St Anthony’s Church, Model Colony, Shivajinagar, Pune

St Anthony’s Church caters to many communities

Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE | Sunday, 10 May 2015 AT 07:31 PM IST

  

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St Anthony’s Church, Pune Bishop William Gomes, Vidya Bhavan

Shivajinagar: In late 1960s, then Pune Bishop William Gomes built a residential hostel (Vidya Bhavan) and a prayer hall in Model Colony in Shivajinagar for seminarians and priests studying in Pune University. The prayer hall later became the existing St Anthony’s Church. A school established on the same premises adopted the name, Vidya Bhavan.
St Anthony’s parish has a vast area under its jurisdiction, from Warje to Jangli Maharaj Road and from Aundh to Juna Bazaar. Therefore, the parish has two mass centres to cater to the devotees, at Loyola School and at St Crispin’s Church at Nal Stop on Karve Road. 
St Anthony’s Church has a mixed congregation of Marathis, Goans, Mangaloreans, Tamils and Malayalees as its members. There are over 600 families and nearly 2,000 parishioners. The parishioners are associated with various religious groups and associations and carry out religious and charitable activities.

St Anthony’s Church, Model Colony
Saturday (anticipated ) mass: 6.30 pm
Sunday: 7.30 am (English), 8.30 am (Marathi), 6.30 pm (English)
Loyola School Chapel : Sunday, 8 am (English)
St Crispin Home, Nal Stop:  Sunday, 6.30 pm (English)
Jurisdiction area: Shivajinagar, Baner, Aundh, Pashan, Juna Bazaar, Maldhakka, Kothrud, Karve Road, Warje and Pashan