Media Release

Mangaluru, Oct 8: The feast of Our Lady of Holy Rosary was celebrated at St Anthony’s charity institutes at Jeppu on October 7 with devotion.

On the occasion of the feast a candle light procession was taken inside the Ashram campus. During the procession five decades of the rosary were recited at the five deferent stations with specific intentions.

Prior to the Rosary, the director explained the background and the history of the feast. He said that the Christian victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 was attributed to the praying of the Rosary by masses of Europeans based on the request of Pope Pius V and eventually resulted in Our Lady of the Rosary. In 1569, the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church.

The students and the residents of ashram took active part in the candle light Rosary procession. During the Rosary the Sorrowful mysteries of Christ were mediated. A team of students and the staff organized the procession. After the procession, sweets were distributed to all the participants.