Rev. Fr. Natividad Rodrigues
Parish Priest Of St. Sebastian’s Church, Mangalwad.
St. Sebastian’s ChurchMangalwad
Fr.Salvador Gonsalves, the Priest-in-charge of St. Sebastian’s Church. Mangalwad calls his village essentially a pro life village! There seem H to be more children in this village than the elders and the small ones frolicking and skipping with joy in the Church compound is awelcome sight! May the situation never change!
St.Sebastian’s Chapel. Mangalwad is supposed to have been built and inaugurated by Rt. Rev.Ignatius Lobo in 1969. There is a sea of change in the last 25 years in these villages of Haliyal ever since the Bishop decided to improve their lot by assigning young Priests for the challenging tasks. When Fr. Antony Rodrigues was asked to pitch his tent” in Mangalwad village soon after his ordination 25 years ago, he could have compared his situation to that of Care de Ars! Muddy and slushy roads, the leaking one-room Presbytery-cum-sacristy. children packed off to distant destinations for labour-this was common sight. But with the patience and endurance of young priests like Fr. Antony Rodrigues, Fr. Sebastian Pinto. Fr. Joe D’Souza, Fr.Balajoji. Fr. Philip Lopes, Fr. William D’Souza and Fr. Francis Miranda, today Mangalwad gives witness to the religious presence and activity all these years.
Fr. Salvador Gonsalves is the Priest-in-charge since 2nd June 1998. Though in the beginning Priests were appointed to Mangalwad, they were also expected to stay in Yedoga 3 days in a week. Since the last few years, Mangalwad is made an independent unit, with Muttulmari and Omnolli as sub-stations of Mangalwad. The Navachetan Charitable Hospital which is the last resort for the people in distress in these areas renders yeomen service to the poor as also the YARD Complex, a branch of the Bala Pragathi Kendra, which conducts formal and non-formal education and training programmes, in the territorial units of Mangalwad Mission Station.
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