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The most very important Celebrations of the day, they are Devotion to our Lady and Thanksgiving Mass to St Mother Theresa of Kolkata for the raising of the Status of the Sainthood. We Started procession from CCamp to Cathedral. During the Procession we devotedly in faith recited the Holy Rosary and singing Hymn to our Lady of Rosary. We had two statues for Procession; one is Our Lady of Rosary & St Mother Theresa of Kolkata. Many devotees took part in the procession. When we reached at the new Arch- gate, we had the blessing of the statues of Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Joseph‘s and St. Mother Theresa of Kolkata followed by Opening of the Arch-Gate which was contributed nearly 14 Lakhs of rupees by the different groups of our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral and is built beautifully. His Lordship Most Rev. Anthony Poola D.D. the Bishop of Kurnool, prayed & blessed for the well being and asked the faithful to grow in faith & love. Thereafter Bishop, few Fathers, and people who have contributed broke the coconuts during the blessings. After the blessing once again we started procession with an open palanquin with the KURNOOL VANI - NOVEMBER 2016 13 status of Mother Mary from Arch-Gate to the Altar. When we reached the Stage, Bishop, Deans, and Parish Priest left the balloon Rosary in to the sky as a sign of devotion to our Lady . Just before the Mass, Superior of the Missionaries of Charity read the life of St Theresa of Kolkata. Even though she was born in another country, according to the voice of God, she loved, served worked hard & gave her life for the suffering humanity especially cared for the abandoned, the neglected and the poor & the orphans, took care of the sick & the suffering people in the streets of Kolkata. During the Holy Mass Most Rev. Anthony Poola D. D. Preached on the life of Mother Mary & St. Theresa of Kolkata His Personal experience was that “My life is nothing in the site of St Theresa of Kolkata, because she served the sick, cleaned & dressed up the infected wounds with barehanded, She was home for the homeless, She fed the hungry and put in to the practice the golden Word’s of Jesus Christ.” Finally he insisted that everyone should read the bible, during this jubilee year, the word of God should reach every house and each Individual. At the end of his Homily Bishop appreciated the dedicated service rendered by the Mother Theresa sisters to the diocese. After the Mass, Rev. Fr. Kola Vijaya Raju thanked Bishop, all the Fathers , sisters and the Parishioners specially the Donors who contributed the large amount for the beautiful Arch Gate of our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, for the Eucharistic Celebration the songs were sung melodiously by the Missionary Sisters of Charity which helped the faithful to participate devotedly. After the Holy Mass Bishop and the Sisters of Charity were felicitated by the faithful of Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral and After the Holy mass, there was a beautiful programme, put up by D S S sisters, Devanagar students and St.Joseph’s students and there was felicitation and cake cutting ceremony, Children performed tremendously & beautifully the dances on the theme of St. Mother Theresa of Kolkata. There after Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Kola Vijaya Raju was appreciated and Felicitated by Bishop for his hard work saying “He is short but very strong. He has given a beautiful & grand look to the Cathedral by his hard work”. After the programme 14 KURNOOL VANI - NOVEMBER 2016 delicious food was served to all those who entered the campus. All enjoyed their meal & had their full, returned to their homes satisfied, Praising & Thanking God for all the Wonders. - (Rev. Fr. K. Sanjeev Rao, Asst. PP)