Feast of Our Lady of Velankanni Celebrated in Yangon, Myanmar

Feast of Our Lady of Velankanni Celebrated in Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon: The Nativity of Blessed Mother Mary, which is commemorated as the Feast of Our Lady of Velankanni was celebrated in St Anthony’s Parish in Yangon, Myanmar with great joy and enthusiasm. Myanmar’s first Cardinal His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo celebrated the Solemn High Mass with many other concelebrants.

Thousands of Catholics had gathered for the festive celebration, many of them wearing the distinctive saffron dress to express their humility and their devotion to the Blessed Mother.

After the Eucharistic celebration and Eucharistic Procession, it was very touching to see thousands of devotees from different faiths on a KNEELING PROCESSION, who moved while kneeling and praying with lit candles to the door of the church which was some 100 feet away.

The celebrations concluded with sumptuous lunch which was prepared for about six thousand people.

by Wilfred Lawrence D’Souza
Pics Rosana Floral