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The Women’s Forum in the Malankara Catholic Church in the region of United Kingdom was provided with a new leader of Rev. Fr. John Alex who was appointed as the Director of the Forum in January 2020.
Mission level elections were conducted and representatives from every mission were elected to carry forward the activities of Mother’s Forum across the missions in the UK.
On 28th July 2021, the mission level executives came together online to discuss and formulate the future activities of the Forum. Presided by Rev. Fr. John Alex, the meeting took 2 important decisions among others, namely, the creation of Sub regional executives and secondly, the formalization of executives at the Sub-regional level to better coordinate and carry out the activities of the Forum at the Sub-regional level. The names of the elected executives are provided below:
• London Sub-Region
President -Benshi Abraham
Secretary - Jini Joy
Treasurer - Subi Sam
• Midlands Sub-Region
President -Jesie Reji
Secretary - Vinitha Johny
Treasurer - Merlin Aniyan
• North West Sub-Region
President -Jessy Vinod
Secretary - Justina Joby
Treasurer - Rini James
• Scotland Sub-Region
President -Susie Varghese
Vice-President - Meena Sabu
Secretary - Irene Shaji
Joint Secretary - Marykutty John
Treasurer - Mini Shaji
Election for the National Executive 2021
The Sub-regional executives came together on 6th August 2021 to elect the office bearers of the Women’s Forum National Executive Committee, presided by Rev.Fr. John Alex. The key decisions taken during the meeting as are below:
1)The Mother’s Forum was to be renamed as Women’s Forum, Malankara Catholic Church, United Kingdom, in order to provide inclusivity to female members of the Malankara Catholic Church in the UK who were not Mothers.
2)Following members were elected as the National Executive Committee for the year 2021-2023:
President - Jesie Reji (Coventry)
Vice-President - Jessy Vinod (Liverpool)
General Secretary - Jini Joy (Croydon)
Joint Secretary - Susie Varghese (Scotland)
Treasurer - Merlin Aniyan (Cardiff)
Multiple meetings of the National Executives and Sub regional executives have been conducted to deliberate and organize activities within various Malankara Missions in the UK. Notable activities conducted at the National Level are summarized below:
Daily Prayer service during Covid -19
Covid-19 Pandemic presented one of the most difficult and soul crushing challenges in modern times. As a community we lost our ability to come together and offer Holy Qurbana to our Lord and had to remain confined to the walls of our homes. Women’s Forum UK took up the mantle to organize daily prayer services for the Malankara Catholic children in the Sub regions. These prayer services became a source of courage and strength and God’s blessings to all Malankara Makkal who attended these prayer services.
Rev. Fr. Lukose Kannimel
Director
Region of the United Kingdom
Mrs. Ansu Sibin
President
Mrs. Deepthi Ninan
Vice President
Mrs. Annie Santhosh
Secretary
Mrs. Shiny Charles
Joint Secretary
Mrs. Raji A Mathew
Treasurer