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December 2016

Regd News Paper I Regd No. KA/BG-GPO-2535/06-09 I RNI No. Kareng03340/2008 I Permitted to post at Bangalore GPO I Posting Date: 29 and 30 I 16 Pages

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Presidents Message

Dear Members,It’s December already and the Festive Season has begun. The mood changes and everything feels very different. It’s the feel good season and it is also a time for “giving”. The Catholic Club Orphans’ Trust (CCOT) begins the month with inviting over 500 less privileged children from institutions around Bangalore to join us in our celebrations. We give them a day full of laughter, joy and togetherness. We entertain them for breakfast, lunch and tea with snacks in between and give each one of them a bag of goodies when they leave us at the end of the day.

I request Members to visit the Club on Sunday, 11th December along with your families and join us in giving these kids a great time. We also solicit contributions both in kind and cash to cover the cost. This event is conducted purely from contributions made by Members and our friends. The Club successfully conducted the CCOT Golf Tournament on the 18th of November with nearly 70 golfers participating. I thank the Members of the Golf Committee for the support and untiring efforts in making it a success. This Tournament has helped us raise funds for various social activities of the CCOT, such as our Medical Camps and Scholarship Programs.The celebration with the children is followed by The 5 day Christmas Bazar, Carols by Candlelight,The Christmas Eve “Cake & Wine” show,The CC signature “Yuletide Ball”.And the New Year’s Eve event . In between all these major events, we have the Children’s Evening with Santa, a program for the Senior Citizens and the Christmas Super Duper Bumper Housie.The events may be the same but the flavours will definitely be different. I’m sure you all are looking forward to this Season. We are putting in all our combined efforts to give you an experience to remember. I join the Managing Committee in wishing all the Members, their families and friends a great Season. Thanks & best wishesAlton Viegas

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Edited by: Alton Gerald ViegasPublished by: Catholic Club, 22, Museum Road, Bangalore - 560 025Printed at: National Printing Press, Bangalore - 560 095

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SPORTICO Marie Padival and Lally Vellara from our Club participated in Sugama Cup, National level Badminton Championship. This Tournament is organized for veterans and players from all over India participated. They won the Badminton Women’s Doubles and Lally won the Mixed Doubles as well. Congratulations Lally and Marie! As I write my update for the November Newsletter, the CC Badminton Team will be playing their Semi-Final match against the host at Hennur Banaswadi club. All the best guys.We will be having our last Doubles Badminton Tournament and Handicap Squash Tournament in our old court during the first and second week of Dec. Please reach out to our Markers for registration and other details.Coaching classes for the month of Dec:Squash: Saturday 9:00 – 10:30 am by Mekala SubedarBadminton: Sunday 10:00 – 12:00 noon by SanjeevKenuite MartisMIC - Sportico

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Offers Offers Offers !The Bar is over flowing with amazing offers on over 30 brands this Christmas Season. Continuing to keep up the ‘spirits’ of our Members for the December Season we have special offers/prices on most brands. To enhance your Christmas ‘spirit’ at the Club don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity on full bottle offers which you could also take home this Christmas Season for your own celebrations.Single Malts, premium Scotch and Vodka are now available at highly discounted prices. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. Check with your Waiters/Bar Man/Captain for special offers for this Season.Wishing you a spirited Christmas and Happy New Year!Naveen MendonzaMIC

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DIWALI DHAMAKAAAA This year Diwali Dhamaka 2016, theme being the “CC BIG BOSS” held on 5th November 2016 was a Block Bluster with a hundred Members and their children taking part, followed by DJ Hussain who played some amazing Bollywood tracks. A Big thank you to all the cast, crew, back stage, office and Club Staff. A big shout out to my Sub Committee. It was nice to see Members and their guests dressed up for the Masquerade Ball with DJ Rajiv held on 29th October 2016. Thanks to Jake and our Staff for creating the Masquerade theme.Its getting nippy, yeah its December ! Christmas is around the corner and we are raising the temperature this December at the Catholic Club for you, Dear Members, your families and friends to celebrate this season of sharing, giving and bonhomie. Put on your dancing shoes, woolies and spend this season at the Club as we roll out a month of non stop entertainment.The festivities begin from the 11th of December “Fun Day” were we have over 500 children from various orphanages spending the day at the Club

with various fun filled activities, entertainment, games and food. We request you Dear Members to make a generous contribution towards the Catholic Club Orphans’ Trust and also do come and participate in the “Fun Day”.The annual Christmas Bazaar with 10 FOOD stalls and 30 NON FOOD stalls will be held from December 12th to the 16th. Do come and enjoy the spirits of Christmas while shopping for Christmas goodies while listening to Carols. Registration for the stalls will open on 5th December from 10.30 AM at the main office. Allotment of stalls will happen during the booking process THROUGH

A DRAW OF LOTS. ONLY ONE STALL PER MEMBER shall be given. We have a special offer price of Rs. 2,000 (NON FOOD) and Rs. 4,000 (FOOD) for members who operate/run the stall by themselves. Members booking stalls for their

guest, prices will be Rs. 4,000/- (NON FOOD) AND Rs. 6,000/- (FOOD). Kindly note Members who are booking stalls for their self use if found violating the special offer prices given to Member to RUN/OPERATE stalls action shall be initiated against a Member as per the rules of the Club. What is Christmas without Carols?. Come and watch our Members and kids perform at Carols By Candle Light on 17th of December. This shall be followed by an evening of entertaining music featuring the band “ARTESANATOPULSO” Dear Members kindly note the TICKET PRICES ARE INCLUSIVE OF DINNER.DJ Ivan is back again at Bangalore’s best Christmas Eve Party “Cake and Wine” on 24th December. Come with your family and friends to experience Bangalore’s most happening Christmas event. Come dressed in formals to meet and greet your fellow Members at the Yuletide Ball on 28th December 2016 and Rock N Roll with Goa’s retro band, Syndicate.Catholic Club’s favourite Band A26 will perform at this “New Year Big Bash 2016”.

Make sure to book your tickets well in advance for your family and friends to avoid any disappointment and be here to bring in 2017 with a bang. Look forward to Catholic Clubs biggest show with fireworks and breathtaking music from Goa’s best Band A26.NOTE: Ticket/Table sales for all the shows will commence from Wednesday 7th December 2016 from 10 AM to 2 PM and 5 PM to 9 PM. Make sure to buy your tickets well in advance.There will table reservation for all December shows viz., Carols by Candle Light, Cake & Wine, Yuletide ball and New Year’s Eve at Rs.250/- per table. Only two tables per Membership Number is allowed. NO TABLE will be sold without Members buying ticket for the event concerned.Formal Dress code: Evening / National / Lounge, is strictly applicable on the 24th for Cake & Wine, and on the 28th for Yuletide Ball.Kindly go though the “Announcements” listed in the News Letter. Wish you a spirited Christmas and Happy New YearNaveen Mendonza - MIC ‘

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AnnouncementslTicket’s will be issued only to Members on their Smart Card.lMembers unable to purchase tickets in person may send the Smart Card and an authorising letter, addressed to the Secretary, requesting issue of tickets with full names of ticket holders and other relevant details, through a representative who will have to produce his/her photo ID to match the name in the letter. The Secretary is empowered to refuse an authorization letter, in case of doubt. lOccasional Member tickets will be issued only through Members. Members are entitled to entertain a maximum of 6 individual Occasional Members, above 12 years, per event, except for Cake & Wine and New Year’s Eve when the limit will be 4 individual Occasional Members.lIn the interest of enhancing Member experience, Occasional Member tickets will be limited.lDependents and Senior Dependents are not

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Dear Members,Our Banquets are now fully equipped to provide your guests and you the best possible experience. During this Festive Season, I encourage you to take maximum advantage of all that we offer: catering, audio-visual set-up, decorations, bar…all customized to suit your choice and needs.We strive hard at making your experience the best possible. Our rates are highly competitive, our standards are far superior, our facilities are most appropriate and comfortable, and lastly - the food is delicious.Contact the Office for more details and block your next function @ our Club Halls!Wishing you Season’s Best & God Bless!Warm Regards,Dev Kumar PrabhuMIC

entitled to purchase Occasional Member tickets.lFull names of Occasional Members are required to be provided for issue of Occasional Member tickets.lMembers are requested to produce their Smart Card along with the ticket at the entrance.lOccasional Members will be required to produce proof of identity at the entrance matching the name on the ticket.lTickets are strictly NON REFUNDABLE AND NOT TRANSFERABLE.lTickets need to be retained for the entire duration of the event, to be produced on demand.lAdvance sale of tickets for all events will commence on Wednesday, the 7th Dec 2016 and will continue till the day before the event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sale of Occasional Member tickets may close earlier.lSale of tickets on the show day for Members /Occasional Members will be at enhanced rates. There may not be any sale of tickets on the show day for Occasional Members, if sold out in advance.lThis year there will be table reservations for all December shows viz., Carols by Candle Light, Cake & Wine, Yuletide Ball and New Year’s Eve at Rs. 250 per table. Only two tables per Membership Number is allowed. Extra tables, if any, will be sold between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the day of the show on first come first served basis and subject to availability.lPlease note that NO TABLE will be sold without buying a Members ticket for the event concerned.lMembers reserving tables MUST occupy them by 9:00pm. Club will not be responsible if tables are occupied by others after 9:00 pm.lEntry for Carols by Candlelight will be from 7:00 pm. No Entry / Re-Entry for Occasional Members from 11:00 pm. onwards. Reserved tables to be occupied by 7:30 pm.lEntry for Cake & Wine will be from 8:30 pm. onwards. No Entry / Re-Entry for Occasional Members from 1:00 am. onwards.lEntry for the Yuletide Ball will be from 8:30 pm. onwards. No Entry/Re-Entry for Occasional Members from 12:00 midnight onwards. Reserved tables to be occupied by 9:00 pm.

lEntry for New Year’s Eve will be from 8:30 pm. onwards. No Entry or Re-entry for Occasional Members from 1:00 am. onwards.lDress Code: Strictly formal for Cake & Wine and the Yuletide Ball. Gents: Lounge suit Nehru Jacket (Bandh Galla)/Odd coat/ Blazer with a tie/bow tie. Ladies: Evening attire. Jeans/chinoscasual trousers strictly not permitted. lAll Club departments will be closed from 3:00 p.m. on the 17th, 24th, 28th and the 31st December 2016.lOther Club rules apply

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Billiards

Christmas is just round the corner, so COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON to all and have a wonderful time.The XXVI LOUIS MATHIAS MEMORIAL HANDICAP DOUBLES SNOOKER TOURNAMENT 2016 – 2017 has concluded on the 26th of October 2016. I would like to thank all who participated, specially Clubs like Indirangar Club and Jayanagar Cosmopolitan Club for participating in a tournament after so many years. Congratulations to the Winners, BDSA ( Bangalore District Snooker Association) represented by B.C.Karthik and Prabhakar. Well done and Congratulations to the Runners Up, our Catholic Club team, represented by Lionel De Nazareth and Karl Alphonso. Congratulations to the other teams who made it to the Semi Finals.I would also like to Congratulate Sean Davis for the Highest Break in the Tournament.I would like to thank Mrs. Louisa Mathias for joining usbeing with us for the Final and also giving away the prizes.The State Ranking Tournament in KSBA was held recently. The Billiards Committee would like to congratulate Sean Davis on being seeded as State No.2 and also Michael De Rebello on being seeded as State No.3. Congratulations once again to you guys and all the best for the future. There will be a lot of fun tournaments held this month for all our Members. Look out on the Notice Board for further details. Cheers !!!!Praveen Jerome - MIC

4th Dec 2016 (Sunday) 13 Cards Christmas Bumper - Rummy Knock Out Tournament AT 11am Advance Member Rs.300 | Guest Rs. 600 Last day for advance booking Friday 02.12.2016 ONE RE-ENTRY (Entries after 2nd December will be charged Rs 100 extra for both Members & Guests)10th Dec 2016 (Saturday) 21 Cards Christmas Bumper - Rummy Knock Out Tournament at 4 PMAdvance Members Rs. 500 | Guest Rs. 1,000Last day for advance booking Thursday 08.12.2016 ONE RE-ENTRY (Entries after 8th December will be charged Rs 100 extra for both Members & Guests)WHIST DRIVE 5th Dec 2016 (Monday) Christmas Bumper - Whist Drive At 6.30 PMMembers Rs. 40 | Guests Rs. 50 BRIDGE 13th Dec 2016 (Tuesday) Christmas Bumper - Bridge Tournament (MEMBERS ONLY) AT 6pm.Last day for registration 10th December 2016NOTE: To usher in the spirit of Christmas, the Bridge players can look forward to a great Tournament on 13th December at 6 PM followed by Dinner. The Beginners Classes will commence from January 2017. Those interested contact Mrs. Marjorie Texeira – Mob. No. 9844727341. MIC & his Sub Committee wish all Members a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2017.

For the last few months, as you are all aware, there has been a lot of structural work happening at the space where we had our food counters and unfortunately I guess it has been a problem with not being able to serve you all. The inconvenience caused is regretted.But on the brighter side the food counters will all be moving back soon and we are working on getting some new food vendors which will give you a larger variety of food/snacks and beverage options. Will keep you all posted very soon and here’s wishing you and your families a Merry Christmas and a great New Year.Gregory Pacheco - MIC

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ELDERS EVENING: Tuesday 20th December, 7.00p.m.A Christmas get together with a difference!A Red Carpet celebration with style, with Shyam and Clive in attendance, to take you through the evening with their inimitable music.No kids to trip over.No Youngsters to change the pace.Just You!!!Dress Code: FormalTickets: Member Rs.300 Guest Rs.500Enjoy the Evening and get ready for more awesome stuff for the rest of the Season.Gavin Cordeiro - MIC

The first Anniversary of ‘ROMP’ saw 100 plus Members along with some of their guests take part in a grand celebration. The event was flagged off by Nisha Millet and the participants had a choice of 5 kms or 7.5 kms to run. Once the run was completed, 10 ‘ROMP’ achievers were awarded for being regular. 9 lucky members won prizes ranging from a holiday for two in Masinagudi to trendy watches and dinner vouchers. Medals were distributed and a sumptuous breakfast buffet was served to all the participants. I would like to sincerely thank our sponsors, my Sub-Committee Members, the gym for their support, Club Staff, the Managing Committee and all our Members who participated in the 12the edition of ‘ROMP’ for their support and encouragement. It has truly been a fantastic year. Thank you for making it so!Our Gym is shortly going to undergo an expansion. I would like to remind our Members who might be thinking of signing up at gyms elsewhere, that our Gym will soon be twice its current size and will be stocked with the latest cardio and strength-training equipment. Do reconsider your plans of signing up elsewhere. Our Gym utilization has also increased and we look forward to welcoming more users. Our experienced instructors Wayne and Suresh will be more than happy to assist you all.Fitness Motivational Quote: Your body can stand up to almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince.Christmas and New Year greetings to you and your families!Tushar FernandesMIC

The last Ladies Coffee Morning for the year 2016 was held on the 27th November 2016. As always the Ladies had a great time. Look forward to the next Coffee Morning in January 2017. “A big thank you Mr Murali of 5asec and his team for their part sponsorship of the coffee morning held on 27th Nov”.Mrs.Sheila Lushington - MIC

LIBRARY Christmas Cake and Kul-kuls in November!Anything to do with food brings in a big crowd and Bridget White Kumar brought in a full house with her legendary cooking expertise of Anglo- Indian cuisine. In her typical and generous fashion, Bridget treated iBrowsers to delicious Christmas fruit cake, lightly frosted Kul kuls and crisp Christmas Cookies. Bridget has published seven books and she introduced us to her two new books - Anglo-Indian Cuisine-A Legacy of Flavours from the Past and A Collection of simple Anglo-Indian Recipes. As she explained, both books are a continuation of each other and each contains different Anglo-Indian recipes which covers most

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS TREE Sunday 18th December 4.00p.m.A traditional mix of fun and games as we welcome Santa back to the Club to meet all the Children who have been good all year. Gifts will be accepted from 7th to 17th December at the Reception Counter from 10.00am to 2.00p.m. and 5.00p.m. To 9.00p.m. Tickets : Member Child: Rs.300/-Guest Child`: Rs.500/- Age : Uto 12 years Bring yor kids along to have a blast!Gavin Cordeiro - MIC

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of the known and well loved Anglo Indian recipes.Book one is all about the old colonial dishes of the British Raj era, featuring the history and the evolution of the cuisine, while the second one has the familiar and well loved Anglo-Indian dishes which include a section on roasts, casseroles, bakes and the festive sweets and home-made wine. Her books have been published in the UK by Penguin, but since the books sold by them became unaffordable in India, she self published an Indian set of books.Interested iBrowsers asked questions ranging from how to make the best Ginger/Garlic paste, to why it is important to leave the skin on, on a festive roast chicken. The quaint concept of a side dish which in reality was the main dish of the meal and the simple vegetable foogaths, which are just stir fried fresh veggies in sliced onion, with a generous

sprinkle of grated fresh coconut, Bridget went into details about them all.As usual iBrowsers were treated to a sizeable discount on the list price of the books, along with the authors autograph making the book that much more valuable.

Amandeep Sandhu with his book “ Sepia Leaves” is our guest author for December’s iBrowse event, on the 9th December, 2016, at 6pm in the Ball room. His book touches on the scourge of mental illness which sadly is not treated, but hidden away as an embarassment by most families.In fact his book has been notified as a text in NIMHANS . So do come on the 9th and listen to his first hand and personal experiences. We have a second event on December 16th in the Club Library, with Shaiji Mathew and his kiddie book ‘Alfie the Elf ’ a Christmas fantasy. Bring your kids and enjoy a Christmas story which is perfect for the season. Shashi Lewis - MICMarianne Furtado de Nazareth Sub Committee Member

November has been a month of hectic activity for the CCOT.We had a total of five events this month.• The Medical check-up at St. Mary’s Orphanage for boys. 220 boys were examined by a team of Doctors from St. John’s led by Doctors Bobby Joseph and Pritish Kiran. Our thanks are due to them and the team of dedicated doctors who spent their mornings to help us in this work. Also to Dr. Dyphna D’Couto and a gang of lay CC members who willingly pitched in to help. All together the event was well appreciated. • The Art Workshop and sale by Elaina ‘Suja’ Smith, and her band of lively little art students, of 8 to 13 year olds, who exhibited their works and donated half the sale proceeds to CCOT. One cannot help but say, the standard of paintings on display was well above all expectations for such young apprentices. Notable in this event, was the workshop conducted by these students for the St. Patrick’s Boys. They obviously did well. St. Patrick’s has asked for more !• CCOT also commenced the Skill Development Program for the girls of Good Shepherd Orphanage. By the looks of it the first session was very well received. There are 23 more to go. CCOT hopes to duplicate this program in other Orphanages once the results of this trial are over.• We also had The Catholic Club Orphans’ Trust Golf Tournament at the BGC. 63 Golfers assembled an hour before Tee off at 7am to compete for the trophies on offer. All this despite another major tournament being held on the same day at Mysore. The secret of our success was the zealous Golf Committee that came forward to organise the event. Our thanks to Javid Sherif, Sunil Vasanth, Peter Prem, Govind Moyanani, Rumi Gyara, and Joey Santiago who gave generously of their Time and talent to get this thing going. A huge thank you to our Sponsors, M/s. Prestige Group,

HOUSIE

Christmas Super Duper Bumper Housie only for Members on 25th December 2016 at 7 PM with prize money of upto Rs. 1 lakh.Your MIC & his Sub Committee wish all Members a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2017.

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Epson, Austin Roach, Seek and Hide and Krishvi Builders, Ambient Construction, and of course, this event would not have been possible without the generous co-operation of the Bangalore Golf Club and their enthusiastic Committee. Thank you all.• And on the 26th we had the CCOT Charity Ball. The Goa Band and the superb catering unfolded a super evening. Thank you all for taking part.Folks, we now look forward to the Flagship event of the year. The CCOT Orphans’ Day on the 11th. Of December. The donation books are out. So do remember these 700 odd kids in your Christmas planning. And do come with your kids to help on that day. See you soonGreg D’Sa

On 14th October, 2016 we had the privilege to listen to the personal testimony of Ms. Linda Joseph from the Divine Retreat Center, Potta, Kerala. Ms. Linda who a journalist with BBC based in London is now a full time counselor with DRC. She also conducts retreats for the religious at the center.Ms. Linda recalled many moments in her life when she turned to God for direction in her life and how God showed her the path.On 18th November we had Fr. Joseph Royan CSsr who led us in a talk titled ‘Role of Christian Families in the Faith formation of Children’.Fr. Royan highlighted the important role of parents, siblings and extended families in the Faith formation of Christian Children.

Advent Programs in December, 20162nd December, 7pm - program led by

Msgr. S. Jayanathan9th December 7pm - program led by Fr. Adolf

Washington16th December 7pm - Advent program

(Details to be announced)

FAITH ACTIVITIES

DAY DATE PROGRAMME TIMING

Friday 2 Fatih Program : Msgr.S.Jayanathan 7.00 PM

Bar Night with Lloyd 8.30 PM

Saturday 3 Musical Evening with 4 stroke 8.30 PM

Sunday 4 Christmas Bumper Rummy Knock Out T ournament (13) 11.00 AM

Monday 5 Christmas Bumper Whist Drive 6.30 PM

Friday 9 Faith Programme : Fr.Adolf Washington 7.00 PM

Bar Night with Mario 8.30 PM

Saturday 10 Christmas Bumper Rummy Knock Out Tournament (21) 4.00 PM

Musical Evening with MIKE KERR & Hard Attack 8.30 PM

Sunday 11 ORPHAN’S DAY 9.00 AM

Monday 12 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 6.00 PM

Tuesday 13 Christmas Bumper Bridge Tournament 6.00 PM

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 6.00 PM

Wednesday 14 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 6.00 PM

Thursday 15 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 6.00 PM

Friday 16 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 6.00 PM

Faith Programme 7.00 PM

Saturday 17 CAROLS BY CANDLE LIGHT 7.00 PM

Sunday 18 Children’s Christmas Tree 4.00 PM

Monday 19 Moonlight Carols 8.00 PM

Tuesday 20 Elders’ Evening 7.00 PM

Moonlight Carols 8.00 PM

Wednesday 21 Barcardi Night – Xmas special – with DJ Rolly 8.30 PM

Thursday 22 Moonlight Carols 8.00 PM

Friday 23 Moonlight Carols 8.00 PM

Saturday 24 CAKE & WINE DJ Ivan Performing 8.30 PM

Sunday 25 Christmas Super Duper Bumper Housie 7.00 PM

Wednesday 28 YULETIDE BALL – The Syndicate – Band from Goa 7.00 PM

Saturday 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY A – 26 7.30 PM

PROGRAMME FOR DECEMBER 2016