ARCHBISHOP

Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado

parish priest

Rev. Fr. Thazhathukunnel Joshy MSFS
Welcome to st. francis de Sales Church

Patron Saint


Francis de sales was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Blessed Pius IX in 1877. In 1923, Francis was recognized as the patron saint of writers and journalists by Pope Pius XI. The Salesians of Don Bosco, the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales,... More+

HOLY WEEK SERVICES SCHEDULE - 2025

13.04.2025, Palm Sunday
● 06:00 am Palm Sunday Services in Malayalam
● 07:00 am Palm Sunday Services in English
● 08:15 am Palm Sunday Services in Kannada
● 09:40 am Palm Sunday Services in Tamil
● 10:40 am Palm Sunday Services in Konkani
● 11:45 am Palm Sunday Services in Telugu
● 10:30 am Palm Sunday Services in English at Cemetery Chapel
● 04:15 pm Palm Sunday Services in English
● 05:15 pm Palm Sunday Services in Hindi
Note: - All the services will start in front of the college

17.04.2025, Maundy Thursday
● 05:00 pm Services and Holy Mass in English
● 07:00 pm Services and Holy Mass in Kannada followed by Adoration till midnight 12:00 O clock
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Church History

St. Francis De sales parish (MSFS) is one of the young parish in the archdiocese of Bangalore. It was officially erected as the parish in 1984 by his grace late Archbishop Arogyaswamy then Archbishop of Bangalore.

It was a tiny parish and masses were celebrated in a farm house and then shifted to school building. It took almost 20 years to build the present New Church in the year 1998 on the 16th of August, by the then parish priest Fr. Mathew Kuzhuppakalam.

Now at present in the last 10 years the church is rapidly growing because of the Software companies and the industries around. Added to that we have in the campus SFS School and college which in another added attraction from Catholics to come

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Lenten Schedule 2025