Dears,
I have been specially requested by Fr. Nasciment Mascarenhas presently at the
Clergy Home, to please post the below message addressed to all the
Saligaonetters on the Saligaonet mailing list through my e-mail ID.
Daniel F. de Souza/Vasco.
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<<Dear Saligaonetters,
First and foremost I wish you all well! and a big God Bless.
What was a simple private talk has now been freely discussed in an
open forum on the Saligaonet. I regret it.
This private talk was done in my room at the Clergy Home in August 2007
between Mr. Kevin Saldanha, his sister and yours faithfully. Mrs Dephnie and
Kevin Saldanha came to thank me for visiting their father Mr. Edwin Saldanha
who was interned in the Jesus Mary & Joseph (JMJ) hospital attached to our
clergy home. I was asked to assist Mr. Edwin Saldanha spiritually and so my
frequent visits to enquire about his health, administration of the last
sacraments and eventually attending his funeral at Saligao Church, I felt, was
the main cause to visit, thank and also enquire about my health. Before
leaving, Mr. Kevin asked me why I was not posting on Saligaonet my writings as
I used to do previously. My answer to him was : I do not have a computer
nor any cyber-café here.
Incidentally, I was transported in an emergency here at the advice of
Dr. S.N. Desai, of Vasco, and our ecclesiastical authorities. During those days
in early September-October 2006 my computer at Vasco church began giving lot of
trouble and Mr. Daniel F. de Souza from Vasco/Saligao on my request was sending
my emails through his computer. When I was sent to Clergy Home I never
imagined that I would be here for such a long time (almost one year past) and
the fact is that I still continue at the Clergy Home, am far better in health
and yet uncertain when I will return to Vasco.
After Mr. Kevin Saldanha returned to Canada, suddenly one fine morning
in September 2007 Mr. Cecil Pinto from Panjim, a friend of Mr. Kevin, visited
me here delivering me Good wishes card from Kevin. At the same time he
said Mr. Kevin Saldanha was keen to donate me a computer, and he (Mr. Cecil
Pinto) is asked to find out prices of a computer, laptop etc. In fact he once
again came and said Kevin is going in for a laptop. Now the third person
who knew about this donation of a lap-top by Kevin Saldanha was Cecil Pinto.
Then there was no talk for some time and one day I phoned to Cecil Pinto and he
was emphatic in telling me that he (Cecil) was not in it, and I felt that was
the end.
On 27th Nov 2007, Mr. Frederick Noronha was at Clergy Home to deliver
me a book on Saligao written by Mr. Mel DSouza, a Saligaokar based in Canada.
He was in a big hurry to go as he had an urgent meeting but expressed something
about laptop, donation in cash
etc. I was left clueless as to how Frederick
came to know about our private talk. On 4th December 2007, a friend of mine a
Saligaokar from Mumbai phoned to me late night asking me what was all this
about a laptop, Fr. Nascimento etc being discussed on the Saligaonet. I merely
told him that I was ignorant of the open discussion he mentioned to me.
However, I was a little inquisitive to know about the discussion taking place
on the Saligaonet. The following day I phoned to Daniel F. de Souza at Vasco
and he gave me the news and said he would pass on the hard copies of the
postings on the Saligonet wrt the laptop. I told him that I was coming to
Vasco on 8th Dec 2007, for a priests Ordination and then to his residence to
collect the same. He was kind enough to give me hard copies of the relevant
postings on the Saligaonet. I was too shocked to read all that was being
openly discussed in the cyberspace as regards donations to purchase a laptop to
Fr. Nascimento, and why my name was being dragged unnecessarily into all this.
In the first instance, I never asked for a computer. Mr. Kevin Saldanha said
he was donating one via Cecil Pinto. I wished Mr. Kevin could send me a e-mail
with Cecil Pinto and asked for my opinion regarding funding of the laptop by
asking for donations from Saligaokars. Nothing like this happened. On the
contrary there was an open discussion, and campaign for funds, some
Saligaonetters already began sending cash donations etc. All this was uncalled
for. If it was not feasible for Mr. Kevin Saldanha to donate, he could let me
know about it and the matter would have been laid to rest there and then. But,
it was surprisingly not done.
Now, I would humbly ask the Saligaonetters to please desist from
sending money to buy a laptop for me and next to immediately return back the
money donated to the respective donors. I hope better sense will prevail.
I am much better now and continue to pray for you and your families.
Fr. Nascimento J. Mascarenhas.
Saligao /(Clergy Home, Porvorim) >>
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