[Posted by Val Souza] New essay on Saligao Serenade: ========================================= What Did it Cost to Build the Saligao Church? by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas As people from all over the world, with roots in Goa’s northern village of Saligao, celebrate the 137th anniversary of the inauguration of the Mae de Deus Church, it’s interesting to look back and establish how much money was set aside for the construction of our beloved church all those years ago. We begin with the set-up of things prior to the laying of the foundation stone of the church. The year is 1866... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/11/26/what-did-it-cost-to-build-the-saligao-church/ =========================================
Other essays featured this week: A Red-Letter Day for Saligao A great joy, a feeling of exaltation, a festive aura seemed to permeate and spur the village of Saligao. The day had an electrifying effect that charged everyone with nonpareil happiness. The village seemed to have woken up on the morning of November 26, 1873, as one unique and compact mass to celebrate the great day in its history, and to render the greatest possible homage to Our Lady Mae de Deus under whose mantle protection and maternal care all of the village would be placed from this day. [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2008/09/08/a-red-letter-day-for-saligao/ ========================================== First Mass in Saligao Church In the new Saligao Church, on 27 November 1873, there was a solemn High Mass with a choir and music in honour of the Patroness of the Church. After the Gospel reading, the well-known preacher and one of the greatest luminaries of the Goan clergy... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/03/11/first-mass-in-saligao-church/ ========================================== The Man Behind the Saligao Church If one were called upon to single out a specific individual as the greatest benefactor of the village of Saligao, that individual would undoubtedly be Francisco Salvador Zeferino Pinto, fondly known as Salu Pinto. [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2008/08/06/the-man-behind-the-saligao-church/ ========================================== -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
