Hello Rudy: I have read your post with interest and I have a few questions.
I do not know anything about The Canadian Goan Christian Group (CGCG). >From what I can see from the flyer there are these names. Velda Abreu 905-568-9352 . . . . . current President of the G.O.A. Toronto (http://www.goatoronto.com/about-us/committee/) Selvin Concessio 416 735-5949 Gilbert D’Souza 905-626-7521 Eric De Souza 416-626-7743 Zulema de Souza 905-897-1408 Rudy Fernandes 905-238-9167 Patsy Fernandez 905-683-8124 Cellie Gonsalves 905-883-6115 Al Mathias 905-848-8999 Angela Menezes 905-271-1737 . . . . . current President of the Canorient Association (http://canorienttoronto.com/committee/) David Peters 416-568-1978 Dr. Colin Saldanha 905-890-8183 So here are my questions: 1. Who does the Canadian Goan Christian Group represent? Is it a formal body represented by a governing committee? 2. What are the formal Aims and Objectives of this group? Is there a Mission statement? 3. The "contributions from the "Goan clergy" in the GTA". Are we focussing on "Goan" clergy alone? Flyer states otherwise. 4. Pilar does have missions outside India - England, USA, Germany, Italy, & Nepal. If the CGCG sees an urgent need for Evangelization of Society in the GTA, why not approach the Society of Pilar, Goa to open a mission here? 5. The money that is to be raised via ticket sales. How is that going to be managed? How much is planned for the reception and how much for the Archdiocese of Toronto? What is the Archdiocese going to do with this money? "CGCG will be working in tandem with the Archdiocese of Toronto . . " Has a formal relationship been set up between the CGCG and the Archdiocese? What will be the focus? 6. The money to be donated to the Archdiocese of Toronto will be done in whose name? The Goans of the GTA or this specific body called the CGCG? 6. “Evangelization of Society/Youth” - is there a special focus on youth from the Indian sub-continent? If so where is this need manifested? 7. "CGCG plans to work closely with youth leaders. . ." Have these youth leaders been identified? Who are they? If there is a need to have a "Tribute to our Clergy", why is it not done via the auspices of the G.O.A. Toronto & Canorient combined as they ostensibly represent the Goan (read South Asian Catholic) diaspora in the GTA? I am circulating this to other Goans also for their thoughts and input. Regards Tim de Mello > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:00:10 -0400 > Subject: "Tribute to our Clergy" celebration on Nov 9, 2013 > To: [email protected] > > Dear Tim and Jenny, > > Trust you both are enjoying the summer and that all's well at your end. > > I've been asked by the Canadian Goan Christian Group, of which I'm a > member, to seek donations for the upcoming "Tribute to our Clergy" > celebration on Nov 9, 2013 at St Joseph's Church in Mississauga. > > The key objectives of the CGCG "Tribute to our Clergy" initiative are to: > > 1) highlight the contribution of our "Goan clergy" in Canada. > > (We know how much we all benefited from European and American priests > in the past. They contributed significantly to strengthening our faith > and educational growth. It is only fitting that we now celebrate > similar contributions from the "Goan clergy" in the GTA. We are > fortunate that Cardinal Collins will be concelebrating Mass with them > on Nov 9). > > 2) contribute to, and closely participate with, the Pastoral Plan of > the Archdiocese of Toronto in the Evangelization of Society, specially > our youth - who are our future. > > 3) raise $100,000 for the Evangelization of Society initiatives > included in the Toronto Pastoral Plan which identifies “Evangelization > of Society/Youth” as one of its key priorities. > > The CGCG will be working in tandem with the Archdiocese of Toronto and > the CGCG will strive to ensure that the funds collected for the > Evangelization of Society/Youth initiative will be allocated/utilized > in the most effective and efficient manner. > > CGCG plans to work closely with youth leaders, etc who will help to > provide input re next steps. If we all do not act before it is too late > we may not be able to stem the tide of Catholic Church dropouts - from > GTA community adults and specifically our youth. > > The empty churches all over Europe and even Quebec indicates that > evangelization has never been more critical than now, as championed by > our Holy Father Pope Francis. The above initiative is aimed at shoring > up our faith and helping our Goan and Catholic community to get the > youth back in the fold before it is too late. > > As next steps we are seeking donations from caring individuals such as > yourselves for this worthy cause - "To whom much is given, much is > expected". > > Thank you and please feel free to let me know if you need any > clarification or have additional questions that I may be able to > answer. > > Rudy > PS FYI, I'm pleased to inform you that donations to the tune of > $45,000+ have already been received. > > http://www.goanvoice.ca/2013/issue13/ref/Tribute-to-Clergy.pdf >
