CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CATHOLICS ON 2 NEW SAINTS.

Congratulations to Catholics for having declared at a time Two Saints yesterday by the Vatican.  History has been recorded and we as Catholics should be very proud of this history. Though nothing is impossible with Vatican yet the pace of canonization of both these Popes, John Paul II and John XXIII was extraordinarily fast while that of both the Goan priests Fr. Agnelo and Fr. Joseph Vaz is extraordinarily slow for the reasons best known to Vatican only. It would have been a great pleasure to witness the canonization of both our holy priests together.  But this honour has been denied to us so far.  Let us meantime pray to God to help them to reach to the highest pedestal.

Saint John XXIII when he was the Pope he brought in revolution in the Church thru Second Vatican Council thereby bringing in progressive changes in the Church while Saint John Paul II as a Pope brought in revolutionary changes in this world starting first in his home country Poland by supporting the Solidarity movement and then by helping the demolition of the communism in Eastern Europe.   The globe-trotting Pope he travelled many parts of the globe including India to promote his doctrine of evangelization and democratization of the States system. 

While Pope John Paul II exerted tremendous pressure on Eastern European governments including Soviet Russia to liberalize their rigid system of governance in the name of Christianity, both the Goan holy  priests remained dumb and deaf to the autocratic governance in Goa.  Both of them were guilty for not raising their voices against the harsh dictatorial government system existing in Goa under the colonial rule.

When Pope John Paul II moved forward,  both our Goan priests moved backward like slaves of the colonial rule and this point I think created more weight in favour of his canonization so fast while the canonization of both our holy priests is moving with Snail pace though both are standing on the edge of sainthood.  Will they both attain the sainthood during our life time?  I doubt very much.  They may never reach to their final destination because though they served God well yet they did not serve human beings with the same degree as they served God.  Like Pope John Paul II, they did not strive to fight with the colonial power in Goa to obtain freedom for Goa neither they fought against the Apartheid system practiced in Goan Churches.  

A    Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.    

 

MUSICIAN AGGY DIAS - ONE MAN BAND.

 

 

Seen in the picture above is a well-known Goan musician Aggy Dias from Panjim Goa playing Sexaphone.  This was during the Picnic Party organized yesterday at Hotel Goan Heritage, Calangute, by the management of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. for its Shareholders.  It was a full day party where the attendees were entertained with different games including Housie and served with Buffet. 

 

Aggy Dias known as a "One Man Band" is not new to Hotel Goan Heritage, he was very much associated in rendering his musical service to this hotel in early nineties before migrating to Kuwait where he earned a good name for him as a very good musician. Yesterday to the delight of the attendees he played all the beautiful numbers - English, Portuguese and Konkani. Everyone enjoyed his music. 

 

Director Chef Jerry Cal was singled out by the management for special award for taking care meticulously in the preparation of the Buffet.  Chef Jerry Cal when requested by the attendees after receiving his award, rendered a beautiful song "Calangute" the title song of his maiden Album CALANGUTE where he describes the greatness of Calangute of yesteryears by  naming the real great Calangutcars who brought name and fame for Calangute village. 

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel. No: 7507394349.

MOYES SACKING - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Though shocking the sacking yet it was expected not now but 6 months back the sacking of David Moyes the team manager of Manchester United when he failed to deliver the goods.  To step into the shoes of gigantic and brainy Alex Ferguson and attain success and that too in such a short time is not a joke.  For a manager to attain success lot of factors are required and not the game only that is played on the field. It is always the manager that is made scapegoat for the defeat of the team when he is not physically playing the game on the field.  He is only guiding the players how to play but the final action is in the hands of the players who are, if not more, then at least equally guilty of receiving defeats on the field. In view of this, along with the manager if not all then at least some players who play crucial role in the team should be sacked. If 11 playing members of the team cannot win the game then how one non playing member that is the manager can do the needful from outside the field?

A few years back, one prominent soccer club in Denmak replaced half a dozen managers within a dozen months when their team suffered spate of defeats, one after the other. In the Gulf they don’t keep the managers longer period if they fail to acquire the victories, they sack them by paying them their full financial settlement in accordance with the contractual obligation.

The team manager’s job is the most demanding job because every team wants victory and no team accepts defeat. Tele Santana the great manager of the great Brazil dream team of 1982 World Cup repented later on to accept this position because in Brazil’s defeat in this tournament made him realize how risky it is to be the team manager when your team suffers the loss. His woes became worse because in Brazil people are very emotional when soccer is concerned and for them a defeat for their team means an end to their dream. For this reason he later on remarked saying “nobody should accept the team manager's post in Brazil”. In Brazil, the team manager’s job of the national team is second to the post of the president of Brazil in terms of popularity and importance.

Tele Santana was such a genius manager that only the second time in the history of the soccer world that such a team was prepared and appeared on the soccer field. Some of the players of this team were not only soccer wizards but soccer magicians, namely Falcao, Zico, Eder, Dr. Socrates and Serginho. This team had everything in it required to win the World Cup except “LUCK” which is very imperative to win the Cup. Poor thing Tele Santana was unlucky not to have this factor called Luck.

Manchester United is one of the richest clubs in the world and it has a long history of playing excellent soccer by their excellent footballers of very high caliber recruited from all around the globe. It has its innumerable fans all around the world who cannot accept the defeat. The top management of this club spends millions with the expectation of victories not only at local level but also at national and international level. David Moyes as Manager has failed to gain the club the expected victories and hence the sacking which he accepted gracefully.

I wish David Moyes all the best in his next assignment but caution him to screen carefully the caliber of the players of the next team because it is the quality of the players that makes the success of the manager.  Mario Zagallo was given the charge of the great Brazilian squad of 1970 World Cup when Brazil won  the coveted Jules Rimet World Cup for the third time, just 6 months before the start of the tournament in Mexico and he became successful only because he had in his squad not only good players but super footballers such as rocky defender and skipper Carlos Alberto, attacking midfielder Rivelino, midfield maestro Clodoaldo who did super orchestrating with the ball and  all the attacking genius forwards, namely the great Pele, Jairzinho, Tostao and Gerson. Such forwards and such a team never appeared on the soccer field till now.  And probably even in future will not.  Such teams come to this planet only once in centuries. 

 A.      Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.