Stanley Bantwal
Mangaluru, Aug 1: The nine-day novena prior to the Annual feast of St Lawrence Church, Bondel began on Saturday August 1 with the unfurling of St Lawrence’s flag here at the church premises.
Fr Joseph Lobo, parish priest, Our Lady of Miracles Milagres Church, hoisted the flag followed by Mass and novena.
Fr Joseph Lobo inaugurated the novena by lighting the lamp along with Fr Andrew Leo D’Souza, parish priest, Fr Clifford Pinto, principal, St Lawrence English Medium School, Fr Rupesh Tauro, assistant parish priest, Reginald D’Souza, vice-president, parish pastoral council, Steevan Noronha, secretary, Prakash Pinto, shrine committee convener and plenty of devotees were present.