Mangalore Diocese News

By John Menezes

Moodbidri, Oct 2 : Miss Reshel Britney Fernandes , daughter of teachers Ronald and Nancy Fernandes, bagged the first prize in State level essay competition jointly organized by East West Technology Institute, Bengaluru and Disha Bharat on the theme, ‘Swarajya Aandolana Mattu Raastrabhava Jaagarana’. She was felicitated at Corpus Christi Church, Moodbidri on October 2, 2022.

Rev. Fr Onil D’Souza, the Parish  Priest of Corpus Christi Church felicitated Reshel with a shawl. The guest priest Rev. Fr Anil Alfred D’Souza, the director of Family Life Service Centre of Mangalore Diocese offered a bouquet of flowers. Fr Onil D’Souza on this occasion called on the children present to draw inspiration from Reshel to think out of the box instead of restricting their mind only to conventional ways of scoring marks. He called on the parents and elders to encourage their children in this regard.

Mr John Menezes, the Vice-President of the Parish Pastoral Council  ; Mr Ronald Serrao, the Secretary; Mr Ronald Fernandes, father of Reshel and a large number of  parishioners were present on the occasion.