Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kasur
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Oblate Father Pervez Raza is parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows Church based in Kasur
. The parish is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
in Pakistan.
Archbishop Alessandro D'Errico, apostolic nuncio to Pakistan, told a group of about 400 Catholics, many of them employed in hazardous leather tanneries or brick kiln factories, that he understands their difficult life, on March 26, 2004 while visiting the parish.
The parish is also home to the Jesus and Mary convent. Through schools like this the Church in Pakistan offers a national service of educating children for a better Pakistan.
On July 3, 2004, Milap Ghar and the parish opened a sewing center for women at Mariam colony in Kasur. The women are members of 25 poor Christian families that were evicted last October from land on which they had lived for decades.
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
, foreign minister of Pakistan, on January 2, 2005, celebrated the New Year with about 400 people in the compound of the Catholic Church in Kasur. The celebration was organized Father Inayat Bernard
, the parish priest at the time.
Kasur
Kasur , the capital of Kasur District in Pakistan. Kasur is located adjacent to the border of Ganda Singh Wala between Pakistan and India, and is a tourist attraction because of the daily occurring Flags lowering ceremony...
. The parish is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore is an archdiocese in Punjab, Pakistan.-History:It was founded as a diocese on 1 September 1886, having previously been the Vicariate of Punjab. On 23 April 1994 the diocese was elevated to the rank of Archdiocese. Fr...
in Pakistan.
Archbishop Alessandro D'Errico, apostolic nuncio to Pakistan, told a group of about 400 Catholics, many of them employed in hazardous leather tanneries or brick kiln factories, that he understands their difficult life, on March 26, 2004 while visiting the parish.
The parish is also home to the Jesus and Mary convent. Through schools like this the Church in Pakistan offers a national service of educating children for a better Pakistan.
On July 3, 2004, Milap Ghar and the parish opened a sewing center for women at Mariam colony in Kasur. The women are members of 25 poor Christian families that were evicted last October from land on which they had lived for decades.
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Mian Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri is a Pakistani politician and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.- Family background :Khurshid M. Kasuri belongs to one of the old political families of Pakistan...
, foreign minister of Pakistan, on January 2, 2005, celebrated the New Year with about 400 people in the compound of the Catholic Church in Kasur. The celebration was organized Father Inayat Bernard
Inayat Bernard
Fr Inayat Bernard is the parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kasur, 55 kilometres south of Lahore, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.Father Bernard, ordained a priest for Lahore diocese in 1980, graduated from the Punjab University...
, the parish priest at the time.