116th Annual Feast of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Matara

by PRIYAN DE SILVA

Main festivities of the 116th Annual Feast of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Matara will take place on the 8th , 9th and 10th September.

This year’s festivities began on 31 August with the raising of the flagstaff, while a Rosary, Holy Mass followed by a Novena was held at 4.30pm from the 1st to the 7th of September.

The Marian procession, bearing the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Matara, will take place on Saturday, 09th September.