SMCA Kuwait
The Syro Malabar
Cultural Association of
Kuwait
St. Thomas Day Celebrations
2012
Detailed program for Prof.
George Menachery will be as
below:
5th Thursday Morning 9.00-
GM arrival Kuwait
5th n o Kuwai4.30 pm =
meeting with the vicar
general Rev Fr. Mathews
Kunnelpurayidom
8.00 pm = meeting with the
vicar Rev. Fr. Mathai
Madathikunnel OFM Cap
6th Friday 9.30 am to 10.30
am baladeepthy seminar for
teens Inagural session
Talk by Prof. George
Menachery for 30 mins
Sub: Knowing the teen, as a
college professor
6th Friday 5.15 pm = Holy
Mass in connection with the
St Thomas Day
7th Saturday 10am to 12 noon
- Talk to Teens by Prof. GM
“My community, values, and
tradition”
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th-
( Sunday to Thursday)
6.00 pm - exhibition starts
7.00 pm to 8.30 pm - inter
family unit quiz (
preliminary and final)
Quiz Master- Bijoy
Palakunnel
Prof George Menacherry will
be the moderator
8.30 pm to 9.30 pm Talk by
Prof George Menacherry(All 5
days)
Sub: Development of Catholic
faith in India through
centuries, with special
emphasis on the history of
the Syro Malabar Church
9.30 pm to 10.00 pm -
Interactive Session- with
Prof George Menacherry
13th Friday: 6.00 pm to
10.00 pm SMCA's cultural
events in connection with St
thomas day and sabhadinam
6.20 pm Talk by Prof George
Menacherry ( 15 mins)
Concluding the week long
efforts of history
orientation.
Dates: 8th Sunday to 12th
Thursday July 2012
8.30 PM Introduction by the
Moderator:
8.35 PM Talk By: Chevalier
Prof George Menacherry (Each
Day)
9.30 to 9.50 Question Answer
Session
9.50: Concluding Remarks by
the Moderator
Subjects and Moderators date
wise:
8th : Cultural Heritage of
theThomas Christians
Moderator: Fr. Jose Nirappil
OFM Cap
9th: The Beginnings: 1.
Apostle Thomas in India
2. St. Bartholomew
3. Thomas Cana (Kynayi)
Moderator: Fr. Albert S Raj
OCD
10th: Cana to the Synod of
Diamper
Moderator: Fr. Joy
Marangattikala SDb
11th: Diamper to the
Vathemanappusthakam
Moderator: Fr. Mathai
Madathikunnel OFM Cap
12th: 19th & 20th Centuries
up to the present & Vision
for the future.
Moderator: Fr.Mathews
Kunnelpurayidom OCD
13th Friday: 6.00 pm to
10.00 pm SMCA's cultural
events in connection with
the St Thomas Day and
Sabhadinam
6.20 pm Talk by Prof George
Menacherry ( 15 mins)
Concluding the week long
efforts of history
orientation.