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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ With reference to various posts on the above subject, St. Anne was the Patroness of our home in Mapuca and so we always celebrated her Novena and Feast with pomp. Two hymns I remember particularly well and reproduce below: Santa Anna, Nossa Senhora Saint Anne, our Lady Mae da Mae do nosso Redentor Mother of the Mother of Our Redeemer Em todos momentos da nossa vida In all moments of our life Valei-nos a Vossa protecao Offer us your protection Santa Anna, Mae de Mae de Deus (everybody sings) Mae de Deus (Solo Bass) BIS Rogai, Rogai (everybody sings) Rogai (Solo Bass) BIS Rogai a Jesus por nos (everybody Saint Anne, Mother of the Mother of GOD Pray for us (Both lines twice) Pray to Jesus for us) Unfortunately I do not have the necessary musical training to put the tunes to requisite notes so Goanetters could sing, if so desired. When we were children, and our father was home for the fest, his was the Solo and his stentorian bass used to make us children laugh, to the dismay and “big eyes” of the elders. In 1985 when we disposed of the Mapuca house, we took with us to S. PAULO the more than century old mid-sized statues of S. Anne and S. Joaquim, which we brought with us to the USA when we moved here. So we continue to this day the old tradition, keeping live the love for Home and our country, GOA The very large “Oratorio” in which the statues were housed was donated to the Historical Institute in Porvorim, being too immense to send to Brazil.
