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Goans in Adelaide await to welcome Goemcho Saib’s relic
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Posted by : DSI (Canada),2012-08-10
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ADELAIDE: Goans living in Adelaide- Australia may be thousands of miles from the relic of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa, but the community awaits a unique opportunity to venerate a relic of ‘Goemcho Saib’ which is headed towards their home town.
The relic – an arm of St Francis Xavier – has been venerated at the Church of Gesu in Rome since it was detached from the body of the saint in 1614 and will be on an Australia tour later this ye ..............
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Meeting on Special Status for Goa Held in Toronto
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2012-08-03
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The Dr. Ribeiro Goan School 2012 Toronto Reunion 12 – 15 September 2012
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2012-07-29
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The Dr. Ribeiro Goan School web site has been updated. You can find the latest 2012 Toronto Reunion information here:
https://sites.google.com/site/reunion2012toronto/
NOTE:
Early Bird Special
Dinner Dance Tickets
$45.00 per person
if purchased by July 31, 2012
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Kenya-born Goan author Blanche D'Souza
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2012-06-20
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By: Joel D'Souza
Blanche Rocha D'Souza, a Kenya-bornGoan with roots in Colvale, authored the unique volume "Harnessing the Trade Winds", a cultural, social and economic history of the East African Indian. The former teacher of Dr Ribeiro Goan School, Nairobi, narrates the story of the centuries-old Indian trade with East Africa, using the Monsoon winds. She was enjoying a short holiday at her sister's place in Siolim, Goa, this week. Her parents lived in Nyer ..............
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Canadian Catholicism, and Goans in Canada (a talk in Porvorim)
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2012-01-20
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Terry Fay SJ from the University of St Michael's College of the University of Toronto will tell two stories in a power-point presentation. The first
story tells the changing face of Canadian spirituality, and the second story how Canadian Goans fit into Canadian spirituality. The talk reviews the changes
in Canadian spirituality including Catholic social thought, education, feminism, subjective awakening, and national multiculturalism.
The second story looks at how Goans ..............
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Know Goa programme from Nov 27 (TOI)
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2011-11-27
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PANAJI: The 4th Know Goa programme for foreign youth of Goan origin will be held in Goa from November 27 to December 6. The Goan diaspora youth will then be taken to New Delhi for a re-orientation on India from December 7 to 11.Announcing this to the media on Friday, NRI commissioner Eduardo Faleiro also ..............
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Canadian Goan excels in Chemical Engineering
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2011-11-04
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CSChE Chemical Engineering
Local Section Scholarships
London, Ontario - October 23-26, 2011
The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) offers two CSChE Chemical Engineering Local Section Scholarships annually to undergraduate students in chemical engineering at a Canadian university. The scholarships look at leadership qualities and demonstrated contributions to the CSChE such as participation in Student Chapters as well ..............
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A Tribute to MICKEY CORREA, the great Goan Jazzman
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Posted by : Tim de Mello (Canada),2011-09-28
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MICKEY CORREIA, the great Goan jazzman, would have been 98 years old today – 26th Sept 2011 - but breathed his last on 22nd Sept . The legendary musician from Moira in North Goa (India), regaled audiences in Karachi, Mumbai and elsewhere. The Mombasa-born superb reedman played alongside music greats like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and others. His longest innings lasted from 1930 to 1960 as Taj Mahal Hotel’s band leader in residence in Mumbai. T ..............
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