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Fr Vasco do Rego, S J the stalwart of Konkani in Roman script will be completing 60 years as a Jesuit on August 5 and on August 15 will be completing 50 years of his priesthood. Fr Vasco do Rego, SJ has served the Konkani language for the last 40 years in the fields of Konkani Biblical and Liturgical translation, developing the necessary Konkani vocabulary for religious texts, composing Konkani hymns and their music, Konkani preaching and Konkani writing in the Roman script, and as a pioneer in Konkani education.
Recognizing his substantial contribution in these various fields Dalgado Konkani Akademi has conferred on him the very first Dalgado Puroskar on May 8, 2005, in the 150th year of Mgr. DalgadoÂ’s birth. This award was awarded to him by Archbishop Filip Nerri Ferrco during a public function. In Belgaum, Fr Vasco devoted a lot of time and energy in preparing the liturgical texts in Konkani. He was put in charge of a team of scholars translating liturgical texts into Konkani by the Regional Liturgical Commission. Ultimately, the Misa-Gronth published in 1981 is an important fruit of this work.
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From the time Fr Vasco went to Old Goa as the Rector of Bom Jesus in 1978, besides his Konkani preaching and organizing the novenas and feasts there and later on, he devoted all his spare time to Bible translation work. Already in the Novo Korar published in 1971 he had contributed by translating JohnÂ’s Gospel and the letters of Peter and John. As the chairman of the Bible Committee appointed by the Liturgical Commission of Goa Archdiocese, he supervised the revision work of Novo Korar, and the Old Testament translation work that was undertaken by different persons. He has himself translated the Book of Isiah into Konkani. One other major contribution to Konkani of Fr Vasco, is the lyrics of a number of hymns and Christmas carols, and for some of these he has also composed the music. In Gaionancho Zhelo published by the Liturgical Commission, for instance, he has written the lyrics for 333 titles, and out of these for 47 he has also composed the music.
Fr Vasco has a few Konkani religious books to his credit. Sonvsarak Jezu Diat is a collection of sermons he preached at Bom Jesus on the occasion of the novenas of St Francis Xavier, published in 1995. In 1991 he brought out Stotram, a Konkani translation of the Psalms. Nazretcho Jezu is a concordance of the Gospels in Konkani in Roman script published in 2001, and the same was brought out in Devanagari with the title Nazretkar Jezu in 2003. He has written a few articles in Konkani in Gulab, Dor Mhoineachi Rotti, Renovagco and other periodicals.
(courtesy: THE NAVHIND TIMES)
Links: http://www.supergoa.com/pt/read/news_cronica.asp?c_news=488
SONVSARAK JEZU DIAT.
Vasco do Rego, S.J. 2003. Devanagari transliteration: Matthew Almeida, S.J. and Preeta Naik pp. xvi+281 Rs. 75/-
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