{"id":3612,"date":"2026-05-04T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:36:54","slug":"points-discussed-at-the-parish-pastoral-council-meeting-held-on-14th-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/points-discussed-at-the-parish-pastoral-council-meeting-held-on-14th-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Points Discussed At The Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Held On 14th April 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Message from the President<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of the Parish Pastoral Council Rev Fr S. N. Fernandes, spoke about the need for peace in the world. He expressed concern over the fear of a possible third world war, which could affect everyone and urged all to pray for peace and for an end to war. He also mentioned that although the Pope has been criticized by Donald Trump, he remains firm and unafraid, continuing to uphold the values and principles of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPC President further expressed concern about the lack of dialogue by Donald Trump with other countries before the start of the war, stating that it was initiated without prior discussion. He also spoke about the immense expenses involved in purchasing arms and ammunition for the war, as well as the destruction and loss of lives-both young and old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded by encouraging everyone to pray with hope for peace in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Agenda Points.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sacrament of Confirmation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sacrament of Confirmation in our parish will be held on 12th May at 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The members were enlightened that the Holy Spirit comes upon us through the candidates who receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. He stated that the Holy Spirit is the witness to Jesus Christ, and Confirmation is the celebration of Pentecost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the role of the PPC, it was emphasized that the PPC has an important role to play in various ways, as its members represent the parishioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marian Evening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The association of Legion of Mary to organise Marian evening on 13th of May 2026.The programme was discussed. Final schedule will be shared later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parish Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A half\/full day session for all CAT members of the SCC along with PPC to be held in the month of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting ended with the prayers by SCC 3 and 4 followed by blessings of the Parish Priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PPC Secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from the President The President of the Parish Pastoral Council Rev Fr S. N. Fernandes, spoke about the need for peace in the world. He expressed concern over the fear of a possible third world war, which could affect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pormoll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3613,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612\/revisions\/3613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}