How quickly this new church building of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai completed 20 glorious years! Yes, time flies but truly these 20 years have been filled with great blessings from the Almighty to the parish of St. Mary's and its parishioners.

The 20th Anniversary of our Church was celebrated on Tuesday the 3rd November with a Concelebrated Solemn High Mass. The Holy Mass commenced with procession from the portico and was led by altar servers holding 20 lighted candles signifying the 20 glorious years of our Church.  Rev Fr Michael Cardoz carried the Golden Book with names of benefactors, along with our Parish Priest Rev Fr Tomasito Veneracion, accompanied by Rev Fr Freddy, Rev Fr Seraphin and Rev Fr Antonino.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the homily Fr Tomasito, thanked the Lord for blessing us with such a beautiful Church and remembered with gratitude the contributions of the previous Parish Priests Fr Daniel, Fr Peter and all the benefactors who helped building this Temple of the Lord. He also appreciated the hard work put in by his assistant Priests. Fr Michael's name was particularly mentioned as he was present both at the inauguration of the new church in 1989 as well as today.  Fr Tomasito also pointed out to the congregation the need for all the parishioners to have a sense of belonging to our Church.  Our Church is a pilgrim Church and the priests along with the parishioners make it a vibrant Church. St. Mary's Choir made the occasion grand with melodious hymns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The present church building stands on the same grounds as that of the original church building which was inaugurated on 7 April 1967.  The land for the church and school premises and the entire compound was graciously donated by the then Ruler of Dubai, His Highness the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Rev Fr Eusebius Daveri was the first parish priest. Within twenty years the new church building was commissioned and built to cater for the ever increasing congregation, under the leadership of His Excellency Most Rev Bishop Bernard Gremoli, Rev Fr Daniel Cerofolini and Rev Fr Michael Cardoz.