periyanayagi madha shrine - konankuppam

Periyanayagi madha shrine (Konankupam)

Address:

Periyanayagi madha shrine (Konankupam)

Konankuppam PO,

Mangalampettai,

Cuddalore Dt. - 606 104

History:

Periyanayagi Madha shrine is a famous Roman Catholic Church, which is dedicated to Mary mother of Jesus constructed by an Italian missionary Fr. Constantine Beschi. He is also called as Veeramamunivar. The Church located in Cuddalur district which is in TamilNadu, India.

The place where the shrine is located was once a forest place. People used to come here for feeding their flocks.  In the 17th century , Fr. Beschi, brought two statues of Mother Mary to be kept in the place where he worked, namely  Elakuruchi / Thirukavalur ( Now in Kumbakonam Diocese). He preached all over Tamil Nadu and on the way to his place he happened to pass over this forest and due to tiredness he slept under a tree with the two statues. The boys, who were looking after the cattle, playfully hid one of the statues behind the bush. Fr. Beschi was shocked to know that one of the statues was missing and went to his place sadly.

There was a man called Kachirayar in Konankuppam, who is childless. One day a lady (Mother Mary) appeared to him in his dream called his name and said that she is alone in the forest. Asked him to find the statue and built a chapel at that place so that he will be blessed with a child. Kachirayar searched for the statue and found it in a bush. There he built a chapel with the help of

villagers. As dreamt the miracle happened, his wife gave birth to a child Later Fr.Beshi happened to hear about the miracle and came to Konankuppam and saw the small chapel built for the Mother Mary statue he lost. He was very much delighted and decided to stay at Konankuppam, continued his work on Tamil over there. He constructed the shrine which exists today. It is said to have been the first place of worship he erected and when it was completed he went to Madras and asked the Bishop of Mylapore to procure for him a statue from Manilla, an image of the virgin, in native dress of Tamilnadu and bearing the child Jesus in her arms, fashioned after a model he had made. The image eventually arrived and was set up in the church, were it still is today.

 Every year the church carnival with flag hosting held for ten days from jan 14 to 23.

 

This new flag tree constructed in the year 2012.

Mass Timings:

Week days : 6.00 am - mass

Saturdays : 6.30 am - mass

Sundays : 8.00 am - mass

First Saturdays : 6.00 pm - procession and mass

Mass Timing During Carnival:
5.00 am, 6.30 am, 11.am, 3.00 pm, 6.00.pm

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Address:
Carshed Complex,

Railway Quarters,

Chennai-600 109.

In the year 1980-1981 this Church was established and built for the Railway employees in the Railway land. It was extended in the year 1993 by Rev Fr T S Kurian. He also built a grotto to our blessed mother in the same year. In 1988 Rev Fr Xavier Immanuel was the priest in-charge. This Parish was bifurcated from Devi Nagar and erected as a parish in 2003 and entrusted to the Fathers of the Society of St Paul. At the time it was a substation of Avadi.

Mass Timings:

Sunday Mass - Timings/Language : 8.00 am - Tamil

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Address:
Z-291,

Anna Nagar West,

Chennai - 600 040.

On 2^nd October 1977, St Luke’s Church, Anna Nagar was bifurcated from Kilpauk  and erected as a parish by His Grace  Dr R Arulappa, the then Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore . The first Parish Priest was Fr Paul Maruthanakuzhi, SSP. From its inception, this Parish was entrusted to the Pauline Priests. In 1990 the church was extended. The Parishioners built an adoration chapel and a Church dedicated to the Divine Mercy. The Divine  Mercy Chuch was blessed and consecrated on the 29th of June 2003 by Most Rev Dr Arul Das James, the Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore. The Parish has three sub-stations.

Mass Timings:

Sunday Mass - Timings/Language :

St Luke's          -   6.15 am & 8.45 am - Tamil

                            7.30 am & 5.30 pm - English

Divine Mercy Church  -   7.30 am & 6.30 pm - Tamil

D-171,8th Street      9.30 am & 4.00 pm - English

Anna Nagar,

Chennai-600 102 

Eucharistic Chapel Timings : 7.00 am to 6.00 pm

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Ambattur

No.3, Arasaammal Street,

Krishnapuram,

 Cholambedu Road,

Ambattur OT,

Chennai - 600 053.

In the year 1962, Rev Fr Philip Manathara, Parish Priest of Avadi, founded a substation Mass centre at Ambattur in a hut. It was located at Kalyanapuram near Ambattur Railway station. The late Archbishop R Arulappa erected it as an independent parish in the year 1972, and built a Church at Krishnapuram.Rev Fr James Panapparamphil (1972) was the first Parish Priest. Then in the year 1985 when Rev Fr P J Lawrence Raj took over as Parish Priest, he constructed the school in 1988 and the new church in the year 1993. Then  Korattur, Manuurpet, Thendral Nagar, T G Anna Nagar and Thirumullaivoyal had all been the substations of this parish and they are now erected as independent parishes.

Mass Timings:

Sunday Mass - Timings/Language :  6.00 am,  8.00 am & 7.45 am (Children) - Tamil / 6.00 pm - English

 Eucharistic Chapel Timings : 6.00 am - 9.00 pm

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Alphonsapuram,

 K G Kandigai PO,

 Tiruttani Taluk,

 Thiruvallur Dt - 631 205.

The Parish of Alphonsapuram Was established in 1952 with five sub-stations. Originally this parish was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Vellore. By a special Decree from Rome in November 1969 this Parish was attached to the Archdiocese of Madras – Mylapore. At present, there are eight substations under the care of  Alphonsapuram Parish. The Sisters of Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (SMMI) are working in this parish. Founder of this mission is Rev Fr J M Parampet, he preached and converted people in this Pallipet and Tiruttani Taluks. Self finance Tamil Medium Hr Sec School had been started in the year 1996 by Rev Fr P Charles. St Thomas Home for Boys is existing in this parish for the past 50 years. Admissions to this Hostel is done by the Archdiocesan curia.

Mass Timings:

Sunday Mass - Timing/Language : 7.00 am - Tamil

8.30 am (Nochili), 9.30 (TV Kandigai) - Tamil

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No.10, 3rd Canal Cross Road,

 Gandhi Nagar Adyar,

 Chennai - 600 020.

 www.stlouischurchadyar.com

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Mass Timings:

Sunday Mass - Timings/Language : 7.00 am - Tamil, 8.45 am & 11.00 am  - English

Eucharistic Chapel Timings :  Divine Mercy - 7.00 am to 1.00 pm

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No.89, St Mary's Road,

 Abiramapuram,

Chennai - 600 018

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Mass Timings:

Sunday Mass Timings / Language :  8.00 am & 5.30 pm - Tamil

                                                     6.45 am - English

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