The official inauguration of the Pastoral Year 2025–2026 and The Jubilee of the Diocesan Pastoral Secretariat will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Valpoi, on Sunday, 1st June 2025 at 8:30 am. The Solemn Eucharistic Celebration will be presided over by His Lordship, Auxiliary Bishop Simão Purificação Fernandes.
During this Mass:
The Diocesan Pastoral Letter 2025–2026
The Konkani translated version of the Bull of Indiction and
The Diocesan Pastoral Banner will be officially released.
Kindly find attached the Liturgy for 1st June 2025, to be celebrated in your respective parishes, marking the beginning of the New Pastoral Year 2025–2026.
This year, we are celebrating the Jubilee 2025 with the theme: “Pilgrims of Hope”. Inspired by this and the Papal Bull of Indiction of Late Pope Francis, our pastoral year begins under the theme: “Hope Does Not Disappoint Us” – Bhorvanso Amkam Fottoina (Romans 5:5).
