Three Kings feast celebrated with pomp, gaiety at Cuelim

NT NETWORK
Posted on 2009-01-07
VASCO- Thousands of devotees offered prayers during the ‘Three Kings Feast’ at the Chapel of Our Lady of Remedious, Cuelim-Cansaulim on Tuesday. The ‘Three Kings’ arrived in a procession on horses to the Chapel at 10.30 a.m from the villages of Arossim, Cansaulim and Cuelim. This year the ‘Three Kings’ honour was given to Bob Albino Gomes of Arossim, Linford Godfrey Correia of Cansaulim and Aaran Pascoal Pinto of Cuelim.
The special feast mass was offered by the Bishop Allwyn Barretto of Sindhudurga Diocesan at 10.30 a.m. In his preaching, Bishop Barretto asked the Christian brethren to believe in god. He said that “Nothing is superior in the world and the people should have faith in the god”.
The Parish Priest of Cansaulim, Fr Serterio Rodrigues, Fr Leonardo Correia besides other priests attended the special mass. The people from three villages namely Arossim, Cansaulim and Cuelim had started the celebration with Novena’s from December 27 evening. The Novena procession was taken out from Cansaulim Church on December 26.
Devotees from all walks of life were seen standing in long queues since early morning on Tuesday to offer prayers and seek blessings of Our Lady of Remedious. The traditional stalls of ‘Khaje’ and others were seen in large numbers.
The deputy speaker and Cortalim MLA, Mr Mauvin Godinho, the deputy chairman of Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC), Mr Francisco Silveira among others participated in the prayers offered by the Bishop Barretto. The parking for two wheelers was made available especially on the top of the Remedious Hill. However, the four wheelers were not allowed to the Chapel point, which mainly sorted out the problem of traffic congestion. KTC mini buses and private buses were plying from the Chapel point to other destinations for the convenience of the devotees.