from Louis D’Costa


Fr Francis Sebastian Kharjia SDB (58), Director of Indian English Academy School (Don Bosco), Kuwait, passed away on June 17, 2015.  Native place - Utthan, Mumbai, Maharashtra. 

Requiem Holy Mass for the repose of the soul of Rev Fr Francis Kharjia will be celebrated by the Nuncio in the Holy Family Cathedral at 04:30 pm on June 18.

Mortal remains of  Rev Fr Francis Kharjia will be taken to Mumbai on June 18th night by Kuwait Airways flight, reaching early morning on 19.06.2015. 

Holy Mass at Utthan Church will be at 04:00 PM on Friday, 19th June 2015. Thereafter the mortal remains will be brought back to Don Bosco Shrine at Matunga, Mumbai. 

The Funeral Mass at Don Bosco Shrine, Matunga, Mumbai will be at  10:00 AM on Saturday 20th June, followed by burial at Sewri Cemetery.