Dec. 2, 2016: The Nine days Novena of the Feast of Our Lady of Pompei was inaugurated today at the Shrine of Pompei in the presence of her devotees who gathered in large numbers. A brief prayer service was held at the Shrine consisting of incensing the statue, reading the Word of God followed by the reflection. Thereafter, the statue of Our Lady of Pompei was carried in procession to the Church.
Rev Fr Roshan Crasta, Administrator, Fr Muller’s at Thumbe was the main celebrant. In his homily, he enunciated the theme of the day “Be the Light and the Salt of the Earth’ in the light of Word of God. Novena prayers were offered towards the end of the Eucharistic Celebration. Priests laid their hands and prayed for everyone gathered in the Church for the Novena.
