Parishioners recite the Holy Rosary in the Agonda Church cemetery on Tuesday evening. Kathy Fernandes
Graves cemeteries across Canacona taluka have been cleaned and decorated with flowers by respective parishioners of the individual parishes in preparation for the All Souls Day on Wednesday.
Almost all the cemeteries in Canacona deanery were cleared of overgrown weeds and unwanted plants. During the day-long activity, the graves were decorated in the cemeteries of Chaudi, Sadolxem, Bhatpal, Ordhofond, Agonda, Loliem, Galgibaga and Chiplem. In most of the cases, family members decorated the graves in accordance to their own ways.
In a special drive, all the parishioners in Agonda Church (Parish) worked together decorate the graves in the village cemetery in an uniform manner with flowers that were specially ordered for the occasion. The cemetery’s compound was also decorated with lighting.
Many of the parishioners, who joined to decorate the cemetery, than recited Rosary along with the parish priest Fr Patrick Luis and Assistant Parish Priest Fr Darrell Fernandes before dispersing for the night. Most of parishes has scheduled early morning mass in Wednesday on the occasion of All Souls Day.
