Down the Corridors of Time

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek”.  Mario Andretti  No one exemplified this quote more than Dr. Fabian Fernandes. In keeping with this Issue’s theme…

By Dr. Kranti K Farias  KCA presents to you another eminent personality in the community, the Late Jerome Antony Saldanha, who was President of the Kanara Catholic Association, and known for his service to the community, to society, and in public life.  This is a commemorative article as their tribute…

By Dr. Kranti K Farias We have moved down the corridor, and when we have mulled over the thoughts, and the ways of our predecessors, we hope we have taken the path to follow their vision for a better tomorrow for our community in particular, and for the society, at…

By Robin Saldanha  Dr. Alfred Camilo Rebello was born on 15th July, 1890 at Kallianpur in South Kanara. His father Peter George Rebello was the hereditary Patel and Honorary Magistrate of Kallianpur. His mother Helen (nee Aranha) was elected the first lady member of the Madras senate, as Peter was…

By Anne-Marie Rego Francis Silva was born in Mangalore, on the 27th of September, 1875, the son of Laurence Silva and Isabella Baptist. He came to Bombay while still young and matriculated from St. Xavier’s in 1894. For the next 30 years, he worked in the office of the Accountant General, retiring…

The Father of Co-Operative Movements  A Catholic Visionary like no other in India By Robin Saldanha On the 6th of March, 1863, a son was born to the Thonse Rebellos of Kallianpur, Joanna (nee Monteiro) and Mattheus Rebello.  He was christened Francis Anthony Cyril Rebello.  He had his early education at…

(Excerpt from the Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1951)  Way back in the sixties of the last century, the calls of “Urbs Prima in Indis” began to lure some of the more enterprising members of the Kanara Catholic community, particularly of the town of Mangalore, and although those were not the days…

By Dr. Kranti K. Farias On February 19, 1901, at a large gathering of the community, it was decided to form the Kanara Catholic Association. With 50 Members on its rolls, Hon. Major Cajetan Fernandes, a North Kanarite was Founder President (1901 – 1905) and Mr. Francis L Silva, the…

By Dr. Kranti K. Farias  Dr. Stanislaus Patrao was born on March 25, 1899, in Kallianpur, South Kanara.  His early education was at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore.  He completed his Intermediate Science, where he stood first, from St. Xavier’s College, Bombay.  He was the only student to hold a triple…

By Joseph Saldanha “When I am in Bombay, I stare at the bottles, here in Goa, the bottles stare at me, says Presidency Magistrate from Bombay”, he told a newspaper reporter when visiting Goa in the prohibition era, which promptly appeared in the newspapers in Bombay.  It was, but an…