I have before me 3 volumes of ""Follow Me''' written by one Fr. N. Mascarenhas which contain a lot of information about Christianity in Goa and above all about thousand and thousand gardeners who toiled so hard in the Lord's not very extensive vineyard in Goa from Siolim in the north to Velim in the south.
Sometime back I had few posts on the Goanet in which I had expressed my opinion that by 1961, 90% of Goan catholics were either illiterate or quasi illiterate. No one seems to have challenged the veracity of this figure on illiteracy in Glorious Goa of 1961. The question that now arises is, how come for 450 years with so many intellectuals from Europe as well as locals (may P Benedict do justice to their Jose Vaz ) caring for our spiritual needs, over 90% of the grapes in the Lord's vineyard actually turned to be sour.
