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Dear friends, The BCS Executive Committee invites you to attend the first Fr Salvador Rodrigues Memorial Lecture & Award Function that will be held on Sunday 26 April 2015 at 11 am at Don Bosco International School, Matunga. The Lecture on Participative Governance will be delivered by Fr Mario Mendes, Director of the Centre for Social Action. The Award consisting of a Citation, Trophy and Prize Money will be presented by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay. After going through a process of scrutinizing the nominations received the jury decided that the first Fr. Salvador Rodrigues Memorial Award should be presented to Mr. Gene D'Silva a Mazgaon resident and Founder of NGO Jeevan Dhara that has contributed significantly in social welfare work. You can see details of his work on the website http://www.jeevandharaonline.in/ Most of us have a very high regard for late Fr. Salvador Rodrigues (1948 – 2013) who has touched our lives and contributed so much to the Parishes and Organisations he has been associated with. The Bombay Catholic Sabha cherishes his memory as he was associated with the organization as its Ecclesiastical Advisor for eighteen long years. During his association with us we realized how much Fr. Salu (as he was popularly known) cherished the values of Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice. A corpus called Fr. Salvador Rodrigues Memorial Fund has been created and the interest accrued on it will be given annually as Award to a person who has significantly contributed to social work. We thank all the donors who have contributed to establish this Fund and we hope that through this program we can keep the memory of late Fr. Salvador Rodrigues alive and the values he cherished for generations to come. We look forward to seeing you at the event. Gordon D'Souza President - The BCS Mobile : 9819628388
