s NO. In order to communicate effectively, your way of communication should be kind, honest, and consistent. Without consistent communication, your relationship will not survive. The more you communicate with each other, the closer you will be. 2. Mutual-Understanding: Mutual-Understanding is empathy towards each other. Whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other. Having a mutual understanding of each other’s feelings, needs and, wants are essential to maintain such mutual understanding. Here I’m going to share some tips which I think can help you to foster your mutual understanding ability: (a)Think before you speak. (b) Accepting each other’s flaws. (c) Taking a step back to calm down. (d) Being real and transparent. 3. Self-Love: Self-love is your ability to recognize and prioritize your happiness and well-being in everything you do in your day to day life. You need to love yourself first in order to get into a relationship and to sustain that relationship. 4. Self-Respect: This is always the name of the game without further explanations. 5. Mutual-Trust: Trust is the faith you have in someone that they will always remain loyal to you and love you. To trust someone means that you can rely on them and are comfortable confiding in them because you feel safe with them. 6. Being able to admit mistakes and to talk about them: No one is perfect. We all have faults and make mistakes. We need to learn to understand and let go of mistakes from you or your partner. Sincerely talking about mistakes that happen in a relationship is a key to solving many of the inter-personal relationship problems. This will help bring peace and joy into your relationship. As a conclusion, Compassion, Acceptance, and Forgiveness are three cornerstones of any relationships. These are the key qualities that will help you throughout your relationship even through the difficult times. Especially during the present COVID-19 pandemic, these cornerstones will be helpful to remember. There are some things you just can’t fix it in a relationship but you accept it, adjust it, and move on. It reminds me of the old adage - \"Known is a drop; unknown is an ocean\". Weathering the storms together is a big part of what relationships are all about! - Joseph Ammakil

Farewell & Best Wishes ! ! Thank you Renny Achan for everything you Thank you Acha for all your support and dedication towards have done for the NJ community. We hope we us and our church. You have always been a great inspiration all continue to make you proud. Good luck with by guiding us and leading us. You have built a great faith everything ahead! -Anu Kuplicatt formation within our community, especially within our CCD kids. We will continue to pray for you and wish you all the Thank you Renny Acha for all the hard work you best in your future journey. Please continue to pray for all the did for our Parish. Especially beginning our new Christ the King families. - Neethu Thomas Muthalupidiyil parish and for the leadership in all our church activities. May you continue to be sustained by Renny Achan has been a beacon of hope for our His grace, and your life in God’s service always parishioners. He always welcomes everyone with both open be filled with joy. - Jancy Vaipel arms and an open heart. As we all know he has guided all of us through finding a church and establishing a home for our Thank you Acha for all your service to our parish. These past 8 years have shown his dedication in church and to us. We will always keep you in spending countless hours with our youth to ensure they were our prayers. May our Lord, in whose place taken care of both spiritually and emotionally. Renny achan you stand as priest, give you continuing grace your reputation precedes you in so many ways. It isn’t just to teach, guide, and sanctify his people. the work you have done with us, but everywhere your grace - Juby Kizhakkepuram has been felt. You will be greatly missed by our parish but we know you will be in good hands. God bless you on your Thanks Acha for putting our NJ community journey. - Ashley Mathew Attumalil on the map. Hope you do well in your future churches – Michael Kuplicatt Dearest Renny Achen, It has been a privilege to have known you for the past 8 Renny acha, You are a wonderful inspiration to years (even the short time Smruthin has known you). You everyone. Thank you for all your prayer and always have a welcoming and warm smile. You have always support to our church especially the youth and been proactive with the youth and adults alike, making you a CCD. You will be missed. We will continue to favourite among all. I know many of us looked forward to pray for you and all the best wishes in your future coming to church because of that. Thank you for the journey. Keep us in your prayers and may God immense amount of work you put into our church. Thank bless you. - Nimmy Thomas Muthalupidiyil you for the sincere care and concern you always show for each and every one of us (you knew all our names so well!). Dear Acha, you’ve been a great leader for our Thank you for making our church a family always worth parish and so inspirational to the youth. We coming home to. Best of luck and May God bless and guide cannot thank you enough for the wonderful times you in all your future endeavors. We will miss you! Best we’ve had with you from the picnics to the wishes. - Christine Smruthin Kunnumpurathu camping trip. We will all miss you and hope you all the best in your new parish. Nobody can Dear Renny Acha replace all the memories you have created for us Thank you for always being there for us - kids, youth & here at CTK. - Aneena Vaipel adults alike. You have been a great spiritual director, mentor and a friend to us. You have always managed to Thank you so much Renny Acha for all you make time for us irrespective of your schedule & the have done for our church. Your service and the distances that you had to cover. You will always be good that God has brought us through you will remembered for your radiant smile, melodious voice, not be taken for granted. We wish you the best friendly & approachable personality & the ability to in your future ministry - Justin Kuplicatt remember anyone you meet by names. You are the first priest that I have worked very closely with and you will A Truly Great Priest always hold a special place in my hearts and lives. Wish Is hard to find & you all the best in all your life endeavours. May the grace Impossible to forget. and peace of Our Lord be with you in all you do! You will surely be missed but remembered in our prayers! - Fini Manthuruthil

We Will Miss You ! ! Dear Renny Acha Dear Renny Acha I really want to thank you for everything you have You have been with us for the past 8 years, and have done for us and our church. The way how you lead the church is always something someone can learn from. spearheaded our greatest achievement as a parish; The skill to remember every single person and be our own church. 8 years is a long time. It’s the present everywhere as much as possible to participate is also great. Will be praying for you and wish you all entirety of my adult life. Achan has been there with the best. Please pray for our family and everyone at us as one among us. It’s easy to see why he would church. - Nevil Thomas Muthalupidiyil be upset to part ways with New Jersey. He has been so invested in us as a community. All of us look up to him as a spiritual leader and mentor, and most of us consider him a friend too. He has personally guided me in many ways. He made me the youth Dear Renny Achan, On behalf of the entire CTK Youth, we would like to leader and gave me an opportunity to develop my express our deepest gratitude for how you have leadership skills. For every program related to the mentored us throughout these past 8 years. Your youth, he was always very involved. We all know desire to bring the Lord to our hearts effortlessly and meaningfully has truly transformed what it means to his drive to excel at everything he does, and he be a young person in the Knanaya Catholic demands the same drive for perfection and Community. Thank you for all the personal sacrifices, known and unknown, that you have made so that we excellence from us too. Because of his constant may be the parish that we are today. We look forward support and guidance, I was able perform well in my to how the Lord will guide us in the years to come, ministry. At this time, though I’m sad to see him go, but also recognize that none of it would be possible I wish Renny Achan all the very best and God’s without the foundation that you have helped to form blessings. I’m sure God will enable Renny Achan to through your dedicated service. We hope to make you do great things wherever he goes, just like he did in New Jersey. Till we meet again Renny Acha, God bless. - Bonny Kattuveetil Dear Renny Acha, proud as we will continue to practice what you have taught us, and will always have the utmost gratitude Thank you for being such an important and active for your time and dedication. With so much love, part of our community for the past 8 years. It’s - Ninchu Valiyakallumkal weird to think of our parish without you there- you were always ready to do anything for our youth ന്യൂജേഴ്ിസ ക്ാന ന്ായക്കരുടെ സുവർണ്ണ and our community. I wish you all the best in കാലഘട്ടമായിരുന്നു ടെന്നി അച്ചടന്ാെ് Dallas and hope to keep in touch. Please keep us in your prayers. With love and prayers. ഒത്തുള്ള കഴിഞ്ഞ എട്ടു വർഷകാലം എന്നത് - Neethu Valiyakallumkal സംശയാദീന്മായി പെയുവാൻ സാധിക്കും. കൃതയമായ ദിശാജ ാധജത്താെും സമുദായ P reach സജ് ന്ഹജത്താെും കൂെി ഇെവകേന്ടത്ത മുഴുവൻ വിശവാസത്തിൽ അെി ഉെപ്പിച്ച് വളർത്തുവാൻ ടെന്നി അച്ചന്ട് െ സ്ുത തയർഹമായ A pproach ജസവന്കൾക്ക് കഴിഞ്ഞു. ഏതു സ്ഥലത്തും ഓെി എത്തി യുവേന്ങ്ങടളയും S ubmit ഇെവകക്കാടരയും ഒരുമയിലും വിശവാസന്ിർവ്വിലും ജേർത്ത് ടവക്കുവാൻ ടെന്നി അച്ചൻ ആത്മാർത്ഥമായി T each ശ്ശമിക്കുകയും ടേയ്തു. ന്യൂജേഴ്ിസ ക്ശ്കസ്റ്റ് ദി കിംഗിൽ ന്ിന്നും ഡളസ് ക്ശ്കസ്റ്റ് ദി കിംഗ് ക്ദവാലയത്തിന്ട് െ പുതിയ O bey വികാരി ആയി പുതിയ കർമതലത്തിജലക്കു ജപാകുന്ന ഞങ്ങളുടെ ശ്പയടപ്പട്ട ടെന്നി അച്ചന്് എല്ലാ വിധ ശ്പാർത്ഥന് മംഗളങ്ങളും ജന്രുന്നു. R enew - ആൽബർട്ട് നെല്ലിക്കാക്കുഴിയിൽ

Good Luck on your next Adventure Dear Renny Acha, Dear Renny Achen, Thank you for being an amazing priest to First and foremost I’d like to thank you for always being our each and every one of us. With you and your determination we finally have our priest for these past years. You made my family and I more own place of worship. Thank you for being with us for 8 years. It hurts all of us that encouraged to show up to church and be a part of mass because you are leaving us so soon. Hope to see of your great fun and outgoing personality. It’s actually sad that you soon. - Merin Kattapuram you're leaving now because we have all known you for years now! But just because you are leaving does not mean anything is going to change we will always love you and we will always remain in contact and I’m hoping you will visit back to New Dear Renny Achan, Jersey whenever you get the chance. You're my volleyball Wish you the best at Dallas. You’ve been a partner so I really need you to come back so we can play major inspiration to all of us and wish you volleyball for our church picnics together. Again thank you for nothing but success in all your endeavors in everything you’ve done, this is not a goodbye, this is just a the future. - Marvin Kuryala Thadathil different chapter that begins for you and for everybody at this Dear Acha church. Once again thank you for your service and being a great Thank you for always being there for all of us buddy as you say! - Jaic Kattapuram and for all our youth programs and for When I first met Renny Achan 8 years ago, I was in college, and supporting us in all our endeavors. I will miss was only able to attend knanaya mass irregularly due to my busy our choir practice sessions and times during schedule. However, one of the first things I remember about picnics. I wish you all the best acha in your meeting him is how attentive and friendly he was. I was so new place. - Jesna Kalapurakunnumpuram surprised when I saw him some time later that he remembered It was certainly a shock when the news that our my name and what I was studying. It felt so nice to have an Rev Father Renny Kattel was called to leave our achan that was trying to connect to the youth who are born and Christ the King NJ church and transfer to Dallas, brought up in America in such a sincere and thoughtful way. As Texas. It has been a great pleasure knowing him I graduated from college and eventually started working, I saw not only as a priest but as a person. It goes Renny achan more frequently as I began to become more active without saying that Father Renny has a very in our church. He has always encouraged our youth to be active warm friendly nature- always welcoming new members of the church and he is always there to support us with parishioners or visitors to our church with open any initiative and event. His happy and outgoing personality arms. He has a charismatic character and is not makes him a favorite achan for all the kids and youth. Renny the one to stand back when it comes to anything achan has been there for many important events with my family, that concerns the church and its people. Needless to say, we’re losing an asset to our church but the most special for me was that he was able to participate in community but we’re reassured knowing that he’s our engagement ceremony and wedding ceremony. It was only a short flight trip way. Dallas better get always comforting to know that Achan was always just a quick ready for Father Renny! Wishing you all the best phone call or text away if we needed anything. We will truly in your future priesthood. With love and prayers. miss his presence here in NJ! - Meryl Kallickal - Rinu Varickamanthottiyil Dear Renny Achen, I have known you for most of my life, growing up you have Renny Achan will definitely be missed by the seen me mature into the man I am today. I am honestly glad youth. Renny Achan always tried to interact with you have been my Priest growing up for all the years you have the youngsters and made sure we were always been with us. And to be honest, it’s has gone by way too fast. I involving ourselves in church activities. We all will miss you and miss seeing you in the church with all your had so much fun participating in various funny jokes for you have changed my life and my family and basketball tournaments along with other churches had touched everyone’s hearts with your kindness and with the help of Renny Achan. Thank you for friendship. Please always keep us in your hearts and in your being a very fun priest while also bringing us prayers for we will miss you and always want to hear about closer to Christ. - Joseph Lavi Kaipuram your new adventures, please come visit us as you can and we will do the same. - Tom Jomy Valiyakallumkal When some people leave us, their memory will last forever And we know your memory will be forever Goodbye Bon voyage Thank you Au revoir Ciao Farewell Best Wishes Till we meet again

A Memorable Farewell On behalf of the New Jersey Christ the King Knanaya Catholic Church, I would like to write a brief farewell message to Renny Achan, as we call him affectionately. I am sad to say that after serving over 8 years as the Spiritual Director/Pastor of our community and church, Renny Achan is leaving us. He will be serving in Dallas, Texas which will be his new home. One day we all need to bid farewell to someone special in our life. Some people come into our lives and leave suddenly while others leave a huge impact and awaken us to a new understanding with their shared wisdom. They stay in our lives for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we never end up staying the same person as before. Renny Achan is one of those people who has made such an immense impact in our community. We were very fortunate to have him. It was a pleasure and privilege to have associated with Renny Achan. He had the wisdom to bring the best out in each one of us. He made our lives easy by procuring our own church which is a milestone in the history of our community. There is heaviness in our hearts as we say goodbye. Farewells are never easy especially after Renny Achan’s service of 8 years and becoming so close to all the parishioners. Eight years filled with many memorable memories. Renny Achan’s contributions to the church have been immense and tremendous. We appreciate the work and services he has provided us through this time. He has left a huge mark in our community and we are deeply thankful to him. This is a difficult time but leaving is sometimes inevitable. Renny Achan, as you serve your new role as Pastor of Christ the King Knanaya Church in Dallas, we are praying for your continued good health in order to keep doing well in your next job. Thank you for all that you have done for us. May God bless you for becoming such an impact to all of us and our community. You will always be remembered. May those you love bring love back to you and may all your wishes come true. With only one request, please remember us in your prayers, we bid you farewell with a heavy heart. All the best and good luck in your future endeavors. We will miss you. Alex Nedumthuruthil PRO, New Jersey Christ The King Knanaya Catholic Church

Christ The King Knanaya Catholic Church, New Jersey 67 Fitch St, Carteret, NJ 07008 Announcements Mass Schedule • Our Sunday Holy Qurbana will be Live Streamed on - First Friday @ 7:30pm our Facebook page - Saturday @ 9:00AM • Feast of St. Pious X – Aug 21 • Feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary –Sep 08 - Sunday • New CCD Year beginning – Sep 13 Eng Mass @ 10:00AM • Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Sep 14 Mal Mass @ 11:00AM • Feast of St. Mathew– Sep 21 • Feast of St. Vincent De Paul – Sep 27 Season of Growth • Feast of Michael the Archangel – Sep 29 of the Church Welcoming Fr. Bins Chethalil as First Readings Our Parish Priest 06Sep - Is 31:04-09 13Sep - Is 30:18-26 20Sep - Is 33:13-24 27Sep - Is 25:01-08 Second Readings 06Sep - 2Thess 01:03-10 13Sep - 2Thess 02:14-3:3 20Sep - Phil 02:01-11 27Sep - Phil 03:01-11 Gospel Readings 06Sep - Lk 18:35-43 13Sep - Mt 13:01-09,18-23 20Sep - Mt 04:12-17 27Sep - Mt 17:14-21 Jul 2020 Collections $7,995 Trustees Bulletin Editorial Board Bible Quote JosekunjuChamakalayil @ - Fr.RennyKattel Ecclesiastes 3 :1 +1 732 512 7964 - Alex Nedumthuruthil Lumon Manthuruthil @ - FiniManthuruthil To everything there is a season, and +1 779 771 1550 - JobyThadathil a time to every purpose under the - JaimyValiyanilam heaven For feedback, email us @ - JomyChembampara [email protected] Page | 8 Christ The King Knanaya Catholic Church, New Jersey Issue 5 - Aug 2020