Mangaluru: On the 120th anniversary of St Anthony Shrine in Jeppu, it'll lay the root stone for a hundred-bed block for the mentally-challenged. Apart from it, it'll also arrange two grand feasts with prayers and lots more and plenty, mentioned Most Rev Aloysius Paul D’Souza, bishop, Diocese of Mangalore.
He was once addressing the media here on Wednesday. Explaining about the need for a psychological asylum in a ashram that homes loads of orphans from several decades, he mentioned that there was once really extensive demand from households to have this sort of facility, as they can not take care of the mentally-challenged. “We have decided to build a 100-bed facility for the mentally-challenged, where half of it'll be devoted to women folk. It will have psychiatrists, nurses and caretakers,” mentioned Bishop.
Novena
Fr Onil D’Souza, director, St Anthony Charity Institutes, mentioned as part of the celebrations, Saint Anthony’s Ashram Jeppu will get started Tredecina (thirteen-days novena) From Thursday, in preparation for the annual feast to be celebrated on June 13. The timing of the devotion is at 11 am and might be held at Jeppu Ashram. The 13 days novena contains rosary, adoration, holy mass and novena.
As a direct preparation for the feast triduum (3 days) might be held for three days starting from June 10. The Triduum might be held at Milagres Church at 6pm.
This 12 months the feast might be celebrated on two days. The shrine will entire 120 years on June 12. Most Rev Bernard Moras the bishop emeritus of Bengaluru would be the main celebrant of the holy mass. He had served the ashram from 1968 to 1970 as an assistant director. Priests who served the ashram prior to now might be concelebrating the holy mass on that day.
While June 13, being the feast day, Most Rev Aloysius Paul D’Souza, bishop, will preside over the holy mass at 10.30 am on the ashram. He will subsequently bless the root stone for a hundred-bed block for the mentally-challenged. On the same day, mass might be celebrated at eight.15 am at Milagres Church, and main festive holy mass at Milagres Church at 6 pm might be celebrated through bishop Aloysius D’Souza.
He was once addressing the media here on Wednesday. Explaining about the need for a psychological asylum in a ashram that homes loads of orphans from several decades, he mentioned that there was once really extensive demand from households to have this sort of facility, as they can not take care of the mentally-challenged. “We have decided to build a 100-bed facility for the mentally-challenged, where half of it'll be devoted to women folk. It will have psychiatrists, nurses and caretakers,” mentioned Bishop.
Novena
Fr Onil D’Souza, director, St Anthony Charity Institutes, mentioned as part of the celebrations, Saint Anthony’s Ashram Jeppu will get started Tredecina (thirteen-days novena) From Thursday, in preparation for the annual feast to be celebrated on June 13. The timing of the devotion is at 11 am and might be held at Jeppu Ashram. The 13 days novena contains rosary, adoration, holy mass and novena.
As a direct preparation for the feast triduum (3 days) might be held for three days starting from June 10. The Triduum might be held at Milagres Church at 6pm.
This 12 months the feast might be celebrated on two days. The shrine will entire 120 years on June 12. Most Rev Bernard Moras the bishop emeritus of Bengaluru would be the main celebrant of the holy mass. He had served the ashram from 1968 to 1970 as an assistant director. Priests who served the ashram prior to now might be concelebrating the holy mass on that day.
While June 13, being the feast day, Most Rev Aloysius Paul D’Souza, bishop, will preside over the holy mass at 10.30 am on the ashram. He will subsequently bless the root stone for a hundred-bed block for the mentally-challenged. On the same day, mass might be celebrated at eight.15 am at Milagres Church, and main festive holy mass at Milagres Church at 6 pm might be celebrated through bishop Aloysius D’Souza.
St Anthony’s shrine to build home for the mentally-challenged on its 120th anniversary
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