-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | | | |The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)| | Attending.......drop a line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On behalf of the Managing Committee and Members of the Goan Welfare Society (GWS), Kuwait we congratulate Rev. Fr. Melvin D'Cunha, O.C.D. for being nominated the Vicar of the Holy Family Cathedral on the eve of Christmas Day by His Lordship, Bishop Camilo Balin.
Our best wishes to Rev. Fr. Melvin D'Cunha on this happy occasion. Season's Greetings. Carmo Santos Hon. President, Goan Welfare Society-Kuwait [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.goa-world.com/goa/gws/ Rev. Fr. Melvin D'Cunha O.C.D. http://www.catholic-church.org/kuwait/clergy.htm BIRTH DATE: 28 May, 1967 ORDAINED PRIEST: 23 April, 1996 JOINED V. O. KUWAIT: 20 Dec, 2000 Fr. Melvin D'Cunha was born in Madanthyar, Mangalore. He joined the Carmelite Order (O.C.D.) in 1985 and did his studies in various places like Goa, Mysore, Bangalore and Mangalore. Fr. Melvin did his first profession in Margoa, Goa on October 15, 1988. He graduated (B.A.) from the Mysore University in 1991. His studies in Philosophy were done in Pusphosrama, Mysore. In 1992, he did his Regency in Bombay and completed his Theology and Bachelor of Theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in Mangalore. Fr. Melvin was ordained Deacon on October 12, 1995 and ordained to the priesthood on April 23, 1996. >From May 31, 1996 until he came to Kuwait on December 20, 2000, Fr. Melvin was the Assistant Parish Priest at St. Joseph's Church, Mira Road, Bombay. Fr. D'Cunha has also finished a 3 year Diploma in Formation & Counseling from Bangalore University. His other interests and hobbies are sports, games and music, both instrumental and vocal. He passed Grade 3 with distinction, the Theory of Music from Trinity College of Music, London, in 1991. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------