The Feast of St. Mother
Teresa of Calcutta was celebrated on 5th of September 2021, Sunday at the
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, Kolkata. His Grace Archbishop Thomas D’Souza
was the main celebrant. The day began with the Holy Rosary at 8.30 pm followed
by a Prayer service at St. Mother Teresa’s Statue situated infront of the Cathedral.
After the prayer service, the Holy Eucharist was celebrated in which Fr. Franklin
Menezes, the newly appointed Pro-vicar was welcomed and congratulated by the
Archbishop. The parish council, parish religious community too congratulated and
welcomed the new Pro-Vicar . In his homily , Archbishop highlighted upon these
lf less service and ministry began by Mother Teresa and being carried out by
her Missionaries of Charity sisters faithfully all over the world. He prayed
for the sisters very specially. It was also the teachers’ day therefore
Archbishop honored the Sunday school teachers with a gift and thanked them for
their service and contribution towards the faith formation of the children. He
also wished all the teachers and offered a special prayer for all the teachers.
On this auspicious day, Archbishop Thomas presented the parish students, the
certificate of excellence for scoring excellent marks in their class 10 and
class 12 exams. He also presented the certificate and trophy to the parish
youth for their active participation and becoming runners in Video making
competition at National Youth Sunday organized by ICYM Calcutta. At the end of
the festival celebration Fr. Robert Johnson proposed the vote of thanks and
invited the congregation for a fellowship gathering with snacks and tea. The
Entire celebration was live-streamed on the Archdiocesan YouTube channel by the
Archdiocesan social communication team.
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