Zanzibar SJCS Reunion
A reunion of former Students of St. Joseph's Convent School (later Tumekuja School), Zanzibar, is planned for the week of June 26 - July 3, 2005 in Toronto, Canada. Initial plans include a dinner dance on Saturday, July 2, a picnic on July 3, a tour of Niagara Falls and a shopping expedition in the Toronto Area sometime during the Reunion Week.
If you would like more information and would like to get on the mailing list please write to me asap. Jo Birkmeyer jbirkmeyer@yahoo.com

MAIN CELEBRANT: HIS EXCELLENCY, THE MOST REV. ALEX DIAS SFX. BISHOP OF PORT BLAIR, ANDAMAN, INDIA. FOLLOWING MASS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND
GREET HIM. ALL OTHER PRIESTS ARE INVITED TO CONCELEBRATE AT THIS SOLEMN
EVENT FOR THE TSUNAMI VICTIMS OF ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA.
His Excellency, The Most Rev. Alex Dias sfx, hails from Calangute, Goa. He is the First Bishop of Port Blair Diocese, consecrated on January 20, 1985. He is also the First Bishop of the Society of Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar, Goa, India.
According to Bishop Dias, "they were devastated by the powerful Earthquake and Tsunamis of December 26th, 2004. They have left a trail of destruction everywhere. As per unofficial figures, more than 25,000 people have perished in his diocese alone, almost all in the Nicobar Group of Islands. The damage done to the property is colossal. A lot of his Churches, Rectories, Convents, Schools etc. are very badly cracked. Most of those in the Nicobar group of Islands have either been completely wiped out, or are very severely damaged. And to make matters worse, the land where they are/were is inundated by the water of the sea. And so, they have to really begin from scratch by looking for new land, buying it and then constructing again. 5000 hectares of cultivable land got inundated by the water, thereby destroying the paddy and other cultivations. In the future, too, nothing can be
cultivated in this area. It is, indeed, a catastrophe beyond all imagination. He really feels that much of the progress that had been there in the last 20 years, since the creation of the diocese, has been washed away." Bishop Dias bows to God's Holy Will and says, "THY WILL BE DONE."
The offertory collection during the Holy Mass will go towards the Earthquake and Tsunami Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Fund of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Please donate generously.
All are invited to attend this Special Holy Mass and please inform others.

The Goan Soccer League, Toronto will be celebrating 10 years of Inter-village soccer in Toronto. Click for details of Flier.

SPECIAL INVITATION - TO ALL GOANS AND THEIR FRIENDS
You are invited to the World Goa Day 2005 picnic.
Pot-Luck Lunch. Bring a dish (Goan cusine, if possible), your drinks, chairs, umbrellas, etc. etc. [all your picnic stuff].

and our 6th Annual Social on Sunday September 25, 2005.

Name	Telephone	E-mail Address
Lazarus and Celine Pereira	416-292-1653	lazaruspereira@rogers.com
Tina Fernandes	905-294-8882	wwcie@hotmail.com
Leanne De Souza	905-828-0637	desouzal@utm.utoronto.ca
Tony Rodrigues	416-750-4469	arod@alumni.uwaterloo.ca
John De Silva	416-283-5264	john.de.silva@rogers.com