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Synthesis in Kashmir: Bell Rings in Keralite Church After 50 Years, Bringing Together People of All Faiths
by Guest Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:27 pm
Srinagar: For the first time in 50 years, a church bell rang in Holy Family Catholic Church on Srinagar’s Maulana Azad Road on Sunday. The bell, weighing 105 kilograms, was inaugurated by representatives of all faiths – Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs.
The Parish priest Father Roy Matthews officiated the ceremony. Father Sebastin Nagathungal blessed the bell, which was followed by a community meal.
Established in 1896 by Reverend Father Winkley M.H.M., the church, till the early 1970s, had English and Dutch priests. Later, it was entrusted to Capuchin Missionaries of Kerala....
Father Mathews, the priest-in-charge, told The Wire, “We have been living in the Valley in harmony with people of all other faiths,” adding that people outside have “grossly misunderstood” Kashmir. “We wanted to tell everyone that we, as people, are one in Kashmir no matter what our belief or faith is. This message of communal harmony and oneness of Kashmiris – irrespective of their faiths – should go out to the world.”
https://thewire.in/192323/bell-rings-in-kashmir-church-after-50-years-bringing-together-people-of-all-faith/
The Parish priest Father Roy Matthews officiated the ceremony. Father Sebastin Nagathungal blessed the bell, which was followed by a community meal.
Established in 1896 by Reverend Father Winkley M.H.M., the church, till the early 1970s, had English and Dutch priests. Later, it was entrusted to Capuchin Missionaries of Kerala....
Father Mathews, the priest-in-charge, told The Wire, “We have been living in the Valley in harmony with people of all other faiths,” adding that people outside have “grossly misunderstood” Kashmir. “We wanted to tell everyone that we, as people, are one in Kashmir no matter what our belief or faith is. This message of communal harmony and oneness of Kashmiris – irrespective of their faiths – should go out to the world.”
https://thewire.in/192323/bell-rings-in-kashmir-church-after-50-years-bringing-together-people-of-all-faith/
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