(Bangalore, India) On 28th of January 2018, the Redemptorists and the faithful of the Holy Ghost Church, Bangalore celebrated the annual feast of the Mother of Perpetual Help. On 18th January the flag of the Mother of Perpetual Help was hoisted by the Provincial Superior Fr. Arulanandam, CSsR. Like every year this year the feast day celebration followed by nine days of novena at the Shrine. The novena was conducted in three languages, English, Tamil and Kannada. The Tamil language had two sessions a day whereas English and Kannada had one session each. The novena in English was preached by Fr. Clement Joseph CSsR., Tamil by I Xavier CSsR and Kannada by Fr. Francis Varadharaju & Fr. Roshan Rosario. Alphonsian tradition was kept giving due importance to preaching of the Word of God. The mother of Perpetual Help is well known devotion where thousands of devotees irrespective of caste and creed visit the shrine and pray to Mary. During novena hundreds of petitions and thanksgiving were sent in to the Shrine of the Mother of Perpetual Help.
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