The Annual Feast of Infant Jesus Shrine Will be Held on January 14-15: Know More About This

The Annual Feast of Infant Jesus Shrine Will be Held on January 14-15: Know More About This

The annual feast of Infant Jesus at Infant Jesus Shrine, Carmel Hill, Bikarnakatte, will be celebrated on January 14 and 15. The festal Mass on January 14 at 6 pm will be presided over by Fr Wilfred Gregory Moras, bishop of Jhansi diocese. A special Mass will be offered for children on January 11, Saturday at 6 pm.

There will be Masses all through the day on January 14. Mass in Konkani will be celebrated at 6 am, 7.30 am in English, 9 am in Konkani and 1 pm in Kannada. The inaugural Mass of the annual feast at 6 am on January 14, will be presided over by Dr Henry D’Souza, bishop of Bellary.

The festal Mass on the second day (January 15) will be at 6 am, 7.30 am, 9 am in Konkani; 10.30 Mass for the children and 1.00 pm in Malayalam (Latin Rite). Mass for the sick and the aged will be celebrated at 10.30 am in Konkani.

The formal inauguration of the festivity will be held on January 4, at 4.30 pm with the votive offering procession beginning at Holy Cross Church, Kulshekar-Mangalore. It will be followed by an inter-religious meet and flag hoisting at the shrine campus.

Nine days of novena prayers will be held from January 5 to January 13 during which we have 9 Masses every day. Procession of Infant Jesus will be held every day after the evening Mass at 7.15 am. Eucharistic adoration will be conducted daily from 11.30 am to 12.45 pm. Anna Santarpane vegetarian meal will be served to the devotees on all the days of the novena and feast days at noon. Blood donation and hair donation camps will be held on January 9 and 10 from 8.30 am to 1 pm.