Grandeur marks annual feast of Milagres Cathedral, Kalianpur

Grandeur marks annual feast of Milagres Cathedral, Kalianpur

mangaloretoday.com

 Udupi, Jan24,2013: Thousands of devotees participated in the annual feast of Our Lady of Miracles Church (Milagres Cathedral) at Kalianpur on January 22 and 23.

Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi Diocese presided over the grand Eucharistic celebrations arranged as part of the annual feast which is the first feast  after the formation of the Udupi Diocese.

Fr Stany B Tauro, Parish Priest of Milagres Cathedral, Fr Valerian Mendonca, Chancellor of Udupi Diocese and Fr J B Sequeira, Episcopal Vicar for Religious also led the Eucharistic celebrations.

Parish Priest Fr Stany Tauro  presented the blessed candles to  Ignatius D’Souza and Henry D’Souza, children of Late Lazarus and Margaret D’ Souza, the main sponsors of the event, other sponsors for church development and to parish council members.

 In his homily, the Bishop stressed the need for every devout Christian to follow Mother Mary who accepted the word of God and consider her as a role model.

Fr Uday Joseph Fernandes was the main celebrant of festal Eucharistic celebrations held on the first day of the feast.  Earlier, in preparation of the annual feast, Confraternity (Corpus Christi) Sunday was celebrated  on January 20.