Re: [Goanet] Fathe Eusebius, an Honorary Goan

2008-07-04 Thread Carvalho
Dear Anthony, Thank you so much for sharing that story. Yes, it is true that so many of us forgot Fr. Eusebius but I think a lot of us Goans still remember that dear old man who forever changed the face of dubai. I am compiling our stories of Dubai for my own family memoirs. I hope to hear as ma

Re: [Goanet] Fathe Eusebius, an Honorary Goan

2008-07-04 Thread Anthony C. L. Fernandes
Dear Selma, Fr. Eusebius was a great human being and I am a witness to his great deeds. e.g. In those years in late 1960+ when many people used to come to this part of the world by VC 9 (a term used to describe illegal entry by dows/boat) with no passport, visa, job, shelter, money, food, many re

Re: [Goanet] Fathe Eusebius, an Honorary Goan

2008-07-03 Thread Bosco D'Mello
Please don't write to tell me you never liked Father Eusebius or something that will not be of any interest to me. RESPONSE: How are the rest of us to know what interests you?? BTW I met Malaika in Calangute in Dec 2008. I recognized her among the empty Breezer bottles lying on the beach. She

[Goanet] Fathe Eusebius, an Honorary Goan

2008-07-03 Thread Carvalho
In the same year that Enoch Powell was giving his “Rivers of Blood” speech in Britain, Father Eusebius was getting ready to inaugurate a British School in Dubai. He had managed through skilful diplomacy to convince the Ruling family to grant enough land for a Catholic Church and a small school.