Mangaluru: The nine-day novena prior for the annual feast of St Lawrence Church, Bondel began on Saturday, August 1 with the unfurling of St Lawrence’s flag here at the church premises. Fr Joseph Lobo, parish priest of Our Lady of Miracles, Milagres Church, hoisted the flag. This was followed by the holy mass and novena.
Fr Joseph Lobo inaugurated the novena by lighting a lamp along with Fr Andrew Leo Dsouza Parish Priest, Fr Clifford Pinto, Principal, St Lawrence English Medium School, Fr Rupesh Tauro, Asst Parish Priest, Reginald D’Souza, Vice-President, parish pastoral council, Steevan Noronha, Secretory, Prakash Pinto, Shrine committee convener and devotees were present.