SILVER JUBILEE YEAR 2004
(Blessing of the Silver Jubilee Memorial by Most Rev. Dr. Leon A. Dharmaraj
Bishop of Kottar)
Silver Jubilee Memorial Building for Blood Bank
Supported by Shreswsbury Central Council of England & Wales
Inauguration of the Silver Jubilee Memorial Building by former National President Bro. P. V. Alexander
Release of Jubilee Souvenir by Rt. Rev/ Dr. E. John Kulanthai, Vicar General of Kottar
Release of the Tamil Book on the life of St. Vincent de Paul by
Rev. Dr. George Allanchery Bishop of Thuckalay
| 1. Office Address of the Central Council | Ozanam Illam, Way to Nirmala Hospital, Karungal Post , Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, India. |
| 2. Office Telephone No. of the Central Council | 04651-266096 |
| 3. Date of Starting the Central Council | 01.04.1979 |
| 4. Date of Institution | 26.10.1981. |
| 5. Name of President | Bro. M. Xavier James Raj. |
| 6. Address of the President | Elanthavilai, Meycode P.O. – 629 804, Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, India. |
| 7. Tel. No. of the President with city code | 04652-232804 |
| 8. Date of appointment of the President | 15.12.2002 |
| 9. Brief History of the Central Council : | |
The
Kottar Central Council was established from Changanacherry Central Council in
Kerala region with 32 conferences. At present 180 conferences are functioning
under 9 Particular Council with 1736 active members including 418 ladies and 692
youth. We are planning and serving for the overall development of the poor &
downtrodden in and around us. Our main motto is to uplift of the poor and
downtrodden, in both economically as well as spiritually. For the effective
functioning of our Conferences, we formed 16 Special Groups, each under the
Chairmanship of one member in the Central Council, monitoring the respective
fields.
10. Names
of the past Presidents of the C.C. and the years of office.
|
NAME OF THE PAST PRESIDENTS |
YEAR OF OFFICE |
|
1. Bro. A. Mathias |
1979-1987. |
|
2. Bro. J. Celestine |
1987-1992. |
|
3. Bro. G. Lawrence |
1992-1997. |
| 4. Bro. D. Maria Siluvai | 1997-2002 |
11.
12. Major projects of the Central Council Description:
i) Computer Training Centre, run by Holy family Conference , Elanthavilai.
ii) Educational support to Poor Handicapped Children.
iii) Vincentian Brother are donating BLOOD for poor patients need under
Ozanam Blood Donor’s forum of the Kottar Central Council .
iv) Conducting Ozanam free medical treatment to the poor patients.
v) Educational Assistant to the Poor Students for their studies .
vi) Every year we are conducting Community Wedding for the poor ladies,
who are not able to get married due to dowry system in India &
marriage expenses.
13. Major
landmarks within the Central Council :-
i) First visit
of Dr. A.Q.C. Van Ruiten & his wife Sister (Late) Jeanette Van Ruiten in 1994
and inauguration of a fish vending project
as well as laying foundation stone for Ozanam Library cum Reading centre at Elanthavilai,
which established a relationship with the Council
of Netherlands and Kottar C.C.
ii) Visit of the President of Council of England & Wales, Brother Jim O’Connor
with Twinning Officer Brother Terry Brown,
Sr. Veronica and Sr. Francisa.
iii) Visit of our President General Dr. Cesar Viana with his wife as well as Bro. Erich Smith, former National President of Council of Germany his son Mickle Smith and Dr. A. Q. C. Van Ruiten, in 1998. Their visit and inspiring talks motivated our Vincentians very much, which improved our activities a lot.
iv) Released two Tamil Books about the life history of our founder Blessed Frederic Ozanam and our Patron St. Vincent De Paul.
The books are very much useful to the Tamil specking people to know about their life.