BOMBAY/MUMBAI * Goan food festival and extravaganza. Bombay Catholic Sabha-GSU and Konkani Porjecho Sad are organising a Goan Fiesta 2002 at Sarita Lawns, Good Shepherd Convent, Andheri (W) adjacent to Good Shepherd Church, on 13th April 2002 from 6 pm onwards in aid of Crisis Intervention Centre of Good Shepherd Convent. This Crisis Centre is run by the Good Shepherd nuns and it involves sheltering, counselling, reconciling, rehabilitating and remployment of battered women. The Goan Fiesta 2002 is being organised by Agnelo Menezes who has organized many such evnts in the past for various charities and trusts... This Goan Fiesta will have a lot of food stalls covering all aspects of Goan cuisine, folk dances, Goan music, mandos, plays, skits, etc, and will be well attended by celebrities from Goa in various fields and disciplines to highlight Goan culture. Contact Agnelo Menezes 261 3292 / 262 0527 (office) / 636 3815 (res).
OBITUARY: Fr Carmino Menezes b. 1928 ordained priest 1964 died 31.03.2002 Fr Carmino Menezes, though originally from Goa, was brought up in Indore. His father and elder brother were in the service of the Maharaja of Jhabua. He had a colourful and adventurous priestly life. He was diocesan secretary and procurator from 1968-71. For some years he was in Europe and the US. As Secretary of the diocese he had made wide contacts... He made use of his contacts and influence for the benefit of the diocese and to help others. He retired from active ministry in 1988. After his retirement, he stayed in different places in Goa and Bombay, and finally settled down in the retired priests home in Indore... (Both above from The Examiner, April 6, 2002) See www.the-examiner.org FROM MADURAI: Golden Jubilee of the Jesuit Madurai Province -- Jesuits of Madurai Province celebrate this year the golden jubilee of their province. From 1542 to 1601 the Madura Mission was a part of the Goa Province which commprised the whole of India and beyond.In 1608, Fr Robert de Nobili, who hailed from a noble Roman family, opened a new residence in Madurai and founded the well-known Madurai Mission of the Society of Jesus. (Jivan, News and Views of Jesuits in India, April 2002) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
