ICYM, BARKUR IN NEWS AGAIN

The general body meeting of the ICYM, Kallianpur Varado was held at Tri centanary hall, Kallianpur recently and during this meeting election for the new office bearers for the year 2003 -04 was conducted. Miss Sabitha Mascarenhas of Barkur was elected as the Vice President and Mr Roshan Lobo (Barkur) was elected as the Sports Secretary.

Once again this year also ICYM, Barkur was rewarded with "MODEL Youth Association" of Mangalore Diocese and its outgoing President Miss Divya Furtado bagged the "Model President" award. The awards were distributed during the 56^th   Annual General Body meeting held at Cathedral Hall, Mangalore on Sunday, 6^th  July.  

Pavada Rahasya Bayalu- A unique programme at Barkur..

Our vistors may recall, the discussions we had in our Sandesh (messages page) sometime back about Necromancy and similar issues. Triggered by Mr. Vijay Suvarna from Bahrain, who is a active contributor to our website, the subject was successful in getting response from from many of our vistors and ended with a promise from Mr. Suvarna himself. True to his words , Mr. Vijay now on a holiday at the native place , has swung into action by organsing a programme at Gurudeva Bhavana , Shivagiri Kshetra at Barkur. Aptly titled “Pavada Rahasya Bayalu” the programme is aimed at unveiling the secrets behind so called supernatural phenomenon like  creating things out of thin air, psychic surgery , fire on water, withstanding pains etc. The resource person for the programme is none other than Pro. Raveendra Nayak from Mangalore who is crusader against the blind beliefs prevailing in our society.

The programme is scheduled at 3 pm on 13^th July at the said premises and is open for all and Mr. Suvarna invite all our visitors and residents of Barkur to witness this unique opportunity.

We all at Barkur.com congratulate Mr. Vijay on this occasion for his social concerns and wish him all the success in his venture.

PATRON'S FEAST CELEBRATIONS AT BARKUR

The annual feast of St. Peter, ( Titular feast) the Patron of Barkur was celebrated in Barkur on Sunday, 29th June. The celebrations started with High Mass, Rev. Fr. Vishal Lobo being the main celebrant at 10.00 a.m.
As the feast coincided with Sunday, the Church was packed to its capacity. During
the Mass the Parish Buletin "Pedruchi Chaavi" was released by Mr Wilfred Sequeira, Kalmargi, Barkur who is presently working in Kuwait.
The Parish Buletin will be sent to all the Parishioners residing outside Barkur from the Parish  office within  a week. The non resident parishioners who don’t receive their copies regularly, are requested to furnish/update their mailing addresses with the Parish Office or e mailing to our website.

ST. PETER’S FEAST IS CELEBRATED IN MUMBAI

St.Peter’s Association (Barkur) Mumbai, has been traditionally celebrating the feast of our great Patron Saint `St.Peter’ on a Sunday following 29^th June, the actual feast day, by offering a Special Thanksgiving Mass and a get-together of the families of the Association’s core group members. This year, 29^th June being a Sunday, the Association celebrated the feast on the actual feast day.

A thanks-giving mass was offered in honour of our Patron Saint `St.Peter’, in the Church of Our Lady of Fatima, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, at 9 a.m. on Sunday 29^th June. Right from the morning of Sunday there was heavy downpour and the low-lying areas of Kurla and Vidyavihar were flooded, reminiscent of  the flooding in Barkur during the parish feast. Despite the heavy rains and floods, about a hundred people attended the celebrations.

After the mass, we met at the same parish hall for a get-together. The program took off with a small prayer to St.Peter and singing of the hymn (Sant Pedru Mogala…..) All prayer and nothing to eat?  It cannot be! Beakfast of Chicken Rolls and Hot tea was served which was really welcomed by all,  since people had come from far off places in the pouring rains without any breakfast.

Breakfast over, the Committee had a brief meeting to apprise the members about the activities of the Association. Mr.Henry Roche, President welcomed the guests, Ivan Rebello,the Secretary welcomed new entrants to the Committee.Sydney Lewis – Bennekudru, Allen Crasto - Hosala and Naveen Dias – Hanehalli who are presently in Mumbai and exhorted the young entrants to help in making the Association more vibrant and acquaint themselves well, to carry on the mantel of the Association in the future. Ivan  informed briefly about the charitable activities of the Association like donating school uniforms to the children of   Maryknoll Primary School in Barkur, defraying the expenses of having a teacher in the same school for teaching English, giving aid to needy members to meet urgent medical expenses, etc. Ivan also requested co-operation from all the members to hold annual entertainment program, which not only helps in fund raising for various charities, but also helps in bringing together people of Barkur settled in Mumbai, and requested the members present to come up with suggestions. People came up with various suggestions which was summed up by Vice President Peter Furtado and was tentatively decided to have a mixed program of Konkann Orchestra and Hindi Mimicry during Diwali Holidays. Ivan Soares gave a vote of thanks and concluded the meeting.

Merriment followed by some young kids singing Konkann songs with soul-stirring lyrics, people singing songs with catchy tunes, playing  a game of Housie, etc.. A sumptuous meal of Sannas, Pork, Chicken, Pulav, Vegetables, etc was served, finishing off  with boondi laddus. A very welcome point to be noted – no alcohol was served which helped in keeping everyone sober! The famous `Laudate’ was sung as a grand finale and thus the celebrations ended with people leaving the place with heavy hearts and heavy stomachs too!

Reported by Diana Fernandes, Mumbai

Budan Saaheb laid to rest...

The mortal remains of Shri Budan Saaheb were laid to rest at 6 p.m., in the serene surroundings of Barkur Mosque by his sorrowing family accompanied by a large gathering of his admirers rushed to Barkur to pay their respect to the departed soul. The shops and business establishments were closed after 4 in the evening.

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With profound grief we announce the sad demise of Shri Budan Baasha Saheb,  on 29^th June at Hightech Hospital ,Udupi after a brief illness. A renowned artist and vetaran actor , Dramatist and stage activist Mr. Budan Saaheb, as he was popularly known, left behind wife and 4 children and a large number of his admirers. Watch out this space for funeral details and more on Mr. Saaheb.

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