Vettukadu Feast

The Feast of Christ the King Festival at the Madre – de – Deus Church is a popular and important church festival attended by lakhs of devotees and is also known as the Vettucaud Palli Perunnal. Thousands of people take part in the Solemnity Feast. Extensive programmes are scheduled including Holy Mass, Samooha Divyabali and special prayers. Considering the number of pilgrims visiting the church, the district administration has been declaring a regional holiday on the day of the Feast. The Madre – deDeus church is a famous centre of pilgrimage, under the Latin Catholic Arch Diocese of Trivandrum. People from all parts of Kerala and outside, irrespective of caste and creed come to the attend the festival and seek the blessings of Christ the King. The Holy Statue of Christ the King was a thanks giving dedication by Mr. Carmen Miranda and Mrs. Elizabeth on the occasion of priestly ordination of their son, Rev. Fr. C. M. Hillary, who incidentally was as the first priest from the Parish. The Holy Statue of Christ the King was sculpted by Chamabakulam carpenters , the renowned religious artist of Kerala, from a famous picture of the Blessed Christ the King from Rome. The miraculous statue was blessed in the present rostrum by Rt. Rev. Jos Viyero Alvernas, Bishop of Kochin in 1942. From the beginning the Holy Shrine of Christ the King there were miracles to prove His living presence at Vettukad.