Five Deacons belonging to the Carmelite Order were ordained priests. His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore conferred the Holy Order of Priesthood on Deacons Arun Sunil Lobo, Anil Veigas, Denzil Veigas, Rajesh D’Souza and Vijay D’Costa on 19th April, 2010 at Infant Jesus Shrine, Mangalore. About 60 priests concelebrated at the Eucharist and a good number of faithful took part in the Liturgy with devotion and rapture.

Bishop in his homily explained the significance and importance of the priests in the life of the Christian faithful and expressed his happiness and gratitude to God for giving FIVE NEW PRIESTS to the Church. Fr. Deepak Tauro animated the Liturgy.

The newly ordained priests: Fr. Arun Sunil Lobo is last among the six children of Late Albert and Helen Lobo from Agrar (Most Holy Saviour Saviour Parish). Frs. Anil and Denzil Veigas are the sons of Basil and Letitia Veigas of St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Vamanjoor. Fr. Rajesh D’Souza hails from Sacred Heart Parish Madanthyar. He is the second child of Saturnin and Florine D’Souza. Fr. Vijay D’Souza is the second child of Francis and Veronica D’Costa. He hails from St. Raphael Parish, Badyar.

After the Ordination ceremony which lasted for about two hours, a short felicitation programme followed. Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, Carmelite Provincial Superior honored the newly ordained the Priests and thanked their parents for sacrificing their sons to the garden of Carmel.

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