OUR PARISH NOVENA BEGINS

Dear friends,

We begin our parish novena on Thursday 22 January. Here is a glimpse of the themes and other details:

NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. JOHN BOSCO 2009

"ST. JOHN BOSCO AND CHRISTIAN LIVING TODAY"

ANIMATING GROUPS, THEMES, PREACHERS

22 JANUARY, THURSDAY - SACRED HEART TRAINING CENTRE - EUCHARIST AND UNION WITH GOD - Fr. Ashley Miranda
23 JANUARY, FRIDAY - SALESIAN TRAINING INSTITUTE - PRAYER AND RENEWAL - Fr. Matthew Coutinho

24 JANUARY, SATURDAY - ZONE B + KILBIL - OPTIMISM AND JOY - Fr. Savio D’Souza

25 JANUARY, SUNDAY - SUNDAY SCHOOL - PROMOTION OF VOCATIONS - Fr. Ivo Coelho

26 JANUARY, MONDAY - ZONE C + NIRMALA CONVENT - INVOLVEMENT OF THE LAITY - Fr. Diego Nunes
27 JANUARY, TUESDAY - TANMAY - WORK AND TEMPERANCE - Fr. Wyman Gonsalves

28 JANUARY, WEDNESDAY - YOUTH + DON BOSCO BHAVAN - SOLIDARITY WITH THE MARGINALIZED - Fr. Nelson Falcao
29 JANUARY, THURSDAY - ST. JOSEPH NOVITIATE - ROLE OF MARY AND THE SAINTS - Fr. Solomon Rapol
30 JANUARY, FRIDAY - DIVYADAAN - SPIRIT OF INITIATIVE AND COMMUNION - Fr. Valerian Pereira

31 JANUARY, SATURDAY - FEAST OF ST. JOHN BOSCO - ZONE A + MARIA VIHAR - Archbishop Felix Machado DD

• The daily mass with the novena prayers will begin at 7 pm (except on Sunday 25 January and Friday 30 January when the mass will be at 6:30 pm).
• On Sunday 25 January there will be no morning mass.
• On 30 January there will be an Academy in honor of St. John Bosco after the mass.
• The Feast Day mass will begin at 6 pm.
• The rosary will be recited everyday 20 mts before the mass. Confessors will be available every day half an hour before the mass.