* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Goa Tributes: 06 May 2020: A student in Goa... a priest in Brazil * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RANEE NORONHA died in Bangalore, of a sudden heart attack on the morning of May 4, 2020. Tracing her roots to Mangalore, she and her husband Cecil Noronha (a former IAS officer) had spent many years in Goa in the 1980s, when Cecil was Chairman of the Mormugao Port Trust, in the course of which they made many friends from among Goan intellectuals. Ranee [Peris] studied at Loreto Convent, Calcutta, and secured a B.A. and B.Ed. from Calcutta University. She taught for some year prior to her marriage. During their Goa posting in the 1980s, Ranee obtained an M.A. degree in English Literature, after studying at the Goa University in the mid-eighties. Durng their Delhi posting in the early 1990s, she was Vice-Principal of St Columba's School. She was later Principal of Mallya-Aditi International High School, Bangalore, and of Dhirubhai Ambani International High School, Mumbai. Students of the fledging Goa University in the mid-1980s recall their classmate Ranee, who took her studies in English literature seriously, in spite of having the responsibilities of a family. Her husband Cecil obtained an M.A. in Economics from Loyola College, Madras, and a degree in Law from Bangalore University, before joining the IAS in 1962. As an I.A.S. officer, Cecil has held various posts with the state government (including Secretary of Health, Development and Revenue) and at the centre (including Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority) and in the public sector (including Managing Director of Vishveshvaraya Iron & Steel, and Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust, Goa. He retired as Chief Secretary, Karnataka. They eventually settled at Cecil's family home at Rest House Road, Bangalore. Ranee and Cecil were married at St Patrick's Church, Bangalore, on 4 Jan 1966. They had two sons. Jaideep Charles (b 12 Oct 1967) m Angeles (Spanish), based in Cambridge, England, where Jaideep is a Professor of Marketing at Judge Business School (they have two children Gabriel Vikram and Alba Sophia), and Jatin John (b. 26 Aug 1980). Because of the lockdown, there was no church service. Ranee had expressed a wish for her body to be donated to St John's Medical College -- and this was done immediately after a short prayer service at which only the immediate family and a few close friends were present. Condolences to her husband Cecil or their son Jatin: Cecil Noronha <cecnor04 at yahoo.co.in> Jatin Prabhu <jatin_prabhu at yahoo.co.in> This information was shared here thanks to Dr Michael Lobo (of Camelot, Bijey Church Road, Mangalore 575 004 Tel: 91-824-2212349 Cell: 98441 12364), a prominent chronicler of the Mangalorean community, quite a few of whom trace their ancestral roots and villages to Goa, a fact sometimes not widely known or acknowledged. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Missionary priest who left Goa [in the 1960s] dies in Brazil: THE GOAN Network [Apr 16, 2020]. A Goan Catholic missionary priest, Mario do Monte Beatriz de Almeida, who was ordained and then left the State's shores months after the 1961 Liberation from Portuguese rule, died last week of health complications due to Covid-19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He died on April 10 and was laid to rest the next day at the Cemetery of the Holy Sacrament. An over 40-year missionary in the Santo Amaro, Brazil, Latin America diocese, he is the brother of well known Goan priest Saturnino Almeida from Goa Velha. He was buried sans participation of parishioners due to Covid 19 elated restrictions in force in Sao Paulo. His funeral was however live-streamed. Born in Goa on September 8, 1938, Father Almeida got ordained on Independence Day (August 15), months after the December 19 Liberation of Goa the previous year. He then soon left for Brazil as an exchange missionary post-Vatican II. He was serving as the chaplain of Emilie Villeneuve School of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres, Sao Paulo, at the time of his death. [Courtesy: The Goan] See link https://diocesedesantoamaro.org.br/padres-diocesanos-seculares/padre-mario-do-monte-b-de-almeida-p71/ https://www.facebook.com/diocesedesantoamaro -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 <https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha> TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp