The Small Christian Community (SCC) is a gathering of catholic families, who pray,
share, support one another, learn and go forth in mission, evangelizing one another.
It is an ecclesiastical unit centered on the Word of God and extends the service
in the neighbourhood. SCC helps to build fellowship and friendship in the neighbourhood.
The benefits of belonging to SCCs are significantly great. We have been able to
make a breakthrough to build and foster relationships with neighbourhoods of the
Parish and thereby making small communities of trust and friendships that is desirable
for each parish. SCCs around the world and in India promote this communion of love,
life and truth by forming small units of 10-20 families who come together in fellowship
and prayer and translate their love and faith into service as one community. Pope
John Paul II calls SCCs a concrete expression of the Church, home and family for
everyone. Reading of the Bible verses gives a new meaning, a new hope and a new
enthusiasm. In fact, SCCs are an attempt by the Church to recapture, imbibe and
activate the spirit of the early Christian communities in today’s context. SCCs
foster genuine and deep human bonding in the neighbourhoods and plan ways to involve
everyone in witnessing the love of Jesus.
There are twenty five (25) SCC Units in the parish. SCC prayer meeting is held once
a month in the selected house of the Unit. Every Friday, Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament followed by Mass is conducted by SCC Units according to their turn. Rosary
is also conducted by the respective SCC Unit in the months of May and October.The
SCC Units organize its patron’s feast every year as best as possible in their Units
involving all the families.
To know more regarding Small Christian Community (SCC), you may get in touch with Mr. John Swaminathan.