Inauguration and Solemn blessing of the church

Dear..............

With immense joy and gratitude to God, on behalf of the parish community I solicit your esteemed presence on the occasion of the blessing of the renovated church at Athicode, Palakkad, on 15^th December 2015, at 05.00 pm.

Programme

05.00 pm : Inauguration and Solemn blessing of the church,

                     Concelebrated Holy Eucharist, Novena to St. Antony

Rt. Rev. Antonysamy Peter  Abir, Bishop of    Sultanpet, Palakkad

Rev. Fr. Jose Koyickal SDB, Vice-Provincial, Salesians of Don Bosco

07.00 pm:   Fellowship meal  

03-08-2015, Inauguration of the family unit in Athicode parish Palakkad, Kerala, India. This parish is given to Saleisans of Don Bosco, Bangalore province .  

Rev. Fr. George P.S. sdb, Economer of bangalore province visited the Athocode parish and had an interaction with the youth on 26/07/2015.

Returning to God's Ever-Present Love

We often confuse unconditional love with unconditional approval. God loves us without

conditions but does not approve of every human behavior. God doesn't approve of

betrayal, violence, hatred, suspicion, and all other expressions of evil, because

they all contradict the love God wants to instill in the human heart. Evil is the

absence of God's love. Evil does not belong to God.

God's unconditional love means that God continues to love us even when we say or

 think evil things. God continues to wait for us as a loving parent waits for the

return of a lost child. It is important for us to hold on to the truth that God

never gives up loving us even when God is saddened by what we do. That truth will

help us to return to God's ever-present love.

Athicode - St. Anthony's Church

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Athicode P.O.,Nattukal Via

Palakkad Dt., Kerala 678554       


Estd: June 07, 2015
Catholics: 550          
Families: 100

Short History: 

The Salesians of Don Bosco (Bangalore Province) were invited by the Bishop of Sultanpet in 2015 to look after the spiritual needs of the people of St. .Anthony’s church, Athicode which was built in 1852 (foundation stone was laid by Fr. J.C. Bruyere in 1852, and Fr. Leberce completed the work in 1854         Fr. J.C. Bruyere’s mortals still kept at the entrance of the church). The church was renovated in 1999 by Fr. M.S. Michael, parish priest. From 14-10-1846 the church was under the Coimbatore diocese till a new diocese has been carved out of the diocese of Coimbatore and Calicut and appointing Fr. Peter Abir Anthonisamy as its new bishop and making it suffrages of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly on 28 December 2013.

Clergy: 
Fr. Johnson Ponthempilly sdb (P.P.): 8281287021

Fr. Jaison Anthikkatt (Asst. P.P.)

Religious: 
St. St. Anne's Tiruchirapalli, Sr. Bridget  (sab): 9535813079, Sr. Kotchurani, S.A.T. Provincial, Phone: 91-471-254595

Activities:
Parish, Don Bosco Tech Skill training, Tuition classes Youth ministry, Basic Christian Communities, pious associations.

'Laudato Si' Encyclical Letter On Care for Our Common Home

Creation

Sister (earth) now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22). We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters. God bless us .....by Fr. Johnson K P sdb