[Goanet] LAVY PINTO

[Domnic Fernandes]

Gabe Menezes (gabe.mene...@gmail.com)
wrote:

 

QUESTION: Thank you for the info, could you please clarify if
the distance covered was Metres or Yards? When Seraphino Antao did the Gold
Double in Melbourne it was in Yards.if it was metres, then India broke away
from the Commonwealth distances of 1 mile 100 yardssee:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JKNLRrGIIDEV BOREM KORUMGabe Menezes.

 

Generally it was the 100 yard dash until 1975, with
the metric 100 meters being
contested in Olympic years starting in 1932. Metrication occurred in 1976, so
all subsequent championships were at the metric distance. Hand timing was used
until 1973, starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used.


Moi-mogan,

 

Domnic Fernandes

Gaumvaddi, Anjuna

Mob: 8805237604   

[Goanet] Goa to Sri Lanka: From Blessed Joseph Vaz to Acharya Dharmanand Kosambi

[V M]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-Sri-Lanka-From-Blessed-Vaz-to-Acharya-Kosambi/articleshow/42927389.cms

Well-deserved celebration in Goa as the longstanding candidature of
native son Joseph Vaz has finally been approved for sainthood. He will
be "the first saint to Sri Lanka" but the Vatican duly noted "since
Blessed Joseph Vaz was born, educated and ordained a priest in India
and opted to be a missionary in Sri Lanka, both the countries have
special significance at his being raised to the honours of the altar."

The Benaulim-born priest, a son of Sancoale, exemplified personal
bravery in Dutch-held territories, and remained steadfast in Kandy
—administering to the afflicted of all religions — when devastating
plague chased away the king (who was his protector). These deeds
merited canonization, but there are even more interesting facets to
the man who will become Goa's first saint.

Joseph Vaz is best understood within the context of anti-colonialism
—indeed he organized the first public civil resistance to the Dutch in
Sri Lanka's history (in 1707) — whose entire career was rejoinder to
prejudices he had experienced from racist church authorities in Goa.

Vaz's story is only one part of a profound legacy of Goan
contributions to resistance and nationalist politics in what is now
Sri Lanka. About the priests among them, historian Dr Teotonio de
Souza has written, "It was an achievement of a band of Goan natives,
who were regarded as unfit for religious life, and much less for
missionary work, in a colonial set-up marked by white superiority."

All through Vaz's life, and right into the 19th century, the
colonialist church in Goa refused to admit locals to the religious
orders, strictly adhering to what historian C R Boxer called "the
doctrine of white superiority in church and state". But Joseph Vaz was
undeterred and defied the Portuguese church fathers to lead rebellious
compatriots in forming the first native congregation (in 1685), which
was later recognized as the Oratorian Institute of Milagristas of Goa.

Even while still rebuffed at home, Oratorians plunged incognito into
Sri Lanka, where they served both Tamils and Sinhalese with
distinction. Vincent do Rosario Dias (of Raia), and Caitano Pereira
(of Divar) became the first Vicars Apostolic of the island territory.
Jacome Gonsalves (also of Divar) mastered Tamil, and learned Sinhalese
from Buddhist monks at the renowned 'Temple of the Tooth' with such
facility that he is acknowledged as a lasting cultural force,
remembered as the father of Sri Lankan "Christian" literature and
liturgical music.

Goan contributions to Sri Lanka extend far beyond the priesthood.
Armand de Souza was born and raised in Assagao, but in 1907 founded
the Morning Leader newspaper in Colombo, which he used to ceaselessly
hammer the (now British) colonial regime over constitutional reform. A
founding member of the Ceylon National Congress, his advocacy is
credited with being "greatly responsible for the national awakening
among the different classes and communities of the permanent
population of the island...to a very large extent to the awakening of
the Singhalese in particular."

Joseph Vaz, Jacome Gonsalves and Armand de Souza all left their Konkan
homeland to live and die in service of what is now the nation of Sri
Lanka. The great Sancoale-born Dharmanand Kosambi visited for only a
year, but those months were a vital turning point of a most amazing
life. It was then, his translator (and grand-daughter) Dr Meera
Kosambi writes, Kosambi "was finally able to learn Pali and start
studying the core Buddhist texts" and was "formally initiated into the
Buddhist monastic order, or Sangha, as a novice".

Kosambi was a seeker exactly in the mould of his revered Gautama
Buddha: In 1899 he walked out of Goa to dedicate his life to studying
Buddhism, leaving behind his young wife, infant daughter and family
responsibility as custodian of a coconut grove.

In Bodh Gaya, he discovered that he might be able to study Pali in Sri
Lanka, and underwent extreme hardship to make his way to the island.
The effort was worthwhile. Here Kosambi began to learn English, and
became proficient in Pali, skills which later made him prized at
Harvard and Leningrad Universities.

This young traveller to Sri Lanka was alert to the ironies inherent in
the contrast to his Goan predecessors from centuries past.

>From his marvelous biography 'Nivedan' (translated from the original
Marathi by Dr Meera Kosambi)—"Father Joseph Vaz, who greatly exerted
himself propagating Roman Catholicism in Ceylon during Portuguese rule
after St Francisco Xavier, was born in the same village as I. He made
a thorough study of Roman Catholicism in Goa and went to Ceylon to
proselytize. He could not in his wildest dreams have imagined that at
the beginning of the twentieth century a young aspirant from his
native village would undergo ordeals to reach Ceylon in order to study
the religion he had taken such p

[Goanet] Goa news for September 20, 2014

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** It's official, Goa is Iffi's permanent home - Times of India
n-waiting who finally gained legitimacy on Wednesday, with the
Union information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Prakash
Javadekar and chief minister Manohar Parrikar signing a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) making ...
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*** Indian Super League: Asian football on the rise, claims FC
Goa coach Zico - India.com
harge of Asian teams in Uzbekistan, Japan, Iraq and Qatar, among
other ...
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*** Pires joins FC Goa as marquee player - Times of India
ico-arrives-in-goa-for-isl">Brazilian Legend Zico Arrives in Goa
for Indian Super League
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNF45-JpPD3UejfB1NvEOiZ6GyKzuA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778609580423&ei=fbwcVKirCYXegAfs5YGwBg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/Pires-joins-FC-Goa-as-marquee-player/articleshow/42514626.cms

*** Goa: 30-yr-old man held for raping minor daughter, women
relatives - Zee News
t/NAT-TOP-latest-news-goa-man-repeatedly-raped-minor-daughter-mother-in-law-and-sister-in--4750380-NOR.html">Goa:
Man repeatedly raped minor daughter, mother-in-law and
sister-in-law for ...
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*** Hema Sardesai to perform at Gospel Music concert in Goa -
Daily News & Analysis
orn singer Hema Sardesai will croon for the Gospel Music concert
in the state, which would be her first ever performance in this
genre. "I have sung in Papal mass when Pope was in Goa way back
in 1986. I have also sung in the album for St Francis ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHB9Ewp96tPgxAeiFGc5mvM4FhcFw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778612856180&ei=fbwcVKirCYXegAfs5YGwBg&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hema-sardesai-to-perform-at-gospel-music-concert-in-goa-2019889

*** FC Goa wait on Robert Pires capture - Goal.com
wner of FC Goa along with Dattaraj Salgaocar and Venugopal Dhoot
has revealed that his side cannot declare Robert Pires as their
player as yet for the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL). "We
have signed a contract with ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGLcq_7DNu2uBFKgTibsttrjt-4Zw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fbwcVKirCYXegAfs5YGwBg&url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2014/09/17/598/fc-goa-wait-on-robert-pires-capture

*** Santa Cruz down Sporting in Goa League - Goal.com
 defeat at the hands of Santa Cruz at the Duler Stadium, Mapusa
on Thursday. Oscar Bruzon's side took a two goal lead through
Beevan D'Mello and Victorino Fernandes. However, a brace ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFeZDgY6CsE3NDuTCflVCsjMBE-2w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fbwcVKirCYXegAfs5YGwBg&url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2014/09/19/5116438/santa-cruz-down-sporting-in-goa-league

*** Goa to have another milk cooperative; sends plan to Centre -
Business Standard
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*** Goa hikes its stake in Russian Roulette - Times of India
mes of IndiaIt was the tourism season of 2001 when 939 Russian
tourists first walked on the beaches of Goa after arriving on 11
flights during those six months. The British were ruling the
numbers game then. Statistics showed that 90,756 Britons had
visited Goa ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEPc22UCr58I1hR1PZEthueaiHNaw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fbwcVKirCYXegAfs5YGwBg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-hikes-its-stake-in-Russian-Roulette/articleshow/42740690.cms

*** India should have invaded Goa in 1947: Parrikar - Times of
India
mes of IndiaIf that did happen, we would have been free, like
all other states in India," said Parrikar, at an award function
held at

[Goanet] 'Finding Fanny':... a distressing lack of originality.

[Goanet News]

'Finding Fanny': Film Review
9:36 AM PDT 9/16/2014 by Frank Scheck

Despite its straying from the Bollywood formula, this strained comedy
displays a distressing lack of originality.

Sept. 12 (FIP)

Cast

Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Naseerruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapoor

Director

Homi Adajania

Five mismatched travelers embark on a road trip to find a lost love in
this English-language Indian comedy

Indian filmmaker Homi Adajania clearly doesn't follow the Bollywood
playbook. His latest feature contains no musical numbers (save for an
end credit throwaway); maintains a fairly consistent tone throughout;
doesn't run a marathon length; and is in English, with subtitles for
those unable to decipher the accents. Unfortunately, he''s replaced
the familiar conventions with a forced quirkiness that resembles
American indie comedies at their worst. Despite its cast of Indian
film veterans including venerable Bollywood star Dimple Kapadia,
Finding Fanny quickly loses its way.

The story revolves around a road trip undertaken by five residents of
a sleepy village in Goa after local postman Ferdie (Naseeruddin Shah)
finds a letter mysteriously returned to him that he sent decades ago
to his beloved Fanny. Assuming that her lack of a reply to his
marriage proposal meant that she had found someone else, he's been
pining for her ever since.

Getting wind of the situation is the young Angie (Deepika Padukone),
who's had no small amount of romantic heartbreak herself having become
a widow on her wedding day when the groom had an unfortunate accident
involving the wedding cake. She decides to organize a road trip in an
attempt to reunite Ferdie with his lost love. Trailing along are her
former mother-in-law, the imperious Rosie (Kapadia, humiliatingly
outfitted with a massively padded posterior for would-be comic
effect); lecherous artist Don Pedro (Pankaj Kapur), who happens to
have a thing for big-bottomed women; and Savio (Arjun Kapoor), Angie's
childhood friend who's still bitterly resentful over her having chosen
someone else to marry.

Hilarity does not ensue during the resulting farcical proceedings,
accompanied by an overbearing musical score and including mordant gags
involving two corpses -- one feline and one human -- that make Weekend
at Bernie's seem sophisticated by comparison.

The younger performers are pretty but bland, while the Bollywood
veterans mug unmercifully in a hopeless attempt to wring laughs from
the strained material. There's also a profusion of bromides about the
perpetual quest for love that fail to deliver the intended poeticism.
Much like the rusty jalopy in which the characters make their journey,
Finding Fanny delivers a very bumpy ride.

Production: Illuminati Films, Haddock Films

Cast: Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kappor, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple
Kapadia, Pankaj Kapoor

Director: Homi Adajania

Screenwriters: Homi Adajania, Kersi Khambatta

Producer: Dinesh Vijan

Director of photography: Anil Mehta

Editor: Sreekar Prasad

Production designer: Manisha Khandelwal

Costume designer: Anaita Shroff Adajania

Composer: Mathias Duplessy

No rating, 93 min.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/finding-fanny-film-review-733156

[Goanet] Bogus product at Panjim exhibition : steve.dia...@gmail.com

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Electricity Power Saver  ? Public is taken for a ride.

Just to inform to our Goans that there is a product called Electricity
Power saver who has been sold like hot cakes in various exhibition
halls in Goa. From last two days a product being sold in exhibition at
various Halls in Goa,  of a product  from TWINKLE called power saver
which has 5 years warranty and it claims that the energy is saved upto
30% on the electricity bill. It is been sold for Rs.500/- promotional
charges during exhibition times and outside will costs above Rs.
1000/- or even can go upto Rs 2000/- it seems.

They have issued a pamphlet which gives details of contact numbers and
address from Mumbai.

The product claims:

i) Reduce up to 30% electrical consumption.

ii) Stabilize the supply voltage- protect your appliances.

iii) Reduce electrical overheating-protects against fire.

iv) Improve Efficiency and power factor of electrical appliances.

v)  Reduce electrical waveform distortions.

This help Household products consumption which covers:

i)  Air Conditioners

ii) Water Pumps

iii)  Refrigerators

iv)  Washing Machine

v)  Mixer, Fan

vi) Tube Light,

vii)  Vacuum Cleaner and other Home appliances.

My observation of the product is as follows;

i) I have bought this for Rs.500- and tested and found
that it is bogus item and that Goans are been taken for a ride.

ii) One girl at the shop has demonstrated having 4 tube
lights and the digital meter reads whether current, wattage etc is not
known and once you disconnect one by one tube light the reading falls
down thus showing the reading is decreasing. And after inserting this
product in the plug of their board also shows the meter reading also
lowers.

iii) I have asked whether there is any circuit for this board or
of the product. The answer is NO.

iv) How can you believe what kind of circuitry is wired inside
the board so that the customers can get fooled?

v)   I have put the product on my board at home, and tested.
The current which was showing X reading for my washing machine and
after inserting this product the reading of current remained the same.
That means when there is no change in current the product is a failure
and I returned the product and got my money back. I said somebody
should complain for the Consumer Forum for checks and fine as I have
no time.

vi) How can all the data claimed by the manufacturer can be believed
without any circuitry?

Stephen Dias
D.Paula

[Goanet] SEPT 22: Somplolea Tiatristancho Ugddas: tiatracad...@gmail.com

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tiatracad...@gmail.com

Sir/Madam,

Every month Tiatr Academy of Goa organises a special programme,
*Somplolea Tiatristancho Ugddas?* to remember the late Tiatr artistes
who were born in particular month and are no more with us today. The
artistes born in the month of September and are not living who will be
remembered are:

1.  Khada minguel

2.  Seby Coutinho

3.  Prem Kumar

4.  Peter D?Costa

5.  Philomena Braz

6.  Remmie Colaco

7.  Rosalia rodrigues



This programme will be held on 22nd September 2014 at 4.00 p.m. at Black
Box, Ravindra Bhavan- Margao, Fartorda Goa

You are kindly requested to depute reporters, photographers, videographers
for wide coverage and publicity.

*Jose Alexandre Rodrigues*
Member Secretary

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[Goanet] I agree with Adv. Radharao

[Santosh Helekar]

I agree 100% with Adv. Radharao Gracias that Goans are historically, 
and I would add, genetically Indian. Please see his latest article at 
the following link: 
http://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/People-Edit/A-Goan-or-Central-Indian/78662.html 
I have also appended it below. 
That is why it is unproductive to engage in silly arguments such as we 
are Goans first vs we are Indians first. Which sane and sensible 
person cares about this kind of a thing? It only fuels the hate-filled 
campaigns of jingoistic Hindu nationalists on one side and the rabid 
anti-nationalist foreigners and separatists on the other side. 
Cheers, 
Santosh 
Adv. Radharao Gracias wrote: 
I  agree with Santosh A Helekar (A Central Indian First, Herald, 16th 
inst.) that Goa in its present shape did not exist prior to 1788. But 
Goa whether you call it Goem, Govapuri, Aprant, Gomant, Sindabur or 
any name whatsoever always existed, with indefinite boundaries. 
Likewise, the Republic of India in its present shape did not exist 
prior to 15.8.1947. Nevertheless, India whether you called it Bharat 
or Aryavarta or whatsoever has existed with equally uncertain 
boundaries, from times immemorial. 
Historic India and the Republic of India are certainly not one and the 
same. The India of old had nebulous boundaries and encompassed most of 
what is now Afghanistan, and the whole of the present Republics of 
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and even Sri Lanka, and perhaps 
more. My contention therefore is that I am a citizen of the Republic 
of India only after 28.3.1962 when the Goa, Daman & Diu Citizenship 
Order came into force. There was no Republic of India before 
independence and therefore no citizens of the republic. 
To put it in a different context, since Goa is part of India, I am a 
citizen of the Republic of India. On the other hand, Pakistan not 
being part of the Republic of India, no Pakistani is a citizen of the 
Republic of India. But Pakistan being part of historic India all 
Pakistanis are Indians. Likewise, prior to 19.12.1961, Goans were 
Indians in the historic context but not citizens of the Republic of 
India. Thus to be an Indian one need not necessarily be a citizen of 
the Republic of India. 
The Republic of India is the not sole and universal inheritor of 
historic India. All the different political entities that now exist 
over the space occupied by historic India are equally entitled for the 
heritage of India. Citizens of all different countries in historic 
India are “Indians” and Republic of India has no monopoly. 
As I have said earlier, the territory of historic India was ruled by 
different kings and the boundaries of each kingdom varied. No matter 
whether Goa was part of Central Indian or South Indian empires, at 
some point of time, it was still part of historic and geographic 
India, and will always be so. But as in the past in the future too, 
the borders may change. No political entity lasts forever. We continue 
to see in our own lifetime how new countries are formed, how borders 
change and how some countries have simply disappeared. No matter what 
happens to the Republic of India, Goa will continue to exist and will 
always be part of historic India.

[Goanet] My birth, a miracle of Bl Joseph Vaz by Fr. Cosme Jose Vas das C N e Costa

[john desa]

Blessed Joseph Vaz first Goan Saint
 
VATICAN CITY/PANAJI: Bending Vatican rules once
again to bypass the usual requirement that a second miracle be confirmed, Pope
Francis on Wednesday signed off Blessed Joseph Vaz as a saint.

Francis is expected
to canonize Vaz, a 17th-century Goan missionary, during his January visit to
Sri Lanka. Blessed Vaz is the patron of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. He is
the first Goan to be named a saint.

Another Goan,
Venerable Agnelo is also on the road to sainthood.

Vaz will be the
third saint from India. While St Alphonsa is the first Indian saint, Blessed
Kuriakose will be canonized in November this year.

Vaz was born in
Benaulim in 1651, but chose to work in Sri Lanka amid persecution of Catholics
by Dutch colonial rulers, who were Calvinists. He is credited with having
revived the Catholic faith in the country.
 
My birth, a miracle of Bl
Joseph Vaz
TNN | Sep 19,
2014, 12.30 AM IST
There are three processes to
beatify and canonize a person: The process of writings of the person, the
process of his/her heroic life and virtues and the miracle worked through
his/her intercession. From what my parents have kept written, and from the sworn
witness given by my mother and eight others from among my neighbours and close
relatives who saw me at birth, these are the details of the miracle, which
completed the process of beatification of Bl Joseph Vaz.

My mother Quiteria
C P de Noronha had no brother and was the last of eleven sisters, eight of whom
were married. After their marriage, my father, J Damiao da Costa settled (as
ghor-zanvoim) in my mother's house at Carona, Aldona. My mother had a defective
womb, and her first son, born in the seventh month, died within six hours of
birth. Then my sister Estefania, born on September 28, 1930, in the eight
month, of a very difficult pregnancy and hemorrhage, managed to survive and
lived to be 76. After my sister, my mother conceived three times, but had
hemorrhages resulting in miscarriages in the fourth month. This is the
background to the miracle.

My mother's second
eldest sister Henriqueta Rego, married in Verna, had two priest sons, Alvito
and Cosme Rego. Alvito, soon after his ordination, was attached as assistant to
the parish of Cortalim/Sancoale, where the devotion of Fr Joseph Vaz was just
picking up. Henriqueta, at the behest of her priest son, seeing the sorry
plight of my mother who for eight years had been crying and aspiring for a boy,
took her to Sancoale and both prayed for the gift of a baby boy. That was
around the end of March 1938. By May, my mother knew she had conceived. In
August 1938, the fourth month of her pregnancy, my mother suddenly had a severe
hemorrhage in Bangalore, where she was immediately hospitalized by her cousin,
Dr Fred Noronha, director of St Martha's, and given some medication, but
doctors predicted an abortion. In her affliction, she put her full faith in God
and again invoked the intercession of Fr Joseph Vaz. The abortion did not take
place and my mother was advised to return to Goa and remain confined to her
room.

After one month of
confinement, feeling very uneasy, she took a walk around the house. By the time
she returned to the bed, she had another hemorrhage. A doctor was called and
the situation brought under control. That was the fifth month, the end of
September 1938 and she was ordered complete bed rest. After a month of such
rest, she again tried to ease herself by getting down from the bed. Hardly had
she touched the floor, when she suffered a third severe hemorrhage. It was the
end of the sixth month. My father immediately tied her to the bed and took her
in a caminhao to Panaji Central Hospital. There gynecologist, Dr Aires D'Sa,
lecturer of the "Escola Medico-Cirurgica" of Goa was then head of the
department. He examined my mother and told her very plainly: "I cannot
save both lives, 99% both will die. I give only 1% guarantee to use all
possible means to save either the mother or the child. Be therefore
prepared". The hemorrhage persisted after that.

On November 26 my
mother's condition was very serious. D'Sa prescribed a difficult caesarean
operation to save her, and sent her eldest sister, Prof Claudiana Athaide Lobo,
to Ribandar hospital to book Dr Diogo Jose Rego, the only surgeon in Goa at
that time, who could perform a caesarean. The operation was fixed for the
morning of November 28, because 27 being a Sunday Rego did not want to operate.
On hearing of her dangerous situation, about 50 relatives and friends rushed to
the hospital. They placed a picture of Fr Joseph Vaz on my mother, storming
heaven with prayers.

On November 27,
doctors found that the hemorrhage had suddenly stopped. They were stupefied.
One of my uncles, Antonio Ataide Lobo, exclaimed to my mother that Fr Joseph
Vaz had intervened, and only his continuous intercession could save her. In the
evening, when one of my mother's cousins, Epifanio Mesquita went to see her,
she complained of birth pa

[Goanet] GOOD NEWS FOR GOANS THAT Pe. JOSE VAZ BECAME A SAINT OF PORTUGUESE GOA and SRI LANKA

[Stephen Dias]

-Translated from Portuguese into English  by Stephen Dias from D.Paula part
of the matter.

--

 CITY OF VATICAN: ( 17.9.2014);

POPE approved today canonization of Fr. Jose Vaz, born in Goa in the
Portuguese State of India called in Portuguese language as ( ESTADO DA
INDIA PORTUGUESA), on 21st of April, 1651 and was a missionary  in Sri
Lanka and later died on 16th of Jan, 1711.
The Vatican announced and was confirmed by this present Pope Francisco who
received favorable votes from cardinals in a ordinary session of
Congregation without demanding for a new miracle.
This future Saint Jose Vaz was on record that he was a great missionary
priest lived in the form of poverty where Catholics were persecuted
although he was born in Goa in the higher cast of Brahamins.
He was jailed and still he never failed to help the Catholic community by
celebrating MASS at night and it was translated in Tamil and Singalese (Sri
Lanka language).

Stephen Dias
D.Paula

Date: 19th Sept , 2014

=
REPASSANDO:Vaticano: Papa aprovou canonização do padre José Vaz, nascido na
Goa portuguesa
Agência Ecclesia 

17 de Setembro de 2014, às 12:32


Futuro santo foi missionário no Sri Lanka, que Francisco vai visitar em
janeiro de 2015

Cidade do Vaticano, 17/09/2014 (Ecclesia) - O Papa aprovou hoje a
canonização do padre José Vaz, nascido na Goa portuguesa a 21 de Abril de
1651, que foi missionário no Sri Lanka, onde morreu a 16 de Janeiro de 1711.

O Vaticano anunciou em comunicado que Francisco confirmou "os votos
favoráveis” da sessão ordinária da Congregação para as Causas dos Santos em
relação a este processo, sem exigir um novo milagre.

O sacerdote da Congregação do Oratório foi beatificado por São João Paulo
II em Janeiro de 1995, durante uma viagem ao Sri Lanka, que Francisco vai
visitar em Janeiro de 2015.

O futuro santo José Vaz foi recordado, na sua beatificação, como “um grande
padre missionário”, tendo vivido de forma pobre numa época de perseguição
aos cristãos, apesar de ter nascido numa família da casta dos brâmanes.

O sacerdote foi preso e ajudou clandestinamente as comunidades católicas,
celebrando Missa de noite, para além de ter traduzido o Evangelho para as
línguas tamil e o cingalês.

Além do padre José Vaz, o Papa abriu caminho à beatificação da religiosa
italiana Maria Cristina da Imaculada Conceição (1856-1906), ao aprovar a
publicação de um decreto relativo a um milagre atribuído à sua intercessão.
A data da canonização vai ser definida em reunião de cardeais, que vai ser
convocada pelo Papa “proximamente

”.


*SAIBA QUEM FOI O PADRE JOSÉ VAZ*



*Beato José Vaz, apóstolo de Sri Lanka*

*No antigo Ceilão, hoje Sri Lanka, o catolicismo foi sustentado em larga
medida pela admirável virtude de seu apóstolo, o Bem-aventurado Padre José
Vaz, do *Oratório *de Goa*

   - *Plinio Maria Solimeo*

*E*stabelecido no Ceilão (ilha ao sul da Índia) em 1505, quando lá chegaram
os portugueses, o catolicismo foi se difundindo por toda a região costeira
ocidental da ilha — a lendária Taprobana dos romanos, de que fala Camões —
penetrando também em alguns pontos do seu interior, como no poderoso reino
de Kandy.(1)

Em 1658, os protestantes holandeses conquistaram a ilha. Expulsaram os
missionários, proibindo, sob pena de morte, dar-lhes abrigo e obrigando os
católicos a frequentar seus templos, para serem bem vistos pelos novos
dirigentes. Sob condições tão adversas, a perseverança dos católicos estava
ameaçada.

*Zelo apostólico: socorrer o Ceilão*

Em Goa, na Índia portuguesa, o Padre português José Vaz teve notícia dessa
triste situação e desejou socorrer os católicos perseguidos. Mas o trabalho
desse sacerdote no Ceilão teria que ser estável e duradouro, necessitando
de longa preparação. Assim, 12 anos haveriam de transcorrer até que ele
pudesse pisar naquele solo.


O Pe. Vaz ingressou então num instituto religioso, aparentemente sem nenhum
futuro. Quase imediatamente foi eleito seu superior. Como tal, obteve a
afiliação do núcleo à *Ordem do Oratório,* fundada por São Felipe Néri na
Itália.

O *Oratório de Goa* foi a primeira instituição puramente indígena em toda a
Ásia. Seu papel seria providencial, pois haveria de prover, por mais de 100
anos, os missionários para o Ceilão, num período em que os europeus estavam
impossibilitados de fazê-lo. Teria também a glória de dar à ilha seus dois
primeiros bispos.

*Sillalai: aldeia fidelíssima resiste à heresia*

 Vista Aérea de Colombo, capital do Sri-Lanka

Disfarçado de mendigo, o Pe. Vaz, acompanhado de um jovem escravo,
conseguiu penetrar no Ceilão.


Chegando depois de mil vicissitudes a Jaffna, ao norte da ilha, lançou mão
de um meio simples, mas heróico, naquela circunstância, para encontrar os
católicos que 

Re: [Goanet] remembering Anthony D"Mello

[eric pinto]

   He built the Brabourne Stadium.  e.
  


On Friday, September 19, 2014 9:19 AM, Eugene Correia 
 wrote:
 


Time to remember Anthony D'Mello, a Karachi-born Goan, who is called the
Father of Asian Games, as the Incheon Asian Games began today. The first
Games were held in New Delhi in 1951.
D'Mello is also the first president of the Control of Cricket in India.

Eugene

Re: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee (Response to Joe Lobo)

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Dear Joe

I am not academically qualified to fully answer your question.   What I have 
written is my personal observation and should not be taken as any authority.   
The United Nations Refugee Council may be best placed to answer your question 
fully.

Best regards.

Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

19 September 2014




Message Received: Sep 19 2014, 03:03 PM
From: "Joe Lobo" 
To: "Melvyn Fernandes" , "Goa's premiere mailing list,estb. 1994!" 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee

My response :-- Are you implying that the hundreds of North 
Africans, Nigerians and other west African migrants who brave the 
oceans to become refugees are the future slaves who will become 
economy betterers? What about the many goans who hie to get Port. 
passports so that they can enter the European job market ?
- Original Message - 
From: "Melvyn Fernandes" 
To: "goanet [goanet]" 
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 6:58 AM
Subject: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee


Hi all

As you will have heard, the creation of the Scottish Rupee will no longer 
take place. Bravo Scotland. The people of Scotland have decided we are 
better off as United Kingdom.

This may be an example for the doubting Thomases in Goa that we can also be 
better off united with all the other states in India as at the moment we are 
looked upon as the most backward state. On my part, I breathe a sigh of 
relief that the price of beer will remain steady.

When I am in Goa there is the urgency in the morning to get to the 
television first to watch Thomas the Tank engine and all the creativity 
needed along with the big fat controller to run a railway. This is before 
others wake up and get to the television for the US dollar rate and sterling 
rate to the rupee.

Today, if you agree, one can invade a country by sending them their currency 
to exchange with the local money until there is no more to exchange. In 
return its inhabitants can be imported as slaves paying their own way and 
keeping the money go round cycle going.

Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

19 September 2014 

Re: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee (Response to JC)

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Dear JC

Goa is not a dry state and no liquor permit is needed hence it is a place where 
the beer goes in and brains go out.   Just look at most debates and newspaper 
articles of the day.   

With regard to reference points, the Government of India has been trying to 
bring every village in the country up to standard but in Goa . football 
training in Brazil, garbage collection tuition in Germany and everywhere else.  

I hope I have answered your question.

Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

19 September 2014


Message Received: Sep 19 2014, 03:28 PM
From: "Jose" 
To: "Melvyn Fernandes" , "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee

On Sep 19, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Melvyn Fernandes wrote:

"at the moment we are looked upon as the most backward state"

QUESTIONS: 

If Melvyn is suggesting that Goa is presently being "looked upon as the most 
backward state", may I ask his reference point ie Who, besides the odd 
person,believes that? If that is so, why do so many folks flock to Goa .for 
the Feni?

jc

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

[Gabe Menezes]

Carly Simon - In The Still Of The Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJwefnQurS0

g



-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] Lavy Pinto

[Gabe Menezes]

On 18 September 2014 20:50, Domnic Fernandes  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> Lavy
> (Lavinho) Pinto was born in Nairobi, Kenya. His family hailed from Morodd,
> Mapusa. He grew
> up in the Dhobitalao area of South Bombay and studied at St. Xavier's
> School
> and College. He got married in St. Jerome/Our Lady of Miracles Church in
> Mapusa
> and went to Church in a horse carriage. He worked with Tatas and had his
> stints
> at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Air India, before moving to the US in 1969. He
> has five children: Leroy Pinto,
> Lindsey Pinto, Elizabeth Pinto, Lorne Pinto and Lesley Pinto. They reside
> in Chicago.
>
>
>
> When
> we talk of Goans who have enhanced the name of the state and country
> through
> their achievements in track and field athletics wearing an India vest, Lavy
> Pinto comes to mind.
>
>
>
> The
> pride of place will surely go to Lavy Pinto who for a number of years held
> the
> National Records for the 100 and 200 Metres and whose State Record, in both
> these events stood for a good many years. It was in 1951 that Lavy Pinto
> established
> a National record of 10.7 seconds. In 1953 he improved it to 10.6 seconds,
> it
> seemed then that there was a glued magic to the figure of 10.6 seconds,
> which
> had remained unbroken record for nearly twenty years. He also anchored the
> 4X100 relay quartet to silver.
>
>
>
>
> Moi-mogan,
>
>
>
> Domnic
> Fernandes
>
> Gaumvaddi,
> Anjuna
>
> Mob:
> 8805237604


QUESTION: Thank you for the info, could you please clarify if the distance
covered was Metres or Yards? When Seraphino Antao did the Gold Double in
Melbourne  it was in Yards.if it was metres, then India broke away from
the Commonwealth distances of 1 mile 100 yardssee:-




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JKNLRrGII

-- 
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Gabe Menezes.

Re: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee

[Jose]

On Sep 19, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Melvyn Fernandes  wrote:

"at the moment we are looked upon as the most backward state"

QUESTIONS: 

If Melvyn is suggesting that Goa is presently being "looked upon as the most 
backward state", may I ask his reference point ie Who, besides the odd 
person,believes that? If that is so, why do so many folks flock to Goa .for 
the Feni?

jc

[Goanet] UK Tiatr - Oxir Rosteanchi Rundhai - Incident

[Melvyn Fernandes]

 Dear John Fernandes

Thank you for your telephone call last night, it is appreciated.   There is no 
right or wrong answer, may be I should not have used “everybody went home 
happier”.
You asked how long have I been involved, the caterers, and a discussion on 
manners by older people and queue jumping for our national dish upsetting your 
child.   Yes, I agree with you I too would be upset in the circumstances but 
not surprised at the behaviour of our older people.   Even a herd of elephants 
or cattle would make room and give priority for a young one at the water hole.  
 I must commend you and your family for travelling long distance and bringing 
your child with you to our cultural event unlike other parents who allow their 
children to lose their identity to England’s mongrel society and all of pond 
life.   As I look around me I see our young people completely stoned  with no 
direction and do not know their ass from their elbow.   I will try and answer 
your questions please click on the attached link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wETzHqMf7PE

I have been involved with our community in England since 1974.   Sorpotel, as I 
explained is a peasant dish and brought to Goa by peasants from Portugal where 
our local people added soro hence the name sorpotel.   If this is a peasant 
dish in Portugal and our king dish in Goa what does that make us?   Hence I can 
understand the behaviour of queue jumping and peasant mentality and manners.   



Below is part of an article I wrote about sorpotel on goanet a while ago:

Quote
The highlight of such village feasts (as well as weddings, christenings, 
Christmas) is our cultural top dish of sorpotel. Look at the placing of this 
dish at the top of the Goan menu against what I have been given to understand 
it was one of the dishes eaten mainly by Portuguese peasants and subsequently 
imported to our shores when they arrived in Goa over 500 years ago. This story 
looks plausible by the very ingredients used in sorpotel, random pieces of meat 
boiled, then cut up into small pieces, fried and then heavily spiced to make it 
tasty. I guess in the last century these pieces of meat would have been scraps 
of meat from the Portuguese rich man's table, or from parts of the animal they 
did not wish to use (another popular dish in Goa till today is brain cutlets). 
The masses of our people whose taste buds are tantalized by this top dish has 
led to one of my friends nicknaming them the 'pilau and sorpotel crowd' as 
there is no intellectual or academic dialogue in the absence of soro, music and 
dancing. At such gatherings people tend to wear their Sunday best, gold 
jewellery, rolex watches, designer sunglasses and forget about their worries 
until the next event. 

In her book "Los Viejos", on pages 94 and 95 Grace Halsell noted much the same 
observation in the USA "My friend Roscoe Dixon had told a story about black 
slaves in the southern United States being given all "leftovers", such as "pot 
likker" drained from collards and throw-away beef bones, gizzards, hearts and 
liver. "And the slaves were getting stronger and the plantation owner was 
getting weaker." The rich often have thrown out the nutritious elements when 
they discarded organ meats, bones and the water in which vegetables were 
cooked." This mirrors our people who have migrated from Goa to western 
countries forming the new labour market and carrying traditionally dishes with 
them keeping them strong physically.

Unquote

I am sure your experience is not unique and can be mirrored at all our events.  
 Maybe readers of this article can come up with suggestions of how best to 
create harmony between organisers of events, caterers and guests so people come 
happy and go home happier. On the whole you will agree with me that Oxir 
Rosteanchi Rundhai was indeed good value for money and entertainment.    I will 
pass your comments to the Pilar Fathers and Goan Chaplaincy when I next meet up 
with them.
 
With best regards.
 
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
19 September 2014
 

Re: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee

[Joe Lobo]

 My  response :--   Are  you  implying  that  the  hundreds of  North 
Africans, Nigerians and  other west African  migrants  who  brave  the 
oceans  to  become  refugees  are the  future  slaves  who  will  become 
economy  betterers?  What  about  the  many  goans  who  hie  to get Port. 
passports  so that they  can  enter  the  European   job market ?
- Original Message - 
From: "Melvyn Fernandes" 

To: "goanet [goanet]" 
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 6:58 AM
Subject: [Goanet] The Scottish Rupee


Hi all

As you will have heard, the creation of the Scottish Rupee will no longer 
take place. Bravo Scotland. The people of Scotland have decided we are 
better off as United Kingdom.


This may be an example for the doubting Thomases in Goa that we can also be 
better off united with all the other states in India as at the moment we are 
looked upon as the most backward state. On my part, I breathe a sigh of 
relief that the price of beer will remain steady.


When I am in Goa there is the urgency in the morning to get to the 
television first to watch Thomas the Tank engine and all the creativity 
needed along with the big fat controller to run a railway. This is before 
others wake up and get to the television for the US dollar rate and sterling 
rate to the rupee.


Today, if you agree, one can invade a country by sending them their currency 
to exchange with the local money until there is no more to exchange. In 
return its inhabitants can be imported as slaves paying their own way and 
keeping the money go round cycle going.


Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

19 September 2014 

[Goanet] The Scottish Rupee

[Melvyn Fernandes]

Hi all

As you will have heard, the creation of the Scottish Rupee will no longer take 
place.   Bravo Scotland.   The people of Scotland have decided we are better 
off as United Kingdom.   

This may be an example for the doubting Thomases in Goa that we can also be 
better off united with all the other states in India as at the moment we are 
looked upon as the most backward state.   On my part, I breathe a sigh of 
relief that the price of beer will remain steady.

When I am in Goa there is the urgency in the morning to get to the television 
first to watch Thomas the Tank engine and all the creativity needed along with 
the big fat controller to run a railway.   This is before others wake up and 
get to the television for the US dollar rate and sterling rate to the rupee.   

Today, if you agree, one can invade a country by sending them their currency to 
exchange with the local money until there is no more to exchange.   In return 
its inhabitants can be imported as slaves paying their own way and keeping the 
money go round cycle going.   

Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom

19 September 2014

[Goanet] remembering Anthony D"Mello

[Eugene Correia]

Time to remember Anthony D'Mello, a Karachi-born Goan, who is called the
Father of Asian Games, as the Incheon Asian Games began today. The first
Games were held in New Delhi in 1951.
D'Mello is also the first president of the Control of Cricket in India.

Eugene

[Goanet] Info: About the hormone'testosterone'

[Con Menezes]

  
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4089953.htm

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Re: [Goanet] Lavy Pinto

[Eugene Correia]

Marshall is right. I did mix up Dr. Owen Pinrto with Lavy Pinto. I have
never met Lavy and neither have seen him run. As a contemporary of Mary
D'Souza, Lavy was a big name in athletics in the 50s.
Dominic has given a good write-up. I recently got an emal from Mary's
daughter how to go about asking the government to honour Mary on the
promise to plrovide her state recognition.
I informed her to get in touch with Sports Council of Goa and the Sports
and Youth Affairs ministry. I think evern Lavy should be honour likewise.
The Goa government should be stimulated to do recognize the past heroes of
Indian sports.
They should also honour Neville D'Souza, the only footballer to score a
hat-trick at the Olympics, his borther Dereyk and legion of others who
represented India. Time the government is serious about giving some living
and those dead pride of place in the sporting history of Goa, though some
of them were born outside Goa and shone in their respective field for some
other states.

Eugene

[Goanet] Perk-up-your-posture

[Con Menezes]

   
http://time.com/3265073/perk-up-your-posture/

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[Goanet] Jerome Mendes mother dies at 96

[JoeGoaUk]

  
Jerome Mendes Mother dies a week after her  96th birthday

obit ad
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/15262433386/

Our heartfelt sympathies to the family

May her soul rest in peace


from  archive..
The Restaurant:
At the entrance, on the compound wall, there is a typical 
marble stone name plate.
Guess who laid the foundation stone for this Restaurant on Sept. 11, 1993?
Many of you may say a Minister or an MLA / MP or 
a bollywood / sports celebrity, or the village priest, doctor etc etc
No, none of them. 
So who then?
It’s none other than the Evergreen Heroine Mrs. Mariana Goes 

Meet her here at 93
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra2/5493998028/sizes/l/

Very unusual, isn’t it?
How many of us will dare to do the same?
I am touched by the idea so much that I have decided to make 
a small promo video for the restaurant, Courtesy JoeGoaUk

Video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw5c-nBCA2g

joego...@yahoo.co.uk 

for Goa & NRI related info... 
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ 

For Goan Video Clips 
http://youtube.com/joeukgoa 

In Goa, Dial  1 0 8 
For Hospital, Police, Fire etc