Señor Marcos Catao;
I quite enjoyed to read your " First Mass".It came to me old memorys .I was
in Rachol Seminary for 2-3 years.My perfeito was father Antonio Souza and
our dean at that time was Monsenhor Agapito Lourenço.I don´t remember
the year .I´m leaving in Spain more than 40 years .
Thank you to share the memoryes.
All the best,mucha salud,
Áureo Mendes
----- Mensaje original -----
De: Jean & Marcos Catao
Para: Goanet
Enviado: lunes, 09 de julio de 2007 7:34
Asunto: [Goanet] Reminiscences of my Goan Youth: The First Mass
REMINISCENCES OF MY GOAN YOUTH
(circa 1940)
THE FIRST MASS
MARCOS GOMES-CATAO
In the social life of the Catholic community in GOA of pre-Conciliar days,
the village son's FIRST MASS at the Parish church, after ordination
occupied
a place of unique relevance, an occasion of unalloyed joy, celebrated with
an eclat rivalling that of household son or daughter's wedding.
