Regulations

All the Parish Priests are obliged to offer mass for the intention of the people (MISSA PRO POPULO) on all the Sundays and Days of obligation namely Christmas, Assumption of B.V.M. (Canon 534).

One Mass is to be offered for the donors of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Rome in the month of October every year.

MASS FOR THE DECEASED CONFRERESWhenever any one of our confreres dies, all the priests of the Diocese are requested to offer one Mass for his repose as early as possible.

MASSES FOR OTHER INTENTIONS AND MASS STIPENDS

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Legacy masses of perpetual Foundation will no more be accepted. But the Foundation legacy masses will be offered only for 25 years at the end of which period, the stipend for the legacy mass shall be the same as for Low Mass. After verifying the donor’s willingness to abide by these conditions, the Parish Priest should apply to the Bishop for the formal decree of acceptance of Legacy.

Con-celebration:Concelebrants do not receive any stipend for that Mass except the main celebrant or that is the only mass one celebrates that day.

Coupling of Mass Stipends:When many intentions / stipends are given for the same day, people must be informed that the Parish Priest is allowed to take only one stipend for a day. Though many intentions are received and announced during that particular mass, the obligations are fulfilled by him on subsequent days or they are sent to the diocese for fulfilling the obligations.

THE CHURCH FUND TO BE COLLECTED BY THE PARISHES DURING THE INITIATION OF SACRAMENTS AND SACRAMENTALS

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N.B.:1. If any parish wishes to collect more than the fixed amount, it has to be decided together with the Parish Pastoral Council and Parish Finance Council and it should be approved by the Bishop.

2. Receipt is to be issued for the money collected and the amount is to be entered in the Parish account. Office Copy (OC) for the receipt has to be kept for auditing.

3. Subscription and Thalaikattu Vari are to be collected from the parishioners in consultation with the parish finance council and vouchers must be issued for the same. The money has to be entered in the parish account.

HOSTS TO BE FRESH AND FREQUENTLY RENEWED1. The Consecrated Host, both for communion of the Faithful and for the exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, shall be fresh and shall be frequently renewed, the old ones being properly consumed (Canon 939).

2. If all the consecrated Hosts cannot be distributed within 15 days the priests will take care to consume the remaining Hosts and consecrate new ones. The same applies for the Host in the Monstrance.