Goanet next meets in Goa: January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). Goanet founder Herman Carneiro will be there. See you there! ------------------------------
George, I always thought that the order of St. Francis Xavier (SFX) diocesian priests head-quartered in Pilar close to Old Goa was a genuinely goan order, despite the slight problem they may have had with their branch in Bandra (Mumbai) about six years ago ! Maybe, you have some comment on this ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:05 AM Subject: [Goanet]Re: Un-intellectual, Un-ladylike, and Proud of it! > Goanet next meets in Goa: January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). Goanet founder Herman Carneiro will be there. See you there! > ------------------------------ > > --- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > People are felicitated and feted make some pronouncements and in my > > personal experience all these promises come to nought. > > > Dear Gabe: > > I agree with you. On balance our self-promoting Goan leaders, the Archdiocese of Goa, our Goans > nuns and priests have let Goans down. They have not inspired leadership, entrepreneurship, pride > in being Goan or cultivated Goan history, etc. Imagine after 500 years of being foot-soldiers for > the Vatican (mostly European) we do not have a SINGLE Catholic order in our name but do a lot of > the work for the glory of foreign religious orders (Salesians, Redemptorists, Jesuits, etc.). No > saint either after 500 years! I do not know why Goans allow themselves to be treated as doormats. > Perhaps Fred Noronha reference to the "colonized mind" explains all or some of it. > > Best wishes, > George > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
