http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2008/08-019.shtml

The pope arrives in Washington April 15. On the morning of April 16, he will meet with President George Bush at the White House. In the evening he will meet with the U.S. bishops at the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Thursday he will offer Mass at the new Nationals Park, address the heads of all U.S. Catholic colleges and diocesan education departments at Catholic University and lead an interreligious meeting at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center.

On Friday, April 18, the pope will go to New York, address the United Nations and be part of an ecumenical prayer service at St. Joseph Church on E. 87th Street in the Yorkville section of Manhattan.

Saturday the Pope will offer Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral with priests, deacons and religious men and women from throughout the country, visit St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers to meet with young people with disabilities and then preside over a rally and prayer service with seminarians and other young people.

Sunday morning, April 20, the pope will visit Ground Zero. He will offer Mass in the afternoon at Yankee Stadium. A full itinerary is available at www.uspapalvisit.org .

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Formation of Bardez Village Associations of Canada proposed

Antonio Mascarenhas, Chairman of Alliance of Overseas Goan Village Associations of Canada, said, "Calangute Church is one of the 15 deaneries (Vicariates Foranea) of the Archdiocese of Goa and has under its jurisdiction seven parishes in addition to its own, which includes: Condolim, Nagoa, Nerul, Pilerne, Reis Magos (Verem), Saligao, Sinquerim (Linhares).

In a press release recieved by us, Mascarenhas notes that "in the past lots of villages celebrated the village feast/socials in Canada, but nowadays some of the villagers are having problems to elect the Village President to organize the Socials". As as he result he has remained the President of the Calangute Association, Canada, for the last seven years, and feels that each village could celebrate their feast on the actual date, and once a year in September celebrate jointly the Bardez Villages Social. Mascarenhas says that the Calangute Village will celebrate the feast of Patron St. Alex on actual date, July 20, 2008, at Sts Peter and Paul Church, Mississauga and on September 13th, 2008, will be celebrating the Social with Dinner Dance, etc. and would extend an invitation to all the villagers of Candolim, Nagoa, Nerul, Pilerne, Reis Magos (Verem), Saligao Sinquerim (Linhares) and all other villages from Bardez, to join them and attend the Social to be held on September 13, 2008, at the Woodbine Banquet & Convention Hall, Rexdale, Ontario.(Opp. Woodbine Racetrack). If it works for the next two years, they could elect a Committee for 2010 year representing each village and have a joint Social of all the villages of Bardez.

Suggestions/comments could be e-mailed to :
Antonio Mascarenhas <villa.fatima@sympatico.ca>

Oberammergau Passion Play 2010

The history of the Oberammergau Passion Play dates back to the middle of the Thirty Years War. In 1633, after months of suffering from the Bubonic Plague, the people of Oberammergau took a vow to perform the "Play of the Suffering, Dying and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ" every ten years if they were spared. Miraculously from that point on they all survived and true to their promise, the first performance was in 1634. This simple performance was held in a meadow and acted by the villagers. After 1674 they decided to change the date, so as to fall every ten years beginning in 1680. The only time it was not performed, was during World War II. This time the play will open on May 15, 2010 and ends on October 3, 2010.

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