DEar editor,
Now we have an international couple in our midst, none other than anna
and vally povorim, goa, for their pioneering work on understanding human
sexuality from God's point of view, Congratulations is due love
FR ben
Photo:
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2001: With permission from CCL International, produced and distributed
500 audio-tapes on Christopher West's Introduction to TOB.
Gave short talks based on the TOB to youth groups, parish council
members, diocesan priests, St. Luke's Medical Guild, Goa.
Wrote articles based on TOB for Marriage Encounter, Engaged Encounter
and Diocesan magazines
2002 - 03: Presented the vision of the TOB to the Trainees of the Parish
Family Cells at the invitation of the Diocesan Family Service Centre, Goa.
2004: Talk on TOB givent to the 3rd and 4th year seminarians of Rachol
Seminary Goa. Used audio tapes Naked without Shame for Pre-baptismal
team couples of Archdiocese of Bombay.
2005: Starting in 2005 till this year, gave four-day seminars on the TOB
to the newly ordained priests in Goa Archdiocese. Organised three-day
Seminar on TOB at Goa in August in collaboration with CCBI Family
Commission.
2006: Presented short talks on the TOB to youth groups in Goa on three
occasions.
In July, (Vally & Anna) attended a Certification Course: Head & Heart
Immersion I, given by Christopher West, at the Theology of the Body
Institute, Pennsylvania, USA in June 2007.
2007 : Presented Christopher West's “Created and Redeemed” to team
couples of Marriage Encounter Goa, member of Jesus Youth in Bangalore
and Chennai and to members of the Pro-Life Group in Goa.
In August 2008, (Vally & Anna) attended a Certification Course on
Catholic Sexual Ethics, given by Dr. Janet Smith at Pennsylvania, USA
and in September 2008 (Vally) attended a Certification Course: Head &
Heart Immersion II given by Christopher West.
2008: Presented talks to a secular audience bas aed on the TOB to all
students of Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science, Mumbai over three
days and to the students of Goa College of Home Science -one day.
Gave Motivation Talks based on the TOB at the Engaged Encounter Weekends
in Mumbai.
As Team couples for Marriage Encounter and Engaged Encounter and Team
Trainers for the Marriage Encounter, we have also incorporated the TOB
into most of our talks.
Gave Pre-conference training on TOB to 200 delegates for Asia Pacific
Conference of HLI in Goa.
2009-10: Gave a talk on the TOB to experienced Marriage Encounter team
couples in Kochi.
Conducted six weekend residential Workshops on Christopher West's
Introduction to the Theology of the Body, with a faculty of five
(Valentine & Anna Coelho, James Kurian, Nadisha Coelho & Nimish Coelho)
to over 125 participants including about 17 priests, 23 doctors, seven
nuns. The feedback has been very encouraging.
5 THEOLOGY OF THE BODY PIONEERS AWARDED
Indian Couple, Daughters of St. Paul Honored
By Genevieve Pollock
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, JULY 30, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Five individuals
and institutions were honored for their work to spread the teaching of
Pope John Paul II in his theology of the body at the first national
congress on this topic.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, said the opening
prayer for the Thursday evening awards banquet at the National Theology
of the Body Congress.
Cardinal Rigali affirmed to ZENIT that the theology of the body is "a
great gift." In fact, the cardinal personally wrote a Jan. 21 letter of
invitation to the congress, in which he stated, "I am convinced that
John Paul II's theology of the body is a treasure for the Church and a
gift of the Holy Spirit for our time."
The three-day congress, which was organized by the Philadelphia-based
Theology of the Body Institute, ends today.
The institute awarded Valentine and Ann Coelho of Goa, India; Father
Richard Hogan of Crystal, Minnesota; the Daughters of St. Paul of
Boston, Massachusetts; the Theology of the Body International Alliance
of San Antonio, Texas; and Ruah Woods of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A press release noted the "pioneering work" of these honorees in "the
advancement of the teachings of Pope John Paul II on human sexuality."
David Savage, chairman of the institute's board, said at the banquet
that "each of the recipients have been true trailblazers -- in ways
unique to their individual and organizational missions -- in promoting
and helping others understand the theology of the body."
Unique missions
Valentine and Ann Coelho were acknowledged for their work over the past
decade in spreading the teachings of John Paul II in India, through
seminars for clergy, religious, seminarians, doctors, youth and engaged
and married couples.
http://www.zenit.org/article-30039?l=english
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In every way, the Goans of Bombay were part of the great melee that was this
metropolis, distinct perhaps in the way communities often are, holding on to
their own traditions but merging slowly nonetheless and forming the thin thread
of nationhood that would eventually become India. -- Selma Carvalho, in *Into
the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph
+91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295.
http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
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