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Calangute celebrates feast of St Alex

Dry weather gave the parishioners of Calangute something to cheer, as the feast of patron saint, St Alex was celebrated with much gusto and reverence on Sunday.

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Devotees from across the State flocked for the feast adding to the merriment on a relatively dry and pleasant day.
The feast mass was celebrated by 12 priests with Bishop Alwyn Baretto, Bishop of Sindhudurg, con-celebrating the mass.
The 12 priests included Fr Cipriano D'Silva (Parish Priest of Calangute), Fr Alex D'Souza (Parish Priest of Parra), Fr Domnic D'Souza, Fr Marcelino De Souza, Fr Querobino Baptista (all Assistant Parish Priests of Calangute), Fr Jose Silveira (son of Calangute), Fr Kyriel D'Souza and other priests.
Delivering the homily, Fr Kyriel D'Souza urged the congregation to live an exemplary life with love and concern for one another. "We should always have love and concern for others which helps us to build a good community. St Alex too left his rich family and all the worldly riches but survived on his coconut shell because of his faith in the Almighty," Fr D'Souza said.

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Govt committed to Haj House, says Vijai

TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai has re-iterated the government's committment to the Haj House and has assured to do "whatever required" to take this task to its logical conclusion.

The Goan Network
Published Jul 24, 2017, 3:48 AM IST
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the goan I networkMARGAOAddressing a meeting organised by the Goa State Haj Committee at Bilal hall, Fatorda, for distribution of passports to those pilgrims embarking on Haj on Monday, July 24, Sardesai also called on the pilgrims to pray for Goa so that it marches ahead towards a bright future. In the same vein, the TCP Minister also condemned those forces, who, he claimed, are trying to break the social fabric of the country. However, he said all sections of the society…

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