Our History

Inception

Our first meeting was on 24th Feb 2013 at the residence of Dilip & Amrith Lewis. An informal meet n greet session where we broke the ice and some bread at our home. It was a gathering of five families. We had familiarized ourselves with the families thru email/social networking for a couple of months so it was a delightful feeling to see them in person. The group got in sync right away. Our ice breaker was a game where each person introduced themselves with an adjective in front of their name, starting with the same letter as their name. For instance, my dear hubby introduced himself as Dildar Dilip. Everyone was so creative and we got some witty combinations like Smokin’ hot Sunil, Mastiwalla Merwin, Awesome Archie, Very Very friendly Victor to state a few. After a round of delicious appetizers we voted on the name of our Vado. The name we selected by popular demand was Bhagevonth Kutam. After a scrumptious dinner of delectable entrees prepared by the ladies we discussed some more about what we wanted for the future of our Vado and also the dates for the next event. The highlight of the evening was Archie on the strings, strumming away the Baila and popular English/Konkani numbers. All of us greatly enjoyed the singsong session.

A New Beginning -Bhagevonth Kutam (Holy Family) Vado, PA

I remember fondly the days when we were newlyweds and warmly welcomed into a group of Mangalorean Catholics residing in Singapore. It was much like a Vado, we called ourselves the "Singmangs". This group became our anchor, our family away from home. When we relocated to the US, we found ourselves searching for a similar companionship. The MCA-EC was our answer. Over the last 4 years we have gained the friendship of so many lovely people on the East coast and built lasting memories as members of the MCA-EC. But still, Yeh Dil Mange More...When the MCA-EC announced that they were interested in starting a Vado in PA we felt called to the task.

-Amrith Lewis, May 2017