Feast of St.
Francis of Assisi
Bala Yesu Nivas,
Chikmagalur
The feast of St. Francis
was celebrated at Bala Yesu Nivas, Chikmagalur, on 14th of October, 2007
with pomp and gaiety. The celebration began at 10.30 a.m. with the
welcome to the Bishop of Chikmagalur, Rt. Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Swamy with
bouquets and garlands by the superior of Bala Yesu Nivas Rev. Brio.
Victor Crasta and the Zonal President of the Secular Franciscan Order
Rosy Sequeira and Leo Mathias. The Solemn Eucharistic Celebration began
at 11 a.m. wherein the bishop was the chief celebrant and 21 priests
concelebrating with him. The uniqueness of the Eucharistic Celebration
was that 148 new members joining the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO) and
22 more making the final vows in the SFO. A new fraternity of SFO at
Bala Yesu Nivas was inaugurated by the bishop and 106 members were among
those who joined newly for this fraternity of Bala Yesu. The main
celebrant Rt. Rev. Dr. T Anthony Swamy, the bishop of Chikmagalur
Diocese expressed his great desire of starting SFO fraternity in all the
parishes of Chikmagalur Diocese. Presently the SFO fraternities are
spread out in 17 parishes of the Chikmagalur diocese which has 38
parishes. The total number of SFO members in Chikmagalur diocese has
risen to nearly 400.
After the Eucharistic celebration, cultural programme was arranged by
the members of SFO. The bishop was honoured and thanked for his
continued assistance to spread the SFO in the diocese and also for
spending more than 4 hours to make this day a great success. A sumptuous
festal meal was served to all the participants numbering nearly 600.
Fr. Rocky D'Cunha, the national Spiritual assistant of SFO, Fr. Anthony
Raj, the Zonal spiritual assistant of the SFO, Fr. Sunith Prabhu, SJ,
the religious in-charge of Chikmagalur Diocese, were present for the
festal celebration besides the other priests, brothers, sisters and
other dignitaries.
















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