News from the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
Communications Day Celebrated
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Day of Mass Media |
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“Holy Father has affectionately called you ‘digital generation” because it is you who mostly use the gadgets produced by the ‘digital technology”, said Fr. Antimo Gomes, Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Church, Panjim, and President of Diocesan Society of Education, who was speaking to Sunday School 95 children from 10 parishes around Panjim. He also added: “It is no wonder that the our Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media took this initiative of celebrating the Day of Mass Media Apostolate with quizzes and competitions involving some of the gadgets. This is not to test your expertise in the use of these instruments. This initiative is to proclaim clear and loud that the mass communications media used by you are an expression of the purpose of God of gathering the humanity into one family.”
Quizes and Competitions to mark the Day of Mass Media Apostolate in Goa
With a focus on the theme New technologies, New Relationships: Promoting a culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship, the Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media, of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, will be organizing a series of competitions on the Day of Mass Media Apostolate to be celebrated on November 15, 2009. The competition which will be held at the Don Bosco Campus, Panjim, from 9.00 am till 1.00 pm will comprise of Quizes, Posters, “SMS 2 God” and “Quick Pic” contests.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
….in the mission land of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Sem. Elvis Dias
The Seminary of Rachol has formed great missionaries down the centuries and she continues to feed her beloved seminarians with the Theology of mission, so that the seminarians may grow with the zeal and enthusiasm for missionary work. The Theology of mission [Missiology] occupies a prominent place in the course of theology. After having attended the course of Missiology in the academic year 2008-09, the Second Year Theology students were sent for a week long mission tour in the mission land of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (the Union Territory that comes under the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman).
Clinic Inaugurated
Cardiac Out Patients Diagnostic Clinic inaugurated
The Goa-America Heart Foundation Trust (GAHFT) opened its Cardiac OPD Diagnostic Clinic at JMJ Hospital, Porvorim. Most Rev. Filipe Neri Ferrao, Archbishop of Goa. Daman & Diu was the Chief Guest at a function on 12th May.
GAHFT is a non-profit Trust set up as a collaboration between Goans in Goa and those in the USA to provide world class cardiac care to the people of Goa at affordable rates, with particular regard for the less fortunate. Its Trustees are professionals of diverse backgrounds from both countries, who have voluntarily devoted their time and expertise for the project. The Clinic will treat both rich and poor.
Nothing much happening!!!
NINE YEARS OF THE RIVER PRINCESS, NOTHING MUCH HAPPENING!!!
It’s NINE YEARS on June 6th 2009! One day after World Environment day! So called environment protecting governments have come and gone. The River Princess still stands there waiting to devour the people living on the coastline. Already bared of their livelihood due to the extensive erosion forced by it, it is threatening to send the seawater in this monsoon, according to many experts, to cause damage to life, property and may be even deaths! Nothing happened all these years. It is only after the formation of the River Princess Hatao Manch that things have started moving. Sadly governments wake up from their deep slumber only after the people come on the streets. Still nothing much has happened till date. Our aim has not yet been fulfilled.
