Since you have apropos-ly enlightened the Goan community that St. Augustine was an African (born in Thagaste, North Africa – present day Algeria), it adequately explains why the white saints in Goa did not come to the rescue of the Church and Convent of St. Augustine. Now with our beloved St. Jose Vaz in the mix, there is hope for among him and others whose ethnic identities still remain highly classified.
Dom Martin [Goanet] St Joseph Vaz and the Basilica <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=goanet@lists.goanet.org&q=subject:%22%5C%5BGoanet%5C%5D+St+Joseph+Vaz+and+the+Basilica%22&o=newest> Adolfo Mascarenhas <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=goanet@lists.goanet.org&q=from:%22Adolfo+Mascarenhas%22> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:37:39 -0700 <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=goanet@lists.goanet.org&q=date:20190812> Your message 3 on Sunday 11 August 2019As an Africander I have pro sentiments but we must get our facts straight….Even those nourished by the crystal clear waters of Kilimanjaro are humanand make errors. I refer to your statement *that the Tower of St.Augustine? Such gesture would be the first time that a brown saintcomes to the aid of white saints.* I would like to re mind Goans of good spirit who consume Feni that St.Augustine, that great thinker was an African, so was his mother St Monica*.* That crumbling edifice St Augustine was not built by the Portuguese whitesalone ….do they build with basaltic blocks in Europe ….Local labour andmasons were used in hundreds. For me St Augustine’s was a source of inspiration from the age of 11 whenI was nearly shot by an African soldier in the service of the thePortugese. The timely intervention of my father and the Portuguese whiteofficer who was less trigger prone saved me from being a casualty. I am definitely Pro St Vaz, Pro Basilica......there are great sentimentsscattered throughout your intervention Adolfo inDar es Salaam <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
