{"id":4309,"date":"2026-05-08T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/?page_id=4309"},"modified":"2026-05-08T06:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:00:51","slug":"farewell-fr-charles-menezes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/farewell-fr-charles-menezes\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell- Fr-Charles-Menezes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fr-chares-send-off.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, May 3rd, at Mother of Sorrows Church, Udupi, our beloved Parish Priest, Fr. Charles Menezes, celebrated Thanksgiving mass before his transfer on May 8th. This was followed by a brief farewell ceremony, during which parish office bearers expressed their heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the parish family and presented a commemorative frame. Fr. Charles then addressed the parishioners with his message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evening at 7 p.m., the Parish Council organized a farewell program, attended by priests, nuns, and PPC office bearers. PPC members shared their sentiments, and the office bearers presented a memento to him. Fr. Charles expressed his sincere thanks to all who worked with and supported him, and to all parishioners for their love and support. The program concluded with a fellowship meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish him God\u2019s blessings and good luck in his new mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, May 3rd, at Mother of Sorrows Church, Udupi, our beloved Parish Priest, Fr. Charles Menezes, celebrated Thanksgiving mass before his transfer on May 8th. This was followed by a brief farewell ceremony, during which parish office bearers expressed their heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the parish family and presented a commemorative frame. Fr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4311,"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4309\/revisions\/4311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/udupichurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}