Delhi Archdiocese to conclude celebrations of India’s first woman saint on Nov.16

(Nov.14,2008): The Delhi archdiocese will conclude the celebrations of the canonization of India’s first woman saint - Sr. Alphonsa on Sunday, Nov. 16 with a series of programs. All the three ritual Churches of the Latin rite, the Syro Malabar rite and the Syro- Malankara rite will join in the programs, which includes a Mass, a meeting, a procession and the release of a commemorative postal stamp of the saint. The program will conclude with a spiritual procession carrying the saint’s relic in a decorative vehicle through all the parishes of the archdiocese.
Sunday’s program will start with a solemn Mass with the participation of priests from the three ritual Churches. The Department of posts, under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology that will issue the Rs.5 commemorative stamp of St. Alphonsa said it will most probably be released by a central minister.