Saligao Serenade wishes everyone a Glorious Christmas and a Grace-Filled New Year 2011
New essay on Saligao Serenade: ========================================= The Golden Jubilee of Saligao Church (1923) - I by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas In the annals of the Saligao Church, the 50th anniversary celebrations of its foundation, held on 26th November 1923, was an event that made big news in various journals of Goa. Its remote preparation began with the meeting of the parishioners held on 29th October 1922 under the chairmanship of the then parish priest of Saligao, Rev... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/12/23/the-golden-jubilee-of-saligao-church-1923-i/ ========================================= Other essays featured this week: Christmas In Saligao by Mel D'Souza The warm glow of that star, hanging in the balcão of homes silhouetted against the dark backdrop of tropical trees under a clear starry night, was something to behold. It exuded an aura of peace and tranquility, it lifted our spirits in hard times, and it etched itself indelibly in... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2009/12/20/christmas-in-saligao/ ========================================== Alms And The Man In the old days there were few mendicants in the villages of Goa. Those that did exist were neither professional beggars of the type one encounters in the cities of India today nor were they unknown vagrants. They were persons from... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/05/25/alms-and-the-man/ ========================================== His But To Reason Why Many years ago, a young man named Felix D’Souza, from Mudd’davaddi in the village of Saligao, was prone to question just about everything he encountered, using a single Portuguese word — porquê (why). After a while, his entire family was... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/07/26/his-but-to-reason-why/ ========================================== -- 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!
