Re: [Goanet] Blessing of houses

2013-04-13 Thread valley faleiro
for the eldest in the family to bless their own homes.As a result MY EXPERIENCE is that I have not seen the priest visit families in the parish like the olden days . Valley. From: amferns_n...@hotmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:23:38 + Subject: [Goanet] Blessing

[Goanet] Blessing of houses

2013-04-05 Thread Ana Maria Fernandes
Soon after Easter catholic priests go house to house for house blessing. This has gone for centuries. Our priest have been doing this job very methodically or what adjective to use I do not know. But today our cities are converted into huge buildings and each building has around four to five

Re: [Goanet] Blessing of houses

2013-04-05 Thread jose fernandes
Mumbai, I think it is the head of the family that springles the holy water on easter day. Can anyone throw light on this? Salu On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Ana Maria Fernandes amferns_n...@hotmail.com wrote: Soon after Easter catholic priests go house to house for house blessing. This

[Goanet] Blessing of houses

2013-04-05 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
jose fernandes konknno at gmail.com on Fri Apr 5 06:56:01 PDT 2013 wrote: Mumbai, I think it is the head of the family that springles the holy water on easter day. Can anyone throw light on this? SaluREPONSE: Goa, as far as I remember since my childhood, for the past 55 years or