Nine Day Novena For Feast Of The Relic Of St Anthony, Jeppu To Begin on February 6

Nine Day Novena For Feast Of The Relic Of St Anthony, Jeppu To Begin on February 6

February 5: The nine-day Novena, in preparation of the feast in honour of the Relic of St Anthony, Jeppu which will be celebrated on February 15 will begin on Thursday, February 6.
The inauguration will be done by hoisting the flag of St Anthony’s Shrine at Our Lady of Miracles Church, Milagres. Rev Dr Ronald Serrao, the rector of the St Joseph Seminary, will hoist the flag and celebrate the inaugural mass at Milagres Church. A vehicle rally will be held  taking the decorated St Anthony’s statue in procession from the St Anthony Ashram, Jeppu to the Milagres Church via Kankanady Circle, Falnir Road before the flag hoisting.
Director of St Anthony’s Ashram, Fr Onil D’Souza said that the themes of the nine days of the Novena are designed on ‘Life a Gift of God – To be Nurtured and Protected.
The main Holy Mass will be celebrated by Most Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop Emeritus of Mangalore Diocese, at 6 pm on February 15 at Milagres Church ground.
On the eve of the feast, after the holy mass, a short play titled ‘Bair podellobhavarthpatiditha’(lost faith returned) will be played at Milagres Church grounds. This play of 15 minutes is written and directed by Vincent Fernandes.