Thursday 15 June 2017

Festival of Pentecost at Sacred Heart Church

- ASHLEY CANTOPHER

 Kolkata: A grand festival of the Pentecost was relished by the people at the Sacred Heart Church, Dharmatolla from 26th May to the night of 3rd June, 2017 that began with a well-attended novena starting on the 26th June. Encouraged by Fr. Soosai Manickam the parish priest and welcomed also by the parishioners it was organized by the CCCRS. The entire series of services ,climaxed on the night vigil from 9.00 p.m. with recitations of the Holy Rosary, Novena Prayers, Eucharistic celebration Adoration, Healing, Anointing, recitation the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Deliverance, Blessing of Salt, Oil & Salt and concluding the Holy Mass at 4.45 AM.

Fr. Peter Durairaj S.J. who presided over the dawn Mass was available to hear confessions right through the night while Fr. A. C. Jose presided over the Vigil Mass
10.00 PM and did a grand job of conducting the other important programs assisted by Raymond Baptist the chairman and the rest of the team. The choir was reallyinspiring as new hymns rose loud to fill the entire Church with power from the Holy Spirit. Mr. Raymond Baptist, in his own charismatic style, led the faithful into the inter-cession for each other and also took a leading role in the choir. He asked the faithful to face one another while intensely praying for each other's urgent needs by storming the heavens. The choir members, David Dasgupta the musician, Rahul, Marian Joseph, Priscilla Joseph, Tammy Young and Cheryl Cantopher gave life to the whole night vigil while people that filled the Church were fully engrossed in the service. The blessing of Salt, Oil & Water, a novelty this time done by Fr. A. C. Jose, just after the healing, deliverance and infilling of the Holy Spirit sessions, was well appreciated by all; infarct many had brought such articles for the blessing.

In spite of the scorching heat many of the faithful returned back hope filled with the Holy Spirit. The Church premise was filled to its capacity, reminding us of the first Pentecost.



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