Goa Archbishop's Christmas Message (2007)
It is Christmas once again. Our beautiful villages and towns are dressed up
for the festivities. It warms our hearts to see how our people in Goa --
regardless of religion -- come together to celebrate their sense of
neighbourhood, their sense of
A new year is almost upon us!!
We have to pat ourselves on the back and congratulate
ourselves. Some discerning ones may want to kick
themselves in the shins, but discernment seems to be
in short supply these days in Goa.
Nature spared us the tsunami and general good judgment
have spared us
Mervyn,
Appreciate your comment. Tripping on drawings and egg-nog (or other
quasi hallucinogen of choice). Way to go. : )
venantius
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (excerpted)
venantius,
As the egg-nog works its way thru the system, your work takes on another
dimension.
Mervyn3.0
Dear Kevin:
My original contention was that according to the Bible
a person can achieve salvation only thrugh jesus
Christ. What any individual catholic believes has no
bearing on what the Bible states.
Though various denominations of christianity differ in
their literal interpretation of the
HELGA DO ROSARIO GOMES (USA):
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:23:15 -0600
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRED!
A few lines for Fred!
I could clog cyber space with praise for this bright,
earnest, hardworking and sincere man! You could
be in any time
--- Kevin Saldanha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Victor,
Do you believe that a person who does not believe in
a God and, in
fact, vehemently denies his/her existence will be
saved too,
regardless of how 'good' a life they live?
What exactly do you mean by 'saved'? I pose this
not
Dear Fredrick,
Many Happy Returns of the Day...
May God bless you with many more years in the service of Goans.
I have a few memories of those media days in Goa, having met you over a quick
cuppa chai and an occassional Gold Flake stick (those days!) at a small joint
GOA: Mathany, SEZ, GMAS, SVM, GBA, RP11 etc
Matany Saldanha is a welll known social activist. SAVE GOA is his other name.
Now-a-days, one may see many movements or organizations in the name of SAVE
GOA. But Mathany s SAVE GOA (campaign) is one of the oldest, dating back to
early 1970s.
If
Hello Philip,
Looks like the Great Screw Goa campaign has begun. Milk anyone wanting
to Goa. Pardon my lingo, but this is how I see it.
venantius
Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Cheaper to fly abroad than to Goa
I came across this (same) report on two news channels this
Cracking Fred's birth-date wasn't as difficult as I thought,
though Fred didn't make it easy! Being the private person
he is, he'd covered his tracks extremely carefully!
Not a trace to be found, nor a willing relative. In the end,
as Fred so perceptively surmised, it was one lonely server
Lost identity, roots and a fortnight in Goa
Martin Van Camp - Duarte
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Goa. Even now, ever since independence the hippies and
tourists seemed to claim the word and the higher middle class
of India gradually finds its way to the paradise, I still
cherish this three letter word as
--- J. Colaco jc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
4: The Gavdis/Kunbis/Adivasis of the subcontinent
and the Aboriginees
of Australia are the same subset of people .and
have very
distinctive facial features
jc
-
Doc,
You're right about this one.
Here is
Roland toEdward,
John 14:6 -Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one
comes
to the Father except through me.
Thessalonians 1:8 - He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey
the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Edward, are 2 enough to make the point or do you want
Bhandare wrote: Dear Kevin ... Needless to say one can not be a
christian and a hindu at the same time.
jc's response: I agree with Bhandare. One indeed can not be a
Christian and a Hindu at the same time.
BTW: There are many who practise Hinduism by way of Caste
discrimination and then
Church leaders urge PM for police protection to Christians
New Delhi | Wednesday, Dec 26 2007 IST
Denouncing and deploring the attacks on particular community in
Orissa, church leaders here today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
to prevent the massacre of the community and desecration of
Thanks so much!
God Bless
Fabian Correia Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:33:42 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet-News] Goa Archbishop's Christmas
Message (2007) Goa Archbishop's Christmas Message (2007) It is Christmas
once again. Our beautiful villages and towns
Well, I'm 64, but feel like 54 :-) And do you think I'm lying?
Forget about me, I'm embarassed enough. Any volunteers to resurrect
Goanet-Birthdays? Then, we could say this was just a proof of concept
for the real thing :-) FN
On 27/12/2007, Francis Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do I also
December 27, 2007
The Goa Su-Raj Party is an integral component of Goa's Movement Against
SEZs [GMAS] lead by the Ex-MLA/Ex-Tourism Minister, Mr. Matanhy Saldanha.
Therefore, this Party would like to put on record that:-
1. The Party outrightly condemns the 'ill-thought' move by the
New Delhi - Thousands of tourists bound for the Indian seaside resort of
Goa can safely party into the New Year after a local group protesting
against the building of industrial zones on cropland decided Thursday to
put off its agitation until January, news reports said. A leader of
Goa's Movement
I think Selma wrote her post after a Christmas
hangover (ha, ha). The virus isn't building a wall but
those who are consumed with their xenophobic vision
of the world.
Maybe Selma, like me, consumed a bit too much of feni,
champagne or whatever else that turns the mind go a
little crazy if not
Selma wrote:
One has to wonder if such a move was not
pre-meditated and designed to handicap the Goan
Catholic community in the South. This vote-bank is
most dependent on the revenue of tourists as well as
being a Congress vote-bank.
Wonder no more. The BJP used its highly secret weapon -
Wonder
Cornel said:
Hi Joe
Ever so well said. Also, it strikes me as rather stupid for the
original author to have a subject title like Chardi Behaviour nothing
to
do with caste. By definition, Chardi represents caste, irrespective
of whether good or bad deeds are then illustrated. Cornel DaCosta
Needless to say one can not be a christian and a hindu
at the same time. regards B.
=
Why Not?
What makes a Hindu?
Pouring water over a humans head makes him a Christian.
Pouring water over Chicken does it make it a Fish?
What does it take to be a Hindu?
Is Hinduism a religion?
The Moira parish bulletin is at http://www.divshare.com/download/3259473-970
An interesting use of the net in Goa, the government's claims of
achievements notwithstanding. FN
PS: Moira-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/moira-net
--
Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph
Eleven churches and prayer houses were ransacked and torched in several
areas of Kandhamal district in Orissa in the early hours on Thursday.
Seven churches and prayer houses were attacked and set afire in Gandapadar,
Badahapanga, Bhandarapada, Pisupadar, Masapadar, Minia and
Yo Fred, for a moment I thought the target of the greetings were some
smuggler-turned-politician-turned-**!
Yes indeed, its s embarrassing and so telling, them ads in the Goa
newspapers greetings our 'robber politicians'emmmsorry Goan
businessmen/thieving baronsemm
Lecturer got Doctorate in Konknni
Prakash Vazrikar, the lecturer and head of the department of Konknni,
Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola, Goa, has been
awarded the Ph D degree for his thesis in Konknni entitled “Konknni
Kadomboreantlem Somaz Dorxon: Achchev ani
Looks like the Great Screw Goa campaign has begun. Milk anyone wantingto
Goa. Pardon my lingo, but this is how I see it.venantius
There's no need to be so melodranatic, Venantius. Its basically a question
of supply and demand. If Goa is unable or unwilling to increase supply of
capacity at
Hey there,
Tony ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has sent you a new file! Click the link below to check
it out.
Prokas Yhe Moira (Goa) Parish bulletin (PROKAS C S.pdf):
http://www.divshare.com/download/3259473-970
With a free DivShare account, you can easily share your photos, videos and
documents with
Please read the following, for which our Anti Casteists/anti racists,
apologists for the extreme Hindu right fundamentalists, will surely
state, that the Christians are responsible for bringing this upon
themselves.
Our selectively minded friends, will inform from the high podium, that
they are
Hi,
The Bible makes it clear that living a 'good' life, though necessary to
attain salvation, is not the only criterion. In John, Jesus said, I am the
way, the truth, and the life. Note the article here is THE, not a. Jesus is
THE way, not a way. Which means that there is NO other way to attain
To Goanet -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,2232255,00.html
The day of reckoning arrives. The suspense is killing me.
Will the foot soldiers of GMAS excavate those caches of Stinger
missiles and Howitzers stashed away at the bottom of the
Blue Bellie building to the right of the St
--- Bhandare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Kevin:
My original contention was that according to the
Bible
a person can achieve salvation only thrugh jesus
Christ. What any individual catholic believes has no
bearing on what the Bible states.
Though various denominations of christianity
Dear Jose:
Do you mean to say that the abominable practise of
casteism is atenet of hinduism?
btw though there is no concept of caste in
christianity , isnt the belief that only christians
will ascend to heaven while non believers will go to
hell discriminatory in itself? then how come
For more details log on to www.timesofindia.com or switch on to your TV.
Channels.
It's a sad ending to one of the most pro-democracy figure of Pakistan. The
world has lost an important person.
May her soul rest in peace.
Bonefacio
Dear Rico,
May your days be filled with the wonder of God's special love for you. Happy
Birthday.Rico
On your birthday, I pray for your happiness, of course, but also for a greater
sense of fulfillment in work, an ease of communication with those you love, and
a sense of satisfaction in all
The Public Sevice ad first appeared in Time, when i was in school, and it asked
people in the US not to use 'words that hurt.'
One can never be careful enough when dealing with the topic, and physician
turned anthropologist, Jared Diamond is a brave man. His Guns, Germs and
Steel is a study
Goans in Bangalore, etc
Reminiscences of Bangalore City in the 1940's .. recounted by a
Resident of South Parade
http://www.geocities.com/athens/2960/sue.htm
* * *
Karnataka Goan Association - Bangalore
It was in the summer of 1973 that a few prominent Goans approached me
with the idea of
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