The Telugu Catholic Bishops’ Council (TCBC) held its annual meeting at St. John’s Regional Seminary, Hyderabad, Andhra, South India from March 28 to 30.
As many as nine bishops and two apostolic administrators from 13 dioceses of two Telugu-speaking states attended the meeting.
This meeting began with Mas by all the Bishops and priests of different regional commissions.
The 10th Telugu Catholic Laity Council elections were held. This council consists of lay people from different dioceses. Discussions on socioeconomic and religious issues in the two Telugu-speaking states were discussed.
As a part of the interfaith meeting of laypeople, Mrs. Nidhi (Ramakrishna Mutt volunteer) has reminded the service Mother Theresa has done to the poor in her talk.
Synod on synodality was another topic of discussion at this gathering.
TCBC deputy secretary Father Arlagadda Joseph explained the aim and vision of Synod. After group discussions were done, the suggestions and opinions were gathered and submitted to the governing board.
TCBC Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC) was also held.
Bishop John Raju (ICM-Eluru Diocese) and Bishop A.C Solomon (Church of South India - Medak) were a part of it. The theme of this meet was “One Shepherd-One Church.”
In these discussions, the members called for Christian unity when there is religious and social intolerance.
Three regional bodies and 23 commissions submitted the previous year's report to the TCBC board, which were screened and the future projects were laid for approval of the bishops.
(With inputs from Pujitha Yadala)
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