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Women’s Day celebration in Siddhpur parish by Fr. Xavier James.

Women’s Day celebration in Siddhpur parish

Siddhpur Parish celebrated Woman’s Day on 9^th March 2014 with the Holy Eucharist. Special prayers were offered for all women and specifically for the women of Siddhpur Parish.  After the Eucharistic celebration, five women shared their views as to how they, as women, could make a difference in different situations.  The first woman shared how she had to take up even the role of being the head of the family in a given situation. When she was in the situation she became more powerful in handling different situations. The second woman shared how she was influential in defending pro-life in a hospital situation and also being successful in bringing back a person who went astray. The third woman shared how she played a significant role in the male dominated societal structure by bringing about changes. The fourth woman shared how woman plays an important role in the life of every human person. The fifth shared how amidst her hardship and sufferings she became triumphant in making a home. After the sharing, we felicitated each woman with a memento. This was followed by the birthday celebration of Ivan Rego and prayers for Grace & Philip who were appearing for the board examinations. They were blessed by all who were present. It was a genuine surprise for all of us to see that three women prepared some snacks and payasam (kier) and shared with all who were present which added more aroma to the joy we were exchanging through the celebrations. As we all know, during the lent we have more participants for the Eucharist and Siddhpur was no exception to this. This too doubled our joy to have more faithful participating in the Eucharist. (9th March 2014)