Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Nov 21: The convent of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration (PCPA), Milagres, Mangaluru will celebrate its silver jubilee on November 22.
The details about the silver jubilee celebrations were announced by Fr Paul Melwyn D'Souza, head of St Ann’s Fairy Bejai and Sr Rita Vas, provincial Superior, Ursuline Franciscan Congregation Mangaluru and Mother Mary Stella, superior of Adoration Ministry in a press meet held at Adoration Ministry, Milagres on Monday, November 20.
To mark the occasion, adoration from 9 am to 5 pm will be organized. Thereafter Dr Aloysius Paul D Souza, bishop of Mangaluru and Dr Francis Serrao SJ, bishop of Shimoga will celebrate the Holy Mass.
The logo of jubilee year and a documentary on Adoration Ministry of Milagres was unveiled on the occasion.
The sisters of Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration are staying a few yards away from the Milagres Church on the other side of the Falnir Road.
This convent was established in the year 1992 and is located in the heart of the city. It is also considered as a powerhouse of prayer in Mangaluru.
Eight sisters are there in the monastery at present.
Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration are cloistered contemplatives belonging to the 2nd Order of St Francis of Assisi, founded by St Clare of Assisi. About 14,000 Poor Clares are in the service of the Church all over the world.
There are 14 cloistered monasteries in India and 250 sisters are members of this congregation in India. Out of that, 25 sisters are from Mangaluru.