Around 400 priests joined and hundreds of lay people and religious participated in a concelebrated Mass at the Mar Augustine Kandathil Nagar (Bharata Mata College grounds, Kakkanad) on Sunday to mark the conclusion of the year-long centenary celebrations of the raising of the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy with Ernakulam as the headquarters of the Syro-Malabar Church.
A public meeting, inaugurated by former Supreme Court judge Kurien Joseph followed the Mass during which the celebrants faced the congregation throughout. It was led by senior priest Jose Edassery. Former chancellor of the archdiocese Biju Perumayan delivered the homily. Senior priest Antony Narikulam presided over the public meeting, said a communication from Father Edassery and Father Mathew Kilukkan.
Prior to the meeting, several processions carrying torches and cross from important historical churches in the archdiocese reached the venue of the concelebrated Mass. The churches from where the processions reached Kakkanad included Kokkamangalam, Pallippuram, Chembu, St. Mary’s Basilica in Ernakulam, Kottakkavu, Angamaly, and Malayattoor.
