Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board announces top scholars for 2008-09
2,200 Grade 12 Dufferin-Peel students score 80 per cent or higher
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The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce its top scholars for 2008-09. For the second year in a row, St. Francis Xavier Secondary School in Mississauga produced Dufferin-Peel’s top scholar. Richard Hae scored an impressive 99.34 per cent average on his top six Grade 12 courses. The leading scholar from a Brampton school is once again from St. Edmund Campion Secondary School. Darren Fernandes scored an average of 99.17 per cent. Oliver Cardoza from Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School was the top Caledon/Dufferin County scholar with a 94.50 per cent average.

Richard, Darren and Oliver are among the 2,200 Dufferin-Peel scholars who earned an average of 80 per cent or higher on their top six Grade 12 courses. Richard Hae has accepted an entrance scholarship to McMaster University where he is enrolled in the Health Sciences program. Darren Fernandes will also be attending university in the fall; however the name of the university and course of study was not confirmed at press time. Oliver Cardoza has received a Nortel Network Scholarship and an entrance scholarship from the University of Waterloo where he will study Computer Engineering.

“These students are to be recognized for their exceptional academic achievements,” said John Kostoff, director of education. “Marks like these represent many hours of perseverance and dedication. These qualities should serve them well as they continue their academic endeavours through the post-secondary level and beyond.”

Mangaloreans in Chicago Accord Warm Welcome to Bishop Aloysius
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Chicago, July 10, 2009: The Mangaloreans of Chicago area, under the leadership of Mangalorean Konkan Christian Association of Chicago, greeted Bishop of Mangalore, Rt Dr. Aloysius D'Souza, spiritual leader of Mangalore Diocese, with a rousing welcome. The celebrations were held at the Holy Spirit Church of Techny Towers. The Techny Towers is the landmark of the Divine Word Missionaries in the US.

This program began with solemn Mass celebrated by the Bishop, along with co-celebrants Fr Riche Vaz and Fr Henry Sequeira. The Bishop gave a touching homily by asking everyone to help the needy by representing Jesus Christ in them. Dorthy Rego and Rexon D’souza with Daphne Fernandes on the Keyboard arranged a melodious choir in Konkani during the Mass.

Goan band at the Sultan’s Palace –Zanzibar ~ 19th Century Photo
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Citation: The Goanese band at the Sultan’s Palace [text also in Arabic]. Winterton Collection of East African Photographs, Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston. Object 29-1-68. 4 July, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2166.DL/inu-wint-29-1-68.