Help Us Keep The Cross Standing Strong
Help Us Keep the Cross Standing Strong: 150 Years of Faith, Hope, and Heritage On May 1, we celebrate 150 years of the Holy Cross Oratory—a beacon of hope that rose from…
Centenary Celebrations of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Kolbad – 11th February 2025
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…
Republic Day – 26th January 2025
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…
Whist Drive – January 21, 2025
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…
A Diamond Beyond Price
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…
Christmas In Matharpacady Village 2024
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…
Christmas in Matharpacady Village – December 2023
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…
Yesterday Once More….
(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…
Christmas Party – Boxing Day – 26th December 2019
Once again Captain Julius Valladares and his team of organisers – Canute Monteiro, Shaila Baptista and our evergreen comedian Merwyn D’Mello outdid themselves with a hugely appreciated “Christmas Tree” for kids. …
Cross Feast Celebrations – 1st May 2019
On Wednesday evening, 1st May 2019, over 325 residents and friends assembled around the decorated stage and altar near the Holy Cross Oratory, to devoutly participate in praise, song and worship…