Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, May 1:  The newly built CSI Peter Memorial Church of Protestants, which has come up at Vamanjoor in the city, is set to be inaugurated and consecrated at 3 pm on Sunday May 1.

The protestant Christians living in Vamanjoor since the last about three decades had to visit the city for their spiritual needs. For their convenience, a separate assembly of Christians was formed, and the members used to offer prayers on the upper storey of Colaco Complex located opposite Provident Fund Complex.

For the new church, a site measuring 32 cents next to Vamanjoor primary health centre was bought. The work of pooling funds for the church began with a donation of Rs 15 lac, which was made by Dr K E Peters. With the help of the diocese and generous donors from the city and elsewhere, a new church has now been built, by spending nearly Rs 70 lac.

Bishop of Karnataka Southern Diocese, Rt Rev Dr J S Sadananda, will inaugurate the church and consecrate it on Sunday. Retired Bishops, Rt Rev Dr C L Furtado, Rev S D Aimon, Rev Premkumar Soans, Prof Austin Raj, Rev G Jayaraj, and various other religious leaders will be participating in the programme. In the valedictory function to be held later, district in-charge minister, J Krishna Palemar, MLA, Abhay Chandra Jain, corporator, Jyoti Jayaprakash, Karnataka Theological College principal, Rev Dr Hannibal R Cabral, Rev Fr Joseph Cardoza etc., will participate.

Engineer, Lawrence Coutinha, contractor, Richard Rodrigues, electrical contractor, Felex Veigas, etc will be honoured on the occasion. A souvenir containing various details, and DVD of songs used in Basel Mission congregations, will be released on the occasion, a release said.