Let us pray to our LORD for His
Precious Blood to be poured upon the world to save every person from the
Covid-19 pandemic by joining the 1st Friday Serviceon03 July 2020by Fr. Michael
Payyapilly VC.
It will be live-streamed on Divine
Australia YouTube channel from Holy Family Parish, Doveton,
Australia.
Please click Divine Australia
YouTube channel link below:
Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., parish priest of Holy Family Church, Doveton, Australia celebrates a truly anointed Holy Mass and Anointing Service followed by "Consecration of the Family" to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and blessing of the image/statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for enthronement and installation in your homes.
On this blessed Feast Day of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray for our families and all families across the world to have their hearts inflamed with passion to live for Jesus.
Flood waters at St. Thomas English Retreat Hall on Thursday 16 August 2018 at 1.00 p.m.
The waters rose to cover the brick wall by 4.00 p.m. and rose swiftly till around 1.00 a.m.
Dear Friends in Christ
The Peace of our Lord be upon all of you.
The Kerala floods last week has been reported widely in India and overseas of the huge displacement it brought to over 700,000 people. It was the worst flooding in nearly 100 years and unfortunately Divine Retreat Centre was also overwhelmed by the raging and swiftly rising flood waters on the 16 and 17 August 2018. 2000 people were trapped in Divine Retreat Centre on both these days until the waters completely receded by the morning of 18 August 2018 - a miracle of our Merciful Lord.
A massive clean-up operation is underway so that Divine's weekly retreats in English and 6 Indian Languages can once begin weekly.
Divine Retreat Centre will be tentatively closed until 16 September 2018.
Please do take note that I will update all of you if we are able to open Divine Retreat Centre at an earlier date by God's Grace.
On behalf of the Vincentian Fathers of Divine Retreat Centre, I thank the many messages of great concern and love from so many of our beloved benefactors and past retreatants about the situation the Divine-Potta ministry is currently facing.
I shall provide all of you with a further update of the great challenges that the Divine-Potta ministry is facing currently due to this Kerala Flood disaster within the next few days.
Please continue to keep the people of the state of Kerala, all of us in this retreat centre and all our Divine Charitable Homes in your daily prayers.
"Many are the troubles of the just, but the LORD delivers from them all."
(Psalm 34:20)
Prayerfully in Christ
Director - Divine Retreat Centre
Muringoor, Kerala
India
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Eight days has already passed by in this New Year - 2018. For me, Advent and the the days leading to the New Year are often days of deep introspection of my life in the year gone by 2017 and the year that lies ahead 2018.
We will welcome new friends and say goodbye to dear ones. Sadly, I learnt that a very dear friend in Singapore, an ex-colleague of mine, had finished his race on earth as a pilgrim on 05 January 2018. I will now only see him in the memories of my heart. Yet, the last time I visited Joe Lim at his home in June 2017, he was very positive despite his long battle with cancer. Joe had no more regrets, he had made his peace with God and most of all, in his last few years, Joe lived his life with holy joy. He was proud to proclaim, "I am a Catholic!" and that he was definitely ready to return to God. There was great serenity and peace that radiated from Joe's face. His will was to live the Will of God. He told me that one of his greatest joys was sharing his life's testimony at a Divine Retreat in Singapore in 2013. I know it greatly touched many Singaporeans hearts because of his honesty in sharing about his life. It took immense personal courage. I know I cried listening to his testimony. It was so powerful as Joe gave witness to the Power of Jesus in his life.
Joe Lim on extreme right with his daughter Jean during Christmas 2010 Visit to Divine Girls Home
When I got the news regarding Joe's demise, I was first filled with sadness. We were not close when I was his colleague in the same company. He seemed rather quiet and at that time our age difference also played a part. I was in my mid-twenties. Neither of us knew we were Catholics because we rarely spoke of our faith at work unless we were asked directly. We became good friends when I helped coordinate the first 5-day Divine retreat in Singapore in 2010.
When I look to what 2018 and hopefully what the years ahead hold for me, that is what I would like my identity to be, "I am Catholic and I am Alive". I hope my life will exemplify the mission Jesus has given to me while I am here on earth. We are all pilgrims. Our final journey is to our Eternal Home in Heaven. I still have personal mission goals I have always felt called to since my first retreat in 1998. Have I fully answered that Call of God? To be honest, the answer is not yet. It is something, if we look really deep into our hearts, many of us will probably feel so. Does that answer mean we have failed God? I do not believe so - otherwise my nearly fourteen years of full-time ministry would have been a waste. God's Time is very different from our human time-frame. So what did Jesus teach me in my quest to live as a Catholic should - as God wants me to?
First of all, it is to change my heart and my mind from one of my human will and human goals- to a heart and mind trying my best to do God's Will. For that, each one of us must be willing to go through difficult times, to experience what St. John the Cross and Saint Mother Teresa spoke of "the dark nights' of the soul", to honestly accept and do our best to overcome our human weaknesses/failings. All these inner transformation of our heart and mind has taken all these years for me and will always be ongoing. Over the past 4-5 years, some close old friends have said they have seen a very distinct change in me. It seems, I am more at peace and more reflective and calmer about life. When I was first told that, I would joke that now I am becoming like many of the Vincentian priests and my lay friends who are serving here in Divine Retreat Centre finally - having that peaceful Divine look! On a serious note, I know the changes God has made in me and I am truly thankful to God.
I was seriously trying to discern what I am being called to to do in 2018. The answer was actually what I felt very deeply in my heart and mind while I attended the Annual CALLED...GIFTED...SENT FORTH 2017 Retreat for Priests, Religious & Lay Leaders in Ministryhere in our retreat centre from 30 July - 04 August 2017. It was to have courage to do what was needed to answer the call that Jesus had so clearly placed in me as a clear vision and vocal call I felt deep within my heart in Singapore - just one week after my first Divine retreat in 1998. Until today, it remains extremely vivid and I am reminded a few times every year in prayer. When my lay friends and I have shared about God's Call to each of us, the one thing that scares us is the lack of security when one is a lay person to serve in full-time ministry. In fact, another question is also, "How do we balance our work life and ministry life?" Serving God is a commitment. It is not only about serving when one is feeling good and happy. It is never easy but if we turn to God, we will know the answer when the choice we make brings us the kind of inner peace that cannot be explained in human words. No one can give us the right answer - only God can! The answer in my heart during the retreat last year was, "What are you waiting for? Who are you waiting for? I am with you, Susan. Do what I want you to." To be honest, I actually fell very ill immediately after the retreat and eventually after 4 days being bed-ridden, I ended up spending 5 days in hospital. So the last 2 days in hospital, I began thinking of the fragility of my own life. Would I be alive next year? if so, would I be ready like my friend, Joe to happily march on to Heaven's Gate one day soon? I knew in June 2017 when I visited Joe that it was likely the last time I would see him. It was just a strong feeling and the time we had together stayed in my mind. He was one friend who had always encouraged me to serve full-time in India. It really encouraged me that some one who knew me strongly believed what I was doing mattered. Yes, it is a very human feeling but even in ministry, one needs affirmation once in a while just as we do in half-yearly and yearly reviews in the workplace. It helps to spur us on.
Well, the good news for each of us is every day that you and I are alive is a great blessing for us to live Jesus' Call. It is about our every day life as well as other special call God places in each of our hearts. God is so amazing - He gives a unique call to each of us. We do not need to compare ourselves with each other. As St. Mother Teresa says, "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today." I want to live my faith so that I can hopefully be a light to others around me: especially those who may not know Christ or have not had a personal God-experience yet. If I can share the great joy within me that I am a Catholic with others, then I am alive for Christ! I have to always keep the fire burning in my heart to fully answer God's Call - to never give up.
The years ahead -2018 and beyond - are going to be challenging as I answer God's Call to serve "outside the box" if I have to. To not be within the comfort zone of my nearly 14-year ministry. It is to be like the Apostles before - to venture to new avenues of evangelization as per God's Call. It is about a deep need to pray and discern and not to be afraid. To dare for Jesus and to accept the joys and at times the setbacks or disappointments in my ministry efforts. Being a Catholic is accepting gracefully the crosses you and I will inevitably face. Jesus said, "If any one wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23)
What is important to remember iare the many assurances the Word of God promises each of us - you and me. Below are a few that mean a lot to me personally:
"Do not be afraid - I am with you!
(Isaiah 43:5)
"I alone know the plan I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster,
plans to bring about the future you hope for."
(Jeremiah 29:11))
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
(Philippians 4:13)
"For nothing will be impossible with God
(Luke 1:37)
The Lord, My Guardian
(Psalm 121)
On 30 December, a mission I had spent a lot of time over the past 3 months did not materialize. For about two hours I was really sad and defeated. And then I remembered something I have heard so many times during the talks in our retreat centre - "Nothing happens that is not according to God's Plan." So I literally spoke this words out in my room, "Here, Jesus , please take this failed mission effort. It is Yours now. I tried my best." Then I took an hour's nap and focussed on other mission efforts. It was not really a failed effort because I learnt some very valuable insights which will help me and all others involved in our future efforts. Jesus will definitely show the way when it is in His Time. What did I gain personally? It is getting to know lay Catholics in a different country who were/are willing to promote evangelization efforts. It is an amazing joy to know that there are lay Catholics who are committed to bring Christ to others. No one is willing to give up. They have started praying and planning for new mission efforts. On my part, I continue to pray and believe that God's Call will always happen. It is to never give up and to remember, "For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised." (Hebrews 10:36)
When we look at our own personal lives, are we sharing the joy of our Catholic faith with those closest to us - our family members and friends? Often, they are the hardest to share our faith with. Why? Well, because they know us so well from childhood or our younger days. I know what I was like before my personal God-experience. The kind God wanted to spit out of His mouth, "So you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth." Revelations 3:16)" Well, it takes courage to share our active Catholic faith with others. There can be fun and non-threatening ways. One of my sisters started a chat group among the siblings where we learn through interesting fun questions about our Catholic faith or just from the daily readings or some reflections. All of us try to ask and answer the questions and it is great as we learn from each other. I love this WhatsApp chat group! We try to come up with interesting Catholic faith questions in a fun and joyful way. It works a whole lot better than trying to talk seriously about our faith as God calls each of us in a special way - it is not a case of one size fits all especially in my family. For my special-needs nephew, we share YouTube Christian hymns with lyrics as he loves to sing. So there are always ways to share our Catholic faith with our loved ones. It helps brings us closer. We also have a Prayer chat group so we can share prayers that we can pray together or for our personal needs. This has definitely brought my siblings and I closer to each other and to God.
It is important that we are open to find ways to share Christ with those around us. Let us not forget to have personal prayer time daily and to help celebrate the Holy Mass daily.
The YouTube video at the top of the post is an uplifting hymn, "I AM CATHOLIC...I AM ALIVE", the 50th Anniversary theme song by the Archdiocese of Mumbai for the 38th International Eucharistic Congress that was hosted in Mumbai in 1964.
It is a touching hymn that I pray, speaks to the heart of every member of our Friends of Divine Network, to joyfully exclaim from this New Year "I am Catholic and I am Alive!"
From all of us in Divine Retreat Centre, we thank all of you for your constant support, prayers and encouragement for the Divine-Potta's mission efforts in India and across the world. We are all God's Family!
Wishing you and your loved ones a Most Joyous, Blessed and Fulfilling New Year 2018!
This post is dedicated to my dear friend, the late Joe Lim,
The Holy Season of Lent began this year on01 March 2017 - ASH WEDNESDAY. Why are we on this earth? God has a mission or each of us. The sacred season of Lent is a holy time of grace for every Catholic to look deep into our hearts - what is the state of our heart for Jesus to live in us?
As of today, a weekly spiritual video talk will be posted every Sunday on this Friends of Divine blog until Palm Sunday. The 6-part DIVINE LENTEN 2017 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIES- is to help us truly prepare our heart and our life to be in union with the Merciful Love of Jesus. Our lives must be transformed not just during the Holy Season of Lent but in our every day living until we return to outr Heavenly Home. On Holy Thursday, a Eucharistic Adoration service will be posted.
Let us truly reflect deeply on Pope Francis' LENTEN 2017 Message:
“Lent is a favourable season for deepening our
spiritual life through the means of sanctification offered us by the Church:
fasting, prayer and almsgiving. At the basis of everything is the Word of God,
which during this season we are invited to hear and ponder more deeply.”
“Dear friends, Lent is the favourable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in His Word, in the Sacraments and in our Neighbour. The Lord, who overcame the deceptions of the Tempter during the forty days in the desert, shows us the path we must take. May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s Word, be purified of the sin that blinds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and sisters in need.”
The first video of the6-part DIVINE LENTEN 2017 WEEKLY VIDEO REFLECTION SERIESat the top of this post is"WHY DID GOD CREATE US?byRev. Fr.Mathew Naickomparambil V.C. - Spearhead of Divine-Potta ministry.
Fr. Mathew shares -"What is the purpose of our creation? "We are created by God and for God." (Colossians 1:16)We are created for the Glory of God. How are we going to glorify God? When people around us see our life, witness our life and experience love, mercy and compassion through us, they start thinking of the God we proclaim. They start thinking highly of the Lord who we are living for!"
This inspiring video by Fr. Mathew produced by Divine TV USA practically explainshow each of us can live our daily lives witnessing for our Lord Jesus as purpose-driven people of God.
Next Sunday, Rev. Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., Director of Vincentian Missionaries, Melbourne, Australia will be sharing the Word of God on “WHO IS GOD TO
YOU?” (Acts 16:31) Please do share this Divine Lenten 2017 Weekly Video Reflection series with your loved ones, prayer groups and friends to make this sacred season of Lent a truly transforming experience in our Christian life.
It is nearly the end of the first day of the brand new Year 2017 as I begin to write this post. It seems now that 2016 just flew past swiftly...and another year of my life is history. Makes me wonder what 2016 means when I am one day hopefully at Heaven's gates!
I do not make New Year resolutions the way I used to in my pre-Divine days. Even then, I was not one who made many New Year resolutions personally like some of my friends who actually had a list of New Year resolutions. I made a few in my mind and that essentially provided the impetus or zeal in what I tried to achieve in that year.
The older I get the more I value the potential of what each New Year could mean. Perhaps it is because when I was younger, death was like some distant destiny and there was so much to do and to live for. For some reason, I never entertained the thought that I could also die young until my elder sister did - when she was 43.
By then, I had started thinking on and off about what the meaning of my life was but it were little episodes in a hectic lifestyle I was leading in the corporate wold.
Until God decided that I should be aware that I have a plan to fulfil for Him too!
God has a plan for each of us. Yet how we choose to respond to God's Call is entirely up to each of us. Once we say "YES", how we choose to live for Christ is based on our journey of faith and our deepening personal relationship with Jesus. It cannot be static. I know the difference of my relationship with Jesus when I first realized He has a plan for even for me (during my 1st Divine retreat in February 1998) and now nearly 19 years later! Like in any relationship, we need to commit our time and heart to Jesus and learn to do His Will. Learning to do God's Will and not our own is the difficult part. It is easy to say but difficult in reality to live purely to do God's Will. First we need to let go of our pride, ego, personal will and learn humility and being a handmaid/servant of Jesus.
The last month of the year is always an intense time of prayer and reflection of how I have lived my life for Jesus and what should I focus on in the New Year. It is a difficult time as it is also the busiest period of my ministry where I am really exhausted each day. It is the time that I most want to "hear" what God wants of me and to get assurances from Him - that there is no reason to be afraid. God is in control. This is something many of my Catholic friends overseas have also shared with me regarding their careers and of their church/apostolic ministries. How do we know if God wants us to continue with our ministry, which ministry should we focus our efforts, should we look at taking up new ministry initiatives and so forth. We want to have the security of God showing us a clear sign of what we should do. Yes, it would make our choice easier if we know what is in store for us.
For me, I have found the need at year-end to seek the spiritual guidance of a priest. Somehow in having to articulate my fears, concerns and personal ministry initiatives for the New Year, I feel Christ's Peace and very often clear signs and "revelations" during the year-end Divine Thanksgiving Adoration service and the New Year Vigil homily. Spiritual guidance is crucial because sometimes we are too close to our problems/concerns to recognize the "root" of what could be troubling us or the need to refocus on our spiritual call. Our focus is on the "worry" and not "what" could be causing the "worry" and of trusting God in a tangible way
When we we choose to live God's Plan for our lives, I have found personally some areas I must always be aware of:
Daily Personal Prayer and Bible Reflection
Ongoing discernment of how I am living for Christ.
Whose will am I living for? God's Will or my will?
The courage and honesty to share my own personal weaknesses, anxiety and concerns in living God's Call to me with a Spiritual Director.
Listening and being ready to recognize when God is speaking to my heart. It may feel like God is not saying anything. Yet Jesus reveals to me what I need to know.
Do I trust God enough to believe in His Providence?
When I say "YES" to God's Call, I need to truly trust He is going to be there with me through the good and bad times. I am never abandoned.
Whether we are serving in church ministry, full-time ministry or in our personal life as a committed Catholic, I am reminded in a very powerful way this year by the Word of God that discipleship is costly. However, God's Providence which is what truly matters is promised to me - to gain the crown I hope for eternity:
“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself,
and take up his cross and followMe.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it;
but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
(Matthew 16:24-25)
The hymn at the at the top of this post "MY HANDS, MY HEART, MY VOICE" by SELAH - spoke so powerfully to my heart when I heard it for the first time tonight. I encourage you to please take the few minutes to let the lyrics flow into your heart to be touched, anointed and strengthened in how you will live with deep commitment and purpose for Jesus in 2017.
As 2017 begins, I take thisspecial opportunity to thank God for all our Friends of Divineespecially those who have stepped forward in helping Divine's evangelizatiion and charitable initiatives. There is much I have learnt and gained personally in coordinating Divine's 2016 evangelization missions in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore from the parish priests, dedicated retreat organizing team members, and many Catholics who have stepped forth for new Divine evangelization initiatives in Asia-Pacific. Each of you have added a depth to my personal ministry in Divine. The Friends of Divine network that we have is a vibrant and integral part of our Divine-Potta ministry - your prayers and deep commitments make the Christian difference to many other hearts in your parish, country and the world to have a God-experience.
May each of you, Friends of Divine, be blessed mightily to be Christ's ambassadors to the world!
Have a Joyous and Fruitful 2017! To God be all Glory!
In this episode of LIVING WATERS, "FAITH -GOD'S TIME IS THE BEST TIME FOR ME", Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C. highlights a prayer petition we often cry out to God. "Often I want my way. I want God to respect my timetable. Often we wonder why God is not answering because in my plan for my life, I must get this now! How do I know that is the best thing for me? How do I know my plan is the right thing for me?"
"There is a way God makes us mature in our faith. Waiting always makes us mature and that is why St. Paul in Romans Chapter 5 says, 'Waiting and suffering will lead us to endurance; endurance to character; character to hope' - a Hope that will never disappoint us! We need to be mature in our faith so that our lives will be totally concentrated on God, totally surrendered to God, totally focussed on God - believing God's Time is the BEST time for me."
LIVING WATERS is a 30-minute daily Divine TV programme of anointed sharing of God's Word by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C, Director -- Divine Retreat Centre. It is the largest Catholic retreat centre in the world.
DIVINE TELEVISION (UK/Europe & Middle East) Is known as GOODNESS Channel in India & Asia-Pacific and DVN Network in USA/Canada.
In this episode of LIVING WATERS, "MARY OUR MOTHER - GIFT OF GOD TO US", Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C. enlightens every Christian why God's full glory was was given to Mother Mary as a gift upon her birth when she was born without sin. Today on 08 September, the Catholic Church worldwide celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
"We are born with a purpose connected to Jesus. Our glory is proportionate to the way we carry out our purpose for God. It is in this context we must understand the Glory of Mother Mary. Mother Mary had a unique role to play - a precious mission to fulfill on this earth. Today (08 September 2013) we have a great reason to rejoice - She is our Mother whom Jesus gave to you and me!"
LIVING WATERS is a 30-minute daily Divine TV programme of anointed sharing of God's Word by Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C, Director -- Divine Retreat Centre. It is the largest Catholic retreat centre in the world.
DIVINE TELEVISION (UK/Europe & Middle East) Is known as GOODNESS Channel in India & Asia-Pacific and DVN Network in USA/Canada.
It can also be viewed worldwide ONLINE at www.dvnonline.org
Is
your soul weary and in need to be uplifted by God's Love & Peace?
We
may have successful careers and financially stable lives and yet our soul
yearns for something more ...something intangible! What is it? It is in
accepting and living in God's Love and knowing of the Presence of Jesus in
every moment of our lives. “Thou hast created us for Thyself and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee."
St. Augustine of Hippo
Come
and experience a Divine retreat in this Year of FAITH!
A retreat is always
a special time of God-experience.
It
is the moment God moulds our lives according to His Will- a time when God intervenes
and anoints us...when He speaks to each of us of our mission on earth!
THERE ARE 3 SPECIAL DIVINE RETREATS IN MARCH & APRIL 2013
LENTEN
RETREAT - 17 to 22 March 2013
PASSOVER
RETREAT - 24 to 29 March 2013
(Retreatants
are welcome to celebrate Saturday Easter Vigil in Divine)
The YouTube Music
video at the top is ofDivine Retreat Centre's 2012 Holy Week Memoriesset to
the song“In Christ Alone"by Adrienne Liesching and Geoff Moore.
FAITH
FORMATION RETREAT - 07-12 April 2013
To
form our life of faith and enable us to LIVE our faith and SHARE our faith!
These above Retreats in March & April 2013 will be conducted by
Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C. Director - Divine Retreat Centre
Rev. Fr. Joseph Edattu V.C. Assistant Director - Divine Retreat Centre
Listen
to the gentle call of God's Voice in your heart…
Come
and have a spirit-filled Divine retreat experience!
For
ENGLISH retreats schedule, please click on link below:
The time that thousands of Youths in India and all over the world are eagerly awaiting is fast approaching! POWER 2013 – the most exciting, anointed and joyous DIVINE’s International Retreat Week is just 4 ½ months away…
For the past 7 years, thousands of Youths have given their lives to be Christ’s witnesses to the world after being a part of Divine’s POWER Youth Conference. To all Youths – are you willing to respond to God’s call to be rooted and grounded in Him? Then Divine Retreat Centre is THE place to be from 14-19 July 2013 for your HEART TRANSFORMING experience of Jesus’ Presence in your life! Come and be empowered by THE JOY, THE LOVE & THE POWER OF GOD’s SPIRIT! Below are testimonies of 3 youths from around the world who wrote to share how their lives were changed forever. Many youths had written back to Divine sharing how Jesus is truly alive in their lives now – at school, at work, and at home. They know they are never alone – Jesus is in them!
Iaian Bong [Kuching, Malaysia]
Iaian Bong performing at POWER 2012!
“My prayer before POWER 2012 happened was very simple actually: I wanted to see God's face, I wanted a spiritual renewal in me and I wanted God to mind blow me...and guess what, He did.” – Iaian Bong
Do read the full testimony of Iaian Bongwho was part of the EMPOWERED Youth Ministry team from Kuching, Malaysia getting his prayer and wish fufilled by Jesus!
Jenna Wan [Mauritius]
Jenna Wan (in orange t-shirt with part of Mauritius Youth team at POWER 2012
“Going to the retreat at Divine in India was nothing of a coincidence. It was in His plan and in His time...At the retreat in Divine, He also revealed to me, in front of the Blessed Sacrament, my mission on earth and told me to go back study to become a nurse. All this was revealed to me after confession, for it is then that we are allowing Jesus to pour His graces on us.” –Jenna Wan
Jenna, who was part of a Youth Group from Mauritius, learnt the truth - that God has a mission and a special plan for every person! Do read Jenna Wan’s full testimonyand be inspired!
Tanisha Mascarenhas (Doha, Qatar)
Tanisha Mascarenhas (3rd from left in front row) with Qatar Youth Team
“The first day of the retreat, something I had been waiting for since December 2011. I’ll be honest and say it felt like heaven. The music, the speakers, the food, the people, everything was just perfect. And what’s better than youth from all around the world coming to worship that one totally awesome God.” – Tanisha Mascarenhas
Tanisha, who was part of the Qatar Youth Group, shares how she learnt our God is a God of relationships! Do readTanisha Mascarenhas' heart-warming testimonyof Jesus transforming her life – and her burning desire to serve Him Always!
The Divine Team will be led by
Rev. Fr. Augustine Vallooran V.C.
Director - Divine Retreat Centre
Come and and have a truly DIVINE experience
at
POWER 2013 –“ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE (Eph 3:17)
