Hi,Can someone inform me why my posts are not appearing on Goanet?This is the
second "disappeared" post in a week. Thanks
Mervyn
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On Friday, February 12, 2021, 12:00:36 p.m. CST, Mervyn Lobo
wrote:
FN,The strange thing is when the White Fa
Dr. Frederick - The name White Fathers comes not
from their skin but their garb !
The name “White Fathers” comes from their white habit. This was based on
the traditional North African dress of a white gown (gandoura) and a white
hooded ...
Mervyn Maciel
Does their name come from the colour of their garb, or from their skin
colour?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Fathers
FN
On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 01:11, Adolfo Mascarenhas wrote:
> Would you believe it there was a GOAN WHITE FATHER (This is the first
> time I am hearing of a coloured Whit
You could well be right, Bwana as, the following year(1926), he
came down to Mombasa to officiate at the wedding of my parents!
I have a note of this somewhere in my 'saved documents' which I can't
just find now!
What a big crowd at your grandparent's wedding.
Wonder who coped with the catering
Bwana Mervyn,
Judging from the dates, you granduncle could have been the one who officiated
my grandparents wedding in Zanzibar in 1925. Here is a picture of the wedding
guests outside St. Josephs Cathedral. I am not sure if Fr. D'sa is in the
picture.
You have always been unpretentious but I
Would you believe it there was a GOAN WHITE FATHER (This is the first
time I am hearing of a coloured White Father) The order started in French
North Africa and they were dressed in Black. The picture I saw of this
remarkable Goan White Father, was he was seated in a human drawn Rickshaw
.
Thanks Adolfo.
My granduncle, Fr. Lucien D'Sa returned to Goa
after his missionary service in East Africa and
in fact died in Goa. He is buried in our village
cemetery in Moira.
Best.
Mervyn M.
On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 19:41, Adolfo Mascarenhas wrote:
> Would you believe it there was a GOAN
