Melbourne Konkan Community

  🎊 Thank You for an Amazing Dinner Dance! 🎉 We can't thank you enough for making our Dinner Dance an unforgettable night filled with laughter, joy, and non-stop dancing! 🕺💃 Your presence and energy on the dance floor truly made the evening come alive, and we are so grateful to each and every one of you. To all the attendees who graced us with their presence, we extend our heartfelt appreciation. Your enthusiasm and infectious spirit turned the dance floor into a vibrant celebration of life and togetherness. The memories created tonight will be cherished for years to come. A special shoutout goes to our incredible sponsors, whose generous support made this event possible. Your commitment to our cause and belief in our vision has made a significant impact on the success of the Dinner Dance. We are truly grateful for your partnership and for helping us create a magical experience for everyone. Let's take a moment to give a round of applause to the DJ and the band Phoenix who ...

Women form the backbone of our society and their contribution to our society is immense but there is no word to label how great their contribution is. A woman resembles soft focus, romantic words, passion, smile, love, eternity. A ‘Mother’ has always been the most beautiful word in English language according to various worldwide surveys that represents an image of comfort and of home and hearth.  Women’s Wellbeing Day was observed on Saturday – 4 th of February 2023 in Jamieson Way Community Centre in Point Cook in Melbourne’s West from 01.00 to 05.00 p.m. under the banner of Melbourne Konkan Community (MKC) where a large number of women of Mangalorean origin attended to unwind themselves. It was the Association’s first event of the year, a casual day of meeting people and knowing each other, having fun with the games and other activities, enjoying some delicious food and drinks and giving an ear to the ladies who aspired and made it big.   At the outset, an ice breaker ...

Loyal Andrade elected President of  Melbourne Konkan Community (MKC) Melbourne, Oct. 15: The 11th Annual General Meeting of the Melbourne Konkan Community (MKC) was held on Saturday - October 15, 2022 in the parish hall of St Joseph’s Church Northcote, an inner suburb of Melbourne to elect their 12th president, other core committee members and general members for the year 2022-23. Stephen P. D’Souza, the Returning Officer welcomed the gathering and oversaw the Annual General Meeting (AGM) proceedings. The AGM commenced with a prayer thanking the Lord for His choicest blessings during the past year and invoking blessings for the coming year. The minutes of the previous AGM were read by the outgoing Secretary Dolly Sequeira Cutinho which was confirmed and passed. In her President’s report, the outgoing President Philomen Fernandes gave a brief description of the activities conducted during the year on a grand scale, each month of the bygone year packed with Events. Treasurer Anita D...

  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...