Archdiocesan News

Apostolic Nuncio’s Visit to Clergy Home On 3rd December 2022 the Apostolic Nuncio to India, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, paid a visit to “Casa Urbina” Clergy Home, Alto Porvorim at 6. 30 p. m.  Apart from the 8 Priests inmates and the staff of the Home, also present were some religious sisters of the JMJ Congregation,

Apostolic Nuncios Visit to \”Asro\” and Asha Bhavan, Tivim The Apostolic Nuncio Leopoldo Girelli along with His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão visited ‘’Asro’’ house (H.I.V. Community Care Centre) and Asha Bhavan (Home for Women in Distress, Senior Disabled & Intermediate Care) at Tivim. At Asro His Excellency was welcomed by Fr. Maverick Fernandes, (Director

Feast of St. Francis Xavier and visit to Pilgrimage of Heart \”Radiate Christian Values to the World\” said the Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Leopoldo Girelli in his sermon during the Feast of St. Francis Xavier at Old Goa, during the feast mass at 10.30 am, on 3rd December, 2022. He expressed his happiness that people,

Welcome to the Apostolic Nuncio Leopoldo Girelli in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman The Apostolic Nuncio His Excellency Most Rev. Leopoldo Girelli, was welcomed at the airport by His Eminence Archbishop – Patriarch of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao along with Vicar General Fr. Jose Remedios Fernandes, Archbishop\’s Secretary Fr. Loiola Pereira

Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Old Goa The Masses on the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier are as follows:4.00 am, 5.00 am, 6.00 am, 7.00 am, 8.00 am, 9.00 am, 10.30 am (Feast Mass), 12.30 pm, 3.00 pm, 4.00 pm, 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm (English)

Religious Harmony: Towards a Peaceful World On the occasion of the on-going novenas of St. Francis Xavier, the Committee for the Apostolate of Inter-Religious Dialogue in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman organized an Inter-Religious meeting on 1st December 2022 at the Basilica of Bom Jesus Old Goa. The theme chosen for the occasion was:

Goa With Earth – A new initiative at Saligao/Pilerne Seminary The Seminary of Our Lady of Saligao/Pilerne, under the guidance of Fr. Valerian Vaz and Mr. David De Souza started a new initiative called ‘Goa with earth’. This is a guaranteed organised action with efficiently applying residue treating habits. This organisation will collect all the

Agnelo, a saint in a hurry: Bishop Alex Dias The 95th Death Anniversary of Venerable Agnelo D’Souza, a saintly member of the Society of Pilar, was celebrated with great fervour and devotion. Agnelo was born in Anjuna on the 21st of January 1869. He was ordained a priest in 1898 and served in Pilar, Shiroda,

ANNUAL CAKE MIXING CEREMONY – CURCHOREM GOA Guardian Angel Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology held their ANNUAL CAKE MIXING CEREMONY in grandeur at the veranda of their New Campus on 21/11/2022. This time the occasion was organized differently with the students under the guidance of faculty prepared a grand canvass of Holy Family of dry