Ministries

BASIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES

BCC units are forums where persons of different social and economic levels come together. Inspired by the love of Christ persons come forward to help the less fortunate in whichever way they can. All 12 units conduct their meetings regularly every month in the houses of members. The date, time and venue of the meeting are announced in the church during Sunday mass. From among the BCC members office bearers were elected as men leader, lady leader, secretary, treasurer, conveners for pastoral, Education, social and youth ministries. These leaders become members of parish level ministries and gather once in a month to guide the parish council which is formed out of the parish council members elected from the BCC units and the conveners of different ministries elected from the unit representatives of the different ministries. The Office bearers of the BCC Units are as following:

Christ the King BCC Unit Mount Carmel BCC Unit Angelmoose Ravikumar M, Lida Jacob Jessy Peter Mary D’Cruz Caroline Louie Felicita Agnes J.F Mr. Selvaraj Valentine Netto Felicita Lopez Julie Dainatius Thomas Lopez Louie Mary Simi Shirly Miranda Jijo Wilson Vivin Kurian Litty Wilson Vinaya Kurian St. Luke BCC Unit St. Kochuthresia BCC Unit C. Peter P. Manoharan Mariamma Christi Jeji Aloysius N.T. George Sajan T. M Beena Papachan Sudha Varghese Nirmala, MaryKutty Seena Subhash Moly Fernandez Georgekutty N.N. Moni Moly Antony Helen Thyparambil Akhil George Binoj Mani Sruthy M.A Nivea G.M St. Josephs BCC Unit St. Sebastian BCC Unit C.A. Francis Joseph Mascrene Rita Jacob Mary Ephremes Pameela Gomez Leena Mercelin George Ebrew Shyam R Zeeta Lawrence Dorothy Cross Manojini Joseph Marcelin Suresh Joseph Dr. Jayapal Marrie Justin Mary Bindu Sam Ignatius Freddy Sreekanth S Mercy Stanley Shiny R St. Thomas BCC Unit St. Stephen BCC Unit George Bastin E. Harry Jacquiline Vincent Alphonsa Xavier Soni T. James Preetha George P. Thomas Suresh Rodriguez Sabankutty Anet Fernandez G.F. Jose Jobai Silva M. James Mini Cruz Thanka Lilly Jacq Ben J.Arun Shalini Preethy St. Ann's BCC Unit St. Mathew BCC Unit P. Augustin Col. D’Souza Telma Antony Claramma Geetha Michael Simi Stalin Varghese Cleetus Charles Lissy Viji Cleetus Joseph Sahayadas Anita Arackal P.Kaspar S. David AmalaRani Vasantha Stalin Midhun Antony G.D. Das Merina Renjini St. John's BCC Unit St. Agnes BCC Unit Augustinraj Sasi Samuel Madhu Paikiras Vimala Aloysius Ancila Moses Nimmy Sanil S.J. Vijayadas Vijila V Jaya Jyothiraj Selvaraj Thomas Alexander Zerina Manohari Yesudas Mathew T.J Latha Xavier Sruthy C.D Aeron Yesudas   Catherine R. Sebastian

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PASTORAL MINISTRY

The pastoral services are managed by forum consisting of 12 member representatives of the 12 BCC units. Its convener who represents the ministry in the Parish Council is elected by them. Every Second Sunday of the month the ministry gathers and discuss on the points gathered from BCC units and parish council. The convener takes the suggestions to the parish Council. The ministry representatives functions as the liaison between the BCC units and the Parish. Under this ministry come Liturgy, Bible, Catechism, Vocation, Evangelization, Family Apostolate, Pious Associations, Ecumenism and Dialogue. It consists of the following members:

1. Rev. Dr. Hyacinth M. Nayakam (Parish Priest)
2. Mrs. Ancila Moses (Convener)
3. Mr. Selvaraj
4. Mr. Valentine Netto
5. Mrs. Nirmala
6. Mrs. MaryKutty
7. Mrs. Zeeta Lawrence
8. Mrs. Dorothy Cross
9. Mr. Suresh Rodriguez
10. Mr. Sabankutty
11. Mrs. Lissy
12. Mrs. Viji Cleetus
13. Mr. Selvaraj
14. Mrs.Chris George

EDUCATION MINISTRY

The ministry aims at the educational development of the parishioners. The general body at the parish level consists of 12 member representatives of the 12 BCC units. Its convener who represents the ministry in the Parish Council is elected by them. Every Second Sunday of the month the ministry gathers and discuss on the points gathered from BCC units and parish council. The convener takes the suggestions to the parish Council. The ministry representatives functions as the liaison between the BCC units and the Parish. The BCC units contribute a fixed sum every month towards the activities of this ministry. Donations are received from parish members and well-wishers. Under this come the two memorial trusts of Msgr. S. Thomas and Msgr. M. Joseph respectively.

Activities:

The members collect and file a detailed data of the educational status of the parishioners. They identify resource persons, conduct career guidance and find sponsors for the economically weak but intellectually bright students. Uniform and study materials are collected supplied to the deserving students. It awards prizes to meritorious students and for any outstanding achievements. It organizes seminars and study classes to students and parents. The educational body consists of the following members:

1. Rev. Dr. Hyacinth M. Nayakam (Parish priest)
2. Mr. Joseph Marcelin (Con)
3. Mrs. Felicita Lopez
4. Mrs. Julie Dionitius
5. Mrs. Seena Subhash
6. Mrs. Moly Fernandez
7. Mrs. Manojini
8. Mrs. Anet Fernandez
9. Mr. G.F. Jose
10. Mr. Joseph Sahayadas
11. Mrs. Anita Arackal
12. Mr. Jaya Jyothiraj P
13. Mrs. Zerina

SOCIAL ACTION MINISTRY

The Social Action of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum was established in the year 1960. It was registered in the name of TSSS as a non-governmental organization. The vision of the ministry is creation of a just society based on love, peace, truth equality and justice. The mission is empowerment of marginalized communities towards sustainable and participatory development process. Its objectives are:

In the parish level we have different activities like credit union, Vanitha Vedi, Self-Help Group, Bala Vedi, Senior citizen's forum and Housing programmes and charity works. Credit union formed in 1993 is a micro credit finance to save the poor from borrowing money from the money lenders. It also inculcates the culture of saving and financial discipline. This is an association for mutual help of its members. Its objective is to encourage small savings of its members. Vanitha Vedi is a women's organization formed in 1994. It helps the parish women to come together. A tailoring unit to teach tailoring and thus to have self employment is started under the TSSS parish unit. Two SHG groups functions by training the ladies in various self employment schemes of making umbrella, candle, soap mosquito coil, herbal medicine etc. Bala- Vedi is a group organized for the over all development of the children of the parish.

The general body at the parish level consists one man and one woman each from the 12 BCC units thus have 24 member representatives. Its convener who represents the ministry in the Parish Council is elected by them. Every Second Sunday of the month the ministry gathers and discuss on the points gathered from BCC units and parish council. The convener takes the suggestions to the parish Council. The ministry representatives functions as the liaison between the BCC units and the Parish. The Social action body consists of the following members:

1. Rev. Dr. Hyacinth M. Nayakam (Parish Priest)
2. Mr. N.N. Moni (Con)
3. Thomas Lopez
4. Mary Simi
5. Louie
6. Shirly Miranda
7. Georgekutty
8. Moly Antony
9. Helen
10. Suresh Joseph
11. Marrie Justin
12. Dr. Jayapal
13. Mary Bindu Sam
14. Jobai Silva
15. Mini Cruz
16. M. James
17. Thanka Lilly
18. P.Kaspar
19. Amala Rani
20. S. David
21. Vasantha Stalin
22. Thomas Alexander
23. Manohari
24. Yesudas
25. Latha Xavier

YOUTH MINISTRY

The general body at the parish level consists a Young man and a Young Woman each from the 12 BCC units thus have 24 member representatives. Its convener who represents the ministry in the Parish Council is elected by them. Every Second Sunday of the month the ministry gathers and discuss on the points gathered from BCC units and parish council. The convener takes the suggestions to the parish Council. The ministry representatives functions as the liaison between the BCC units and the Parish. The Youth ministry consists of the following members:

1. Miss. Shiny R. (Con)
2. Mr. Jijo Wilson
3. Miss Litty Wilson
4. Mr. Vivin Kurian
5. Miss. Vinaya Kurian
6. Mr. Akhil George
7. Miss. Sruthy M.A.
8. Mr. Binoj Mani
9. Miss. Nivea G.M
10. Mr. Ignatius Freddy
11. Miss. Mercy Stanley
12. Mr. Sreekanth S
13. Mr. Jacq Ben
14. Miss. Shalini
15. Mr. J.Arun
16. Miss. Preethy
17. Mr. Midhun Antony
18. Miss. Merina
19. Mr. G.D. Das
20. Miss. Renjini
21. Mr. Mathew T.J
22. Miss. Sruthy C.D
23. Mr. Aeron Yesudas
24. Miss. Catherine R. S