The Holy Relic of St. Anthony To Be Brought To Lanka In March

Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo has made all the arrangements for the Catholics in Sri Lanka to bring the Holy Relic of St. Anthony to Sri Lanka in March 2010.

The Catholics in Sri Lanka are blessed to have this very rare opportunity to see and pray before the Holy Relic of St. Anthony. This Holy Relic is presently at St. Anthony's Shrine in Padua .

Rev. Fr. Neville Joe Perera has been coordinating with Archbishop Malcolm to make the arrangements.

The Holy Relic will be brought to St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade on 7th March 2010, which will be celebrating the 175th Jubilee on 12th & 13th June 2010.

At the request of the Bishops the Holy Relic will be taken to the
other dioceses from 10th March - 21th March.

Programme

* 7th March 2010

- Holy Relic brought to Sri Lanka from Padua

- From Air Port to St. Anthony's Shrine Kochchikade

* 7th March - 9th March

- At St. Anthony's Shrine Kochchikade

* 10th March

- 6.00 a.m. Mass - leave to Galle Cathedral

3.00 p.m. Holy Mass - Leave to Avissawella Bishop’s House

* 11th March

- 6.00 p.m. a Holy Mass - leave to St. Anthony's Church,
Bandarawela

* 10th March - 12th March

- At St. Anthony's Church, Bandarawela

- 5.00 a.m. Holy Mass - leave to Batticaloa Cathedral

* 12th March – 13th March

- At Batticaloa Cathedral

- 5.00 a.m. Holy Mass – leave to Anuradhapura

- One hour at Medawachchiya Church

- 4.00 p.m. – leave to Jaffna

* 14th March

- Manippai Jaffna

- 12.00 noon Holy Mass – leave to Mannar

* 14th March – 15th March

- Thalladi Mannar

* 15th March

- 6.00 a.m. Holy Mass – leave to Kottapitiya

* 15th March – 16th March

- At. St. Anthony’s Church, Kottapitiya

* 16th March

- 5.00 a.m. Holy Mass leave to Kandy via Kurunegala

- One hour at St. Anthony’s Church, Pallandeniya

* 16th March – 17th March

- Wahakotte

-At St. Anthony’s Cathedral, Kandy

* 17th March

- 6.00 a.m. Holy Mass – leave to Kochchikade

* 21st March – 23rd March

- At St. Anthony’s Shrine, Liyanagemulla

* 23rd March

- Departure to Padua

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