Mount Mary’s Novena
The Mount Mary Church announced the program for Novena at the Mount Mary Church. The Novena will be from the 8th of September to the 14th of September.
September 05th, Friday to September 13th, Saturday
Morning Masses: 5.30, 6.15, 7.00, 7.45, 8.30 (AM)
Evening Masses: 5.30, 6.30, 7.30 (PM)
September 07th, Sunday and September 08th, Monday
Morning Masses: 5.30, 6.15, 7.00, 7.45, 8.30, 9.15, 10.00 (AM)
Evening Masses: 5.30, 6.30, 7.30 (PM)
September 8th,10.00 am: Special Mass by Fr Agnelo Gracious and later feast
September 14th, Sunday and September 21st, Sunday
Morning Masses: 5.30, 6.15, 7.00, 7.45, 8.30, 9.15, 10.00, 10.45 (AM)
Main Mass: 11.30 AM : Feast Mass by Oswal Cardinal gracious.
Last Mass: 12.30 PM (Afternoon)
Evening Masses: No Evening Mass
September 15th,10.45 am: Special Mass for the sick and aged by Bishop Bosco Penha.
For those wanting to know about Novena, Novena is the feminine form of the Medieval Latin word, novenus, “ninth”, which is the ordinal number from novem, nine. In the Catholic Church, a novena is a devotion consisting of prayer said on nine successive days, asking to obtain special graces.
As per the Catholic encyclopedia (refer http://www.newadvent.org) the Novena is “A nine days’ private or public devotion in the Catholic Church to obtain special graces. The



