St Lawrence Church, Bondel to celebrate Annual Feast on August 10, 2024
Mangaluru: The Annual Feast of St Lawrence Church, Bondel, will be celebrated on August 10, 2024. The nine-day Novena prior to the Annual feast will begin on Thursday, August 1st, 2024. From August 1 to August 9, adoration at 5.30 to 6.00 p.m., followed by an evening mass, will be offered to all the devotees.
On August 1, there will be the unfurling of St Lawrence’s flag here at the church premises at 5 p.m. . Rev. Fr Denis D’Sa PRO, Diocese of Udupi, Parish Priest, Thottam, will have the honor of hoisting the flag and will be celebrating the mass, marking this occasion with spiritual significance.
The 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. The Most Rev. Dr Duming Dias, Bishop of the Karwar Diocese, will preside over the celebration later in the day at 6:00 p.m.
Devotees will be given blessed bread from August 1st to August 10th, 2024, 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 programs 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, August 10, 2024, at 10.30 a.m. and concluding mass in the evening at 6 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.”
-Report: Meena Serrao Barboza
