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Mangalore: New building of St Antony Church, Kulur to be inaugurated on Feb 3

  •   Wed, Jan 29 2014 09:21:07 AM

Mangalore: New building of St Antony Church, Kulur to be inaugurated on Feb 3

Rons Bantwal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (EP)

Mangalore, Jan 29: The new building of St Antony Church at Kulur is set to be inaugurated on February 3.
 
Bishop of Mangalore Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza will inaugurate the church and Bishop of Bellary Dr Henry D’ Souza will bless.

The programme will start at 9 am. There will be a public programme at 12 noon.  Union ministers M Veerappa Moily, Oscar Fernandes, Karnataka ministers B Ramanath Rai, Vinay Kumar Sorake, U T Khadar, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA Mohiuddin Bava and Sr Doreen D’ Souza will participate in the programme.
 
A programme will be held on Wednesday February 4 at 5:30 pm; special religious prayers and sermons will be held from Februrary  6 to February 8 from 5:30 pm. Important dignitaries will be felicitated on the occasion.
 
A cultural programme will be held on February 9 at 5:45 pm.  Fr Harold C D’ Souza will preside over the programme.  Ajith Kumar Maladi, Mohammed Sherif, Dayananda Shetty, Ivan D’ Souza, Sr Lenita D’ Souza of UFS will participate as chief guests.  The church administration committee has extended a cordial welcome to all for the scheduled programmes.

"It gives us immense pleasure to mention that a project costing Rs 4 crore has been completed, and 90% of the contributions are from the parishioners," said Fr Harold C D'Souza, Kulur parish priest during the press meet on Wednesday January 29.

"We also feel indebted towards all the neighboring parishes of Ashoknagar, Urva and Milagres and the donors. The benefactors and well-wishers are greatful for the generous contribution. We wish and pray that St Antony, our patron, showers his choicest blessings on each and every person who has helped in the completion of this new church building," he said.

"On February 9 we will celebrate the post centenary silver jubilee and parish day, there will be a thanksgiving Eucharistic celebration at 10 am and in the evening at 5:45 pm there will be a cultural programme. All are welcome," he added.

Vincent D'Souza, Linet D'Souza, Cleaver D'Souza and Dolphy Ferrao were present at the press meet.

Kulur parish, which comes under the ambit of Mangalore diocese and is dedicated to St Antony, was established in 1863, becoming the first parish to be built after the formation of the diocese of Mangalore.

St Antony Church is constructed on a small hill located on the bank of River Phalguni. When NH66 was being widened, a landslide destroyed part of the church, making a new building necessary.

The new church building is to include a grotto, a belfry, and a parochial house.
  

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  • Max and Jessie Rasquinbha, Mangalore, Houston/Dallas, Texas

    Wed, Jan 29 2014

    St. Antony's Church at Kulur is ideally located. With the growing development of the port, added with many industrial developments, Kulur church should be getting good publicity for lot more Catholics than ever before.

    We do not see any mention of school activities at Kulur church. A kindergarten school, an elementary school, a middle school and then a High School would certainly attract many neighboring children to avail of the educational benefits from the parish church.

    A Catholic church is a good show piece of worship to all the Catholics. Let the newly decorated church shine well during the day time as well as during the night and let there be a nice sign board showing the church programs so that many passers will be able to visit the church and attend the programs.

    In these changing times, the Catholic Churches,especially in India have an important role to play. With so many cruises coming into the Mangalore port, let there be special events conducted by the church so that those events can attract the tourists visit the facility.

    Kulur Church has a history because the church was established during the latter part of the 19th century. The church has a beautiful river to boast and there could always some river festivals or carnivals to display in season that will not attract some additional income that could be used for various school scholarships.

    The parishioners have a great deal to depend on the church authorities to come with so many new ideas that will bring in more Christians closer to the place of worship.

    Best of luck to all those that were instrumental in renovating the long cherished desire for the Kulur church. Its a prime location for all passer-by tourists and travelers to see. As and when we visit Mangalore next, we shall certainly visit the church and see all the progress that has been achieved.

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  • Rayan D'Souza, Kulur, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 31 2014

    Well said Sir..and thank you very much for your dynamic advice. We will try our best to materialize your suggestions. The Church also has a school in Kannada Medium upto 10th std. It caters especially to the children from the under-privileged families in the vicinity. The Ursuline Sisters and the dedicated teachers, have always ensured academic excellence within the limited resources they have. We extend a warm welcome to you to our parish. Please do visit us when you are in Mangalore.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Wed, Jan 29 2014

    Really beautiful new church of St.Antony,Kulur will be inaugurated on 3rd of February.Good news and congratulation to the parishioners and all donors responsible to this church.All the best.Thanq.

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