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The Easter Vigil liturgy is the most beautiful liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church. This walks through the Easter Vigil, and includes the words to the Exsultet. Although celebrated Holy Saturday evening, it is the dramatic Easter vigil liturgy that marks the beginning of Easter. We are awaiting ou

On Maundy Thursday, four services were held at the Cathedral commemorating the holy week events in different languages. The services in English was held outdoors at 7.00 P. M. to accommodate large number of English speaking expatriate parishioners. Services were also held in Arabic, French and Ma

Good Friday was observed as a day of fasting and abstinence to commemorate the Passion and Death of the Lord. The day started at 8 am with the ‘Way of the Cross’ held in the Church. This was followed by hourly ‘Way of the Cross’ - being held in different languages like Tamil, Urdu, Konkani, Sinhal

As part of the community service and religious exercise during the Holy month of Lent, the Milagres B ward members of Milagres Cathedral, Kallianpur, Udupi Diocese organised a visit to the Goretti hospital on Sunday the 14th Feb, 2016 at 4.00 pm to interact with the aged and bedridden people at

As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the present church building, which is built in the year 1940 and to meet the growing needs of the cathedral, the platinum jubilee committee has started some structural changes to this Mother Church of our diocese and we bring you this pictorial report of the work in progress.

The United Trophy 2016 by the United Friends, Udupi for the 2nd time is going on at the Nejar ground. The tournament was inaugurated on the 5th Feb, 2016 in the presence of Sri Janardhan Thonse, President of Urban Development, Udupi, Prakash Shetty, Vice president, Udupi Block Congress, Hasadulla, K

The Five day festival of the Miracle shrine of St Lawrence in Attur, Karkala began with new vigour and devotion here on Sunday, January 24. . Being a national holiday thousands visited the shrine on the 3rd day. According to the sources this is the largest ever crowd visited the shrine on a Tuesday in the history of its annual feast.

St Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi set out 2,500 chairs for its Christmas Eve mass, but many still had to stand. Thousands of Catholics dressed in their finest attire thronged to the church to attend the service and offer prayers. Churchgoers said that although they would be happiest in their home

Chilly willy food and Beverage Industry owned by Kemmannite Sathish Venkataran has been selected for this year’s Dubai SME 100 Award tomorrow at Madinat Jumeirah (15th Nov.2015) The Award will be given by H H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum -Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council. Dubai SME, an agency under the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DE

The committee members of Kemmannu Flowers, UAE celebrated the Monthi Festh 2015 at the Residence of Ex-President Mr. Sydney D’souza in Karama, Dubai on Friday, 18th September at 12.30 p.m. The event began with the traditional way of adoring Mother Mary with Flowers by children along with the Novena

Konkani Community of St. Joseph’ Cathedral Abu Dhabi celebrated the Feast of Nativity (Monthi Fest) solemnly with traditional zeal and gaiety at the St Joseph’s Cathedral premises on Thursday, September 10, 2015. The outdoor ceremony commenced at 7.45 PM with little children and teenagers showering

H E Bishop Paul Hinder led the high mass celebrating the birthday of Mother Mary at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Abu Dhabi along with Parish Priest and Asst. Priest of the Cathedral. Large number of parishioners attended the holy mass and thereafter a short prayer near the Grotto.

Satish Venkataramana, one of the dynamic Mangalurean community leaders and successful entrepreneur of ’Chilly Willy’ fame in the UAE, received the prestigious Vishwa Manava Award in recongnizing his services to Kannadigas in NRI Category. The award was bestowed during the 11th World Kannada Cultural Convention which took place at the Grand Victorian convention centre at the Park Inn by Radisson, T

A second catholic church in Abu Dhabi was inaugurated on Thursday evening in the presence of Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister for Culture, Youth and Community Development, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and Bishop Paul Hinder, the apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia.

Kevin Misquith 5th Konkani Music Album ’ Ek Geet ’ was released in dubai during a event organised by Kemmanu flowers. Mr.Frank Fernandes, prop of Mosaco shipping and forwarding,Llc Dubai released the album. The president of kemmanu flowers Mr.Melwyn along with Mr. Canute Pinto Kelarai from Evers

The first Easter Vigil Mass was celebrated at 8.00 pm by Bishop Paul Hinder along with other priests of the parish and Bishops House. As Sunday was a working day for most, many parishioners preferred to attend the early service. The Easter Vigil liturgy is the most beautiful liturgy in the Roman C

Maundy Thursday celebrations of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Abu Dhabi was led by HE Bishop Paul Hinder during which Bishop washed the feet of 12 members from the community to follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ. 24 new lay ministers took oath to serve as lay ministers to help out in the daily service

Today the whole Church mourns the death of our Savior. This is traditionally a day of sadness, spent in fasting and prayer. The title for this day varies in different parts of the world: "Holy Friday" for Latin nations, Slavs and Hungarians call it "Great Friday," in Germany it is "Friday of Mournin

Kemmannu Flowers, UAE organised KEMMANNU FIESTA scheduled for coming Friday (30-01-2015)in Abu Dhabi has been postponed. Fresh Dates will be announced shortly. We regret the inconveniences to all the concerned - Media Coordinator.

Inauguration and blessings of New Mount Rosary Church - Pictorial report of the Community Wishes

’Ektharachem Nathal’ (Unity Christmas), a Christmas get-together of all the Konkani speaking people who are serving at all the places outside the diocese of Udupi, in India and abroad, was held with all gaity and splendor of Christmas spirit, among the special children at Manasa Rehabilitation & Tr

After man started encroachment of the habitat of wild animals and creatures, the later are left with any options than to venture into the human territory. These days every now and then we will hear the news reports of wild animals straying into the villages and towns. In such an incident a huge pyth

The Inauguration and Blessing of New Parochial House of Mount Rosary Church, Kallianpur was held on Sunday the 21st December, 2014. The House was inagurated by Master Prince Dias and Mrs. Sonia Dias by cutting the ribbon. Parish Priest Fr. Neri Aranha opened the door and entered the house followed by guest and parish community. Rev. Fr. Stany B. Lobo, Rector, Milagres Cathedral blessed the new