Hello Anne Marie Fernandes from Calangute Goa, Bosco D'Mello from Canada ani mogall ixtt,
Anne, in response to your request "In the volume 944 this Fr.Aristo J Coelho becomes Mr.Aristo J Coelho PhD. Why? Could Fr.Aristo Coelho explain to the readers whether he is afraid to write on the goanet as a priest?" below is a brief response. THE PRESENT: Since my marriage to Vivian[a] in 1994, I'm an Independent Catholic Priest incardinated with the White Robed Monks of St. Benedict and live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. "The White Robed Monks of St. Benedict [WRB] serve the Contemporary Catholic and all people. Their outlook is that of a Catholic Spirituality rather than religion. Thus, they are neither Roman nor Orthodox, Liberal nor Old Catholic. (Their priests and deacons come from the Roman and other Catholic jurisdictions.) The White Robed Benedictines are just Catholic." For more info please go to http://www.wrmosb.org. You may also want to check http://www.spiritualdirection.org/NewsAlert.htm. THE PAST: A Salesian of Don Bosco for 25 years [1968-1993] I've worked in Goa since March 1978, after Archbishop Raul Gonsalves ordained me to the Priesthod in Navelim, Goa on Dec. 21, 1977. I collaborated with Fr. Felipe Neri Ferrao on the Vocation Commission in Goa and along with him shared good times with the Goans in Rome when both of us studied there in the late 1980s. If you go to http://www.spiritualdirection.org/Ariosto-Coelho.htm, you may read the following: "He [Ariosto] represented the Pia Sociedade Salesiana de São João Bosco in Goa (1980-88) in Civil and Criminal Courts starting at the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. As a member of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council of Goa (1982-84) he espoused the cause and causes of the religious men and women. As the founding Vice-President of the Trust for the Education of the Socially and Economically Disadvantaged he collaborated with a dedicated group of men and women at Jesuit House in Margao, Goa to sponsor activities that would address the needs of the marginalized children in Goa. A Trustee of the Bombay Salesian Society and a Councilor to the Salesian Provincial of Bombay (1982-88) Ariosto held a number of responsibilities in the governance and development of the Salesian Institutions in Western and Central India, particularly in the Goa and Gujarat regions." I hope I have not confused you. If you have any further questions, I'll be happy to answer. Please note, my first name is Ariosto not Aristo. Whether I use or do not use the prefixes Fr. or Mr. before my name, I'm still the same crook, :). THE FUTURE: May I take the liberty to inform you that curently I'm putting together a series of meditations based on my oil paintings and other creative expressions, which I hope to publish around my Mom's birth centenary on Dec. 21, 2007. Like Pope Benedict XVI in "Jesus of Nazareth" (2007, p. xxiii) I, too, would like to confess that this series of meditations is solely an expression of my personal search for the face of the Lord (cf. Ps 27:8). If my paintings and meditations help you seek and see your face of the Lord, Ill be more than delighted, grateful. Mog assom di ani vaddom di. With every good wish and prayer from Viviana and Fr. Ariosto Coelho <www.SpiritualDirection.org> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: 10/24/2007 2:31 PM