C S I Shanthi Cathedral Celebrates Harvest Festival with Zest

Pics: Spoorthi Ullal 
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VA)

Mangalore, Oct 3: C S I Shanthi Cathedral, Balmatta celebrated the ‘Harvest Festival’ on Sunday, October 3 with a view to express gratitude of the community members to the Almighty.

The thanksgiving service was held at 8.30 am. Fr Steevan Sarvothama, warden CSI Boarding Home, Udupi delivered the message and highlighted the importance of the festival.

The Harvest Festival sports and games committee organized the annual sporting events at the cathedral premises at 2 pm. It was followed by the prize distribution ceremony. Fr Walter D’Mello, parish priest, Milagres Church was the chief guest. Agnes Pushpalatha Sadananda gave away the prizes to the winners.  Dr J S Sadananda, bishop, CSI, KSD presided.
 

About Shanthi Cathedral

Originally, three missioneries came to Mangalore and settled in a rented house in Mission Street, then known as Nireshwalya, in the city in 1834. In course of time, a new church building was built and consecrated on December 1862 at its present location, known as Bell Mount then.

Thereafter, several churches have come up to accommodate the growing number of members living in the city outskirts. Under the guidance of the pastorate committee, various activities are conducted in the churches from time to time successfully, like Sunday school, youth get-together, womens get-together and so on.