Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 12: Chief Minister of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy will inaugurate the celebration of 450 years of The Holy Rosary Cathedral, Bolar on Sunday November 18.
The ceremony will be held at Rosario Cathedral Grounds at 6.30 pm.
Dr Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangaluru diocese will preside over the ceremony. Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop Emeritus, of the diocese, Msgr Maxim Noronha, Vicar General, of the diocese, Fr Stanislaus D'Souza SJ, Provincial, Karnataka province, U T Khader, District in-charge minister and state minister for Urban Development, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP of Dakshina Kannada, Oscar Fernandes, Rajya Sabha member and Dr Charles Lobo, CPMG, Karnataka circle will grace the ceremony as chief guests.
Vedavyasa Kamath, MLA of Mangaluru south constituency, Boje Gowda, Ivan D'Souza, B M Farooq, MLCs, Bhasker K, mayor of Mangaluru, J R Lobo, former MLA of Mangaluru south, Ronald Colaco, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Abdul Latif, corporator, Port Ward, Sr Mary Susheela AC, Sr Susheela Sequeira UFS, Superior Generals, M P Noronha, Secretary, diocesan Pastoral Parishad will be the guests of honour.
Eucharistic celebration
Prior to the formal inaugural ceremony, the eucharistic celebration to be held at Rosario Cathedral Grounds at 5 pm will be presided over by Dr Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bengaluru.
Bishop Dr Peter Paul Saldanha will deliver the homily while Bishop Emeritus Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza and other bishops and priests will be the concelebrants.
Three-day retreat
As part of the historic celebration of 450 years of The Holy Rosary Cathedral, a three-day retreat (praise and worship) will be held at the same venue on November 15, 16 and 17 from 5 pm to 8 pm.
Fr J B Crasta, rector of Rosario Cathedral, Fr Flavian Lobo, assistant parish priest, C J Simon, vice president, Elizabeth Roche, secretary of Rosario Parish Pastoral Parishad and Aldrin Vaz, convenor of publicity committee were present at the press meet.