Father Muller’s celebrates 180th birth anniversary of its founder Rev. Fr Augustus Muller

Father Muller’s celebrates 180th birth anniversary of its founder Rev. Fr Augustus Muller

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Mar 13, 2021:      The Father Muller Charitable Institution (FMCI) celebrated the 180th birth anniversary of its founder Rev. Fr Augustus Muller on Saturday 13 March 2021. The blessing and inauguration of Renovated OPD and new Facility Block was also held on the occasion. The Bishop of Mangalore Diocese and the President of FMCI was the Main Celebrant at the Eucharistic celebration at 7:30am.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thanksgiving mass was attended by the priests of the management and the whole faculty, staff and students. The homily preached by the Bishop focused on “humility” being the virtue that one should posses both inwardly and as a garment. Narrating the vision of Jesus Christ to St Jerome (the translator of the Bible to Latin, the Vulgate), who was asked to gift his sins to the Lord as the precious gift that humans can give to the All Forgiving Lord. The bishop also asked the gathering to pray for the Pope, as it was the day he was elected 8 years ago (13 March 2013) as the leader of the earthly church. The Carmel choir comprised of students of the institution who sung praises in an angelic prayerful voice.

The newly renovated outpatient department of the Father Muller Medical College Hospital was blest by the bishop following a ribbon cutting. The director of FMCI Rev. Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho welcomed the gathering which was followed by blessing of the premise by the Bishop. The OPD block built in 1970 has catered for a number of patients who have availed free OPD services at the Father Muller Medical College Hospital. The ground floor was renovated and blest in the year 2020 housing the medical records section, billing section, reception area, spacious medical superintendent’s office and the central air-conditioned state-of-the art casualty and emergency trauma/medicine unit.

The day also witnessed the launch of the Father Muller App by the Bishop for the in-house circulation of news and faculty/student related intimations. The app developed under the guidance of Rev. Fr Ajith B. Menezes seeks to promote paper less messaging and communication in the institution. The app can be downloaded through the google play store, accessed through the secure network and code by the faculty and students and only the basic profile of the institutions by outsiders. The app is another initiative by the institution in garnering NAAC scores and above all in communicating among and between colleges run by FMCI.