Udupi: Novena in preparation for Monthi Festh begins with floral offerings by children

By Eugene DSouza
Bellevision Media Network

Moodubelle, Aug 30, 2014 : Children in their school uniforms carrying varieties of flowers with  broad smiles made their way to the church, some of them along with their parents,  to offer flowers to Infant Mary  on the first day of Novena on Saturday, 30 August 2014, in preparation for the Monthi Festh (Nativity of Mother Mary) which will be celebrated on Monday 8 September 2014.

 

In St. Lawrence Church, Moodubelle the Novena Mass was offered by Rev. Fr. Joswey Fernandes at 8.30 am. The school children themselves participated in the choir.

 

 

Following the end of the mass, the children followed by elders proceeded to the main altar and offered flowers to the image of Infant Mary. Thereafter, the children and elders assembled in the portico of the church around another statue of Infant Mary.

 

After the recitation of the Novena prayer by Rev. Fr. Roshan D’Souza, children showered flowers on the statue of Infant Mary to the accompaniment of the hymn “Moriyek Hogolshiyam...”

 

Sweets were distributed to children following the end of the Novena service and the  school and college students  proceeded to their respective institutions. The same procedure will be followed throughout the nine days of the Novena.