Mangalore: Annual feast of St Joseph Vaz Shrine, Mudipu which is in Bantwal Taluk, Kairangala grama panchayath.
Rev. Fr Benjamin Pinto, Director of St JosephVaz Shrine; Rev.Fr Shaun Rodrigues, Assistant Parish Priest; Roshan D’Souza, Vice President Parish Pastoral Parishad and Marcel D’Souza, Secretary Parish Pastoral Parishad.
It is indeed happy to know that Mudipu hill on which St Joseph Vaz Shrine is located is a place dear to many pilgrims as they experience peace and solace. This Shrine will be celebrating its annual feast from November 28 to December 1, 2019.
Thursday, November 28-11-2019 is dedicated for the sick and the suffering. A solemn Eucharistic celebration at 5.30 pm will be celebrated by Most Rev. Dr Pius Thomas D’Souza, Bishop of Ajmer. Special prayers will be offered for the sick and the suffering.On Friday, November 29-11-2019 solemn festal mass at 10.30am will be celebrated by Most.Rev.Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop Emeritus of Mangalore. On Saturday, November 30-11-2019 Most Rev. Dr Ignatius D’Souza, Bishop of Bareilly will preside over the Eucharistic celebration at 10.30am.
On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 10.30am Most Rev. Dr Peter Paul Saldanha, the Bishop of Mangalore will celebrate the festal mass. On the same day Most Rev. Dr Lawrence Mukkuzhy, the Bishop of Belthangady diocese will preside over the Mass at 4pm in Kannada. The concluding mass of the annual feast at 8 pm will be concelebrated along with other priests by Rt. Rev. Msgr Maxim L. Noronha, the Vicar General of Mangalore diocese.
On Friday,Saturday and Sunday six masses will be celebrated:8.30am, 10.30 am (solemn festal mass), 2.00pm, 4.00 pm (Kannada), 6.00pm and 8.00pm.On Friday, Saturday and Sunday meals will be provided to all the pilgrims from afternoon 12.30pm onwards.
It is to be noted that from November 28 to December 1st around 30,000 pilgrims are expected to visit the Shrine to seek bountiful blessings from God through the intercession of St Joseph Vaz Shrine Mudipu.