Mangaluru: Carmelites celebrate Carmel Day at Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte


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Mangaluru, 15 Dec 2014: Come December, and the shrine campus has multiple events and happenings of all sorts, and one among them is the Carmel Day, loved by its devoted audience who want to be there, rain or sun.

 

Carmel Day is a performance event staged by the community of Carmelites at the Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte here just to remind all that there is a solid community of 25 young men giving finishing touches to their 14-year-long seminary formation to be Carmelite priest.  They are full of creative ideas and proactive energy ready to express innovative ways to do their mission of being spiritual leaders and elders of the Christian community.

 

This year they did it with style on Saturday December 13. Nothing could stop them. With a heavily overcast sky and forecast of widespread rain for the day the preparations were on full swing and all was ready on time at 6.00pm to begin whether chief guest MLC Ivan D’Souza would make it to the function. He did arrive just as the curtains were pulled open and Fr Deep Fernandes put all on a hopeful diet for a feast for eyes, ears and above all the mind.

 

Fr Charles Serrao OCD the Provincial Superior of the Carmelites was the presiding over the function and Elias Fernandes, proprietor of Four Winds Mass Communications was the guest of honor.

 

 

As the guests and audience were welcomed, Fr Joe Tauro OCD the Rector of the Shrine honored them in Bharat style Ponnade shawl and flower offering. In his welcoming words while highlighting the contribution to excellence in various fields like politics and media by MLC Ivan and Elias pointed at the deeply Christian and authentically honest ways of these two gentlemen of public standing to the loud applause of the audience in agreement.

 

In his speech Ivan emotionally affirmed his deep love to this place and the wonders Jesus has done in his life of climbing in public service. He recalled he made it a point to be here as soon as he was elected to the upper house. He solemnly affirmed that whatever he has entrusted to Jesus here in petition and faith was never rejected by Him.

 

The Konkani drama – Kin, Kin Kinkina written by Leopold Louis, translated by and directed by John M Permannur. They staged with a spell bound audience glued to their chairs was a expression of their theatrical abilities to articulate a theme that the prick of conscience, like the tingling of bells, that never dies however distant you might think you are between you and the crime that you have done, was master stroke.

 

The wonderful miracle however was that the climate was stupendous and there was not a drop of rain throughout the programme, proving beyond all doubt that prayer can do wonders also on Carmel Hill.

 

 

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