OUR SHRINES
ST. MARY MAGDALENE SHRINE, MATHIAMPATTI – Rev. Fr. M. Clement Raj
Over 50 years Mathiampatti in Salem diocese has gained reputation, attracting big crowds of people in the 3rd week of July every year. Devotees come here to pray to our Lord through the intercession of St. Mary Magdalene for the graces of conversions and peaceful family life. Thousands flock here during the feast and also on Sunday and Friday of during the year to pray for deliverance from evil spirits. It is heartening to see childless women carrying empty cradles and come in procession around the church praying for the grace of a baby.
Annual Feast : July 21stand 22nd.
Special prayers of deliverance after second mass on all Sundays.
Special Charismatic prayers on all Fridays.
How to reach?
By bus from Salem, Attayampatti & Rasipuram via. Venandur.
Contact :
Rev. Fr. M. Clement Raj
St. Mary Magdalene Church
Mathiampatti
Mamundi P.O. – 637 503
Namakkal Dt.
Tel: 04287 260 223
PERIYANAYAGI MADHA SHRINE – BOOMANUR – Rev. Fr. A. Singarayan
A new shrine of Periyanayagi Madha is developing at Boomanur in Savariyarpalayam parish near Kolathur, near Mettur Dam.
Special mass is celebrated for the pilgrims at the Shrine at Boomanur on all Saturday at 11.00 a.m.
Thousands of people visit the Shrine on first Saturday of every month.
Annual Feast : First Saturday of February.
How to reach ?
By Bus from Mettur Dam via Kolathur.
Contact:
Rev. Fr. A. Singarayan
St. Francis Xavier’s Church
Savariyarpalayam (P.O)
Mettur Dam (Tk)
Salem (Dt.) – 636 303
Tel: 04298 251890
The Diocese of Salem comprises of civil districts of Salem and Namakkal. In 1623 Southern Kongunadu, part of Salem District, under Madurai Nayakkars accepted Christianity, through Fr. Robert De Nobili, S.J. and his successors, the Portuguese Jesuits of the Madurai Mission. About 1654, the Italian Jesuits of the Mysore mission had a residence near Hosur.. In 1687, the Mysore Mission laboured in the entire area of the present diocese. Fr. De Cunha died in 1711 at Kapiganathi near Hosur.