The Hope and Life movement is an Association for widows of all parishes in Mumbai. It was started by Bishop Bosco Penha.
Objectives
- To help widows gain emotional stability.
- To encourage widows to be prayerful, joyful and helpful.
- To accept God’s will and move on with faith and trust.
Membership
- Every widow is welcome.
- As a sign of commitment and unity, regular attendance at monthly meetings is recommended.
- All Parish units are affiliated to the Centre.
- Each Parish maintains an Attendance register.
Activities
- Visiting & befriending the sick, lonely, homebound and recently widowed.
- Visiting the Clergy Home, Home for the Aged, and orphanages.
- Annual retreat, pilgrimage, picnic, and get-together.
- Helping the sick and needy widows.
The St. Peter’s unit has its meeting for widows on the third Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. Fr. Baptist Pinto, S.J. is our spiritual Director. We celebrate the feast of St. Anne and St. Joachim, which is mother’s day, every year. Christmas, Easter and birthday parties are held during the year. Our annual day of the Mumbai Archdiocese is held in February each year and is organized by the leader of the movement in Mumbai.
Each Parish in Bandra conducts a Holy Hour on the last Wednesday of every month at 5 p.m. in the Chapel of the Daughter of St. Paul, Bandra. All widows are welcome.
Coordinator: Isabel D’Monte (9629893540)