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Papal Intention for August: Pope Leo has invited the whole Church to pray for the promotion of evangelization in the cities, where anonymity loneliness prevail. People are busy and many times, they forget the principal mission of making Christ known, loved and followed. We are called to find creative ways to proclaim the Gospel of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Let us satisfy the hearts that hunger for the Lord’s message. The core of his message will always be the same: the God who revealed his immense love in the crucified and risen Christ. As Saint Irenaeus writes: “By his coming, Christ brought with him all newness”. Pope Francis said: “With this newness he is always able to renew our lives and our communities, and even if the Christian message has known periods of darkness and ecclesial weakness, it will never grow old” (Evangelii Gaudium, n. 11). Let us find out creative ways to bring Christ and message to our people in the cities.
Plenary Indulgence: On 2 August, on the feast day of the “Portiuncula”, Plenary indulgence is obtained by those who devoutly visit a Parish Church, Minor Basilica and Shrine, recite the Lord’s Prayer and the Creed in addition to sacramental confession, Holy Communion and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. The visit may be made from noon of the previous day until midnight of the day itself. An Indulgence is not the forgiveness of sins, but the remission of the temporal punishment due to sin. Plenary Indulgence indicates God’s immense mercy toward his children. Let us benefit from this spiritual gift for ourselves and for the dear departed.
Get-together of Clergy and Religious: In this month we celebrate the memory of St John Mary Vianney, the Patron of all Priests and especially of the Parish Priests. On this occasion,
The Conference of Religious India (CRI), Mangalore unit, has organized a get-together of diocesan clergy and religious on 26 August at 10.00 a.m. in St Joseph Seminary, Jeppu. All the clergy is cordially invited. The Religious men and women want to spend time with the Priests of our diocese to thank them and 163 01–08–2026 Inter Nos rejoice with them for the gift of their vocation and service. I truly appreciate this initiate. I request the Priests and Religious to spend this time with great fruitfulness.
Enhancement to the Arivu Interest-Free Education Loan
Scheme: The Karnataka Christian Development Corporation (KCCDC) has informed us that, under the revised Arivu Scheme, interest-free education loans are available to Christian students admitted through CET, NEET, JEE, PGCET, CLAT, ICAR, and other recognised entrance examinations. The scheme now covers admissions under Government, Private, and Management quota seats for Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Ph.D./Doctoral, ITI, and Diploma programmes offered by recognised national and state institutions. Kindly publicise this information widely so that our students and families may benefit from this scheme. I wish you all the greetings of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother. May the Queen Assumed into Heaven, intercede for us.
Peter Paul Saldanha
Bishop of Mangalore
