And pray, what is this 'Naik' buisiness? AT
>From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" ><[email protected]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOANS of KENYA - MOMBASA_newsletter >Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:55:02 +0100 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "r.barreto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Goanet" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:11 AM >Subject: [Goanet] GOANS of KENYA - MOMBASA_newsletter > > >0000000000000 >GLOBAL GOANS >------------ ----------------- > GOANS of KENYA >------------ --------- -------- >MOMBASA_newsletter >============ = > >Issue No. 5/2006 Sept. 2006 > > >10. PATRON SAINT OF GOA > >According to church official records the Patron Saint of >Goa is St. Catherine of Alexandria on whose Feast Day 25 >October 1510, Goa was conquered by the Portuguese under the >command of Alfonso de Albuquerque. However, Goans have >always honoured St. Francis Xavier as their Patrol Saint >after he was canonized several years after the conquest. >In recent years, Blessed Joseph Naik Vaz has been honoured >as co-Patron of the See Cathedral in Old Goa. > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >There is some confusion in the paragraph above. The truth is as follows: > >a) As regards the date of Goa's (re-)conquest by Afonso de Albuquerque, it >was 25 November (not October) 1510. And the feast day of St. Catherine of >Alexandria falls precisely on 25 November. > >b) St. Catherine is not and never was the Patron Saint of Goa. She was (and >remains so) the Patron Saint of the Se Catedral of Goa. > >c) Blessed Joseph Vaz was officially proclaimed Patron of the Archdiocese >of >Goa and Daman on 16 January 2000, his feast day. > >d) St. Francis Xavier has always been honoured by the people of Goa as >"Goencho Saib" (Lord of Goa). > >Jorge > >_______________________________________________ >Goanet mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
