Church panel to visit Europe

KOCHI: The SyroMalabar Laity Commission will begin its European visit on Thursday. A delegation of the Commission led by Kanjirappally Bishop Mar Mathew Arakkal will visit England, Ireland and Scotland in the first phase of the visit.Bishop Arakkal and Laity Commission secretary V C Sebastian will be received at the Heathrow airport by SyroMalabar Church coordinator Fr Thomas Paradiyil. Several members of the church are expected to take part in the Marian Pilgrimage at Valsingham on July 17. Bishop Arakkal will officially inaugurate the visit at a function to be held on the same day.Laity meeting will be be held at St Philip Howard Church, Cambridge.