[Goanet] XX Sunday of the Year
15-Aug-2017 Dear Friend, While most of us pick and choose whom we want to relate to and who will be our friends, God is open to all, he has no favourites, and all are welcome. Jesus says “My house shall be a house of prayer for all the people.” This is a tremendous statement. There are so many closed shops, so many exclusive clubs in the world. But God’s house is different, it is meant to be open for all. Enjoy free entry in His house! Everyone is welcome! Be open like him. -Fr. Jude Sunday Ref: XX Sunday “My house will be a house of prayer for all peoples!” 20-Aug-2017Readings: Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7; Rom.11: 13-15, 29-32; Matt. 15: 21-28; The first reading reflects a time during the period of restoration after the return from Babylon. Since the returned exiles constituted a small group, they tended to be inward-looking. The prophet encourages them to be open to foreigners because God intends his house to be a ‘house of prayer’ for all the peoples’ God is a God of all and excludes none. One of the darker sides of our humanity is our tendency to be exclusive. We build our own little world and God helps those who disturb it! We tend to join exclusive groups. New members are grudgingly accommodated. Thank God for being exactly opposite! God is totally and forever inclusive. Gentlemen and Gentile WomanA gentleman was boasting about the superiority of Catholicism and the holiness of his priests to a Hindu and Muslim friend. Debating at the crossroads they spied a sadhu going into a brothel. “Saw that?” sneered the Catholic. “Our priests won’t be seen there!” Minutes later, a Mullah covered his face with his shawl and entered the brothel too. The Catholic remarked, “Ah, ha, Mullahs are no better than sadhus!” Just then the parish priest also slyly entered the brothel. The Catholic sighed sanctimoniously, “I wonder which of those girls is sick and in need of sacraments!” Strangely, ‘we’ are always holier than ‘they’ just as Pharisees in Jesus’ time claimed superiority over gentiles.Francis Gonsalves in ‘Sunday Seeds for Daily Deeds’ In today’s gospel Jesus speaks openly to a pagan woman, who asks him to cure her daughter. At first Jesus seems to refuse, saying, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But the woman persists noting that even dogs feed on the crumbs from the master’s table. The woman in the story teaches us a few truths about our faith and prayer. The first thing she teaches us is persistence. Her persistence is recognized by Jesus. This is an important lesson when all of us struggle. Are we persistent? The woman in the gospel reminds us that sometimes the sheer persistence can be the prayer, the good work and the spiritual discipline. The second thing we can learn from this woman is the need for clear focus. When Jesus spoke to her in language that demeaned her people, she did not lose her cool but kept her eyes on the goal of her mission, which was to show that even non-Jews are entitled to God’s blessings in Christ. The third thing we learn from this woman is courage. Being a foreigner and as a woman, it took great courage on her part to approach the all-Jewish and all-male company of Jesus and his disciples. She was unafraid to challenge prejudice and falsity even in religious places. Jesus recognizing her deep faith and humility says, “Let it be done to you as you wish.” Sometimes you hear people say “Ah, it’s easy for you; you have great faith.” Faith doesn’t always make things easier. The opposite is sometimes the case. Faith impels us to persevere, to struggle on, with no guarantee of a happy ending. Faith calls for humility, courage, perseverance and above all love. The nameless Gentile woman is an example of that tough faith we all need at times. But she is also a great example of love. Jesus could just as well say to her: “Woman, you have great love. Be it done for you as you desire.” Run for your lifeThere is an Aesop fable which tells the story of a rabbit and a hunting dog. One day when the dog was out hunting he flushed a rabbit from the thicket and gave chase. The frightened rabbit ran its heart out and eventually escaped. As the dog headed home it passed a farmer who taunted him saying, “You are a fine hunter. Aren’t you ashamed to let a rabbit one-tenth of your size outrun you and get away?” The dog answered, “Ah, but sir, I was only running for my supper, the rabbit was running for his love!” This rabbit was running faster than the fastest man in the world! In today’s gospel we hear a dialogue between Jesus and a Canaanite woman. The woman’s single-mindedness for her daughter’s healing is rewarded. It reminds us of the words of Dwight Eisenhower: “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it is the size of the fight in the dog.” Run for your life and you will win the race.John Pichappilly in ‘The Table of the Word’ Let go and …As he lay on his hospital bed in Melb
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Re: [Goanet] driscoll....@gmail.com (Dan Driscoll) on Re: Break Your Silence: 101 Christian Intellectuals to the Church in India
Hi Dan— Wow, wow, and awesome. Appreciate you extrapolating and given me the segway to share. I have not heard of Namanand Modak, nor of Anjali Ashram, and appreciate you mentioned both. Years ago, I paid a visit to the National Film Board of Canada, and bough some VHS tapes. Although we were there for a short while, the impression on my sensibility was tremendous. It would be good if Goans had the chance to see Norman McLaren’s films, especially, Neighbors. I believe Ishu Patel is still at the NFBC!? Things changed drastically for me; but I cannot forget them. So many of them. I graduated from Pratt Institute, from the CG Dept. My short film, Shunyata was realized in mixed-media animation. But things worked differently, and just perhaps I may get back someday to animating. Sill, all experiences bolster us. Needless to say, but animation has come a long way and will keep going on. The first batch of CG animators in Canada and the US, all divorced! The work and exploits took their toll. Btw, remember the Benson & Hedges commercial, which was computed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications! Canada has played a tremendous role in developing programs, having Sheridan and other schools, and by assiduously creating outlets for animators. The animators too, have played their cards and more. My base has always been traditional. My journey in painting murals is recent and began with the Mexicans, and is now six murals strong. Next month, I head to Candelaria, Misiones, Argentina to paint my first there, at the site of one of the Jesuit missions (reducciones). Paid for! Btw, there were thirty stretching from Paraguay. Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. Then, from Oct–mid Nov, will be painting six murals in Colombia. And then teach a course in Poinxedeje, Hidalgo, Mexico. I hope to sketch, and cook some, and get into the 2018 exhausted and burnt out, or rejuvenated and raring to deal with fresher horrors, via generating new projects, including calligraphy and print making. My artistic labor is accessible online. I must also add that it does not follow a discernible trajectory. :) Search: Venantius Pinto; or Venantius J Pinto. As I say in my feeble Spanish: Vivivimos tantas vidas, y tantas vidas viven en nosotros. (We live many lives, and many lives live within us). More, some other time. Thank you,
[Goanet] Here's What Shattering of Menstrual Taboos and Access to Hygiene Did to an Ordinary Village Girl (Manabi Katoch, betterindia.com)
Here's What Shattering of Menstrual Taboos and Access to Hygiene Did to an Ordinary Village Girl A lot of the girls could not even afford fresh cloth every month, and had to use the same piece of cloth for months on end. by Manabi Katoch Sulochana Pednekar is an award winning social worker, who has changed the lives of more than 2000 school girls. Born in a remote village called Siolim in Goa, she was raised by a single mother, who worked in a bakery to take care of the small family. She tried to help her mother in every way possible. While finances were met by her mom, she lived in a joint family. The hardships she faced made her self-reliant. However, that sense of freedom was lost once she hit puberty. PHOTO: Sulochana Pednekar when she was in class 10 "I was not allowed to touch any utensils, and hence was always dependant on someone even for a drink of water. If I was thirsty in the middle of the night, I had to wake someone up to get me water," says Sulochana. Sulochana explains how she felt like an untouchable, especially when she was asked to sit and sleep separately. "It was terrible. Though my mother would allow me to bathe secretly, my grandmother always kept an eye on us to ensure we follow traditions," she says. [In collaboration with Aakar Innovations, The Better India is setting up a sanitary pad manufacturing unit in Ajmer, Rajasthan, that will not only produce eco-friendly or biodegradable sanitary pads, but will also employ women from rural communities around the area. Contribute for the campaign here.] Slowly, Sulochana found out that this was the story of every girl in the village. PHOTO: Sulochana during a menstrual awareness session In fact , she considers herself lucky enough to get a space where she could dry her cloth pads in the open, because there were many who had to dry it in the dark, which meant that the cloth did not dry sufficiently, inviting infections and diseases. A lot of the girls could not even afford fresh cloth every month, and had to use the same piece of cloth for months on end. "Even though everyone was going through the same ordeal, nobody would speak about it openly. We were not even allowed to say we had our periods. Girls would use code words like, 'It's my happy birthday' or 'A crow has touched me'," she laughs. Times were tough. Her school fees, which was just Rs 60, was unaffordable for her mother. Sulochana would walk 3-4 km to attend the village school. She was a brilliant student, who wanted to get a higher education. But mounting expenses made Sulochana lose hope of studying any further. But luck favoured her when a few foreign delegates came to visit her family, they were so impressed with Sulochana's English that they offered her a scholarship. Sulochana studied economics with the help of this scholarship, and in college was introduced to sanitary napkins, which felt like a life-saver during long journeys and field visits. PHOTO: Sulochana (Now) But she was not happy with the way the napkins were disposed, which prompted her to research organic sanitary napkins, and this lead her to an NGO that was working on a similar project. Once she got involved, and better informed about the subject, she took it upon herself to spread awareness on menstrual hygiene. After her graduation, she started working with an NGO called Sangath in Goa, which dealt with women's issues, especially around the mental health of rural women. Sulochana has travelled around Goa, conducting surveys about the mental health of rural women. This also helped her get a Masters in Population studies from the International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai. "Our curriculum has just one chapter on reproductive organs which is taught in class 9, whereas these days girls hit puberty much earlier. It is very important for them to know about their own body to take care of it. In fact it is their right to have this information," says Sulochana. Sulochana has started a drive called 'paid for period' where she goes to schools in remote areas of Goa and holds menstrual awareness campaigns. After the campaign, most of the girls know about the benefits of using eco-friendly sanitary napkins. Those who want to use them, are given the napkins free of cost. Due to her work, Sulochana was one among the four girls to be selected for a video project working around women's issues. "I had not held a camera before this project. But they trained me so well, and thats how learned film making," she laughs. Today Sulochana is a community correspondent at Video Volunteers, which equips marginalized Indian people with skills in video journalism and advocacy, helping them expose under-reported stories from their communities, and take action to right the wrongs of poverty, injustice and inequality. She uses her role as a Community Correspondent to bridge the gap between the grassroots and civil societ
Re: [Goanet] Freedom (by Armando Menezes, 1902-1983)
Hi V M— “A dance along an endless lane.” Awesome. Contemplating / Birthing a book of poetry? Perhaps annotated! If yes, consider me to design the cover and perhaps pieces within. But, and I say this in utter sincerity—only if the selection is truly strong, and there is sufficient time allotted. + Anyone? Thank you, —vjp On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 1:23 AM, V M wrote: > Freedom > > Freedom is but a madman's dream, > A dance along an endless lane. > The slogans that you shout but seem > To drown the clanging of the chain. > > Freedom is but a posturing, > Before a necromantic glass; > The old old song you newly sing, > Falsetto, like an infant class. > > Freedom is greed, is violence, > Lust, and the lordship of the fool. > Freedom's not knowing either whence > Or whither, or if chance be the rule. > > We dreamed, and now wake up from sleep: > And dark indeed the day to see > When Freedom's image cannot keep > Even a poet's loyalty. >
[Goanet] [goasuicidewatch] 13-yr-old girl commits suicide at Keri, Ponda on Independence Day
--- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help CONSUMERS to be informed about the importance of MENTAL HEALTH in Goa. - 13-yr-old girl commits suicide at Keri, Ponda http://everyday.thegoan.net/epaperimages/16082017/16082017-md-hr-3/d8344.jpg --- THE GOAN 16/8/17 ---
