
Feast of Nativity of BV Mary is celebrated around the globe
The Nativity of Our Lady or the birthday of our beloved Mother Mary, also called as "Monthi Fest" by Mangalorean Catholic community is also celebrated as a harvest festival. We have compiled pics of Celebrations from all Parishes and organizatons here below as "Albums of Monti Fest 2017 Celebrations"

Travelogue: An experience on the tree House
I used to build tree house in the forest near my home during my school and college days. Along with my brothers and friends we used spend considerable time on top of it especially during Christmas and summer holidays. Hence I developed affinity towards tree house, hill tops, landscaping and farming. With this background I happened to spend a day on the tree house along with my wife and son at Wiantalgasse, Krems-Land, Austria. [By Ronald Sabi DSouza]

Rev. Dr. Lawrence DSouza celebrates Ruby Jubilee of Ordination with Thanksgiving Mass and Felicitation
Rev. Dr. Lawrence D’Souza, presently Secretary of Catholic Education Society Udupi (CESU) celebrated the Ruby Jubilee of his ordination with a solemn thanksgiving mass in St. John the Evangelist Church, Shankerpura (Pangla) followed by reception in the parish hall on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. Fifty priests from the Dioceses of Udupi and Mangalore were present for the solemn thanksgiving mass along with those who were ordained with him by late Bishop Basil D’Souza on 5 May 1977 at Milagres Church

Travelogue: Memorable Journey Through Switzerland
One of the most visited countries in the world, touring Switzerland does not need a second thought. The weather, food and easy access to some of the incredible travel destinations, the country is the favourite of many and so is mine. We, the members of Veena World tour Company, started our journey from Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. After the departure formalities..[By John Tauro]

Priyanka Mendonca – Youth of the Youth
Bubbly, Boisterous confident MCCP gurlieo Priya, is a bundle of talents always ever ready with hiphop moves burning the stage or at the outfield swinging the bat to drive the ball outside the fence to a six!… yes, she has excelled the art of dance and cricket, alongside performing other scholastics. Now you get it, why her name comes first to the minds of Mangalureans, at any event either sports or cultural.

Gardening, for longer life and healthy living!
Gardening offers many opportunities to improve one’s life by providing outdoor exercise. I find in growing many varieties of colorful flowers my own is that I find hand watering a very good and calming therapeutic time in my morning and evening activities. Flower gardens are indeed a key factor in modern landscape design and even architecture, especially for large businesses, some of which pay to have large flower gardens torn out...[By Francis Saldanha]

Travelogue: An exciting and memorable tour of Dubai and surrounding Emirates
Veena World, a travel organising company, arranged tour for a group of nine families of 25 people from Karnataka and Maharashtra. It met at Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, as per the scheduled flight departure time and proceeded to Dubai. Other tourist guests met the group as per their convenience.

Fr. Edwin D’Souza: From Amravati Mission Stations to Toronto Archdiocese in Canada
Fr. Edwin DSouza who was ordained a priest fifty years ago on 22 December 1966 celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his ordination on 22 December 2016 in St. Lawrence Church, Moodubelle. His vocation, training, missionary work in Amravati and his eventual journey from Amravati to Toronto, Canada is an interesting reading. The profile of Fr. Edwin that was published in Bellevision.com five years ago on 30 January 2011 is republished for the benefit..[By Dr Eugene DSouza]

Mangalorean Star Ester Noronha: From Singing and Dancing to a great leap into Multilingual Movies
Ester Valerie Noronha is a very popular film actress not only in Konkani movie circle but also well-known in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Marathi film industries. Besides being an accomplished actress, Ester has proved herself as a great singer and classical dancer as well. At a very young age she has achieved so much success that would make not only her family but every Mangalorean proud of her. Her first Konkani movie was “Nashibacho Khell“...[By Alphonse Mendonsa]

Karkala: Platinum Jubilee of Christ the King Parish celebrated with solemnity and grandeur
Solemnity and grandeur marked the celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Christ the King Parish, Karkala Town on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 which was also observed as the annual parish feast day. Prior to the solemn feast and jubilee mass, the Bishop of Udupi Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo was accorded red carpet welcome to the sound of brass band by Rev. Fr. Joswey Fernandes, Parish Priest of Christ the King Church and Rev. Fr. Roshan Cordero, Assistant Parish Priest. The Bishop entered the renovated church and prayed in front of the main altar for few minutes.

Tips for those who wish to migrate to Canada
The leaves are changing colors and falling and the thermometer is dipping dangerously low at night, the winter is here. I witnessed the first mist rain during the week. This is my third trip to Toronto and I thought I should share with the Bellivision readers about some information I gathered on my trips to Canada. First of all Canada is a very systematic country, hence things won’t happen overnight. If you are planning to migrate to Canada then you have to have..[By John M. Monteiro]

Karkala: Christ the King Parish-Karkala Town to celebrate Platinum Jubilee on 23 November
Christ the King Parish, Karkala Town will be celebrating Platinum Jubilee of the foundation of the parish on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 which also happens to be the annual parish feast. On this occasion special religious and cultural functions will be organized. Rev. Fr. Joswey Fernandes, Parish Priest of Christ the King Church along with the Vice President and Secretary of the Parish Pastoral Council-Mrs. Elsie D’Souza and Antony Aranha respectively in association with the Parish Council and parishioners have made elaborate preparations for the grand celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of the church.

A good neighbour is a priceless treasure!
As social beings, we instinctively desire to be around one another. This has given rise  to towns, cities neighbourhoods, community centers, etc. where people meet and interact on a regular basis. A good next door neighbour is a priceless treasure, which everyone should strive to become, especially in a society where most of us will never get away from living next door to someone. My neighbour once said that "one of the best remedies for one’s health is a good neighbour"..[By Francis Saldanha]

Wilson Kateel, Making waves in Konkani World as an accomplished poet and writer
The name Wilson Kateel is a very popular name in the konkani world. His full name is Wilson Roshan Sequeira from Kateel Parish of Mangalore Diocese. He began to write poetry from very young age and his poems have been published practically in every periodicals of Konkani both in Mangalore and Udupi diocese. His poems and stories and essays are also published in various konkani websites mainly Kittall.com and Sakalik, Konkanypoetry.com. He has won numerous prizes for his poetry in various competitions beginning with Raknno Konkani weekly published..[By Alphonse Mendonsa]

Jasmin D’Souza of Thottam: Karate Champion at National and Inter continent level
It was not very easy to achieve this success but through hard work and determination I could achieve it. Initially, I used to walk and then ride by bicycle to our Karate Institute When I started winning at high school my interest in Karate increased and I spent more time to improve myself and attending more and more competitions I won all most all competitions held at District level and state level. During high school I could attend karate classes only on weekends so all my weekends I spent learning and perfecting Karate..[By Alphonse Mendonsa]