OLD GOA
On account of Covid-19 restrictions, devotees will be allowed only to visit and pray at the tomb of Venerable Fr Agnelo de Souza from November 19 to 22 from 9 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 8 pm.
Meanwhile, the solemn celebration of the 93rd Death Anniversary of Venerable Agnelo will be celebrated on November 20 in the Pilar Monastery Church.
Fr Aleixo Menezes, Rector of Rachol Seminary, will preside over the 7 am Konkani Mass. At the end of the Mass, a Konkani song ‘Fr Agnelo’ written and composed by Fr Dominic Alvares will be launched on the YouTube channel of the Society of Pilar.
The English Mass will be celebrated at 6 pm by Fr Sebastiao Mascarenhas, Superior General of the Society of Pilar.
A special Konkani Mass will be celebrated by Fr Tony Fernandes, Vice-Postulator of the Cause of Ven. Agnelo de Souza, in the Rachol Church at 4.30 pm. On the day, Masses in other languages will be celebrated in Tamil (9.30 am), Marathi (10.30 am), Hindi (11.30 am), Malayalam (3.00 pm) and Gujarati (4.00 pm).
