BEING RESPONSIBLE in spite of being avoided, if not ignored!

BEING RESPONSIBLE in spite of being avoided, if not ignored!

Presbyterium 16^th July 2013 [Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum]

·         Since September 2011 I was keeping myself away from the archdiocese (almost 2 years)

·         Those two were eventful years with the i) Platinum Jubilee; ii) Synod; iii) Living in together besides others

·         Not signing the Parish Accounts since then while at Thycaud

·         No Retreat, Chrism Mass or Presbyteriums etc.

·         Haven’t taken charge of Malamukal to this day…!

Some Pertinent Questions: Even if the archbishop doesn’t want to address the problem and you, my colleagues seem not to bother of a priest like me, I feel that I should tell you as to why I have chosen to keep away for the past almost two years.

With almost 33 years of priesthood, and that too responsibly lived, should one be treated so impersonally? Not that I want to be somewhere, but rather the presbyterium can’t afford that way to leave everything to such an omniscient and omnipotent archbishop. (Public accountability and responsibility)

Just for some possible posts or other positions, let us not compromise our call. We not called to servility, but to freedom and together build the Kingdom in our situations.

= But for the last, no holding me accountable or responsible nor any queries or questioning! Even the last one, only when I poked through some insider! Then I have clearly told the reasons for my willful abstaining and nothing was done to address them nor could enforce any discipline or disciplinary action!

= What does it convey!? It is up to you to draw convenient conclusions! Where will it all end up?

This ‘avoidance attitude’ which certainly is not that of Jesus, is there continue, unless something drastic is forced by people in their good sense for the welfare of the archdiocese which is seemingly tragically left to the archbishop and his chosen ones!

There certainly are achievements to be proud of/ take credit from, like the Engineering College and the like. (Did anyone ever bothered to know who brought forth and began implementing that very idea!?) But all that becomes dismal in the face of public defecation in the Karumkulam Panchayat, that is our coasts there and thereby digging holes in the claim to ‘God’s own country’; and the poorest literacy rates in the Trivandrum coast making people to question the universal literacy claim of the state!

Public relations, of late, has caught up with other publicity savvy organizations like the empty vessels making noise. Yesterday’s Hindu carried two news items besides the face book propaganda.

The diocese I was ordained for:

@ Since 1980, that was when I was ordained, some 110 were ordained so far!

Three bishops; the present one is made bishop and later archbishop

Of those with whom I began my ministry some 48 have gone to their eternal reward, while some 6 have left for good.

Of the remaining 20 priests who were ordained before me, only 12 are in active ministry and the rest are retired.

-      2 of my classmates are bishops

-      Few of them VGs

-      One a rector of major seminary

-      Yet another, the Definitor General of Carmelites

-      Two were Provincials (Carmelites and Capuchins)

Things out of the way: Twice was I Senate Secretary

-      Twice again Director of Education Ministry, and once Corporate Manager

-      Manager of two individual management schools.

-      Abstained from allowance and stipends for almost 10 years since 1992

-      Nearly 4 months of Ashram life (Contemplative order)

-      Nuh Mission

-      American Apostolate

-      CPCI, National treasurer

-      Editorial Board at ORA Magazine

Academic: Post Graduation in Philosophy and Biblical Theology. Doing the same in Law now

After having enrolled, practicing as a lawyer at the Trivandrum Bar.

Events that shook…

-      Two police firings leaving one dead and others with casualties.

-      Village fight resulting in the loss of 5/6 lives

RSS fight and one was allegedly drowned and was listed as an accused and went underground for almost 2 years, besides self exile with the parishners for quite some time.

Claims to have no bad habits and have good number of friends on both spectrum of humanity, that is male and females.