Media Release

Mangaluru, Jun 9: The annual feast of St Anthony of Padua will be celebrated on the June 13. St Anthony’s Ashram Jeppu whose Patron is St Anthony is in preparation mood. Tredecina (thirteen days novena) already started on the May 31. Devotees of St Anthony have been attending this Novena Mass in large numbers which is held at 12 noon at Jeppu Ashram.

As a remote preparation for the feast, Triduum (three days novena) will be held on June 10, 11 and 12 at Milagres Church at 6 pm. Fr Anil Kiran Fernandes SVD of Mulki Divine Centre will be the chief celebrant on Triduum days.

The main festive Holy Mass will be celebrated by bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza at 6 pm along with the priests from and around the city at Milagres Church. Earlier during the day, a Holy Mass will be celebrated at 8.15 am for the elderly and sick people with a special prayer for them. At 4 pm, Holy Mass will celebrated in Malayalam. Fr Jestin James from Thrissur will be the main celebrant. At 11 am, a Holy Mass will be celebrated by Msgr Denis Moras Prabh,  the Vicar General of the Diocese for the inmates and special invitees at the Jeppu Ashram.

This year on June 12, the devotion to St Anthony completes 119 years and steps into 120th year. To mark this occasion, the director along with his team has planned activities related to St Anthony’s devotion and charity works. The brochure containing the list of programmes will be released by the bishop at the end of the solemn Holy Mass at Milagres.