MATHARPACADY VILLAGE

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  • Cross Feast – Down Memory Lane

    Cross Feast – Down Memory Lane

    The Holy Cross Oratory is a religious landmark, well over a century old, situated in the heart of  Matharpacady Oart, popularly known as “THE VILLAGE”.

    The solemn Novena Services every year start on 22nd April.  The Feast of  the Holy Cross is celebrated on 1st May, commencing with the Eucharistic Sacrifice and followed by joyous festivities.

    The devotions at the Holy Cross Oratory are a living witness to the rich spiritual heritage and faith of  our forefathers. Many stalwarts from the Village have made ardent efforts to preserve and continue these noble traditions for posterity.

    The families in Matharpacady Village have always rallied around the Holy Cross Oratory over the many decades, in times of  emergency and distress, praying most fervently, especially to our Saviour and Redeemer, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Roque.  They have never failed to heed and answer the cries of  those in pain and need. Since the past couple of years, Rosary is recited daily by a group of residents.

    We bring you some memories of our Feast Day celebrations down the years.

  • Holy Cross Feast Mass – 1st May 2020

    Holy Cross Feast Mass – 1st May 2020

    In Times of Fear

    Unprecedented near global lockdown. An unprecedented “plague” in the 21st Century. God’s punishment? Mankind’s abuse of the earth?  Who will be next?  Me?  When will a cure or vaccine be found? Fear. Uncertainty.

    In Stormy Seas

    In troubled seas the Cross of Christ is the only sure rock.  On the Cross Jesus Christ gave his life willingly to save you and me through Faith from eternal damnation, from swirling threats like pain, sickness, disease. Even from killer plague!  The Holy Cross Oratory built through the generosity of our ancestors and a certain Mrs Buthello is striking testimony.  As is, the unbroken tradition of the Novena since the 1800s.

    The Cross Our True Salvation

    Come to MATHARPACADY this evening ONLINE to celebrate this Victory on the Cross with the Holy Eucharist celebrated by the Parish Priest of Rosary Parish, Rev. Fr. Nigel Barrett specially for us. Here’s the link:

     

    Creating history again

    This year a new course has been charted:  The Novena Services (that started on April 22) were taken online via our Village Blog and YouTube.  This benefits hundreds of believers across the Globe.

    Once upon a time, in keeping with Matharpacady’s maritime nexus, on the Feast Day, the village used to be decorated with Ship’s Flags of myriad nationalities from round the globe.  Prophetic!  For, this year, this tiny Village hidden away in SoBo, has punched through space, time and quarantine to unite the faithful into one Praying Global Village. 

    Indeed, it’s plague and pestilence that makes the shield of faith even stronger!

     

  • Monsoon Magic – Play Tambola – Sunday, 28th June 2020, 8.30 pm

    Monsoon Magic – Play Tambola – Sunday, 28th June 2020, 8.30 pm

    PLAY TAMBOLA WITH US

    It’s Free!

    It’s Fun!

    All you need is LUCK! LUCK! LUCK!

    It’s for Everybody – young and old!

    No Money. No Credit Card.  No Nothing!!!

    JUST EYES, EARS AND FINGERS . He, he, he!

    Just dive in, play and enjoy. 

    All you need to do is to download the Tambola app from the Google Playstore (equivalent for iPhones)

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.octro.tambola&hl=en_IN

    And here’s a tutorial to help you understand how to do it.

    TO PLAY

     on Sunday, 28th June 2020

    INSTALL THE APP

    TODAY!!!

    TO GET INTO OUR TAMBOLA HOUSIE PARTY WAIT FOR THE LINK ON SUNDAY !!!

    • Make sure your data/WiFi is switched on
    • Suggest you Download the app and create a profile before hand
    • At 8:20 pm – Click the link sent to you on WhatsApp and click PLAY AS A GUEST and then click on PARTY. The game will be opened to all at 8:30 PM sharp as we all need to play together – so only those logged in on time will get to play –  numbers called will be visible at the top and you can try to catch up if late.
    • In case it asks for the Code etc. pleass insert as shared in the Whatsapp message
    • Enter your name and Login
    •        
    • You will find a button next to your User ID to BUY TICKETS
    • You can get 1,2 or 3 tickets to play each game. Each ticket has 15 numbers on it
    • The dealer calls out random numbers. If you have those numbers on your ticket you can mark them by tapping on them
    • If you are one of the first to get 5 called numbers on your ticket, or all 4 corners, or all numbers in either Top, bottom or middle line, then you can tap on the CLAIM button to claim the prize for that
    • If all numbers on your ticket are called out then you must immediately claim FULL HOUSE to be the winner
    • Note : Marking numbers by tapping on them is only for your convenience. It has no impact on your claims or winnings. A valid claim is only possible via using the CLAIM button.
    • We can schedule to play max 2 games ending at 10 pm.

    When you click Buy Tickets – it’s free!!! Not to Worry!

    Just watch the Video Tutorial and get in the Game!!!

    Matharpacady Village

    A successful village beats with one heart!

  • Matharpacady Village Cross Feast – 1st May 2020

    GRAND FEAST MASS – Friday, 1st May 2020

    • 7.00 P.M. SHARP (IST) –HOLY EUCHARIST CELEBRATED BY OUR PARISH PRIEST, REV. FR. NIGEL BARRETT,OUR LADY OF ROSARY CHURCH, DOCKYARD ROAD

              Link for the above will be sent tomorrow evening.

    • RETROSPECTIVE OF CROSS FEASTS PAST – A trip down memory lane in pictures – immediately following Mass

              Link for the above will be sent tomorrow evening after the Holy Eucharist.

    THE CELEBRATION

    Let the Games begin!

    1st May 2020

    9.30 pm – Calling all Housie lovers (not lousy lovers) ? :

    The  Grand Tambola online

    Await the Link and Instructions. Pray for luck!!!

    The  VIRTUAL Tambola game

    • Make sure your data/WiFi is switched on
    • Suggest you Download the app and create a profile before hand
    • At 9:20 pm – Click the link sent to you on WhatsApp and click PLAY AS A GUEST and then click on PARTY. The game will be opened to all at 9:30 PM sharp as we all need to play together – so only those logged in on time will get to play –  numbers called will be visible at the top and you can try to catch up if late.
    • In case it asks for the Code etc. please insert as shared in the Whatsapp message
    • Enter your name and Login
    •              
    • You will find a button next to your User ID to BUY TICKETS
    • You can get 1,2 or 3 tickets to play each game. Each ticket has 15 numbers on it
    • The dealer calls out random numbers. If you have those numbers on your ticket you can mark them by tapping on them
    • If you are one of the first to get 5 called numbers on your ticket, or all 4 corners, or all numbers in wither Top, bottom or middle line, then you can tap on the CLAIM button to claim the prize for that
    • If all numbers on your ticket are called out then you must immediately claim FULL HOUSE to be the winner
    • Note : Marking numbers by tapping on them is only for your convenience. It has no impact on your claims or winnings. A valid claim is only possible via using the CLAIM button.
    • We can schedule to play max 2 games ending at 10 pm.

    Saturday, 2nd May 2020

    11.30 am (IST)

    Premieres on the dot!

    Quizzz of Quizzzzzes! 

    From the brain of the Mistress of Brain Torture.

    Youuuuuu don’t wanna miss this!

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE QUIZZZ

    • Make sure your data/WiFi is switched on – chk, chk, chk your internet connection!
    • Click the link sent to you on WhatsApp or posted on FaceBook/on this Blog
    • Enter your username
    • Click on Ok, go!
    • Start playing
    • Set of 25 trivia questions
    • Be Fast. Think quick. Answer quick
    • Limit on 100 players. BE FIRST!!! or BE LEFT OUT!
    • Be smart buddy, don’t get logged out… he he he — like taking a chick to a dance and losing her to another dude ?You won’t be able to get back ?

    Note: The Quizzz is open till 7.00 a.m. on May 3rd.  THEN:  The Winners will be announced here on the Matharpacady Blog. Of course you might also hope to see the Podium on the App. WILL U GET A MEDAL?  Aha!  Let’s see!

    • You got eyes?

    Watch this space – if Lockdown continues in Mumbai past the 3rd May, YOU MAY BE IN THE DARK BUT YOU WON’T BE ALONE – Heart, liver and kidney, we’ll be in your house; in your bedroom with a set of drills for your wee little brain. 

    NEVER FEAR – THE Quiz Mistress is near.  (Don’t worry ducky, you’ll enjoy it)…

     Tick, tock, tick ,tock!

    Wait for the links!

     Pray and play; play and pray.  The family that prays … and plays together stays together!

    Note : For any queries or assistance to the Tambola or Quiz, please contact Vidhya on 9833400814.

     THE WAYSIDE CROSS 

    (The Cross by the Wayside – house of The Nazareths)

    Online Rosary on 2nd May 2020

    7.30 p.m. (IST)

    (Please Wait for the link)

     THE MONTH OF MAY

    DEDICATED TO OUR LADY  

              Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel - Welcome   Daily Rosary at 7.30 p.m. (IST)

    (Links to the four mysteries on You Tube will be provided.)

    A service to ALL who are dedicated to the Holy Cross and to Our Lady,  Villagers, Rosary Parishioners, Catholics worldwide and our non-Christian friends.   

     

    The Holy Cross Oratory in Matharpacady Village

    A successful village beats with one heart!

     

  • Holy Cross Novena – 29th April 2020 – Day 8

    MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY

    145th Anniversary – Novena

    In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection:

    The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague.

    With living faith:

    The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross

    (Patron Saint:  St Roque)

    Commences:  7.30 p.m. IST, DAILY from

    April  22 to 30, 2020

    Cross Bells will be rung 7.30 p.m.

    The Theme for the Novena today is :

    We Pray For All The Workers Who Are Stranded In Various Parts Of The Country, Away From Their Homes And Have No Shelter Or Food Supply,  Due To The Lockdown Prevailing.

    Click on the link being sent to you daily, follow on your smart-phone or Smart TV, and sing, pray and rejoice simultaneously with your fellow residents of Matharpacady and neighbours in India and abroad.   Kindly click on the “SUBSCRIBE” icon on your screen for regular updates.

    Please pass this message on to relatives, friends and well wishers and post/share/message this opportunity of His Love & Protection —

    We are also attaching the link to The Daily Eucharist being celebrated by His Eminence,  Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay –

  • Holy Cross Novena – 28th April 2020 – Day 7

    MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY

    145th Anniversary – Novena

    In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection:

    The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague.

    With living faith:

    The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross

    (Patron Saint:  St Roque)

    Commences:  7.30 p.m. IST, DAILY from

    April  22 to 30, 2020

    Cross Bells will be rung 7.30 p.m.

    The Theme for the Novena today is :

    We Pray For  Our Leaders,  Specially For The Prime Minister And Home Minister, That They Be Blessed With Wisdom ,  To   Govern Responsibly, For The Good Of All Citizens Of India, Irrespective Of Caste Or Creed.

     

    Click on the link being sent to you daily, follow on your smart-phone or Smart TV, and sing, pray and rejoice simultaneously with your fellow residents of Matharpacady and neighbours in India and abroad.   Kindly click on the “SUBSCRIBE” icon on your screen for regular updates.

    Please pass this message on to relatives, friends and well wishers and post/share/message this opportunity of His Love & Protection —

    We are also attaching the link to The Daily Eucharist being celebrated by His Eminence,  Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay –

  • Holy Cross Novena – 27th April 2020 – Day 6

    MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY

    145th Anniversary – Novena

    In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection:

    The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague.

    With living faith:

    The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross

    (Patron Saint:  St Roque)

    Commences:  7.30 p.m. IST, DAILY from

    April  22 to 30, 2020

    Cross Bells will be rung 7.30 p.m.

    The Theme for the Novena today is :

    We Pray For All Families In Matharpacady, For Protection From The Corona Virus , And For A Life Of Peace And Harmony

     

    Click on the link being sent to you daily, follow on your smart-phone or Smart TV, and sing, pray and rejoice simultaneously with your fellow residents of Matharpacady and neighbours in India and abroad.   Kindly click on the “SUBSCRIBE” icon on your screen for regular updates.

    Please pass this message on to relatives, friends and well wishers and post/share/message this opportunity of His Love & Protection —

    We are also attaching the link to The Daily Eucharist being celebrated by His Eminence,  Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay –

  • Holy Cross Novena – 26th April 2020 – Day 5

    MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY

    145th Anniversary – Novena

    In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection:

    The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague.

    With living faith:

    The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross

    (Patron Saint:  St Roque)

    Commences:  7.30 p.m. IST, DAILY from

    April  22 to 30, 2020

    Cross Bells will be rung 7.30 p.m.

    The Theme for the Novena today is :

    We Pray For Our Church…Pope Francis, Cardinals And Bishops , Priests And Religious, That God Sustains Them During This Lockdown And They Continue To Reach Out To The People.

     

    Click on the link being sent to you daily, follow on your smart-phone or Smart TV, and sing, pray and rejoice simultaneously with your fellow residents of Matharpacady and neighbours in India and abroad.   Kindly click on the “SUBSCRIBE” icon on your screen for regular updates.

    Please pass this message on to relatives, friends and well wishers and post/share/message this opportunity of His Love & Protection —

    We are also attaching the link to The Daily Eucharist being celebrated by His Eminence,  Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay –

  • Holy Cross Novena – 22nd April 2020

    MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY

    145th Anniversary – Novena

    In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection:

    The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague.

    With living faith:

    The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross

    (Patron Saint:  St Roque)

    Commences:  7.30 p.m. IST, DAILY from

    April  22 to 30, 2020

     Cross Bells will be rung 7.30 p.m.

     

    Click on the link being sent to you daily, follow on your smart-phone or Smart TV or Computer, and sing, pray and rejoice simultaneously with your fellow residents of Matharpacady and neighbours in India and abroad.  

    Please pass this message on to relatives, friends and well wishers and post/share/message this opportunity of His Love & Protection —

     We are also attaching the link to The Daily Eucharist being celebrated by His Eminence,  Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay –

     

  • Whist Drive – 10th March 2020

    Whist Drive – 10th March 2020

         

    The Matharpacady Residents’ Welfare Association organised their Whist Drive at St. Isabel’s High School on Tuesday, 10th March 2020.  Mr. Stanislaus Baptista and Mr. Dennis Baptista handled this Whist Drive. Twenty Eight participants and other guests were warmly greeted as they entered the  hall.  Participants, four a table, were seated at numbered tables to enjoy this competitive card game.  The whist drive was in two sessions of six games each.   Stanislaus Baptista also captured these moments on camera for us. Light refreshments of hot tea, biscuits and Batata Vadas were served at the break in sessions.  Highest scorers were awarded generous cash prizes.  The delighted recipients – Mr. Clifford Khan,  with 99 points was the first prize winner with highest points. The prize for the highest score in the first half shared by Mrs. Irene Nazareth and Mr. Maxim Rego with 49 points each. The prize for the highest score in the second half was awarded to  Ms, Philo Nazareth  with 46 points. The prize for the lady with the lowest score was given to Ms. Joan Nazareth with 66 points while the prize for the gent with the lowest score was given to Mr. Avelino Rosario (66 points). They all received the gifts to much applause from all the others present.

    Mr. Dennis Baptista, thanked all the participants and guests for making this a happy memorable function. Thanks also to Mrs. Joanita D’Costa for the delicious homemade sweets given to all participants. Mr. Stanislaus Baptista informed all about the Whist Drive being organised by the Rosarian Senior Citizens Association  on Tuesday, 24th March 2020 at 6.00 pm in the KG Classroom. The next Whist Drive being organised by the MRWA will be on Tuesday, 14th April 2020 at 6.00 pm at St. Isabel’s High School.  Heartfelt thanks to the Management and Trustees of St. Isabel’s High School, for allowing us the use of the Hall and other amenities for all our functions. The Welfare Associations purpose is to bring families closer together at these functions, by fostering a spirit of friendship and co-operation so as to strengthen and build the Catholic community.

     

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