5/5 Melroy M. 4 years ago on Google
Two
words
Awesome
and
Peaceful.
The
church
is
400
years
old
and
is
the
oldest
existing
Roman
Catholic
church
in
the
state
of
Maharashtra.
It
has
a
dynamic
set
of
priests
and
a
parish
team
that
take
care
of
the
day
to
day
functioning
of
church
and
other
connected
religious
and
parishioner
related
festivities
and
activities.
It
has
three
large
grounds
and
an
attached
school
and
convent
in
its
premises.
It
has
the
Don't
Bosco
Center
of
Learning
(DBCL),
Holy
Family
Nurse
training
and
OPD
center
and
the
S.P.
Jain
Institute
of
Global
management
as
its
neighbors.
It
is
located
opposite
the
Kohinoor
city
planned
township
whose
catholic
residents
form
one
of
the
Small
Christian
Communities
of
its
parish.
This
church
has
an
open
air
hall
which
is
given
out
for
weddings
and
is
often
used
with
the
centenary
grounds
of
the
school
for
various
celebrations
The
mud
ground
of
the
church
is
used
for
football
practice
and
inter
parish
matches.
One
section
of
the
mud
ground
also
houses
a
concrete
basketball
court.
The
church
has
many
affiliated
programs
such
as
the
Youth
group,
the
legion
of
Mary,
and
the
family
health
cell
which
offers
certain
basic
tests
like
blood
and
LFT
tests
as
affordable
prices
to
one
and
all.
Some
of
the
visiting
doctors
here
come
from
Kohinoor
hospital
a
LEED
certified
hospital
in
Kohinoor
city.
There
is
also
the
employment
cell
called
Unnati
Kendra
which
posts
employment
opportunities
for
the
local
educated
youth
from
time
to
time.
Located
conveniently
on
a
junction
of
Father
Peter
Pereira
road
this
church
is
surrounded
by
the
following
landmarks
-
Naaz
restaurant
to
the
north,
Phoenix
Marketcity
and
Paragon
Plaza
malls
to
the
west,
Kurla
Gaothan
and
Kohinoor
city
to
the
south
and
DBCL
to
the
east
which
connects
to
Vidya
vihar
train
station.
Along
that
road
we
also
find
a
huge
DMart
shopping
complex
and
other
stores
which
are
located
in
the
Skyline
Oasis
residential
complex.
The
church
has
daily
masses
at
6am
and
7am
and
7pm
(Mon
to
Sat)
and
Sundays
the
timings
are
at
6am,
7am,
8:30am
(
children's
mass)
and
9:15am
and
7pm
Except
6am
which
is
usually
in
konkani
the
rest
of
the
services
are
in
English
and
the
church
us
open
to
all.
It
has
a
chapel
where
one
can
sit
peacefully
and
pray
or
meditate
The
celebration
of
Christmas
midnight
(mass
starts
at
9:30pm)
and
Easter
vigil
(
mass
starts
at
12
am
preceded
by
hymns
at
11:30pm)
are
especially
something
not
to
be
missed.
If
you
are
in
the
vicinity
during
the
period
of
Mar-
April
(
for
Easter)
and
December
(
for
Christmas),
I
suggest
you
attend
the
celebration
which
is
open
to
people
of
all
faiths.
Apart
from
these
the
parish
feast
of
the
Holy
Cross
(
Phool
Dongri),
the
mass
for
the
birthday
of
our
lady
(
Bandra
fair
time)
and
the
Parish
feast
Tridum
(three
day
celebration)
during
the
month
of
may
each
year
are
the
other
noted
celebrations
in
this
church.
Finally
this
is
a
church
worth
visiting
if
you
are
near
kurla
or
vodyavihar
train
stations.
