(A guide to the Guides. And!!!!!!! We’ve got a Nostalgia Quizzz this Saturday, June 27, 2020. All the clues are hidden here) I once heard it said that a building represents a “store of energy”. In my view when we tear it down for “redevelopment” it’s not just physics that stands negated. It’s the expectations, …
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Meet the Ghosts of Matharpacady Past….
(A guide to the Guides. And!!!!!!! We’ve got a Nostalgia Quizzz coming up on Sat., June 27, 2020. All the clues are hidden here) There’s often a right way and a wrong way to enter a place. When it comes to the Village, there are many ways. Right or wrong, depends on what you want …
RIP Tyronne Concescio
John Bunyan in his book The Pilgrim’s Progress presents the allegory of Christian, an everyman journeying from his hometown City of Destruction to the “Celestial City” atop Mount Zion. On the way he labours under a heavy burden, in his case, the weight of his sin that he came upon after reading …
Daily Rosary During May – Monday & Saturday
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE FAITHFUL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2020 The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the …
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Cross Feast – Down Memory Lane
The Holy Cross Oratory is a religious landmark, well over a century old, situated in the heart of Matharpacady Oart, popularly known as “THE VILLAGE”. The solemn Novena Services every year start on 22nd April. The Feast of the Holy Cross is celebrated on 1st May, commencing with the Eucharistic Sacrifice and followed by joyous festivities. …
Holy Cross Feast Mass – 1st May 2020
In Times of Fear Unprecedented near global lockdown. An unprecedented “plague” in the 21st Century. God’s punishment? Mankind’s abuse of the earth? Who will be next? Me? When will a cure or vaccine be found? Fear. Uncertainty. In Stormy Seas In troubled seas the Cross of Christ is the only sure rock. On the Cross …
Holy Cross Novena – 30th April 2020 – Day 9
MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY 145th Anniversary – Novena In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection: The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague. With living faith: The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross …
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Matharpacady Village Cross Feast – 1st May 2020
GRAND FEAST MASS – Friday, 1st May 2020 7.00 P.M. SHARP (IST) –HOLY EUCHARIST CELEBRATED BY OUR PARISH PRIEST, REV. FR. NIGEL BARRETT,OUR LADY OF ROSARY CHURCH, DOCKYARD ROAD Link for the above will be sent tomorrow evening. RETROSPECTIVE OF CROSS FEASTS PAST – A trip down memory lane in …
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Holy Cross Novena – 22nd April 2020
MATHARPACADY VILLAGE HOLY CROSS ORATORY 145th Anniversary – Novena In these Times of Pandemic join Matharpacady Village in praying for protection: The Holy Cross Oratory at Matharpacady was built in 1875 to testify how Faith in Jesus saved Matharpacady Village from the devastating Bubonic Plague. With living faith: The Annual Novena to the Holy Cross …
Whist Drive – 10th March 2020
The Matharpacady Residents’ Welfare Association organised their Whist Drive at St. Isabel’s High School on Tuesday, 10th March 2020. Mr. Stanislaus Baptista and Mr. Dennis Baptista handled this Whist Drive. Twenty Eight participants and other guests were warmly greeted as they entered the hall. Participants, four a table, were seated at numbered …