Report: Meena Serrao Barboza
Bondel - Mangaluru, July 27 : The Annual Feast of St Lawrence Church , Bondel will be celebrated on 10th August 2024. The Nine-day Novena prior to the Annual feast will begin on Thursday , August 1st 2024. From 1st Aug to 9th Aug , adoration at 5.30 to 6.00 p.m. will be followed by evening mass offered for all the devotees.
On 1st August, there will be the unfurling of St Lawrence' flag here at the church premises at 5.00 p.m. . Rev. Fr Denis D'Sa PRO Diocese of Udupi , Parish Priest -Thottam will have the honor of hoisting the flag. Rev. Fr Denis D'Sa will be celebrating the mass marking this occasion with spiritual significance.Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Jhansi Most Rev. Dr. Wilfred Gregory Moras, will be presiding at the Festal Mass on August 10 at 10:30 a.m. Most Rev. Dr. Duming Dias, Bishop of the Karwar Diocese will preside over the celebration later in the day at 6:00 p.m.
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Devotees will be given blessed bread on all devotional days beginning on August 1st and concluding with the feast on August 10th. Faithful visitors from all across the city throng to the shrine, where they offer up prayers for a deep gift of faith.
All church programmes will be conducted under the guidance of Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Andrew Leo D'Souza and Mr. Prakash Pinto, Convener - St Lawrence Shrine Committee, during the novenas.
All devotees are cordially invited to partake in the annual feast which will be held on Saturday, 10th of August 2024 at 10.30 a.m. & concluding mass in the evening at 6.00 p.m.
The devotees' goodwill offerings and Mass offerings will be gratefully accepted. Blessed articles will be available in the religious stalls.
"May St Lawrence, the miracle worker, bless us all."
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