News: Adolf Washington
Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Even as he thanked guests during his birthday celebration, Archbishop Bernard Moras urged them to join his efforts to reach education to the poor and downtrodden.

Politicians, top-police officers, bureaucrats, priests, religious, pastors, members of various Catholic organizations, NGO’s including specially-challenged children met the prelate for his birthday on Monday August 10.

The archbishop, while accepting the greetings, said he would be happy only if they joined him to educate the poor and those on the peripheries. The Archbishop who launched the Jeevan Jyothi last year in February 2014 to provide succor to poor people in dire need of medical assistance, said “It is our Christian calling to care for the sick. The need of the hour is to reach out to them”. Jeeva Jyothi regularly renders help to sick people who are financially backward.

The Archbishop thanked donors who contribute for this cause. He also thanked contributors to the ASHA education trust that renders assistance to over two thousand children every year. Coordinator of the ASHA Trust, Fr Patrick Pinto told Daijiworld, “Education for the poor is among the top priorities in the Archdiocese. Thankfully, many are supporting the cause for education of the poor in the Archdiocese. We look beyond religious background when people approach us, but we also read the commitment and diligence of students intending to pursue their education”.

Karnataka State Home Minister KJ George, Legislatures NA Harris, Roshan Baig were among the plethora of guests who called on the prelate. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda made a telecom greeting.