Report: Carmel Kiran Media
Pics: Stany Bantwal
Mangaluru, Jan 8: On the fourth day of the novena, special prayers were offered for married couples at the Infant Jesus Shrine. There were five masses held on Sunday, January 8 till noon, and married couples joined the service in large numbers.
The day's theme, "Be fruitful and increase," urged couples to develop their spiritual selves, bear fruit in their morals, and multiply those virtues in their offspring.
Till January 13, there will be nine Masses from 6 am to 7:30 pm in Konkani, English, Malayalam and Kannada. The annual feast will be celebrated on January 14 and 15.