San Thome Church

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Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 Simon Chumkat

Devotees at the Palm Sunday Procession

santhometv Relics of St.Thomas The National Shrine of St.Thomas Basilica is built over the tomb of Apostle St.Thomas. St.Thomas one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ came to India in A.D.52, martyred in A.D.72 and was buried here in Mylapore.
There are only three basilicas built over the tomb of an apostle. St.Peter's at Rome and St.Jame's at Spain (Compestella, Santiago) are the other two.
There is an underground tomb chapel below the Basilica. His Holiness Pope John Paul II visited and prayed at this tomb on 5th February 1986.
St.Thomas who brought christianity to india is considered to be the Father of Indian Christianity.

This Week

Important days of this week
14th Monday - Matthias F
15th Tuesday - Isidore the Farmer
16th Wednesday - Simon Stock
17th Thursday - Paschal Baylon
18th Friday - John I
19th Saturday - Peter Celestine V

Web TV or Internet TV
Santhome Basilica have started a Web TV for live telecasting of Holy Services for the benefit of
Internet patrons. This is operational and your patronage is solicited. Please click here.

Eye, Organ and Full body donation
St.Vincent de Paul Society, Santhome council, has started a drive for Eye, Organ and Full body donation. Forms are available at entrance of the Tomb chapel entrance security staff. Interested persons can fill up the forms and submit to Vincent de Paul society office on Sunday morning. Or to the security staff for onward transmission. Please convince two of your close relatives to take the pledge. Donor cards will be issued.

Hymns book
Basilica has published a Hymns book in English for the Holy Mass in English and other Holy services.
The book will be shortly available from the church office or stalls against a donation of Rs.25/-.

Videos from the Basilica
Holy Masses and programmes are available live on the Santhome Live TV on www.santhomechurch.tv Old programmes are available on demand for the benefit of the devotees who missed it on those days. You may follow the link Santhome Videos to watch these programmes.

Charismatic Prayers
Tuesdays - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tamil
Fridays - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. English

Video on Apostle St.Thomas
The Basilica is planning to produce a Video on Apostle St.Thomas and the pilgrim centers of St.Thomas spread over the two states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Suggestions and informations on the project are invited.
Those who can sponsor may approach the Rector, Rev.Fr.S.Kanickairaj.

Twitter
Santhomechurch is now on Twitter. Follow through Twitter. See featured links.

Flickr- High resolution photos
We are uploading high resolution photos to Flickr for the journalism, printing and publishing industry. These photos are available under creative common licencse. You may download and publish it without any restriction or fee except to give credit to photographers name in your publication. Please click Flickr Photo link on the Main Menu on the left.

Marriage preparation course
(Read 'Wedding Preparation' link for contact details)

Mobile website : www.santhomechurch.com will be soon available for mobile devices like iPhone, Blackberry and smartphones with GPRS or web browsing facility. Beta version is up and you may access this through your mobile device at http://mobi.santhomechurch.com

Free download of Digital edition of the books
These are in pdf format , compatible to e-book readers(Amazon Kindle...), smartphones ( Blackberry, iPhone etc...) and iPad.
A Saga of Fatih - Please click to download
In The Steps of St.Thomas - Please click to download

Sunday Readings - 20th May 2012
Ascension of the Lord-S: Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-13, Gospel of Mark 16:15 - 20.

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Congrats!!! You surprised us!!!.
This website registered more than one lakh eighty eight thousand ( One hundred and eighty eight thousand - for our USA patrons) hits during October 2011. Please continue to support our internet ministry. We thank you for your overwhelming support and forwarding the URL to your near and dear ones. Suggestions for improvement are welcome.

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Catholic Matrimony

Thursday, 10 December 2009 05:16 Simon Chumkat

Catholic Matrimony
Catholic Matrimony is an online catholic Matrimonial service for the benefit of all catholic christians irrespective of their language, rites and other orientation.

A global forum with the convenience of modern technology that enables you to search the profiles posted from all over the globe. This service is free as it is launched only now. Please give your suggestions for improvements.

Supervised by Disciples of St.Thomas (DOST), head quarted at Mylapore, Santhome, Chennai, India it assures confidentiality and security.
Please support this venture by posting the profiles of your near and dear ones and emailing this announcement to your friends and relarives living abroad too.
Please click here to preview, search or email this link to your relatives and friends.
URL: http://www.santhome.org/cm

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 September 2011 05:38

Voice of St.Thomas

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 10:11 Simon Chumkat

Voice of St. Thomas - April to June 2012 Voice of St.Thomas is a quarterly magazine published from the National Shrine of St.Thomas Basilica. It carries articles on St.Thomas, Basilica, Liturgy, Celebrations, Special devotions, Family Life, Traditions, Christian Values and News Reports.
From this issue the magazine has undergone a makeover. All pages are in colour and the contents are illustrated with colour photograph. Single copy Rs.10/= only
Procure and gift copies to your near and dear ones.

Your comments, suggestions for improvement and thoughts are welcome. Please click here and write...

Now e-book of VOST is available for free download. To download click here

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 April 2012 07:23

Books on St.Thomas

Monday, 26 October 2009 10:07 Simon Chumkat

India and the Apostle Thomas
This book was first published during 1905. This was out of print and was not available. Basilica together with Disciples of St.Thomas bringing out this book for the benefit of St.Thomas Christians and researchers. Price of the book is INR 120. Available at San Thome Basilica and Liturgical Centre.

Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for outstation requirements.
We shall send the book by registered post parcel within India on advance payment of the cost together with Rs.40 towards apcking and postage.

The South Indian Bank Ltd accepts receipts for DOST account 0149 073 000001368 at all thier Indian branches without any charges.

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Calendar 2012

Thursday, 03 November 2011 11:46 Simon Chumkat

Calendar 2012 Santhome church calendar for 2012 is released. Printed on imported artpaper with glossy lamination depicts the Basilica, St.Thomas, Tomb, Mylai Matha and Grotto. Masstimings and special devotions are given. Date portion contain information like daily Bible readings, saint of the day, feast of St.Thomas and feast of Mylai Matha besides other important liturgical events like Good Friday, Easter Sunday etc...