Our Lady of Seven Dolours means Our Lady of Seven Sorrows which have pierced the Virgin Marys Heart
Although many Goans have left and moved to the suburbs, however there are lots of Goans still there in Dhobitalao which is also termed as Mini-Goa Herman --- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14/08/06, Roland Francis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Gabe Menezes, > > > > The church that served the huge Goan community > located in a ward of > > Dhobitalao is named after Our Lady of Seven > Dolours, not Dollars as Jerry > > Fernandes mentioned (inadvertently I presume) nor > Dolores as you guess. I > > say 'served' since I don't really know whether the > community numbers that > > existed in the 30s to the 90s still hold good now, > with Goans becoming more > > affluent and moving away. > > Dolours or Dolors as the Amercians would spell it, > means misery, anguish or > > sorrow. What were the Virgins seven sorrows I do > not know. One would have > > to ask the Church of that time. > > RESPONSE: Thank you Roland for that very insightful > piece taking us > down memory lane! > > Before emigrating to Nairobi, Kenya my dad grew up > in nearby > Chandanwadi. My aunt lived for many years in Old > Sonapur until her > death! > > -- > DEV BOREM KORUM. > > Gabe Menezes. > London, England > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > Goanet@lists.goanet.org > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
