Vettucaud Church
July 27, 2009
The Vettucaud Church on the norht-west part of Trivandrum .The church is named as Madre-de-deus and is locally known as Vettucaud Palli. Feast of Christ the King is the annual festival and draws thousands of devotees. The festival falls on the third Sunday of November.
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Dear All
Attached please find a letter addressed to the parish priest of Vettucad
church. You may see how Mr. Edison of Shilpi Construction Cochin and
Architect Mr. Sebastian
have altered Architect Mr.K.J.Peter’s design and submitted for the same project.
To
His Grace,
Most Rev. Dr. M. Soosa Pakiam L.S.S.S., Thl.
Latin Archbishop’s House, Vellayambalam, P.B. No. 805,Trivandrum,
Kerala, India – 695 003
I would like to introduce myself as the Architect who has been working
on the design for the proposed Madre De Deus Church at Vettucaud,
Trivandrum. I was commissioned this project about 4 years ago by the
then parish priest and committee members. Since then I have been
working in close discussion with the priest and all the committee
members, also making about 40 to 50 perspective views and respective 2D
drawings to satisfy each and every committee member. I have worked for
so long only to make this one of the best churches around.
I have submitted the finally approved drawings to all the necessary
government departments for approval. I have also submitted all relevant
documents necessary to invite contractors for construction by last
June.
After a long period of silence from the church the next thing I hear
and see is that my drawings, without my knowledge, have been given to
another architect, who has only modified my design by adding a few
domes and other elements and making the height to 125 ft. to 130 ft.
The brief given to me from the beginning clearly stated that the height
of the new church has to be restricted to the height of the existing
tower which is about 68 ft. If they wanted any change in my design,
they just needed to approach me for that, which I would have obliged
without any hesitation.
In my experience in design and execution of more than 40 churches in
India and abroad I have not encountered this type of an experience with
anybody so far.
Let me put it very clearly that this is not to blame anybody. I am
writing this mainly because I am very disturbed about the rather
unfair turn of events regarding this project. An ordinary layman like
me looks up on religious leaders like you and the spiritual
subordinates under you for guidance in our day to day life. I only
want to know if whatever happened was right.
Please find attached, a document with a letter addressed to the Parish
priest and committee members and a recently published newspaper
article.
Please remember me in your prayers.
Regards,
KJ Peter
CC ::1. Very Rev. Msgr. Eugine H. Pereira
Vicar General, Coordinator, Diocesan Boards
Latin Archbishop’s House, Vellayambalam,
Trivandrum – 695 003, Kerala, India
2. Very Rev. Msgr.John D. Bosco
on December 1st, 2009Episcopal Vicar for Tamil Region
& Vicar Forane for Thoothoor Forane Vicariate
St. Xavier’s Nagar, ‘Lalitham’,
Kirathoor P.O., K.K. District, Tamilnadu – 629 181
A WELL WISHER I THING THIS NOT THE PROPER WAY , IT’S
on December 1st, 2009CHEATING
I also feel that it’s not fair for a professional Architect .
on January 18th, 2010TO WHOM SOEVER IT N\MAY CONCERN
on September 20th, 2010This is a request to the Parish Priest as well as all who are included in the Governing Department of the World famous Madre-De-Deus Church. Please see that the Pilgrims visiting the Church on Friday’s are given good treatment by the Night Duty Securities and teach them how to behave to the Pilgrims who stay back int the night prayers. Iwas witness to what happened on 17.09.2010 night .
It started raining in the night and people including pregnant woman , old ladies and children took shelter below the Parish Priest’s Building and the Security Mr.Gilbert and his accomplice chased all of them and used such dirty languages to the Pilgrims and even I heard them saying – Who asked you people to come here in the rainy days ?
Is this the way to treat our Pilgrims . What ever income to the church comes from out-siders and if this is the way then I will be forced to put up this matter within the MEDIA.
I am also to write to the Hon:Bishop Rt.Rev.SUSAIPAKKIAM , so do please see that such incident’s never take place in the future. And the other thing is that the members of the council are depenging on the revenue of the Church and a lot of Money , Gold and Foreign Currency is being cheated while the money ios being counted . I demand that a CCTV should be fitted at the place where the counting is taking place.