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Mangalore: Foundation Stone Laid for New Building at St Antony Church, Kulur

  •   Tue, Apr 10 2012 09:06:33 PM

Mangalore: Foundation Stone Laid for New Building at St Antony Church, Kulur

Pics: Spoorthy Ullal / Brijesh Garodi
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore

Mangalore, Apr 10: Bishop of Mangalore Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza on Tuesday April 10 laid the foundation stone for the new church building of St Antony Church, Kulur here.

The foundation stone was laid in the presence of Fr Harold D'Souza, parish priest of St Antony Church, other priests and parishioners at 6 pm. The ceremony was preceded by Mass.

Addressing the gathering, Fr Harold said, "The work has been taken up trusting in the providence of god, the powerful intercession of St Antony and the support of parishioners," said Fr Harold C D'Souza, wishing for the speedy completion of work.
 
Vijay Kumar Shetty, corporator Shantha, Ivan D'Souza, Ajith Kumar Rai Maladi, Vajra Kumar Ballal, Sadashiv Suvarna, Dayanand Shetty were present.

Kulur parish, under Mangalore diocese dedicated to St Antony was established in the year 1863. St Antony Church occupies a unique place in the history of the diocese of Mangalore. This is the first parish to be established after the independent diocese of Mangalore was formed. The  church is built on a small hill situated on the banks of the river Phalguni. When the national highway 66 was broadened and resulted in landslide which affected the church. Thus the plan of putting up a new church building, Grotto of Mother Mary, Belfary and Parochial house has been taken up.
  

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  • D'SOUZA, MANGLORE

    Mon, Apr 16 2012

    Aefram Ferrao, kulur/pangimogru COULD YOU ANSWER CAPT. ALDEN'S QUESTION? PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT LIKE THIS, AND DO NOT USE SUCH WORD , GROW UP STILL. MR. CAPT, ALDEN APPRECIATE FOR YOUR NICE COMMENT.

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  • Vincent Roshan, Kulur/Dubai

    Fri, Apr 13 2012

    ALL THE BEST.

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  • Capt Alden, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 13 2012

    Mr Ajay Lobo, All have positive thinking abt the Church, Y is that u have commented abt * Arrogance * to Mr A Ferrao what made u to write that word. What was wrong in his saying. Can u explain me abt it.
    Firt question to u is. Are u a Parishioner
    Then have u ever visited Kulur church.
    Write some thing Positive abt others. And give some donation to Church. That can help u.
    If u have any personnel pls mail me on Capt-alden@hotmail.no

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  • R.C.Lobo, Mangalore

    Thu, Apr 12 2012

    congrets Fr. Herold, u r doing wonderful job, people will appreciate ur selfless work for ages to come, u have been a selfless dedicated person, wish u all the best and may ur efforts bear abundant fruits, all the best

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  • paul dcruz, agrar/bantwal

    Thu, Apr 12 2012

    In mangalore the historical churches domolised the church authorities and build new churches. the priests are doing only one job is building new churches and new marriage halls. there is no spiritual activities in the church.when the new appointment of priest in the church their first job is build a new church.

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  • Juliana, Udupi

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    It was pleasure to see the church mounted on hill. Sad to see the fragmented parts of demolished church on the National highway. Great to learn people have made up mind to build a new one. I wish all success. May God bless all involved and may we have the pleasure of seeing a more tempting new structure in place of the old one.

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  • Mascarenhas, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    We should totally agree with Aefram Ferrao . William / Ajay / NV , please do not comment when you do not know the reality . The Church was standing on the edge of the hill and the NHAI had dug the hill on one side that the church was in real threat and its a good decision to build a new church than keeping the lives of people in danger . Incase , the church collapses with a landslide in the Mangalore monsoon and people die , the blame will again come on the Bishop and the Parish Priest for not taking any steps. Church may be old but it does not mean that we can put people lives in danger .

    It was Gods will and he talks to his people within to save his people from Danger . I also want to know how many of you have ever visited this Church. The Christians of Mangalore should come forward to support than sitting behind and criticising. I have all the Confidence that Jesus Christ will not let down the people of this Church . I too will come forward and contribute for this development . Our Bishop of Mangalore has done alot and is still doing alot for the people of Mangalore in respect to caste and religion .

    GOD Bless our Bishop and Fr Harold and give them the strength to complete the task which GOD have given them . Its the temple of the Lord that is being built and we humans have no authority to question him. Lets us all remember that what ever is built in the Church is for the people and the Bishop and Priest do not carry anything with them when they get transfered from these church or die .

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  • Ajay Lobo, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    Aefram Ferrao...this much arrogance is not good. You cannot tell anybody to comment or not to comment. We are just expressing our views whether you take it or not, it's upto you. You may agree or disagree but you can't tell anybody not to comment.

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  • Aefram Ferrao, kulur/pangimogru

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    Parishioner of kulur know what is right or wrong.we have planning committee.please better not to comment in this regard,past is past.let us do somthing better with the help of everyone.now foundation stone is laid.please please co-operate with us so that all we can build a beautiful church.If anybody needs any clarification about demolition please contact church Fr Herlod or v/president or secretary.

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  • William Pais, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    The danger to the earlier structure from the highway widening was overplayed. Instead of preserving such beautiful church perched on the hillock, the concerned were overenthusiastic to demolish it, The concerned authorieyes do not care a damn about church history and heritage. The justification for bigger churches as the number of faithful have increased does not hold good as we have seen in Goa where centuries old church structures are preserved and used for service.

    Have faithful not increased in numbers in Goa in the last 550 years? It is shame as the Catholics in Mangalore are not proud of their heritage. compounding the problem further are the priests who are out on concreting every inch available in the church land. Faith does not come from the concrete structure it comes from the collective history and identity we share.

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  • Ajay Lobo, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    N.V. Yekkar...I agree with you. They should have retained the old church since it is one of the oldest church in Mangalore diocese so that our future generation can also see this historical church. But now, as Boniface said it's too late. We should preserve the oldest monuments and churches.

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  • Boniface, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 11 2012

    Dear N.V. Yekkar, Permude,

    It is too late now. Church is already demolised and ground is levelled as you can see from the pictures. Now only need is the utmost cooperation from the parisheners in general and by diocese in particular.

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  • N. V. , YEKKAR , PERMUDE

    Tue, Apr 10 2012

    St. Antonys church Kulur is one of the most oldest church in Mangalore diocese. It is advisable to do some refurishbment work for the same instead of constructive new one....
    N. V. (V2 R1)
    YEKKAR
    PERMUDE

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Tue, Apr 10 2012

    SHUBHAVAGALI and CHURCH BUILDING NA KELASA SASOOTHRAVAGI MUGIYALI.GOD BLESS ALL.

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