Mangalore: The Pompei Shrine feast at Urwa Church will be held on Sunday, 8th December 2019.
The Festal Mass will be celebrated at 5.30 p.m. that day. The Bishop of Mangalore Most Rev Dr Peter Paul Saldanha will preside over the Mass and celebrations.
There will be religious procession after the mass through the streets of Urwa.
The other programmes on that day are Mass at 7.00 a.m., 8.15 a.m. and 10.15 am for the sick.
The theme for the Feast is ‘ Mother of Pompei inspires us to be friend of Jesus’
Pompei Shrine:
Mary(Maria), the mother of Jesus is affectionately called by different names. Our Lady of Pompei is another of her name.
Pompei is a valley in Italy. When the people of the city were not living a life of character Mary appeared to Bartholo Longo, an advocate , and asked him to pray for the people of the city of Pompei. The people of Pompei changed their bad behaviour very soon . The news of this change of hearts and minds of people of Pompei spread to all over the country. Since Mother Mary appeared in Pompei she is honoured as Mother of Pompei/Our Lady The Shrine in Urwa Church: The shrine was started in Urwa in 1895. Since then the shrine has become a place of prayer and solace to hundreds of people who visit this shrine regularly.