Announcements

Title - Going back home
From Ian Fernandes, Chairman of the Centenary Committee.
The Nairobi Institute, formerly the Goan Institute, Nairobi, will be celebrating its 100 years anniversary on the 11th of June 2005. The celebrations will feature a week of fun filled festivities, sport and adventure culminating in the grand anniversary ball on the 11th of June 2005.

All members, ex-members and friends of the Nairobi Institute are welcome to attend. Goans from all over the world are expected from as far and wide as Australia, USA, Canada, England and India.

The Centenary Celebrations Committee are in the process of incorporating package deals that will include trips to the Maasai Mara and the Mombasa coast among others in addition to the Centenary Festivities. Details will be available in due course.

Make a date in June 2005 and come back home to a bit of Goencaranche Fest and an African Adventure of a lifetime.

Amche bhaxen 'Chintun adle khoxeal bortit disanche, tumi eun amchar barabor celebrar corun'ia
For further information please contact palomafdes@yahoo.com
Any feedback would be appreciated.

Goan heritage program
The newly established Club.9 will unfold its firstv gala event, the Goan Heritage Program on Thursday evening, (Eid Holidays) November 27, 2003 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The program will unveil for the first time, the cultural, the ethnic enrichment of the beautiful Indian State of Goa in all its exotic, exquisite ambience. Guests will behold the heritage concept of Goa in all its grandeur and splendor as they come alive, musically, with the subcontinent's famed Aqua Flow to set the pulse racing. Kuwait's ever popular City Limits with the best ever digital acoustics are also tuned up to present, as enthralling evening of festival entertainment. A truly Goan event unlike any other event. Experience the feeling, the joy, the temptation of Goan cuisine as you sojourn the El Dorado, that's Goa for you.

What's more, a surprise cultural item depicting the traditional song-n-dance, redefining the Goan ethnicity with a touch of splendor, fascination and original costumes. For more information on the program
contact: 1) Aldrin - 9550125, 2) Roshan - 9442302, 3) Adolf - 6508841, 4) Santan - 5649397
(after 4.00 PM) and watch out for more details as the count down begins.

From Goa Sudharop, www.goasudharop.org .
Goa Sudharop Community Development Inc. recognizes the crucial and vital role played by Goan women in the development and sustenance of Goan society and their tremendous contributions. They have not always received their just recognition. International Goan Women's Appreciation Day is being celebrated on Sunday, November 16, 2003 in their honour.

To commemorate the occasion, an e-Book featuring Goan women achievers from all over world, in different spheres of human endeavour, will be released on that day. It will be available for download, free of cost, on the organization's website at http://www.goasudharop.org.

Please email the biodata of Goan women who have excelled in their chosen field/career, or as volunteers to various causes, including their achievements and their ancestral village in Goa, to: goaenkar@softhome.net by November 10, 2003. Responses received after that date will be included in an updated version to be released in 2004.

Each submission cannot exceed 150 words in total. The decision of the editorial team of Goa Sudharop is final with respect to any matters pertaining to this E-book. The E-book is not meant to be a scholarly, researched or complete survey of significant contributions of Goan women. It is meant to be a start to enable the continued recognition and appreciation of Goan women.

Solemn Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St. Francis Xavier announced.
The Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Mgr. Raul Gonsalves has issued a decree announcing the holding of the Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St. Francis Xavier. "In conformity with a long standing practice, followed in this Archdiocese, of holding the Solemn Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St. Francis Xavier every ten years, we do hereby determine that the same be held in the year 2004, beginning on the 21st November and ending on the 2nd January, 2005".

At first, the 'Body' of St. Francis Xavier was exposed once every year, on the occasion of his feast on December 3. From 1864 the Exposition became less frequent. The First Solemn Exposition was held from February 10-12, 1782. As of now, the Exposition of the sacred Relics of the Saint takes place every ten years.

The Last Solemn Exposition - the 15th in the series - was held from November 21, 1994 to January 7, 1995.

A Committee will be soon appointed by the Archbishop to deal with the matters of the 16th Solemn Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St. Francis Xavier, to be held next year.

It is hoped that this becomes an opportunity for a spiritual renewal and growth for all, and a means to seek God's graces and protection, through the intercession of the Saint, against all ills that assail us.

Obituary

23 Oct. Mississauga, Canada, FRANCIS (FRANKIE) D'SILVA (57, ex-Dar-es-Salaam), after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Husband of Alba (nee Lopez, ex-Nairobi). Father of Sandra/Jesse De Costa Grandfather of Sabrina and Robin. Son of Assumpta and the late Joseph D'Silva. Brother of Romeo/Marie, Edwin/Yolanda and Bryan/Goretti. Condolences to elfu_mbili@yahoo.com

D'SOUZA, Joseph (Joe) Cajetan _ Died peacefully, in his 80th year, at Scarborough Grace Hospital, on October 16, 2003. Beloved husband of Enid, loving father of Bridget, Marilyn, Kathleen, Annette, and William. Father-in-law of Armando, Evan, David, and Judy, grandfather of Adam, Adrian, Scott, Jeremy, Stephanie, Denise, Michael, Christopher, and Nicholas.