New GROTTO Inaugurated On Feast Of Solemnity Of The Immaculate Conception At Fatima Retreat House, Valencia, Mangaluru On Wednesday, 8 December 2021 at 6 pm. The Grotto Was Donated By Boniface And Merlyn Monteiro Of ‘Nandan’, Valencia, Mangaluru In Loving Memory Of Their Parents, Late Cyril And Late Alice Natal Monteiro.

The Grotto was blessed by Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, the Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Mangaluru, followed by the inauguration of the GROTTO by Bishop, joined by the Grotto donors Boniface and  Merlyn Monteiro, their daughter  Patricia and Son-in-Law Sherwin; Fr Melwin Pinto SJ-Rector of St Aloysius Institutions, Mangaluru Fr Maxim Misquith SJ- Director of Fatima Retreat House; among others. Rector after the ribbon cutting, placed the statue of Mary brought from Italy inside the Grotto. Bishop emeritus Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D’souza was the main celebrant of the festive Mass, joined by Rector, Fr Maxim Misquith, Fr Melwyn Pinto SJ, Fr Norbert Fernandes SJ; Fr Richard Mascarenhas; Fr Alphonse Fernandes SJ; Fr Joseph Martis (Mangaluru Diocese priest); Fr Wiliam Barrocas (Retd priest from Ajmer Diocese), Fr Richard Lasrado (Mangalore diocese priest) and Fr Dolphie Sequeira (Celestian priest).