Mangaluru: Carmel Hill in the city is in the alacrity of the annual feast of Infant Jesus that gets underway from January 5. The nine-day novena starts on this day in preparation of the feast that will be celebrated on January 14 with a solemn mass at 6pm. There will be masses whole through the day too. Archbishop of Bhopal Most Rev Leo Cornelio will preside over the Eucharistic mass on January 14 with Rev Fr Charles Serrao, provincial OCD and other priests.
Rev Fr Elias D'Souza, director of the Shrine said that the votive offering procession will be held on January 4 at 4.30pm from Cordel Church ground to Infant Jesus Shrine followed by flag hoisting. The novena masses starting January 5 will be in Konkani (6am, 7.30am, 9am; 10.30am, 1pm, and 6pm); prayer service (11.45am in Kannada); Malayalam (4pm); English (5pm) and Kannada (7.15pm). There will be feast day masses and on the following day too.
All the feast day masses will be telecast live on V4 local channel. Call: 0824-2221144; 2211124; email: infantjesusmangalore@gmail.com or log on to www.infantjesusmangalore.net. Information can also be had by sending queries to WhatsApp number 9449380336. The chapel managed by the Carmelite Fathers was built in 1947. The shrine was constructed and inaugurated by then Bishop of Mangalore Rev Fr Basil D'Souza on May 11, 1996, Rev Fr Elias D'Souza said.
