Archive for 'Goa/गोवा'

New grotto of Our Lady of Fatima blessed at Vasco Church

New grotto of Our Lady of Fatima blessed at Vasco Church

A new grotto built in the premises of the St. Andrew’s church at Vasco was blessed by Fr. Jose Antonio Costa, Parish priest of the Vasco church, in the presence of Fr. Lino Gonsalves a Goan priest who is attached to a church at New York in the US and has come home on a [...]

Pre-monsoon work behind schedule across Goa

Pre-monsoon work behind schedule across Goa

The South West monsoon are almost knocking at the doors of the state of Goa. One of the important activity the Government and the civic bodies needs to take before the heavens open, is to carry out the pre-monsoon works. This needs to be completed well before the onset of monsoon. But as usual all [...]

Medical equipments bank inaugurated in Goa

Medical equipments bank inaugurated in Goa

The Vasco branch of Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) has started a Medical Equipments Bank in the Port Town of Vasco. The inaugural function was held at Hotel La-Paz Gardens. This unique project will be of immense help to the needy people who cannot afford to buy costly orthopaedic equipments. The equipments include forearm/elbow crutches, [...]

Procession of saints at Goa

Procession of saints at Goa

The annual procession of saints was held at Goa Velha, a sleepy village on the out-skirts of the capital city Panaji. Once every year the statues of saints, numbering about thirty-one, is taken out in a procession which is attended by people from all over Goa. Thousands of faithful attend this unique ceremony which is [...]

Sore-sights of Vasco city

Sore-sights of Vasco city

Goa : The Port-Town of Vasco in Goa was once one of the most beautiful cities in the state of Goa. The city is well planned and the Swatantra Path was regarded as the most beautiful promenade in the state. But unfortunately, over a period of time, because of negligence by the Civic body and [...]

Shigmo Celebrations In Goa

Shigmo Celebrations In Goa

Goa: The annual festival of Shigmo was celebrated in Goa. Several floats depicting various mythological scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata were seen in the float parade held in the Port Town of Vasco-Da-Gama. Several people lined the route of the parade watching with awe the various floats which looked splendid because of the light-effect. [...]

FORTNIGHTLY RELEASED

FORTNIGHTLY RELEASED

A new fortnightly “The GO1 Express” was released on Saturday 12th March at the hands of the Rev. Fr. Jose Antonio Costa, Parish priest of St. Andrew’s Church in Vasco at a simple function held at the Municipal hall of the Mormugao Municipal Council in Vasco. According to the editor of the fortnightly Mr. Elvino [...]

Carnival in Goa

Carnival in Goa

PHOTO FEATURE : The four-day Carnival clebrations got underway in Goa on Saturday, 5th March with the flagging off of the Carnival parade in the national capital Panaji. By ADELMO FERNANDES

AWARENESS  PROGRAM  ON  DEMENTIA

AWARENESS PROGRAM ON DEMENTIA

Goa : On Sunday the Senior Citizens group of the St. Andrew’s Church, Vasco, Goa organized an awareness programme on Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with a lecture by Dr. Amit Dias from the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Goa Medical College and founder member of the Dementia Society of Goa. Dementia is a common [...]

SHARING  WITH  THE  POOR

SHARING WITH THE POOR

Goa : While Christmas and Easter are the feasts when people indulge in the best of foods and drinks, there are millions who go to bed on an empty stomach. The members of the prayer group from Raia in South Goa, who call themselves “The Twelve Pillars” have over the years been spending the festivities [...]