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Report: Fr. Ashwin Rebello and Aaron Dsouza

The  annual feast celebrations of St. Lawrence Basilica Attur, Karkala began with celebrating the confraternity Sunday with traditional joy and gaiety on January 21st, 2023.

Rev. Fr. Cyril Lobo, Director of Divya Jyothi, Liturgical and cathechetical centre of Udupi Diocese, concelebrated the confraternity Sunday Eucharist with Rev. Fr Alban D’Souza, Rector of the St. Lawrence Basilica, Fr. Ashwin Rebello, Fr. Roman Mascarenhas and other guest priests.

Soon after the mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was conducted by Rev. Fr. Cyril lobo. Following the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the grand Eucharistic procession commenced. The brass band playing tunes of various hymns led the procession. The choir sang the Eucharistic hymns throughout the procession both in Konkani and Kannada. The procession started from the church and culminated at the Attur Yuvakamandala Stage where Fr. Cyril Lobo conferred the Sacramental blessings.