Cordel church gear up for centenary celebrations

February 16, 2012

Mangalore, February 16: Holy Cross Church in Kulshekar, one of the oldest churches in Mangalore diocese, will be celebrating centenary celebrations of its consecration on February 18 at Cordel Church Centenary Memorial Ground in the church premises.

Giving details on the same to media persons here on Thursday, Parish Priest Rev Fr Valerian Pinto said Mangalore Diocesan Bishop Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza will preside over the celebrations while Shimoga Diocese Bishop Rev Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, High Court Judge Justice B V Pinto, Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat and IGP (Western Range) Pratap Reddy will be the chief guests.

As a part of the celebrations, the foundation stone for 'Holy Rosary Park' will be laid and a book on the history of church titled 'Frad Saib and the church of Cordel,' authored by Rev Fr Devadutta Kamath will be released.

'Shathamanik Zalak,' a brief history of Cordel church in sound and light will also be part of the programme.

Though the foundation for Cordel church was laid by Rev Fr Alexander Dubois, a native of Rouen in France, who arrived at Mangalore in 1865 and served in the Milagres parish, he could not complete the work on the church as he passed away due to Cholera on December 11, 1877.

However, the then Bishop Rev Ambudius Cavadini established the church on May 31, 1904 after obtaining the decree and the then Bishop Rev Paul Perini consecrated the church on January 30, 1912. In the last 100 years, 13 parish priests (including the present parish priest Rev Fr Valerian Pinto) and 45 assistant parish priests have served the church. On the other hand, as many as 35 parishioners have become priests and 70 have become nuns from the parish.

From 250 families in Cordel parish 100 years ago, to the present 1,540 families, the church continues to be one of the biggest parishes in Mangalore diocese.

Meanwhile, two parishes were formed in Shakthinagar (Mariagiri in 2003) as well as Paldane (Mother Theresa in 2006) to cater to the needs of the people living in those areas. Prior to the formation of these parishes, they belonged to Cordel itself.

In the last 100 years, several projects have been taken up in the church premises. They include new building for Kannada medium school, huge playground, formation of English medium school (registerd 100 pc results for the last 9 consecutive years), huge hall, Dubois complex and a garden of Gethsemane (established in memory of the birth bi-centenary of Founder Fr Alexander Dubois in 2009).

The foundation for 'Holy Rosary Park' will be laid on February 18. “The Park, to be established on the lines '20 mysteries of Rosary' at Vellar Padom Mathe church at Verampalli diocese in Ernakulam, will be unique and when completed, the church will be the one and the only church to have a Holy Rosary Park in the Mangalore diocese, which has 161 churches under its ambit,” said Fr Pinto.

“The Holy Rosary Park will have pictorial depiction of 20 life-size mysteries (structures) that would give theological as well as actual meaning of the mysteries,” he added.Church Vice President Praveen Patrao, Centenary Celebrations Convener Susheel Noronha and Assistant Parish Priests Fr John Moras and Fr Melwyn Noronha were present.

To a query on why there were frequent protests against the church by the members of United Christian Association, Fr Pinto, quoting the recent judgement copy (in which the church won the case), said that “jealousy against the development works in the church is the main reason for such acts.”

To another query on allegations against the church that the priest had collected a blank cheque from Irene D'Souza, a parishioner, seeking help to complete her house, the priest said that he has not collected any cheque from anybody. On the other hand, the church and diocese had donated a sum of Rs 1 lakh (in addition to Rs 15,000 donated by SVP, CODP and Milagres church) besides tiles for the roof.

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Mangaluru: 160 acre land sanctioned for Coast Guard Academy at Kenjar

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January 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 31: Karnataka Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar on Friday announced to sanction 160 acres of land at Kenjar in the Taluk for setting up the Indian Coast Guard Academy.

The land was allotted from the land bank of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).

Mr Bhaskar made the announcement at the commissioning of the high-speed interceptor boat C-448 of the Indian Coast Guard at New Mangalore recently.

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CAA: Muslim workers of BJP feel cheated

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January 9,2020

The Bharatiya Janata Party workers belonging to Muslim community are bewildered over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. A considerable number of BJP’s Muslim workers have distanced themselves from the pro-CAA meetings being organised by the party in different parts of India.

There is a deep divide within members of the BJP minority wing, with many upset and angry with the party. During its membership drive in 2018 for the minority wing, BJP had enrolled lakhs of Muslims across India.

A senior Muslim member of the saffron party in Hyderabad explained, “We are very upset. There is no one listening to us within the party. Majority of the members are introspecting on their future role in the party. Few are vocal about it. Those, who believe they still have a future in the party, have decided to keep quiet on this issue.”

This is the reason why they are not attending the pro-CAA rallies or interacting with people. If anybody approaches and questions them about CAA, they maintain they have no idea, just like the common man. A member of the BJP belonging to the minority community says they have been hurt by the decision of the government on CAA.

“Shia Muslims in Pakistan are suffering. They have been targeted in that country from time to time. The BJP patronised a large number of Shia Muslims. The Shia community in Uttar Pradesh even sided with the BJP. But what has the community got in the end? The persecuted Shia minorities in Pakistan have not got justice,” the party member from minority community lamented.

There are 400 families belonging to the Shia community in Hyderabad, who have relatives in Karachi and Quetta in Pakistan. These Shias had migrated to Pakistan from the Nizam state after its accession to India. These families were hopeful that after aligning with BJP, there would be a reprieve for them. But the stand taken by BJP has left them in lurch. The CAA provides for granting Indian citizenship only to non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

“We have been left with nothing. Shias have not been politically active in all the three countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and have suffered due to this reason. There was some hope in India, but even that has been lost now,” the minority wing leader remarked.

National vice president of BJP minority cell Farid Sheikh Liaquat Ali says, “Party workers and common people are asking the same question.”

I have told them what union home minister Amit Shah has said in Parliament, that CAA is not against Indian Muslims. But people are not convinced. Every meeting or social function that I attend, I find that people are angry and upset. I have been with the BJP for 33 years and whatever I hear from the people is being conveyed to the party.”

The incident that occurred at the madarasa in Uttar Pradesh has led to a pointed question: “If this can happen to Muslims in UP, will it not repeat elsewhere?”

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Dears, how can yu be safe if you are in a cage of dragons + mad dogs + jackals. Yu betrayed your own community and religion. You sold yuorself to the enemies for some coins. Shame on you. Allah will never accept this and you will get proper treatment. Sanghis never have trust and courtsey on minorities, dalits, obcs etc. Dont ever expect anything from these hate guys. They killed our Father of Nation and you are nothign to them. They will stab you in your back. They are misusing you to cheat muslim community. May be you joined b jp thinking you will get 15 lacs. You will not get their shit also coz they will use it also. May Allah bless you with right way of thinking and keep you aware of these anti nationals.

Well done.........Jaise Ko thaisa Mila........Kaisa Maza Ayaa....Now all will come to know about RSS laid BJP this party is not for minor community and poor backward people, this is a party of goondas and criminals, not only Muslims if BJP will be in power even Hindus will not be safe. we will suffer maximum damage wehen we understand this fact. plesae.... we all have to wake up now.

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BSY announces Rs 1,610-cr covid-19 package, urges migrant workers to stay back

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday urged migrant workers to stay back as construction activities have resumed and also announced a Rs 1,610 crores COVID-19 financial package for the state.

The Chief Minister also said that close to one lakh persons, including migrant workers and students, among others, have so far been sent back to their home towns from Karnataka.

"We have sent around one lakh people in 3,500 buses and trains, back to their home towns. I have also appealed to migrant workers to stay as the construction work has resumed now," the Chief Minister said at a press conference on Wednesday.

"A package of Rs 1,610 crores will be released as COVID-19 financial relief. One time compensation of Rs 5,000 will be given to 2,30,000 barbers and 7,75,000 drivers," he added.

During the course of the press conference, the Chief Minister also announced compensation for floriculturists in the state.

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