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Mrs. Gracy Mary Serrao passes away
Moodbidri, September 22:
Mrs. Gracy Mary Serrao, wife of late Piadade Serrao of Moodbidri passed away at the age of 82. Out of her eight sons, six were priests - Fr. Pascal Serrao (Varanasi), Fr. Gregory Serrao (Belvai), Fr. Celestine Serrao (Headmaster, Hassan St. Joseph High School, ex headmaster of St. Aloysius High School, Mangalore), Fr. Frank Serrao, S.J., Fr. John Serrao, SVD (Africa-Kenya) and Fr. Lazarus Serrao (Indore). Out of three daughters, Sr. Lilly Mary is serving at Theresapura. Mrs. Mary had a total of eleven children and seven joined religious order. She was very religious and a simple personality in her community.
Mr. L. I. D'Souza passes away
Mumbai, September 22:
Mr. L. I. D'Souza, who was conducting business in Doha-Qatar, passed away here yesterday at the age of 74. After his retirement he was residing in Mumbai and Mangalore. Originally he was from Udupi Ajjarakaadu and had helped many Mangaloreans to seek jobs in Gulf. He left behind his wife, one son, two daughters and several relatives and friends.Konkani story, poetry writing
Mangalore, September 23: Knokani Bhasha Mandal, Karnataka has
invited entries for “Post card story, poetry writing” contest in Konkani
from writers under three categories- high school students, college
students and general public.
All Konkani speaking people in South Kanara and Udupi district can
participate in the contest. Each category will have three prizes
consisting of certificates and cash.
The cards should reach the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Vishwa Konkani office,
Navarathna Palace, KS Rao Road, Mangalore, before October 15, says a
release.
Adyapaady Mary
Hills Church compound wall damaged
Bajpe, September 22:
According to Adyapaady Mary Hill Church parish priest Fr. Gerald Pinto,
seven local residents entered church compound and damaged compound wall of
2.5 acre property which was granted by government to church. In this
regard police arrested Haneef, Unhi, Jagadish Achary, Mohan Shetty,
Rickshaw Haneef, Basheer and Raja Alva and registered a case.
For the second runway for Bajpe Airport, church gave away its property to
authorities. For this Church received 2.5 acre land at Adyapaady which
was approved by Government of Karnataka. Revenue Inspector marked
property marks and accordingly church officials erected a compound wall.
On Sunday afternoon these seven suspects damaged compound wall and said
they want to create a road in this property.
When this land was approved to Church, at one area some land was land was
left to create a road for local residents. However these suspects
demanded that they want to have a road right in the middle of the property
and as a protest they damaged compound wall said police. Further
investigation is under process.
Bike rider
robbed after spraying chillie powder
Puttur, September 22:
At Salmara Railway Gate at APMC Road here in Puttur, one businessman was
sprayed with chillie powder by some suspects and when he fell on the
floor, they robbed Rs. 20,000 cash and ran away. Police doubted that this
has been done by some locals who know this businessman. Mr. Abdul Razak,
a grocery store owner closed his shop at 10:00 p.m. and was returning home
on his bike. Robbers took his bag with cash and ran away. Puttur police
are investigating this case.
Karnataka
Governor visits St. Aloysius Chapel
Mangalore, September 22: Governor of Karnataka State, Mr. T. N. Chaturvedi came to Mangalore this afternoon. At 12:04 he reached Mangalore Airport. He was escorted by District Commissioner Mr. A. K. Monnappa, West Zone IGP Mr. Dharmapal Negi, District Police Superintendent Mr. Seemanthkumar Singh and Zilla Panchayat executive officer Mr. Gonal Bheemappa. Afternoon governor visited St. Aloysius Chapel and observed ancient paintings on the ceiling with his wife.
104 wrestlers
from DK, Udupi take part in contest
Former Mayor and Chairman of the Srinivas Mallya Trust Devanna Shetty inaugurated the wrestling championships today. Sport Committee Chairman K. Thejomaya, Bangalore University Sports Lecturer Dr Muni Reddy, National umpire Srinivasa Gowda, District Youth Services and Sports Officer Chennanarasimhappa, District Wrestling Association secretary K. Sanjiva Shetty and trust secretary Ramananda Rao were present.
Commerce teachers told to discuss issues
of financial crisis
Mangalore, September 23: The Rector of St Aloysius Institutions
called upon commerce teachers to discuss the issues concerning financial
crisis in the country in order to create an awareness among the students
and the public in this regard.
He was speaking after inaugurating a one-day seminar on ‘Financial sector
reforms and investment planning” for commerce teachers of colleges
affiliated to Mangalore University. The seminar was organised by the
Faculty of Commerce of St Aloysius College here on Saturday.
The principal of the college, Fr Prashanth Madtha presided over the
inaugural function of the seminar, attended by 65 lecturers from various
colleges coming under Mangalore University.
During the session that followed, former chairman and managing director of
Syndicate Bank, N K Thingalaya critically examined the various issues in
the financial sector reforms and dwelt on the implications of implementing
the Narasimhan Committee report on the banking sector.
Gerald Colaco, former president of Mangalore Stock Exchange, speaking on
‘Personal Investment Planning,’ explained the fundamental principles of
investment and its relevance
Mother Teresa moving closer to sainthood
Vatican City, September 22: Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to helping people she called "the poorest of the poor", may be beatified as early as next year, marking the final step before sainthood, Vatican sources said on Monday. The sources said a committee was due to meet at the Vatican this week, possibly as early as Tuesday, to formally declare that Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, possessed "heroic virtues" of the Christian faith. This would pave the way for the formal declaration of a miracle attributed to the intercession of the diminutive Albanian-born woman who spent much of her life helping the world's most destitute people. The formal declaration of a miracle, expected as early as next month, would open the way for beatification, the step before sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
Promoters of her sainthood say a woman who was suffering from a tumour was inexplicably cured after praying to the nun. If a Vatican commission recognises the miracle, a ceremony to beatify her could be held next year, Vatican sources said. A second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa would be needed after the beatification in order for her to be declared a saint. Under church rules, five years must pass after a person dies before the long bureaucratic procedure for sainthood can even begin. But in 1999, Pope John Paul granted a special dispensation so the procedure could start less than two years after her death. Devotees of Mother Teresa, who was known as "the saint of the gutters", began pressing the Vatican soon after her death to allow the nun's sainthood cause to move more quickly because they said her holiness was clear to many around the world.
A park for the
faithful
Fr. Anthony Swamy, former parish priest of the church, and the brain behind the conception and execution of the Miracle Park, says, "I wanted to spread the message of our faith through devotion to St Anthony." With generous donations from devotees from just about 'everywhere' and professing other faiths too, the Miracle Park has become a work of art, and an expression of faith that has to be seen to be believed.
With flowering plants and trees of just about every existing species, the Miracle Park is at its colourful best throughout the year. The centerpiece of the park is a 17.5-ft statue of St. Anthony carved out of a single granite block by master-sculptors from Maha-balipuram, Tamil Nadu. Set on an 8-feet pedestal, the imposing statue towers over the park like a caring sentinel "Every Tuesday is St. Anthony's day. Devotees throng the church and the park all day long," says Fr. T. Bernard, the parish priest. "Given the number of visitors we have even on other days too, this shrine has the potential of becoming a major pilgrim centre in a few years' time," he adds.
"The park was inaugurated last year by Social Welfare Minister A. Krishnappa. He was so impressed that he promised to include it on the tourism map of the state and make efforts to list it on the tourism map of India too," says Fr. Anthony Swamy. Such a listing will definitely be of great help to devotees because the Miracle Park is accessible only via a circuitous route from the city. However, as is evident every Tuesday, for the faithful heading towards the Miracle Park, detours and blockades enforced en route to facilitate the completion of Krishnarajpuram flyover are no deterrents.
The Eighth
Annual Asian American Career Fair
Like all prior AACF events, all job seekers will be welcome to attend this event, free of charge. However, we encourage and ask all of you to pre-register before the event by sending an email with "Pre-Register for AACF 2002" as the Subject to: aacf@ix.netcom.com if you are going to attend or enter your resumes on our web.
A. Need More Exhibitors and Sponsors
Now we need assistance from all of you. Due to the present economic situation, we expect that there will be more job candidates this year than before. But we didn't get enough companies and organizations to be our exhibitors so far. If anybody knows any clue or information about potential exhibitors or sponsors for this event, please let us know immediately by calling us at 312-808-1206 or send an email to aacf@ix.netcom.com . We will compensate any telephone and other related costs if the company you contacted participates in the fair. We believe that the more companies that participate, the better the chance of finding the right job for you!
B. Volunteers Wanted
We also urgently need several volunteers for preparing for this event. It will be a good opportunity to learn something about coordinating events, serving our community, and establish a closer relationship with company representatives. If you are interested in this and have a Basic English communication skill, please contact us as soon as possible.
C. Enter Your Resume Now
Whether you couldn't join this fair, or you want to participate in it, you may enter your resume at www.asianmarketadv.com /aacf for free and we will collect all resumes that were entered and compile them in a ResumeCD to distribute to all the companies that .they attend the fair or can't participate but need it. If you intend to volunteer or introduce potential exhibitors and have any questions, please don't hesitate to send an email to us or call us (for volunteer and introducing exhibitors only) at 312-808-1206.
-Professor Frank Dias, Youth Co-ordinator, Mangalorean Konkan Christian Association, Chicago.
Asian American Career Fair 2002 (AACF 2002)
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