Ok Zelma, Got it! Let it be done any which way, so to say....... Presume those in the Church Committee are on SaligaoNet & will pick up "ideas".......??? Annette
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:17:18 +0400 Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Church Maintenance - Funds - Donations From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Hi Annette I think you got me wrong - I did not mean PLEDGE in the way of an appeal letter. I have and am working still on a couple of fund raising drives and I shared one of the ideas we have used, The PLEDGE I am talking about is, as a person, for example - I PLEDGE Rs 50,000/- and I pay this amount via 5 cheques of Rs 10,000/- each, this way I have made a kind of PROMISE ( if you want to put it that way) to the Church/ Organisation that I am pledging Rs 50, 000/-. I believe this is a common way of supporting a cause or a need in European countries too. We have a large number of friends supporting Mary's Meals, a global organization that feeds hungry children around the world and that includes India and some 16 other countries. What everyone does, they pay Dhs 60/- per month to feed a hungry child for one year. This has worked and is currently an ongoing program here in the UAE. All we need to do at an organization level, is to monitor and manage the funds coming in, send wire transfers at the end of the month, send out reminders to those who have pledged their XX amount. In this case, there is a Fund Raising Committee, who can do this. I have only shared an idea that we have used and has given us success, it is upto the committee to use the idea, spread the word, and make it happen. God Bless and I hope our Mae De Deus Church will receive funds from many saligaokars near and far. Zelma Saligao / Abu Dhabi On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:02 PM, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[email protected]> wrote: Okay! We are finally down to the nitty gritty. At last! Someone remembers the FUND! - Albert, you are right but that one lakh at that time was ok as interest generated then was around 20% perhaps... now it is down to 4% or 9%.... the Church & its Committee would require more now - times have changed & how! As for shaking trees, perhaps we can just leave the donations & generosity of the Saliganvkars, in the light of their devotion to Mae de Deus, to the Saliganvkars themselves (in Saligao & around the World). I guess only the Parish Priest & Church Committee would be able to confirm the rest.......As of now it is only what I have heard from others (some Saliganvkars are no longer living to confirm) that the money in the Fabrica belongs partly to the "Bishop's Fund" so as to help with maintainenance of other churches around Goa. And yes, my grouse in recent years (there was no such thing before) has been about part of the "Sunday Collection" of Saliganvkars again being "used for other Churches"??? Maybe Albert & I are wrong! Would appreciate a clarification from "those in the know". Acceptance is then mandatory, ....of course thought & action could follow accordingly. Zelma, I dont think a PLEDGE is required as the Funds Raising Committee is already in place. Since Rico didnt check out my request in my mail of yesterday, & as I have the APPEAL (all information is therein) with me today, will just scan & send it through now. (after all it is Saligao-related!) Have a nice day! We have reached our weekend & I am "tiredly" waiting for it since the last weekend. Annette From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Church Maintenance - Funds - Donations Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:02:18 +0000 During the centenary celebration we had formed a fund of one lakh which was to be used (interest) towards the maintaince of the church but I have been given to understand that fund has been added to the fabric because the bishop wanted that money. Secondly the church gives 50% to bishop every sunday. Now ask the bishop for the money to repair the chuch. we had already contributed towards the major repairs of the church. we are not shaking trees to give everynow and then. Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:34:22 +0400 Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Church Maintenance - Funds - Donations From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected] A Pledge would work well here to raise the funds that our Saligao Church needs. Each member can pledge a certain amount towards the Church Fund, and plan it over a period of 6 months to one year. Please write to Mr. Rudy Saldanha ( Secretary) and Fr. Dominic, Assistant Parish Priest, - both on the Fund Raising Committee, pledging your amounts, and giving your contact details. Email Addresses: Mr. Rudy Saldanha - [email protected] Fr. Dominic Sequeira - [email protected] Together WE CAN support our MAE DE DEUS Church. “MAE DE DEUS” SAIBINNIN TUMCHER AXIRVAD GHALUM! Warm Regards Zelma De Souza Saligao / Abu Dhabi. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:45 PM, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[email protected]> wrote: I refer to my mail regarding previous donor lists being circulated around the globe. I also earlier touched on the point that Minton & Schubert made about "The local / touristik authorities should be asked to contribute" & which I thought was being done, & threw in about "Tourism Minister being from Saligao" (would have thought it would be easier without it being regarded as favours or handouts because of the word "heritage"). So guess some of us are on the same wavelength including May. I am sure most Saliganvkars at Home & Abroad would have received by now an "Appeal" made by the Funds Raising Committee of the Church requesting help & generous donations to complete the final & 5th phase of ongoing renovation etc.. If not, I can get the same sent to you all through this Net if the "Fathers" or "Incharge" of this Net allow this, or they could send it too seeing that they are also in Saligao & would have a copy. Reproduced below is the request, ...however, the "Appeal" (giving details & the way in which donations could be made) is not with me at the moment....... so??? Rico, perhaps you could lend a hand here??? Annette Funds Raising Committee Church of Mae De Deus Saligao, Bardez Goa Dated 21.04.2013 Dear The Parish Priest Fr. Luciano Fernandes, on recommendation from Fabrica de Igreja de Saligao and the Parish Pastoral Council has appointed a Fund Raising Committee for the ongoing fifth and last phase of our project of renovation of church and residence. The committee has been authorized to raise funds for this project in line with the enclosed Appeal. The committee consists of the following members: 1. Fr. Luciano Fernandes (Parish Priest/President of Fabrica) 2. Mr. Dominic Andrade (Convenor) 3. Mr. Rudy Saldanha (Secretary) 4. Mrs. Marilyn Vaz 5. Mr. Thankachan M. 6. Miss. Cleta D’Souza The Fund Raising committee sincerely expects all support and cooperation from all our Saliganvkars, Benefactors and Friends. “MAE DE DEUS” SAIBINNIN TUMCHER AXIRVAD GHALUM! Gratefully Yours, Fr. Luciano Fernandes Mr. Dominic Andrade Rudy Saldanha > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:29:15 +0530 > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Fwd: Fw: Heritage Festival In Saligao /Religion > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Dear Minton , > > yes indeed a heritage structure requires plenty of funds for its > maintainance and upkeep . The local / touristik authorities should be > asked to contribute . Also we have plenty of our Saligaokars spread > out all over the globe and all ( practically all ) doing extremely > well and for sure they can contribute their mite towards the upkeep of > the church like we all did last time when the church underwent major > repairs and renovation - a good job at that time indeed undertaken by > Mr Austin Gama ! > God Bless > > S.Vaz > > On 4/21/13, Minton Sousa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Saligaokars, > > Though our church is a religious monument, it is also a great touristic > > landmark that all goans not only saligaokars should be proud of. > > The maintenance should be taken by all parties involved so that it > > continues to be a heritage site. > > Like in europe, devise a strategy to involve the state govt., tourism > > authority, village panchayatt and the archdiocese to look after and raise > > funds for its upkeep. > > minton souza > > pequeno morrod -- -- -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. 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