Mysore: Annual Feast of St Antony's Shrine Celebrated with Religious Fervour
Report and Pics: Stanley Bantwal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mysore (RD)
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Mysore, Jun 14: A large number of devotees gathered to celebrate the annual feast of St Antony's shrine at Dornahalli here on Monday June 13.
Bishop Dr Thomas Vazhapilly of Mysore concelebrated the festal Holy Mass on Monday morning. There was a festive march at 10 am.
Bangalore diocesan priest Fr Joseph Abraham offered the Holy Mass in Tamil at 11.30 am followed by Holy Mass in English by Mysore Episcopal vicar Monsignor Desmond Rebello at 1 pm and other south Indian languages till 5 pm. The Mass was held every hour.
The benediction of Blessed Sacrament was held at 7.30 pm on Sunday followed by a solemn car procession.
The Centre’s parish priest Fr Gilbert D’Silva thanked the congregation for attending the annual feast in large numbers.
Prior to the feast, novena was held from June 5 to 12, during which, Fr N S Marie Joseph, Monsignor of Mysore diocese, Fr Marcel Pinto and Dr David Antonappa were the preachers.
Parish priest and rector of St Antony's shrine Fr Gilbert D'Silva supervised the preparations for the celebrations of the feast. The preparations began on June 4 with the flag hoisting by Dr T Antony Swamy, Bishop of Chikmaglur.
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