Media Release
Mangaluru, Feb 20: The St Anthony’s Ashram, Jeppu will be completing 124 years in the service of the destitute in the month of June and begin the 125th year. On this occasion, the ashram has planned to have a community wedding to mark the service rendered during the past 124 years.
Altogether 20 couples will be participating in this community wedding which will take place on Tuesday, February 22. Each of the couples will be given a wedding ring. The bride will be given a wedding saree and Mangalsutra.
The groom will get a pair of pants and a shirt. The couple will get household items worth Rs 15,000. The purpose of organizing this community wedding is to enable the newly married couple to start their family life without the burden of a loan.
Usually, the poor couple borrows loans to celebrate its marriage and continue to live in debt. Hence this community wedding will help the couple start their married life without the worry of paying interest and the loan.
Dr Francis Serrao, Bishop of Shivamogga, will preside over the nuptial mass. More than 20 priests will concelebrate. J R Lobo, former MLA, Mangaluru south constituency, will raise the toast.