Mangalore: JINNECHI VATT, in Kannada script released

Stephen Alwyn Pereira OCD, Bikarnakatte
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 22 September 2011:  Rev. Dr. Pius D’souza OCD, Superior, St. Joseph’s Monastery, Bikarnakatte Mangalore, released JINNECHI VATT – a book in Konkani on moral values on 22nd Sept, 2011 at Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte.. Fr. Valerian Fernandes, Parish Priest of Sastan, has transliterated the book from Roman script to Kannada script. It is a book on Value Education originally written in roman script by John M. Alfonso OCD.  It is published by Dhyanavana Publications-Bangalore.

 

 
 
‘Jinnechi Vatt’ (in roman script) has received three awards (Best Essay book in Konkani for the year 2009) from Goa Konkani Academy, Thomas Stephen Konkani Kendra, Porvorim-Goa and Konkani  Bhasha Mandal-Goa.
 
 John M. Alfonso OCD, hails from Loliem, Goa. He is a member of the Kanataka-Goa province of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, pursuing his Theological studies at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore. He contributes articles to most of the Goan Konkani magazines. He published his first book- Sukhi Jinn, in 2006.  Fr. Valerian Fernandes, Parish Priest of  St. Antony’s Church Sastan is a Konkani grammarian, who has 25 books to his credit.