Fr. Jorda S.J. was my first Principal at Loyola High School, Margão in 1944-1945. He was an admirable individual, a great soul and I have vivid memories of that time.
Yes, he did preach in Konkani once (which amazed a lot of people) at the Chapel of St. Lowrence in Arossim. I am not sure if he read the sermon from a prepared text written by someone else. There may be some records in the archives at Loyola. Themistocles on 06/07/2006 9:07 AM, Teotonio R. de Souza at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The Jesuits were banned a third time in Portugal from operating from the > Portuguese territories in 1910, when the Portuguese republic was proclaimed. > The Jesuits had to function from elsewhere in Europe or from the British > India! They operated in Goa from their base at St. Paul's, Belgaum. From > 1940 Salazar opened the field for the Jesuits and other Portuguese Padroado > missionaries after signing an «Acordo Missionário» in 1940 with the Vatican. > That is when the Goa archdiocese invited Jesuits from Belgaum to take over > its St. Theotonio High School in Margão. It has lost its recognition from > the Bombay Board of Education for SSC. The Jesuits then invited the Bombay > Province Jesuit Fr. Jorda to be the first principal of St. Theotonio High > School, which was re-named Loyola High School. Fr. Jorda could only stay > there for one year and it was Fr. Claude Saldanha who then took over as > Principal. Within a year the school was recognized once again by the Bombay > University Matric Board. I wonder if Fr. Jorda could have learned any > Konkani during that short span of time, or if its was not some other Goan > Jesuits, including Fr. Claude Saldanha, author of a «Short History of Goa» > who prepared the material! > > > > Teotonio R. de Souza > > > > Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:09:08 -0400 > > From: eric pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Goanet] Our Language Saga, Vowel Wars. > > To: goanet@goanet.org > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > A Barcelona Jesuit, Pe. Jorda, published a Konkanni-English in the 40's > > > Perhaps a first for the language. He was transferred to Brazil in the 50's, > > Where he served out his teaching career. I want to believe that he > conducted > > Konkanni classes for children there, and he likely did ! Perhaps Teotonio > > Can tell US more. > > _____________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. > Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)