Media Release

Mangaluru, Jun 5: Sixth day of novena in connection to St Anthony’s feast was held at St Anthony’s Ashram Chapel, Jeppu on Wednesday, June 5.

Fr Stany Fernandes, assistant parish priest of St Sebastian Church, Thokkottu offered the Mass for the intention of ‘preserving the nature’.

He in his homily said that the earth and universe created by God is beautiful. “The beautiful creation and the plentiful resources are created by God for the use of human beings and for their happiness. But human beings out of their greed have abused the nature by over use and wrong use. If our future generation has to receive nature in its beauty we need to take care of the creation and preserve it with utmost importance,” he said. He also asked the devotees to pray specially for rains.

Fr Thrishan D’Souza, assistant director, conducted the chaplet and the Rosary. FrOnil D’Souza, director of the ashram, conducted the novena. Hundreds of people participated in the devotion.