Media Release
Kundapur, Jan 19: The annual feast of Infant Jesus was celebrated at Infant Jesus Shrine, Katkere, Koteshwar on Thursday, January 17.
Fr Charles Serrao, Carmelite provincial of Karnataka Goa province inaugurated and blessed newly build Divine Mercy prayer hall and then along with guest priests he presided over the Eucharistic. Fr Rajesh D’Souza preached the sermon on ‘put on Christ and be holy’. Fr Rayan OCD conducted the choir for the feast.
At the end, the superior of the monastery Fr Elias thanked all, for the success of the feast. Fr William Miranda who had taken all trouble to collect the fund and build the Divine Mercy prayer hall thanked and honoured all the donors. With great zeal thousands of devotes participated in the Eucharist and honoured Infant Jesus.
As a preparation for the feast, there was three days of retreat which was preached by Fr Richard from Divine Retreat Center, Potta. Many devotees attended the retreat and thereby received divine graces and blessings.