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PANAJI
Stressing on the need to treat women with equal dignity and respect, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India Secretary General and Goan Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas on Thursday emphasised the need to should show solidarity with women and girl children, specially those who are exploited and marginalised.
He was delivering a homily at a Eucharistic Celebration in the CBCI Chapel, as the CBCI celebrated International Women’s day with a symbolic and meaningful event at its headquarters in New Delhi.
The priests residing at the CBCI Centre concelebrated the Mass, while Sr Talisha Nadukudiyil, Secretary, CBCI Council for Women, and the other women staff participated in the Eucharist.
In his enriching homily, Bishop Mascarenhas said Mother Mary is the role model in the Church because of her obedience to the will of God and her courage in saying “yes” to what God wanted from her.
Stressed the need for treating women with equal dignity and respect, he also emphasized on the need to should show solidarity with women and girl children specially those who are exploited and marginalized.
On behalf of Women in the Catholic Church in India, Sr Talisha expressed gratitude to Bishop Mascarenhas for his initiative taken to celebrate the day, thereby indicating his genuine support and encouragement for gender parity and also to the priests for their prayer and support.
“Everybody appreciated this event which was in line with the theme ‘Press for Progress’, as perhaps for the first time in the history of the CBCI Centre, this Women’s day was celebrated and women were invited for attending the Holy Mass and the celebration thereafter,” said Sr Nadukudiyil, in a statement on the CBCI website.
