If Fr Ralin de Souza is not celebrating a mass at the Shrine of our Lady of Fatima in the city, you can bet your last penny that he will be at the nearby basketball court.
A Salesian priest at Don Bosco, Fr Ralin has been heading the Goa Basketball Association (GBA) for four years and has now achieved a unique distinction: He is the best-quali-fied basketball coach from Goa and the third-best in the country.
“Basketball is now my vocation. I give it religious significance,” said Fr Ralin, who is the only Goan basketball coach to be listed on the FIBA-WABC website among 111 Indian coaches who are qualified after the intensive coaching program undertaken by FIBA and WABC in India.
From among all his passions, Father Ralin always gave special importance to basket-ball.
