LEAVE THE CHURCH ALONE CATCH HOLD OF THR PANCHAYAT MEMBERS
THANKS
BONNY
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Julia Macmahon julia.ma...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
From: Julia Macmahon julia.ma...@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: [SALIGAONET] Re: Fwd: [Goanet] One Fine Day at the Saligao Church
Confessional
To: saligao-net@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 11:33 AM
BrillCecil Pinto should do scriptwriting!..
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:50:38 +0530
Subject: [SALIGAONET] Fwd: [Goanet] One Fine Day at the Saligao Church
Confessional
From: fredericknoro...@gmail.com
To: saligao-net@googlegroups.com
And this is Cecil Pinto's response...
-- Forwarded message --
From: Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com
Date: 2009/11/9
Subject: [Goanet] One Fine Day at the Saligao Church Confessional
To: goa...@goanet.org
Forgive me Father for I have sinned.
But Father you are the Vicar and I am only an assistant priest. How
can I hear your confession?
You can Father. There is no rank in the confessional.
Ok Father. Tell me what happened.
Yesterday evening, just when the sun was about to set I saw this tall
bald man approaching the church from his parked car. Behind him was a
short driver type guy struggling under the load of a tripod and a huge
camera bag. It looked like one of those drawings of safari hunters in
Africa who had slaves carrying their equipment.
I know what you mean Father. Some people are like that. Can't carry
their own load.
So this fat spectacled guy then starts a big production of getting
his camera and tripod up.
But Father, I thought you said he was tall and bald?
He was tall and bald and fat and spectacled.
Oh!
So anyway this chap starts talking loudly to his driver, Babu, about
something called ISO 800 and ISO 100 and Canon Tilt-Shift 17mm lens.
It was obvious that Babu didn't understand and cared even less about
these technical terms. The braggart was just trying to impress me and
some other parishioners who happened to be within earshot.
I know the type Father. We see them around all the while. Was he an NRI?
Looked the type. Very boastful. Anyway this ill mannered chap then
has some problem with his tripod being jammed and utters all sorts of
vile curses at the tripod and at Babu and at the world in general.
Even blamed the current Government for his tripod being jammed.
I know the type Father. Either boasting about or blaming their tools.
Now I had to intervene since Holy Mass was going on and there were
parishioners within earshot. I approached him and asked him to stop
cursing. This got him even more agitated and he started calling me a
'tiresome clown' and 'big banana' and he called the parishioners
chelas.
Really Father?
'Really!
And he also called me a little git. What's a git?
I don't know Father.
I politely told him to mind his language or he would have to wash it
in Holy Water. He started shouting about court fees and applications
and called me charlatan.
He called you a charlatan?!!
Yes he did! That was the last straw. I told him this was place of
prayer and place of God and that he should take his equipment and his
foul mouth and leave immediately.
So then what did he do Father?
He was muttering something about ghantis and exposing me on something
called GoaNet and putting up large prints of the Church for sale in
California.
I wished him luck in his endeavours but insisted that he leave
immediately and not sully our holy grounds with his vile presence.
Well done Father. You did the right thing! But then what is the sin
you want to confess?
I wonder if I did the right thing?
Of course you did the right thing Father. His curses and foul
language have no place on church grounds. It has nothing to do with
photography and all to do with manners and courtesy and respect.
Dozens of photographers come to our church every day and take photos
without making a big production of it. We never object to them.
That I know but maybe I could have responded differently.
Like how?
Maybe I should have kicked him in the butt and physically thrown him
out of the church compound!
No Father. That would have been a sin. But a pardonable sin!
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- Original Message -
From: Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:42 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Shame on Saligao's parish priest
To Goanet -
I had a nasty verbal altercation this evening with, as it turned out, the
parish priest of the Mae de Deus church in Saligao.
Background: I was at the Mae de Deus church at daybreak a couple of
days back and again during the twilight hours yesterday, for what
turned out to be fulfilling sessions of photography. I have several
captures of the church taken in the years past (see, for example,
http://www.parrikar.com/#/Goa/Religion/2).
Armed with the newly released
