A Prayer Meeting
for Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil
One Year after His Abduction
(ANS – Bangalore - March 2)
– On Saturday, March 4, it
will be exactly one year since the attack by terrorists on the work of the Missionaries
of Charity in Aden, Yemen. Sixteen people were killed, including four sisters,
and an Indian Salesian missionary, Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, was kidnapped. The
Bangalore Salesian province, to which Fr. Tom belongs, has prepared a prayer
meeting to pray for his release and to keep attention focused on his situation.
The Salesians of the
province say: “We are deeply distressed by the delay in assuring his release.
We are organizing a prayer meeting to take place at 5:00 p.m. on March 4 at the
Ernakulam Town Hall, with the collaboration of the Catholic Bishops Conference
of the State of Kerala.”
The program provides
for a time of prayer followed by a public meeting. Prominent persons from the
Church and politics will be present. Of particular note is the participation of
Archbishop Soosai Pakiam, president of Kerala Bishops Conference, Cardinal
Baselios Cleemis, president of the Bishops Conference of India, who is major
archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars; Cardinal George Alancherry, major
archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church; and Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of
Verapoly.
A memorandum, approved
by the assembly, will then be sent to the prime minister and to the minister of
External Affairs.
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