GUWAHATI
His Grace, Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil presided over the holy mass on 28 June 2008 at 6 p.m. at St Joseph’s Cathedral. During the Eucharistic Celebration, the archbishop inaugurated the Year of St Paul and launched The NCB JALANDHAR
The inauguration of the Year of St Paul and the release of The NCB is scheduled to take place in the diocese of Jalandhar on 28 July 2008 along with the blessing of the New Community and Apostolic
Centre of ST PAULS. The ceremony will be presided over by His Lordship Rt Rev. Anil Couto, Bishop of Jalandhar.

JORHAT
The diocese of Jorhat celebrated the inauguration of the Year of St Paul and release The NCB during the Holy Euchaist on 29 June 2008, at 8 a.m. Fr Joseph Joy Pallikunnel Vicar General, Diocese of Dibrugarh, presided over the ceremony.

KOCHI
In Kochi, the Year of St Paul was inaugurated and The NCB was released by Most Rev. Sebastian Adayanthrath, Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly and the first copy of The NCB was given to Fr Paul Thelakkatt, Editor of Satyadeepam and PRO of the archdiocese.

KOLKATA
Fr Elias D’Mello, Parish Priest, released The NCB and declared the Year of St Paul open during the Holy Eucharist at St Mary’s Church, Rippon Street, Kolkatta at 6.30 a.m. on 29 June 2008.

KOZHIKODE
Most Rev. Joseph Kalathiparampil, Bishop of Calicut, announced the Year of St Paul open and released The NCB on 29 June 2008 at 9.15
a.m., at St Joseph’s Church, Calicut.

NAGPUR
His Grace archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara, archbishop of Nagpur inaugurated the Year of St Paul and released The NCB during the Holy Eucharist at St Francis de Sales Cathedral, Nagpur at 6 p.m., on 29 June 2008.

NELLORE
During the Holy Eucharist on 29 June 2008 at 6.15 a.m., at St Joseph Cathedral, Nellore, Fr R.B. Victor inaugurated the Year of St Paul and released The NCB.

NEW DELHI
The inauguration of the Year of St Paul and the release of The NCB were held during the Holy Eucharist at Sacred Heart Cathedral,
presided over by His Grace Vincent Consessao, Archbishop of New Delhi on 28 June 2008 at 6.30 p.m.
RANCHI
The community of Ranchi organised a prayer service at our residence (Divyodaya), to mark the inauguration of the Year of St Paul on 28 June 2008, at 3 p.m. During the prayer service, Fr C. R.
Prabhu, Rector of St Albert College, Ranchi released The NCB.

PUNE
His Lordship Valerian D’Souza, Bishop of Pune inaugurated the Year of St Paul and released The NCB at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Pune,
during the Holy Eucharist at 6.30 p.m. on 28 June 2008. Simultaneous release of The NCB took place during the Holy Eucharist of the Year of St Paul in the following parishes of the diocese:
􀂾 Immaculate Conception Church, Camp
􀂾 St Francis de Sales Church, Shaanwadi
􀂾 Sacred Heart Church, Yervada
􀂾 St Ignatius Church, Kirkee
􀂾 Church Of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,Tadiwala
􀂾 Carmel Church, Sainikwadi

SECUNDERABAD
According to the special request of His Grace archbishop Joji of Hyderabad, the Inauguration of the Year of St Paul and the Release
of The NCB were anticipated on 26 June 2008 at 11.30 a.m., on the occasion of the recollection of the clergy of the archdiocese. The Eucharist was presided over by Msgr Solomon Thumma at St Mary’s Church, Secunderabad.

SHILLONG
To mark the inauguration of the Year of St Paul, the DSP of Shillong organized a session on St Paul by Sr Mary Sebastian. During the prayer service that followed, The NCB and an audio album on St
Paul, “Vessels of Clay” by Sr Caroline DSP were released. The event was held at Pauline Book & Media Centre, Shillong.

On 29 June 2008, during the Holy Eucharist at Mary Immaculate Cathedral, Shillong, the Year of St Paul was declared open and The NCB was released.
The event was also held at:
􀂾 Grotto Chapel, Shillong
􀂾 Pynthorumkhrah (Sts Peter & Paul Church), Shillong.
TRIVANDRUM
Rev. Fr Eugene Pereira, Vicar General of the archdiocese of Trivandrum, released The NCB and inaugurated the Year of St Paul on 29 June 2008, 6.45 p.m., at St Theresa of Lisieux Church,
Vellayambalam, Trivandrum.

VIJAYAWADA
Msgr Chinnappa, Vicar General of the Diocese of Vijayawada inaugurated the Year of St Paul and released The NCB at St Paul’s Cathedral, Vijayawada, during the Eucharist at 5.30 p.m. on 28 June
2008 For more details about The NCB and the Launching Event, visit the
website: http://stpaulsncb.com

Year of St Paul Inaugurated !
The New Community Bible Launched !
 

The Pauline Family in India organized the Inauguration of the Year of St Paul in various parts of the country. During the inaugural Eucharist, the New Community Bible (NCB) was released.

The NCB is a Catholic Bible for India published by ST PAULS. It is a gift of the Pauline Family to the Church in India presented on the opening day of the “Year of St Paul” and in the “Year of the Word of God” (celebrated in India from January to December 2008).

One of the strong points of The NCB is the contextualized commentary on the Sacred Text,
made especially for India, taking into account the rich cultural and religious heritage of this land. Besides a brief but comprehensive introduction to each of the major divisions of both the Old and the New
Testaments, each Book of the Bible has a brief introduction.

His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias on 28th June, 2008, in a colourful ceremony at the Holy Name Cathedral in Mumbai, released the New Community Bible and dedicated it to the Archdiocese of Mumbai and to the Church in India. “The new Bible will enable everyone to read, to listen, to understand, and to proclaim God’s Word”, said the Cardinal in his homily. He lauded the contribution of the Paulines in India to the Church and the world at large. Cardinal Simon Pimenta, Fr Varghese Gnalian ssp (Provincial, Society of St Paul), Sr Ancy John (Provincial, FSP), Fr (Dr) Augustine Kanachikuzhy ssp (Editor of the NCB), Fr Fidelis DeLima (Co-editor & commentator), priests, religious and a large gathering of the faithful were present in the cathedral. Either 28th or 29th June 2008, similar Release of the NCB took place in 25 parishes of Mumbai Archdiocese and in many other cities of India. In Mumbai itself 6,000 copies of the NCB were sold out on the first two release days.

MUMBAI
In Mumbai, the inauguration of the Year of St Paul and the release of The NCB were held in the following parishes during the evening Mass on Saturday, 28 June 2008:

Gloria Church, Bycula
Good Shepherd Church, Andheri
Holy Family Church, Chakkala
Holy Trinity Church, Powai
Immaculate Conception Church, Borivli
Our Lady of Egypt Church, Kalina
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kalyan
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Orlem
Our Lady of Salvation Church, Dadar
Our Lady of Victory Church, Mahim
Sacred Heart Church, Andheri
Sacred Heart Church, Santa Cruz
Sacred Heart Church, Vashi
St Andrew’s Church, Bandra
St Ann’s Church, Pali Hill
St Anthony’s Church, Vakola
St John the Baptist Church, Thane
St Joseph the Worker Church, Bandra East
St Joseph’s Church, Vikroli
St Michael’s Church, Mahim
St Paul’s Church, Parel
St Peter’s Church, Bandra
St Pius X Church, Mulund
St Theresa’s Church, Bandra
St Vincent de Paul Church, Chuim

ELURU
In the diocese of Eluru, the Year of St Paul was declared open on 3 July 2008 at 5 p.m., by Most Rev. John Mulagada.

After the Mass a ballet on the life of St Paul Kriste na Jeevam (for me to live is Christ) was presented. During the interval, Fr Jojaiah Podota SJ (who made the major contribution in the translation of the Telugu Bible published by ST PAULS) released The NCB and gave the first copy to Most Rev. John Mulagada. His Lordship then presented copies of The NCB to representatives of various communities, including non-Catholic Christian denominations. Fr George Chathanatt, Vicar Provincial, then released the Telugu Book Na Thandri (translation of I dare to call him Father) and gave the first copy to Sr Theresa Cherian, Principal of St Theresa’s College for Women, Eluru.