Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Infant Jesus Shrine Decennial Celebration

Infant Jesus Shrine to webcast decennial celebration

The annual feast and the decennial celebrations of the Infant Jesus Shrine at Carmel Hills, Mangalore will be observed on January 12. The shrine which has been attracting hundreds of thousands of devotees in the last 10 years has made all arrangements to provide, for the first time, a real time broadcast of the solemn festive celebrations at its website www.infantjesusmangalore.com. The grand festive mass will be celebrated by the recently appointed Bishop of Gulbarga, Most Rev. Dr. Robert Miranda.

The festive celebrations will be preceeded by a nine-day novena starting January 3rd. The schedule of Novena and Celebrations is as follows:

Grand Annual Feast of Infant Jesus and the Decennial Jubilee of the Shrine [1996 - 2006]

January 3

Commencement of Novena for Infant Jesus

January 12

Decennial Jubilee and Annual Feast

Mass timings during the Novena days :

Morning

7.30

Konkani Mass

January 8,

Sunday

7.15

Mass & Novena

9.00

9.00

Novena & Sermon

10.30

10.00

Novena & Sermon (English)

Evening

5.00

English

11.00

Mass & Novena

6.00

Konkani

12.00

Novena & Sermon (Kannda)

7.15

Kannada

Mass Timings during the Grand Feast on Thursday, the 12th January

6.00

Mass & Novena (Konkani)

7.00

Mass & Novena (Malayalam)

8.00

Mass & Novena (Konkani)

9.00

Mass & Novena (English)

10.15

Mass & Novena (Konkani) (Only for the sick)

11.30

Mass & Novena (Konkani)

12.30

Mass & Novena (Kannada)

1.30

Prayer Services (Kannada)

6.00

Grand Feast Mass

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