Mangalore: Under the patronage of Diocesan of Mangalore the  CODP,  YCS and Codialbail  Press jointly organising "Lock and Rock" a diocesan level megha series of competitions  for students from Std 1st to PUC in the diocese. 

The competitions will be held online so that children can participate from home. These  competitions  aim at keeping  the children positively occupied and creatively involved during the Lockdown period so that they grow spiritually and mentally. The series  begins from 12 th April Easter day and will go on for four weeks till 10 th May 2020. Every week three tasks namely Quiz,  Inspiring Bible Sentence (audio)  and Video Challange   will be given. 

The information, rules and regulations, weekly winners, weekly new tasks etc   will be uploaded every Sunday in the  diocesan website www.dioceseofmangalore.com. Other social media will also be used to communicate the information. Other than the weekly prizes in each event there will be bumper prizes at the end of the fourth week for the winners and  those participate in the whole series without fail. 

This competition is open to all Catholic children residing in the diocese of Mangalore  and elsewhere/ abroad. The language of communication will be Konkani. Each week different themes will be taken like Faith, Environment, Konkani Culture and General Knowledge. 

The organizing committe consists of Fr Rupesh Madtha, Fr  Vishal Monis, Fr  Kenneth Crasta, Mr. Preetham d'souza and Mr. Prajwal  Sequeira. A large number of participants are expected to take part.