What We Do - Tamilnadu

Lenten Programmes:

  • We accompany people in their Lenten practices and during Lenten season enable them to experience the passion and death of our Lord.
  • We screen movies on the Passion of Christ, conduct Audio-visual Way of the Cross and conduct penitential services in the villages.
  • Arrange confessions and prepare people for confessions in some of the areas.
 

Family Renewal Programmes:

  • Family Renewal programme is arranged for 6 days. The whole aspect of Catholic life is highlighted through this programme. We take up one parish in a year and arrange this programme in the substations of that particular parish.
  • We visit the families, conduct prayers in the churches, insist on the practice of Sacraments very specially mass and confession. Screen Biblical movies.
 

Neighborhood Ministry:

  • We try to impart consolation and experience of God to those in the Homes for differently abled Homes for the Aged , Orphanages and Homes for the Blind.
  • We use Audio Visual programmes and enthuse their spirits, screen moral and spiritual movies and give talks and conduct prayers on some occasions.
 

Vacation Bible School (VBS):

  • During summer, we conduct VBS clases for five or ten days for the children in the parishes.
  • We screen Audio visual Bible stories. We narrate the Bible stories, about Biblical personalities and Bible quotations each day based on the different themes.
  • We organize enactment of the Bible stories and conduct games and quiz on the Bible.
 

Children and Youth Programme:

  • We try to create a thirst for God and build up the value system among children and Youth.
  • We conduct seminars, prayer services, short programs, children camps, and conventions for children and youth separately.
  • We use audio visuals, action songs and video clippings for active participation of the children and youth. We also conduct games and distribute prizes.
 

Basic Christian community Prayer :

  • Catholic families are animated to be united with other families in small prayer groups for praying together, reading the Bible and sharing the reflections with one another and are thus encouraged to imitate the first Christian Community in praying and witnessing.
  • We have introduced the Basic Christian community prayers, formed BCC groups. Through these groups, we conduct prayers in the families and in the church. After giving training to some people, they are appointed as the animators of these groups.
 

Parish Ministry:

  • Every community involves in the Parish Activities, visits the substations, teaches catechism and renders Pastoral service in collaboration with the parish priest.
  • Every community adopts a village and arranges different programmes in the villages according to the Liturgical calendar feasts. Lenten programme, Carol singing, being the choir in charge are some of the works carried by almost all the communities.