Announcing THE NOVENA: PILGIMAGE OF FAITH & HOPE
We are in Lent, a time of preparation. In roughly three weeks we will commence the Novena to the Holy Cross. Jesus said “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come…
We are in Lent, a time of preparation. In roughly three weeks we will commence the Novena to the Holy Cross. Jesus said “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come…
On May 1, we mark 150 years of resilience in the heart of Matharpacady, a community that rose from the devastating Great Plague of 1875. When tragedy struck, the people didn’t just…
Wow! Yum! Yum!And all! BUT what had that to do with 150 Years of the Matharpacady Holy Cross Oratory? Let’s look at what our Bohri Neighbours believe. The Quran says: «كُلُوا جَمِيعًا،…
February 11, 2025, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes marked the centenary celebrations of the Statue of Our Lady that has been faithfully venerated by the Village of Kolbad. Mass was…
To commemorate 150 years of the Matharpacady Holy Cross Oratory (Sesquicentennial Jubilee) a series of events are planned for the Jubilee Year. The first of these events was the Flag unfurling and…
After a gap of almost five years, the Matharpacady Residents Welfare Association organised the Whist Drive at St. Isabel’s High School hall earlier yesterday evening, 21st January 2025. Mr. Dennis Baptista, alongwith…
8.00 AM on Saturday, January 11, 2025 Matharpacady Village was blessed by a concelebrated Mass at Eymard Cottage, the Provincial HQ of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation (SSS). As Fr Peter Jayakanthan, Provincial…
Early in December 2024 a few residents got together to decorate the bylanes of the Heritage Village with a canopy of multi-hued stars, Christmas trees, bells, and twinkling fairy lights in the…
The Managing Committee of the Holy Cross Oratory organized the traditional Novena Services at the Holy Cross Oratory every evening from 22nd April 2024 onwards culminating in the Feast Day Celebrations on…
Since early December, Matharpacady Village wore a festive look, coming alive at sundown with all the bylanes decorated with twinkle lights, and illuminative decorative symbols of Stars, Angels, Reindeer, Candy Sticks. During…