Message from Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan

St. Gabriel Catholic Parish

My dearest people closest to my heart!

I am very happy to be back to the family of St. Gabriel’s. I missed you all. I was extremely delighted to be at home in India, but now I am glad to be back here at our faith home. I am immensely happy that everything went so smoothly while I was gone. Thank you to all those involved with this.

I want to appreciate all those who were involved with the Indian Dinner that we had on February 7th.

It was a great success! I came to know that everyone who attended seemed to have loved it. So, a salute to all of you involved in the preparation, as well as those who supporte it with your attendance. Since everyone likes it, we will make it an annual event. May God bless every one of you.

Coming on to the business, it looks like we are not doing great with the ABCD. $121,279 is our assigned target but it looks like we are a long way from that goal. May I request you all to prayerfully consider and pledge towards this noble cause for our Archdiocese and for our community. I do believe and trust in you, and believe that you, as a community, will shoulder the cross.

This week we are also entering into an important season, the season of Lent. It is a holy season to purify ourselves and to focus in on God, to enter into a deeper love for Him. I am very pleased that so many of you are attending the daily Mass. Please continue to do it! I would encourage every one of you to do the same. It is the best way to practice our faith. And, as usual, we will have Stations of the Cross prayed every Friday at 4:00 p.m. I would encourage all of to participate in this liturgy and walk along with Him.

Lot of love, blessings and prayers to you all

Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan