St Antony's Feast celebrated in city

June 14, 2011

Mangalore, June 14: The Holy Eucharistic Celebration in Our Lady of Miracle Church, Milagres, by St. Antony Ashram, Jeppu, was held on the occasion of St Antony's Feast on Monday, June 13.

As a preparation for the feast three days Novena along with Sermon was held by Rev. Fr. Sunil Kumar D'Souza (Parish Priest, Thaneer Bavi). On the festal day the main celebrant of the Holy Mass was Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'souza. Fr. Walter D'souza D'mello (Parish Priest, Milagres), Fr. Francis D'souza (Administrator, St. Antony Ashram, Jeppu), Fr. Uday D'souza (Assistant director, St. Antony Ashram, Jeppu) were the co- celebrant of the mass.

Rt. Rev. Msgr Dennis Moras Prabhu (Vicar General and Director, St. Antony Ashram) gave away the vote of thanks.

Many devotes, took part in the celebration and invoked the special graces from the 'Saint of Miracles'.

St. Antony of Padua was born on August 15 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal. He preached in many cities of Northern Italy and Southern France. He is believed to have brought back to God many sinners mostly by his good example. He died at the age of 36 on 13 June, 1231. He was Canonized within a year of his death by Pope Gregory IX and was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1946. His shrine is one of the biggest crowd pulling pilgrim centres in Italy. He is known as the finder of the lost articles, patron of lovers and worried couples, of women in confinement, a helper against diabolical obsession, fever, and animal disease.

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Mangaluru: 12,500 healthcare students rally for organ donation and nasha mukth Bharat

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November 29,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 29: Around 12,500 healthcare students from Medical, Dental, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Health Sciences colleges of Dakshina Kannada, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), took part in a massive walkathon to promote awareness on Organ Donation and Nasha Mukth Bharat.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Mangala Stadium. Dr Bhagavan B C, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, delivered the welcome address. The walkathon was flagged off by Shri U T Khader, Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and presided over by Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge. Dakshina Kannada MP Shri Brijesh Chowta also addressed the students.

Music director Guru Kiran, MLA Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangalore North), Police Commissioner Shri Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Shri Manjunath Bhandary and Shri Harish Kumar were among those present.

Institution heads including Dr Haji U K Monu (Kanachur Colleges), Dr Shantharam Shetty (Tejaswini College), Dr Bhaskar Shetty (City Group of Colleges), Mr Abdul Rahiman (Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences), and the District Health Officer, Mangalore, also participated.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Prof U T Ifthikar Fareed, Syndicate Member, RGUHS.

The event was organised by Dr U T Ifthikar Ali and Dr Shiva Sharan (Syndicate Members), Prof Vaishali (Senate Member), Prof Mohammad Suhail (Chairman, BOS Physiotherapy), Dr Sharan Shetty (Former Senate Member), along with principals and faculty of various colleges.

Students marched from Mangala Stadium to Karavali Grounds via MCC and Lalbagh signal. The event set a record as one of the largest gatherings of healthcare students for a social cause in the RGUHS Dakshina Kannada Zone.

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