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2022 – Albinus Ekka - The Feast of St. Anthony of Padua – 28 June

CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA IN BANGALORE
Br. Albinus Ekka,OFM

After a gap of two years, it was an auspicious and memorable occasion for all of us in St. Anthony's Friary Bangalore to celebrate the feast of the patron Saint of our house, Saint Antony of Padua. On 13th of June, we celebrated our house feast with great love and devotion in memory of St. Anthony. On this great auspicious day, we the student friars took leave from our classes at DVK. We began our festive mass at 12:00 PM. The main celebrant of the festive mass was Friar Gabriel Mathias, the guardian of our house. He was assisted by Friars Alex Martis, the guardians of St. Thomas community provincialate and Naveen Gorge the rector of theology students. We had a few guests, the sisters of nearby communities and our beloved benefactors who participated in the celebration to share in the joy and blessings of St. Anthony of Padua with us. Friar Gabriel gave a heart inspiring homily of the life journey of St. Anthony. Soon after the mass all the participants joined in the fellowship meal. In the evening we had an exhausting volleyball match in honour of St. Anthony. We had two groups namely: St. Anthony of Padua and St. Francis of Assisi. The St. Francis of Assisi group won the volleyball match.

 

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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS

ST. FRANCIS

FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (July)

Date

Name of the Friars

Events

Year

01

Anthony Alex Martis

Birth

1976

02

Pratap Reddy Salibindla

Henry Jose

Birth

Birth

1960

1992

03

+ Thomas the Apostle – Patron of the Province

Amaladass Manickam

Atma Jyothi, Mysore

Abhishek M.

Feast


Solemn Vows

Blessing

Birth



1982

1987

1995

04

Praveen Henry D’Souza

Ordination

2007

05

Martin Sangma

Birth

1992

06

Jugal Kishore Lakra

Birth

1976

07

+ Michael Haliday

Baikim Chandra Minj

Stephen Lamin Gashnga

Home

Birth

Birth

1976

1982

1983

08

Dominic C.J.

+ Bede Worham

Birth

Home

1959

1991

09

Mukti Prakash Ekka

Arun Junes

Solemn Vows

Ordination

2000

2006

12

Anto Leo

Birth

1988

13

Sidney J.M.

Arvind Kerketta

Birth

Birth

1941

1970

14

Michael Anand

Simon A.

Deepak Xalxo

Avinash Toppo

Birth

Birth

Birth

Birth

1977

1981

1992

1996

15

+ Bonaventure

Feast


20

+ Blaise Lobo

Home

1997

21

Lawrence of Brindisi

James N.

Feast

Birth


1966

22

+ Leonard Fernandes

Home

1980

27

+ Cornelius D’ Souza

Phyrnai Lyngdoh

Home

Birth

2009

1983

28

+ Alphonsa

Feast


30

Trevor D’ Souza

Entry

1985

31

Joseph Prasanna Kumar

Birth

1985