----- Original Message -----From: Joao Paulo CotaSent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:14 PMSubject: Re: [Goa-Portuguese] Fr. Freddy J Da Costa Memorial Trust establishedHello Rene and Ralph and all,
Just as a small passing comment on both of your interesting emails, even though I was born, educated and worked in 4 continents and can speak as many languages, I still find it very important for me to trace back my roots. Not for any emotional reasons, but for curiosity sake. When I was in Goa recently, I did make time to go through some church records and then through the Govt archives too - and managed to go back 5 generations. It was fascinating and amazing on what I have found so far on my family!
I really could not care less if somebody tells me I am old fashioned, but the way I look at it as a Goan born overseas, the more things I find about Goa (via my antique maps, books, philately, etc) and perhaps my ancestors history, the more I consider myself...Goan!
My little son Ian is now 6 months old and he already started being specifically thought Konkani by his grandmother and parents. I think Ian will appreciate to know the name and details of the 7th person down his lineage someday...
There is a big, big difference between moving with time and to be 'moved alongwith' time. It is what you manage to take with you that defines who you are.
Regards,
Joao Paulo Cota
From: "Rene Rodrigues" <rene.rodrigues1@...>
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Subject: Re: [Goa-Portuguese] Fr. Freddy J Da Costa Memorial Trust established
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:58:49 -0000
I have just read Ralph D'Souza's narrative.Of course all of it is 'tongue in cheek'.It is about time that people made serious appraisals of the situation worldwide.It is nonsensical to keep on harping about emotional issues from the past with regard to India/Goa.It is time to move on and look at the global picture. Indians(and that means Goans too) are now a global commodity and have moved to distant lands and contribute significantly to the economies of those lands...USA,Australia,UK etc etc. A better exercise for those emotionally strapped Goans would be to try and find our predecessors Hindi surnames.....yes,"family tree". Some of you will not want to go back that far in history(400 years)and would not like to hear the truth.I have found mine. Come on, move on in this Global community. Why is it that the emotional issues tends to be most felt mostly in the Goans that have emigrated to foreign lands and have made good ?Very few dissenting voices from Goa itself...they know better and they live there. I keep in touch with the homeland by visiting as often as I can and I am of that age where one can be emotional about these matters but it is shortsighted to do so.Move on chaps...man has got to the moon you know...over 20 years ago.Responsible Earth citizen----- Original Message -----From: Ralph DSouzaSent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:36 PMSubject: Re: [Goa-Portuguese] Fr. Freddy J Da Costa Memorial Trust establishedKeeping with the Goa Clergy, me hopes the Memorial will be in Devnagiri script & the essay competition too. During the Portuguese time, Hindus & Christians lived in harmony & peace. It is just a " coincidence " that now there appears to be tensions. Not to worry though, the world's greatest democratic, God-fearing leader was in India & now India can join the nuclear club; what a privelege. Soon there will be a large scale war between India & Pakistan. Iraq & Afghanistan is stale stuff, the arms & ammunition industry needs new places to test the new equipment & nations to sell off the old war toys to.Rush out & purchase stocks & shares of the arms & ammunitions industry & also the pharmaceutical industry that will come to the aid of the injured, dying & dead & sick. Be a compassionate, caring human & support these two industries.Mapusakar in canada.
"Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com" <goaworldtoday@...> wrote:Fr. Freddy J Da Costa Memorial Trust
Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Memorial Trust having been established and duly registered, its Margao office was recently (27/02/2006) inaugurated by Fr. Freddy's mother Mrs Serafina Da Costa and blessed by Fr. Manoel Gomes.
The following are the office bearers: Chairman - Fr. Manoel Gomes,
Secretary - Shri S M Borges, Treasurer - Shri Fabian G. Da Costa, Members -
Shri Uday Bhembre, Shri Soter Barreto, Shri Marcos Gonsalves and Shri Fausto
V. Da Costa.
At its first meeting the Trust has decided to take up two projects:1. Essay competition in Konkani for children and youth; and2. Institution of a perpetual burse at Saligao Seminary, besides the Tabernaclegifted to Varca Church and Assistance given to St. Anne's Church, Haveri andSt. Anne's Convent, Haveri where Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa met with the fatal accident.- Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
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