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Udupi: 4 cardinals, over 30 bishops, sea of faithful to witness Basilica declaration

  •   Fri, Jul 15 2016 08:18:21 PM

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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi

Udupi, Jul 15: Solemn proclamation and dedication of St Lawrence Shrine, Attur in Karkala will be held in the presence of four cardinals, over 30 bishops, more than 350 priests and thousands of devotees on Monday August 1 at the Shrine, said bishop of Udupi diocese Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, addressing a press meet the bishop office here on Friday July 15.

St Lawrence Shrine with more than 300 years of history will be upgraded to minor Basilica. It will be only the 2nd Basilica in the entire Karnataka state and the 22nd in India. This is the highest status given to a Catholic church.

The bishop futher said, "After elaborate preparations of nearly two years and fulfilling all the requirements sent by the Roman Pontiff, we have obtained the permission for declaring the Shrine as a minor Basilica."

Msgr Baptist Menezes, vicar general of the diocese of Udupi, Fr Lawrence D'Souza, sirector of CESU, diocese of Udupi and convener of the historical event, Fr George D'Souza, director, St Lawrence Shrine, Attur, and Fr Denis D'Sa, public relation officer, diocese of Udupi were present on the occasion.

August 1 will be celebrated as the Dedication Day from next year onwards.

Programme on August 1

The programme on August 1 will start at 9.30 am with the inauguration of 9 days novena and a grand Mass at 10 am, followed by a public programme at 11.45 am. Mumbai Archbishop, CCBI and FIBC president Cardinal Oswald Gracias will lead the Mass. Thiruvananthapuram Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Major Archbishop and Catholic Bishop Conference (CBCI) president Cardinal Baselios Cleemis will announce the declaration of minor Basilica in Latin while Udupi bishop Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo will announce the same in Konkani.

Bengaluru Archbishop Dr Bernard Moras will deliver the homily. Ernakulum Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Major Archbishop Cardinal Mar George Alancheri, Ranchi Archbishop Cardinal Telesfor Topo, and Mangaluru bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza will be present.

Pramod Madhwaraj, minister for fisheries, sports and youth services and Udupi district in-charge, Ramanath Rai, minister for forests, environment and ecology, Sunil Kumar, MLA of Karkala, Shobha Karandlaje, MP of Udupi-Chikkamgaluru, Oscar Fernandes, Rajya Sabha MP, Vinaya Kumar Sorake, MLA of Kaup, J R Lobo, MLA of Mangaluru south, Ivan D’Souza, MLC and Gopal Bhandary, former MLA will participate.

The public function will be followed by lunch for all. Around 12,000 people are expected to participate in the programme.
  

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  • Awyn Lobo., Bellevue, WA

    Sat, Jul 16 2016

    Congratulations and all the best to all. It will be nice to spend some time with Almighty sharing our real thoughts and asking guidelines. It will great joy to participate in Eucharistic prayers in Basilica. May St. Lawrence bless all and also specially who visit his Basilica. Hope he will bless us too to visit his holy home. God Bless All.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Nashville

    Sat, Jul 16 2016

    Praise the Lord ...

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  • Fr Felix Monteiro, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 15 2016

    Congratulations to Bishop of Udupi, Vicar general, Rector of the shrine Rev. Fr George D'Souza and all those who are toiled hard to receive this great honour. May St Lawrence bless the mega program, dignitaries and all the faithful and pilgrims who witness the great event.

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  • Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore, Houston/Dallas, Texas

    Fri, Jul 15 2016

    The proclamation and dedication of St. Lawrence Church at Karkal as a Minor Basilica is a message that has to be gratefully accepted. It is a message from St. Lawrence himself so that his worshippers will gather more and more worshippers to visit the Basilica and spend a certain precious time in prayer and meditation.

    We visited St.Lawrence few years ago as a pure coincidence after visiting the famous statue of "Gomateshwara" along with two of our American tourist friends. We mentioned about the St. Lawrence Church to our lady Tour guide, and Hindu by faith, and she was totally unaware of the beautiful church that was located just fifteen minutes drive. We visited the church while the liturgical services were in process, and it was a pleasure to witness a wonderful choir with a church full of worshippers attending the services. Then we also visited the well close by, and also passed by the dining place with a nice flavor of lunch being served free of charge.

    Our next visit will be during the feast of St. Lawrence so that we can witness the services and pray for all our intentions.

    Let the Tourist groups in and around Mangalore made aware of the Declaration and Proclamation because they ought to know the fact. Let a bus load of tourists from the Cruise Line touching New Mangalore Port so that they make a scenic road trip to Karkal and witnesss St Lawrence Church as well as the Statue of Gomateshwara as well as the nearby Temple.

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