Platinum jubilee fete at Bethany

TNN / Sep 16, 2023, 08:46 IST

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Mangaluru: The Bethany Educational Society will hold hold the closing celebration of the Platinum Jubilee on Monday. Established on September 4, 1948, under the visionary leadership and patronage of Servant of God Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas, and guided by its first president, Mother Petra BS, alongside the first council of management, BES has played a vital role in shaping education and social progress in Mangaluru and beyond.
The culminating event of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of BES will commence with a thanksgiving mass, presided over by Most Rev Peter Paul Saldanha, bishop of diocese of Mangalore. It will be followed by a cultural programme. Most Rev Peter Machado, archbishop of the archdiocese of Bangalore, will be chief guest.

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