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Martyrdom: “ seed of Grace”
THE FRONTIER NEWSDiocese of Peshawar
To commemorate the All Saints Church Martyrdom of children, women, elders and the youth, Church of Pakistan has declared the September 22 as the day of the Christian Martyrs in Pakistan. The sorrow and grief can still be felt even after four years. In thisconnection a special prayer service was organized at the All Saints’ Church. At this occasion, all the local Diocesan schools were closed in Peshawar, It is worth mentioning that the relatives of Martyrs and injured themselves started coming to Church from the morning and offered their personal Thanksgiving prayers. The Rt. Rev. Humphrey Peters, along with Diocesan Priests conducted the Special Prayer Service. explained how God protects His people.
The Bishop’s sermon was very fruitful for the spiritual growth and the consolidation of
The electronic and print media
also
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Representatives from different social
organizations came and lit the candles
in the martyr’s gallery to express
solidarity.
The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Perters leading the serv
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THE FRONTIER NEWSSeptember: 2017
Diocese of Peshawar – Church of Pakistan
The Bishop’s sermon was very fruitful for the spiritual growth and the consolidation of the Church.
The electronic and print media were
present for the coverage of the
(fourth) Anniversary.
Representatives from different social
organizations came and lit the candles
in the martyr’s gallery to express
solidarity.
Revd. Rashid Nazir delivering the sermon
Church Service in
Martyrs
The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Perters leading the service
Individual Highlights
• Martyrdom, seed of grace 1
• Non-Muslim Pakistani 2
• Minority Students Scholarship 2
• Eid Gifts 3
• Ecumenical Trip 4
• Security Measures 5
• Never forget 5
THE FRONTIER NEWS Church of Pakistan
Revd. Rashid Nazir delivering the sermon
Church Service in progress
relatives lit candles to pay tribute
“Non Muslim Pakistani are not
Minority”
Minority Students’ Merit
Scholarship Award Ceremony
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Bishop Humphrey with Senator Siraj Ul Haq and other dignitaries
Group photo of students and the honorable guests
September, 2017 : The Minority students 2nd
Merit Scholarship Award Ceremony was held at Edwardes College Peshawar organized by Administration of the College under the supervision of Brig (R) Prof. Dr. Nayer Fardows Principal Edwardes College Peshawar.
The Award Ceremony was attended by prominent citizens of the town, including Senator, Brig, (R) Williams, Professor Dr. Sarah Safdar, Secretary Diocese of Peshawar, Charen Jeet Singh, the Sikh community religious leader and Mr. Haroon Serb Diyal, the Hindu community leader.
The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Peters, Moderator/President Bishop , Church of Pakistan was the Chief Guest of the event. In his message the honorable Bishop not only appreciated the students for their achievement but also motivated and encouraged them for their studies and all the endeavors of life. Needless to mention that the Diocese of Peshawar contributes one million rupees for scholarships. In addition to Church Mission Society (CMS), UK and Bishop of Peshawar Scholarship to the students who secure top position.
The Principal during his short speech thanked the Chief Guest, dignitaries, parents and all the honorable guests who graced the occasion. He further thanked and appreciated all those faculty members, the administration staff and other helpers who worked hard to make the occasion a success.
We are all Pakistani irrespective of creed, color or ethnicity. I strongly feel and urge that “we should call non-Muslim Pakistanis as minority”. We are one Pakistani nation Therefore, should not put any Non-Muslim Pakistani into Inferiority Complex.
Earlier, Professor Dr. Hafiz Abdul Ghafoor, Technical Advisor and the Revd. Shahzad Murad, Project Manager explained in detail about the project activities and achievements. Later, The Rt. Revd. Humphrey Sarfaraz Peters, Moderator/President Bishop, Church of Pakistan thanked the honorable chief guest for his presence, and congratulated all thos involved in the project for a job well done and an happy ending.
The Diocese of Peshawar, Faith Friends and World Relief have successfully completed a two years Mega Project to promote Peace and Harmony through Interfaith Networking at the grass root level in five districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
The project’s Peace Building Officers(Males & Female) , Local Volunteers,local Administration, Security Forces, Political and Religious Leaders to promote interaction between various faith communities to strengthen friendship ties among them and acceptability of each other.
These efforts produce promoted a culture based on mutual Respect , Dignity ,Tolerance and Interfaith Harmony.
The Project closing ceremony was held at the Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar attended by 120 male and female participants. Faith Friends groups and Religious leader of various faith from Bannu, D.I.Khan, Mardan, Swat and Peshawar.
Senator Siraj Ul Haq, Chief of Jamat-e-Islami, Pakistan was the Chief Guest. The chief guest in his speech highlyappreciated efforts of the Diocese ofPeshawar and its partners for carrying out such a needy project for Peace and Development in the Province.
Bishop Humphrey presenting souvenir to the Senator
Ecumenical Trip to Fort
Bala Hisar
Nowadays, Diocese of Peshawar and the World Relief are jointly running a Pilot Project regarding Community Directed Rehabilitation of the Special Children, at MHC, Peshawar.
Under this project around 60 Special Children were identified by the volunteers in the past few months for Home Base Therapy Programme. On this Eid in September, 2017 it has been decided by management to distribute Eid Gift in cash among 60 Special Children which was distributed through the The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Peters Moderator/President Bishop, Church of Pakistan. Professor Dr. Sarah Safdar, Secretary Diocese of Peshawar, Mr. Samuel Dass, Health Secretary Diocese of Peshawar, the Very Revd. S.P Asghar, Archdeacon, Diocese of Peshawarand Col ( R ) Kanwal Isaac, Vice President, Laity Diocese of Peshawar were also present at the occasion. Earlier, Mr. Rawshid, R.Ali, Deputy, Administrator, Mental Health Center welcomed the guests.
Eid Gifts for Special Children
Honorable Bishop distributing Eid Gifts among Special Children
The All Saints’ Youth group of the Diocese of Peshawar usually works for Welfare, Uplift, Education and training of the youth, it holds various camps for their spiritual growth as well. Mr. Bakhtbuland H. Peters, Event Coordinator, Diocese of Peshawar informed the Frontier News that with his consultancy, and under the supervision of The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Peters Moderator/President Bishop, Church of Pakistan organized a Ecumenical Trip to the historical ‘ BalaHisar Fort’ of Peshawar. In olden times a lots of battle have been fought over the custody of the Fort.The British took over the Fort in 1878, and used it as the Royal Residence as well. The Youth group in this trip was also accompanied by the St. John’s Cathedral Youth and St. John’s Marry Vianney’s Catholic Church. It is pertinent to mention that this Fort is no longer open to the general public for tourism. Therefore, special permission of the Army is needed to see the Fort, as nowadays it is used as Headquarter Frontier Corps. Acknowledgements are due to Frontier CorpsAdministration for their cooperation with the church.
Youth with Bala Hisar Fort Administration
Whereas, Mr. Oliver Caleb, Principal Mental Health Center in his short speech thanked the honorable Bishop and respected guests, for gracing the occasion by their presence. He also give a briefing about Mental Health Centerand Project’s aims and objectives.
The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Peters Moderator/President Bishop, Church of Pakistan in his speechappreciated the joint efforts of the World Relief and Mental Health Centre including the volunteer for their hard work and dedication for the noble cause.
Local Church, Source of Blessing
Diocese Celebrates Defense Day
The Diocesan Mission Hospital, Peshawar along with 2 Field Corps of the Pak-Army and Tehsil Headquater Hospital, Swat jointly organized a free Eye/Medical Camp at Matta, Swat this camp under the supervision of Dr. Nadeem Hadayat, Director , Mission Hospital Peshawar.
Few years back the whole area and population was under the control of Taliban the caves in which they live a still there. Dr. Nadeem Hadayat, along with Dr. Rabia Sahaheen, Eye Specialist (First Lady of the Diocese of Peshawar), and Dr. Khushbakht H. Peters, Eye Specialist and a team of Medical Technicians and Para Medical Workers travel to the far flung mountainous area of Matta Swat where
there are no Medical Facilities and nobody ever held a Medical Camp before. Around 900 patients were seen, their eye sight was checked and free power glasses and medicines were distributed among the patients. Many people from the community mentioned that they had never seen a Doctor or enjoyed any kind of medical facility in their whole life since they live in a very remote area away from the main stream population.
Dr. Nadeem Hadayat, Director Mission Hospital Told the Frontier News that Pak-Army’s special jeeps made it possible for them to reach the unreached.
Dr. Nadeem, Dr. Rabia Shaheen, Dr. Khushbakht with Army Officers
The St. John’s Cathedral Youth organized a special seminar to celebrate Pakistan’s Defense Day on September 6, 2017 under the supervision of the Revd. Alexander Mehboob, Youth Coordinator, Diocese of Peshawar. Around 50 People from various Youth Groups were among the participants . At this occasion, Senator, Brig (R ) William was the chief guest.
The youth orgaized skits and sung National Songs, and also paid tribute to the marytres of the religious minority and the majority to mark the occasion .
The Chief Guest in his speech appreciated the Youth for their patriotism encouraged them to join the Pak-Army for the greater interest of the state.
Group photo of Chief Guest with Diocesan Staff
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Security Measures a grave Concern
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The Diocesan Centre E.Mail
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The Diocese of Peshawar has urged thesecurity measures. In this regard a wofficers visited the Bishop of Peshawar and discussed the security measures, at the same time some good measure have been adopted at Mardan .
The honorable Bishop discussing the issues with Police Officers
Diocesan Treasurer presenting token of thanks to the Deputy Commissioner of
Mardan
Diocesan thanks to the
We shall never forget youSecurity Measures a grave Concern
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The Revd. Fayaz Masih Chana (late)
The Diocese Fayaz Masih Chana, Priest St. Thomas Church, Tarnab who died on 2nd October, 2017 The Diocese is sad irreparable loss and joidaughter in Lord grant peace that passes all understanding to the
the Government to beef-up the security measures. In this regard a whole team of Peshawar officers visited the Bishop of Peshawar and discussed the security
t the same time some good measure have been adopted
the issues with Police Officers
Diocesan Treasurer presenting token of thanks to the District Police Officer Mardan
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Revd. Fayaz Masih Chana (late)
The Diocese is sad about the Revd. Fayaz Masih Chana, Priest Incharge,St. Thomas Church, Tarnab who died on 2nd October, 2017.
The Diocese is sad about this irreparable loss and joins his wife and
in their time of grief. May the Lord grant peace that passes all understanding to the entire family
