Re: [Goanet] Toil and tears on the salty seas... a tribute to the Goan seafarer (Fr Anthony Fernandes)

2020-06-27 Thread Roland Francis
Fr Anthony Fernandes, I started reading your essay with great anticipation. Here was a priest I said who actually worked in a maritime ministry on board a ship that had many Goan crew. Here was a man I said, who comes from a family of humble seafarers, specially privileged to have an insight

[Goanet] Toil and tears on the salty seas... a tribute to the Goan seafarer (Fr Anthony Fernandes)

2020-06-26 Thread Goanet Reader
Fr Anthony Fernandes pas...@gmail.com Seeing photos in the media of the 'Celebrity Infinity' cruise ship docked at the Mormugao Port, Goa, on June 19, 2020, made my eyes go moist. It brought back nostalgic memories of a twelve-year-old rendezvous with it. It was the evening of May 27,