Celebrations of Faith and Community

The liturgical and communal celebrations at Pravithanam St. Augustine’s Forane Church are filled with devotion, tradition, and participation. Annual feasts and events foster spiritual renewal and unite parishioners in shared joy and gratitude.

Main Feast of St. Augustine and St. Michael the Archangel (Forane Festival)

The main feast of the parish is the Feast of St. Augustine, the Parish Patron and St. Michael the Archangel, celebrated on the third Sunday of November. Popularly known as the “Vrischika Maasathile Perunnal” (Feast of November), it has been conducted without interruption since 1873.

Feast of St. Sebastian at Sacred Heart Chapel, Anthinad

Every year, the feast of St. Sebastian is celebrated here with great reverence and devotion and the local workers and traders here  take  it as their own ‘ perunnal’.

Feast of St. Little Therese at Cherupushpam Chapel, Pravithanam

The feast of St. Therese is solemnly celebrated here every year with deep devotion.A notable part of the celebration is the devotional procession that leads to the Sacred Heart Chapel of Anthinad, which draws participation from numerous faithful and remains a cherished tradition of the parish.