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Muscat : The Jezu Maka Apoita prayer group from the Holy spirit Church of Ghala, Sultanate of Oman is  a group of  Konkani speaking Catholics who get together in prayer.They celebrated their 14th anniversary on the 23 thof August ,2016.

The day’s events started with the Eucharistic celebration in Holy Spirit Church, Ghala. The high mass in Konkani was celebrated by Fr Marian Miranda assistant parish priest, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ruwi. The melodious choir led by Charlotte and team consisting of Hubert, Praveen Niddodi,Peter,Meera,Cynthi Saldanha  made the celebration even more meaningful and beautiful

After the Holy Mass the  get together  was organized by the core committee of the prayer group consisting of  Hubert Dsouza, the president of the committee , Lancy Barboza ,Praveen Niddodi ,Peter Fernandes ,Thomas Dias ,Leo Saldanha ,Cynthia Saldanha ,Synthia Dsouza and Aslita Dsouza.

The celebration began with a prayer Song by Core Committee. Hubert Dsouza the President of the prayer group then welcomed the gathering and expressed his gratitude to all the members and the supporters of the prayer group. On this occasion the Committee members celebrated the 14th  Anniversary with the cutting  the cake.

Lancy Barboza  presented the report for the current year. The tiny tots  of the community presented a dance –Meurel ,Mcneil  Nathan and Solo dances was presented by Anisha D’costa and Jasline

 The main highlight of the day was an act message of helpfulness and timely prayers was performed by Committee Members,gave a religious message to the audience .It was written and directed by Peter Prakash Fernandes. The back stage commentary was done by Meera

Cynthia Saldanha then gave a vote of thanks .It was followed by a game of Thumbola.Charlotte , the compere of the event and an active member of the prayer group conducted the whole event very meticulously and kept the audience glued to their seats with his various quizzes and spot prizes.Mangalorean Tradition lunch was served by the members it  marked the end of the days celebration.