June 26: CORPUS CHRISTI FEAST, the titular feast of our church was celebrated with liturgical solemnity and religious fervour on 26 June 2011. The festal mass was celebrated by the parish priest and the Dean of Moodbidri deanery V.Rev. Fr. Austin P.Peres at 7.30 a.m. Rev. Fr. Valerian D'silva OFM Cap.concelebrated. During the homily the significance of the feast was well explained with appropriate examples by the main celebrant. He exhorted the congregation to practice Eucharistic spirituality-self giving and self emptying combined with continual act of thanksgiving.After the 2nd reading the traditional "Navad sion sodvondarak" hymn was sung in its entirity.
The feastday solemnity was also observed at 5.00 p.m. mass on Saturday, Children mass at 10.30 a.m. and English mass for students at 11.45 a.m.
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