THE FRIENDS OF THE
BIRDS OF THE AIR
ആകാശപറവകൾ
വീടുകളില്ലാത്തവർ ,ബന്ധുക്കളില്ലാത്തവർ ,സുഹൃത്തുക്കളില്ലാത്തവർ ,റേഷൻകാർഡുകളോ ,തെരഞ്ഞുടുപ്പുകാർഡുകളോ ഇല്ലാത്തവർ ,വോട്ടേഴ്‌സ് ലിസ്റ്റിൽ പേരില്ലാത്തവർ ഇങ്ങനെ ആർക്കും വേണ്ടാത്തവർക്കു വേണ്ടി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന സംഘടനയാണ് "ആകാശപറവകൾ "യാചകരെ പുനഃരധിവസിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിൽ ഏറെ സ്തുത്യർഹമായ സേവനമാണ് ഈ സംഘടന ചെയ്യുന്നത് .
വിശുദ്ധ ജോൺ പോൾ രണ്ടാമൻ മാർപ്പാപ്പയുടെ ആഹ്വാനം അനുസരിച്ചു 1983 -ൽ ഫാദർ ജോർജ് കുറ്റിക്കലാണ് ഈ ജീവകാരുണ്യപ്രസ്ഥാനം ആരംഭിച്ചത് .1994 -ൽ വിശുദ്ധ മദർതെരേസ തൃശൂരിനടുത്തുള്ള ചെന്നായ് പാറയിൽ ആകാശപറവകളുടെ ആദ്യ ഭവനം ഉത്‌ഘാടനം ചെയ്തു
In 1983, His Holiness
John Paul II had invited the whole Church to "Look to the future with
commitment for a new evangelization, One that is new in its fervour, New in its
methods and new in its expression" F.B.A (The Friends of the Birds of the
Air) is a response to that call. The
Holy Spirit who inspired His Holiness John Paul II at Haiti willed to instill
this divine inspiration in the heart of a simple but zealous, catholic priest
Rev. Fr. George Kuttickal, M.C.B.S, who was on a visit to Bharatpur bird
sanctuary at Rajasthan in the same year 1983.
Rev. Fr. George Kuttickal, M.C.B.S. (Missionary
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament) was inspired by the meticulous care
given by a group of naturalists who were closely studying Siberian birds which
had migrated to the sanctuary. These naturalists showed such genuine love and
concern for these birds naming, numbering them and by maintaining meticulously
medical reports in separate files which where sent to the Siberian Counterparts
before the birds would return to their motherland.
This amazing gesture of love and concern expressed to these birds of the air was a great moment of “Divine Inspiration” to Rev. Fr. Kuttickal. He was reminded of the thousands of human beings abandoned by everyone on the streets. They too are created in God's own likeness and image. Many of them die on these streets. There is no one to mourn, nor is there anyone to give these brethren a respectful funeral. There are hundreds of sick people on the pavements, yet hardly anyone to turn an eye on them. They have neither homes, nor friends or relatives. They are totally forsaken by their own societies. They do not possess any ration cards or identity cards. Morever no one will find his / her names enrolled in the voters list of the country. It is these kind of forsaken human beings whom God asked Fr. George to call "The Birds of the Air". They too neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet the Heavenly Father feeds them.
The Mother house (first unit) at Chennaippara (Thrissur, Kerala), functioning as a training and retreat centre was inaugrated by Blessed Mother Teresa on 19th July 1994. There after similar units of F.B.A have been formed at different states in India.One of F.B.A's missions is to build communities, communities of love, fellowship and brotherhood. These families or communities thrive on the Love of God. You can be part of this community by being a brother / sister to the ashram communities whenever convenient.
By helping us with donations in Cash, donations in Kind in the form of Clothes, blankets, food, provisions, medicines, equipment and infrastructure .By celebrating occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, festivals with our children (inmates) by sponsoring food at our ashrams By telling about F.B.A's service to your friends and relatives, by bringing more visitors to our ashrams in the service of the forsaken. By accepting people with mental illnesses in your community. You can make generous contributions to the Asharam in the name of:
Divya Karunya Charitable Trust.
Prof. John Kurakar
This amazing gesture of love and concern expressed to these birds of the air was a great moment of “Divine Inspiration” to Rev. Fr. Kuttickal. He was reminded of the thousands of human beings abandoned by everyone on the streets. They too are created in God's own likeness and image. Many of them die on these streets. There is no one to mourn, nor is there anyone to give these brethren a respectful funeral. There are hundreds of sick people on the pavements, yet hardly anyone to turn an eye on them. They have neither homes, nor friends or relatives. They are totally forsaken by their own societies. They do not possess any ration cards or identity cards. Morever no one will find his / her names enrolled in the voters list of the country. It is these kind of forsaken human beings whom God asked Fr. George to call "The Birds of the Air". They too neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet the Heavenly Father feeds them.
The Mother house (first unit) at Chennaippara (Thrissur, Kerala), functioning as a training and retreat centre was inaugrated by Blessed Mother Teresa on 19th July 1994. There after similar units of F.B.A have been formed at different states in India.One of F.B.A's missions is to build communities, communities of love, fellowship and brotherhood. These families or communities thrive on the Love of God. You can be part of this community by being a brother / sister to the ashram communities whenever convenient.
By helping us with donations in Cash, donations in Kind in the form of Clothes, blankets, food, provisions, medicines, equipment and infrastructure .By celebrating occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, festivals with our children (inmates) by sponsoring food at our ashrams By telling about F.B.A's service to your friends and relatives, by bringing more visitors to our ashrams in the service of the forsaken. By accepting people with mental illnesses in your community. You can make generous contributions to the Asharam in the name of:
Divya Karunya Charitable Trust.
Prof. John Kurakar
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