BIS Mumbai
BOSCO INFORMATION SERVICE # 3467
KHANDKE ST JOSEPH'S CHAPEL FEAST CELEBRATED
By Fr. Bento D'Souza sdb
BHINGAR–AHMEDNAGAR, MARCH 20, 2013: The village of Khandke celebrated the feast of their patron <![if !vml]>
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<![endif]>saint St. Joseph on March 19 in the evening with mass and the main celebrant was Fr. McEnroe.
Prior Preparation and a festive atmosphere enveloped the community as they celebrated the Eucharist in the singing, reading of the scripture and listened in rapt attention to the narration of the life and graphic story of Joseph, the foster father of Jesus and caretaker of Mary of Nazareth in the Kristapurana narrated by Fr. Nelson and Ms Alphonsa, the sacristan.
Supper was served to the visitors and then, later, the people sat and sang bhajans with the Catechist Jagtap late into the might.