Thats a Great Accomplishment by a priest from Goa [ Saligao ] I do remember seeing the photographs with the Pope.
Thank you for sharing that info with the community. Seby Mascarenhas --- Nascimen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pope Jonh Paul II held my hands > , spoke and bless me. > > The International Confederation of Christian > Family Movement( ICCFM) held its World Assembly of > Families, In Domus Mariae, in Rome, from November > 16--20, 1980.The theme was: The Christian Families > response to the Synod of Bishops on * The Role of > the Christian Family in the Modern World*. As I > formed part of the Indian delegation to this > International Assembly as Chaplain of the Christian > Family Movement, it led me to have an encounter with > Pope John Paul II(1920-2005), on 3rd December,1980. > I was a guest for a month of Mr and Mrs.CARONTI > Franco & Lucilla, Via G.V. Pieralice 70, 00167 Roma > and it was they who worked to get me a Pass for a > General Audience. > I remember the brief encounter I had with the good > Pontiff on 3rd December, 1980 around noon. There was > a thunderous applause as His Holiness entered the > General Audience Hall and walked through, stopping > briefly, ascending the podium and greeting every > one. > It was Monsenhor( now Cardinal)Stanislaw Dziwisz, > His Holiness' personal Secretary, who noticed me in > the front row quite close to the third platform and > led Pope John Paul II to me. I was puzzled and > nervous for a moment. The Holy Father assured me > courage with a smile. His Holiness asked my name. > There was deep silence around .* I am Fr. Nascimento > Mascarenhas, from Goa, India., I replied: " Oh, > to-day is the feast of your great Saint Francis > Xavier", Hos Hpliness said( There was broader smile, > on my rface). Then His Holiness held both my hands > and said:* My blessings to you and your your > people.Pray for Peace. and Missionaries" Then the > Holy Father blessed me and laid His hand on my head. > The photos I have before me of this audience say > it all. > That one line message,I have always cherished and > specially at this very moment when His Holiness' > body is being laid in the crypt at Basilica of St. > Peter in Rome. In the silence of my heart I pray > "May his soul of the Polish born Pope who did visit > our Goa, on 5th-6th, Feb. 1986 rest in peace. This > is my short tribute to a great Pope of the new > millenium. > Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--W-E-B--S-I-T-E--=-=-=-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from Saligaonet | http://www.goacom.com/saligao_tinto/ ============================================================================ * Send e=mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT [email protected]) * Leave SUBJECT blank <--- Commom Mistake !! * On first line of the BODY of your message, type: subscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL OR unsubscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL Questions/Problems? Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
