Our Lady of Velankanni Festival

Our Lady of Refuge | Sep 14, 2024 - 6:30 pm
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About the Event

Sacred Heart Tamil Catholic Group celebrates the 9th annual Festival Celebration of Our Lady of Good Health, at Our Lady of Refuge 2165 Lucretia Ave, San Jose, CA 95122. The Flag Blessing & Hoisting will be on Fri, Sep 6 2024 at 7:00 PM, followed by Holy Mass at 7:30 PM in the church. All are welcome to join.


About Velankanni

Human beings are happy when they enjoy good health. But God has created man with a body and soul. While the body is mortal, the soul, which has been created in the image and likeness of God, is immortal. The soul of man is enriched by God's grace, which enables him to lead a holy life. His intimacy with his creator, by a life of grace, caused him to enjoy peace and inner joy. There are, however, dangers to ruin the happiness and well being of humans in all these three spheres of life-his physical, spiritual and social. Mary our Mother of good health shows her deep concern for all her children who suffer from every kind of ailment and obtains healing for them from her Divine Son. Mary sets right such shattered relationships when her children approach her for help with absolute trust in her powerful intercession. Ever since our Blessed Mother set foot on the sacred soil of Velankanni some 400 years ago, she has been pouring out her tender Motherly care and compassion on all her children who are tossed about on the sea of suffering and who come to her shrine at Velankanni seeking her help. Innumerable are the favours obtained by her devotees, who approach her, irrespective of their caste or creed. That is why she is revered in Velankanni as the Mother of Good Health.
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Schedule

Schedule of events

Sep 6 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Novena, Flag Blessing, Hoisting and Holy Mass
Fr. Arockiasamy Xavier SJ and Fr. Wilson SVD
Venue: Our Lady of Refuge
Novena, Flag blessing and hoisting to begin the nine day prayerful celebration of Our Lady of Velankanni festival.
Flag hoisting will be followed by Holy Mass
Sep 8 2024 - Sep 13 2024
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Novena (Zoom call)
Venue: Zoom call
Novena prayer through Zoom
Sep 14 2024
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Final Day Novena, Holy Mass, Solemn Procession, Fellowship and Dinner
Venue: Our Lady of Refuge
Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Louis Leveil, Fr. Roberto Gomez and Fr. Joe Kim
Candle light procession, Rosary in multiple languages
Lowering of Flag
Fellowship and Dinner
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CELEBRANTS

This year Mass celebrants are Fr. Louis Leveil, Fr. Roberto Gomez, Fr. Joe Kim, Fr. Marty Silva SJ, Fr. Arokiasamy Xavier SJ, Fr. Vicent Sekhar SJ, Fr. Jeyaraj SJ, Fr. Wilson SVD, and Fr. Benjamin Ganaprakasam.

  • Sacred Heart Tamil Catholic Group

    Fr. Louis Lava (Leveil) SJ,

    San Jose, CA.

    Sacred Heart Tamil Catholic Group

    Fr. Roberto Gomez

    Pastor, Our Lady of Refuge Parish, San Jose, CA

    Sacred Heart Tamil Catholic Group

    Fr. Joe Kim

    Pastor, St. John Vianney Parish, San Jose, CA

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Our Donors

Thank you to all our donors

 Prabhakar

 Arokia Raj

 Victor Francis

 Romilda Nathan

 Alex Rayan

 Selvin and Dyana

 David George

 Jayasekar

 Glen Tony

 Sundar Durairaj

 David Samikannu

 Charlie Nishanth

 Patrick Jamesraj

 Charles Jamesraj

 Christina Selvaraj

 John Prashanth

 Thirunavukarasu Selvam

 Selvajegan Santhagruz

Contact

Below are the ways to reach out to us if you need any additional information.

Address

2165 Lucretia Ave
San Jose, CA 95122

Phone

(408) 480-0804
(408) 306-0544

Email

festival@shtcg.org
info@shtcg.org

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