------------------------------------------------------------------------ * G * O * A * N * E * T **** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out
Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Paolo, Thanks a lot for your email clarifying that Cardinal Valerian Gracias' mother was from Navelim and that his father was from Dramapur, Chinchinim. But the Bottomline line is that he was a Shastikar from Goa. As long as your email and research did not prove that Cardinal Valerian Gracias was not Goan or a non-Shastikar, it made my day. I am really very keen to know where (which parish) in Bandra did Cardinal Valerian Gracias do his pastoral work. Actually, many months ago, I have proposed an AVCC (Assolna, Velim, Cuncolim, Chinchinim) Village Union, so that kind of makes Cardinal Gracias a fellow villager of Sorts. Instead of quibbling or being one up on Navelim, I think you should do more research on the enterprising Furtados of Chinchinim who had founded a small night school in the Dhobitalao area of Bombay that later became St. Xavier's College in Bombay. Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz Shastikar, Proud Velkar Even More Proud To Be A Goenkar, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org