Dear folk of our GoaNet,
Last Sunday ( the 28th of November ) after many years
of absence ( about 11 to be exact) I attended the celebration of the SFX
feast done by our local G.O. A. (Goan Overseas Association ) of Toronto ,
Canada and I was pleasantly surprised by the careful organisation by
the three ladies who organised every detail very lovingly and carefully .
From the numerous volunteers including the choir who sang old and loved
konkani hymns during the Mass, including Fr. Cecil Noronha ,the celebrant,
who in his usual humourous style exhorted us to be faithful to our
catholic faith despite the usual north american temptations of a consumer
economy, and in these days of being politically correct which requires to
set aside our moral beliefs to be more accomodating to the present
culture, and the various other goan folk who gave of their time and
efforts to make this event a success, I take my hat off to them !
I say kudos to the Toronto G.O. A who thru ` the many unsung folk
who take the trouble to keep our devotion to " amche Goencho Saibe "
, Saint Francis Xavier alive.
May our efforts to help in the canonisation of Padre Agnel DeSouza
and the Blessed Jose Vaz be looked at favourably by the Vatican and
the Lord in Heaven.
Joe Lobo
