Greetings!!
“They came, they preached and touched the hearts of the faithful.”
While conveying our heartiest congratulations to Rev. Fr. Gaspar Fernandes - OFM Cap and Rev. Fr. Andrew Francis - OFM Cap on their installation as Parish priests of Holy Family Cathedral Kuwait City, and Our Lady of Arabia Church Ahmadi respectively on 22nd January 2010, we would like to thank our Bishop, His Lordship Camillo Ballin, mccj for giving to us the faithful in Kuwait, the New Year’s gift of the Capuchin Friars. This is a welcome move and I am confident that the faithful in Kuwait will spiritually benefit tremendously from this change.
It is now a perfect balance of the clergy in Kuwait, with the Salesians of Don Bosco looking after the Salmiya parish and the Capuchin Friars Kuwait City and the Ahmadi parish.
The Capuchin Friars served at Our Lady of Rosary Church, Doha – Qatar and have done excellent contribution to the Parish. According to my family members and friends in Qatar they are dearly missed by the parishioners. They say that the loss of Qatar is a gain for Kuwait.
Incidentally this auspicious installation day 22nd January coincides with events in San Padre Pio’s life where on the 22nd January 1903 San Padre Pio of Pietrelcina took the Franciscan Habit and the name Brother Pio and a year later on 22nd January 1904, Bro. Pio knelt before the altar and made his first profession of the Evangelical Counsels of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience. Pray Mother Mary and San Padre Pio intercede to God Almighty to bless our Bishop and Capuchin Friars with good health and wisdom to serve the faithful in the Vine Yard of Christ.
With our prayerful best wishes,
Mario Rebello and family,
Kuwait / Panjim - Goa
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