Melbourne Mangaloreans celebrate Monthi Fest
Melbourne Mangaloreans celebrate Nativity Feast with passion and gusto! Melbourne Konkans under the banner of Melbourne Konkan Association (MKC) celebrated the Nativity feast with much vigour, gaiety and enthusiasm on Saturday - September 10, 2022 having put a couple of years of virtual celebrations behind. All roads led to the bayside suburb of Aspendale, South-East Victoria where Konkans congregated in large numbers in their traditional best. ‘Sakkad Sangatha Melyan, Sakkad Lagi Saryan; Amche Tale Ek Karyan, Moryek Hogolsiya’, - the celebrations began with this evergreen Marian hymn that resonated in St Louis de Montfort’s School Hall. Hundreds of children offered flowers and venerated the statue of Infant Mary. The Association’s Vice-President Loyal Andrade welcomed the gathering before the mass commenced. The Celebrant of the Mass was Fr Prakash Bryan Menezes, Parish Priest of ‘Our Lady of Sacred Heart’ Catholic Church in Alice Springs, Northern Territory who is a...