Udupi/M’Belle: St. Lawrence Community Hall Gets Finishing Touches Prior to Inauguration on Dec 2
By Dr. Eugene DSouza
Bellevision Media Network
Udupi/M’Belle, 30 Nov: Like a bride awaiting eagerly for her wedding day, the beautifully and elegantly constructed St. Lawrence Community Hall also known as ‘Souharda Soudha’ is just a day away from its grand inauguration and blessing function on Sunday, 2 December 2018. The final finishing touches and cleanliness drive to prepare the dream project for the inauguration were afoot on Friday, 30 November 2018, just two days prior to the great event. Chairs will be laid inside the newly constructed hall by Saturday evening to accommodate nearly 1200 people in air-conditioned comfort for the inauguration and blessing of the auditorium. Provision is also being made by erecting pandal outside the hall for additional people with the provision of CCTV to watch the proceedings of the felicitation function.
On the appeal from Fr. Clement Mascarenhas, Parish Priest of St. Lawrence Church, Moodubelle, around 200 parishioners volunteered to participate in the cleanliness drive in and around the newly constructed hall on Friday, 30 November 2018. Most of them brought their own brooms, dusters and mops to sweep, to clean and mop the floors, doors and windows. There was great enthusiasm among the parishioners to be part of the cleanliness drive so that the newly constructed hall and the surroundings would be neat and clean prior to the inauguration and blessing on Sunday, 2 December.
The cleanliness drive commenced at 10 am with a brief prayer by Fr. Clement Mascarenhas along with Fr. Lawrence Cutinha, Assistant Parish Priest, Vincent Fernandes-Vice President of Parish Pastoral Council, Mrs. Latha D’Mello-Secretary and Elias D’Souza-Project Engineer.
Joseph Martis coordinated the entire cleanliness drive under the overall supervision of Fr. Clement Mascarenhas, Fr. Lawrence Cutinha and Vincent Fernandes.
The inauguration function will be held on Sunday, 2 December 2018 with solemn Thanksgiving Mass at 10 am offered by Most Rev. Dr. Gerlad Isaac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi Diocese as the main celebrant along with Most Rev. Dr. Albert D’Souza, Archbishop of Agra and other priests.
The solemn Thanksgiving Mass will be followed by the Inauguration and Blessing of the new Community Hall by Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo at 11.30 am. Thereafter, the felicitation function will be held at 11.45 am in the newly inaugurated and blessed hall.
The felicitation fuantion will be presided over by Most Rev. Dr. Albert D’Souza. Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Baptist Menezes-Vicar General, Uudpi Diocese and Shri Lalaji R. Mendon - MLA Kaup Constituency will be the chief guests. The guests of honour list includes Rev. Fr. Valerian Mendonca - Dean of Udupi Varado, Mrs. Priyanka Mary Francis - D.C. Udupi District, Shri Vinay Kumar Sorake - Former MLA, Kaup Constituency, Shri J.R. Lobo - Former MLA, Mangalore South Constituency, Mrs. Ranjani Hegde - President, Belle Grama Panchayat, Shri William Aranha - Businessman and Philanthropist - Qatar, Shri Ronald Sabi D’Souza - Businessman and Philanthropist, Dubai, Shri Wilfred Menezes - Businessman and Philanthropist, Dubai.
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Alfred martis, Moodubelle/Bangalore | Fri, November-30-2018, 7:21 |
God bless you all. |