MENTALLY ILL PE. VIGARS.

“A man after 40 is a rascal; he is unable to think properly”, said George Bernard Shaw. Though it was a general statement yet I find a lot of truth in it in certain cases, especially in many of our Pe. Vigars.  The job of Pe. Vigars is very sensitive and very responsible and if he does commit a goof anywhere, he is bound to create disturbance in the minds and lives of the faithful especially of those faithful who ignorantly treat Pe. Vigars as Jesus Christ on this planet. For this reason it is necessary that before their new postings are confirmed they are sent for the medical check-up to check the uprightness of their mental faculty. Hence it is my request to the Patriarch of Goa to do the needful otherwise a mentally weak Pe. Vigar exposing his weak tongue recklessly and taking wrong decisions in the Church is bound to create disorder in his locality where he is serving as Pe. Vigar. A mentally weak Pe. Vigar is like a curse on the faithful.  

This mental sickness of Pe. Vigars is visible in many Churches in Goa and in order to avoid confrontation with their mentally sick Pe. Vigars many of the Catholics left Catholicism and embraced non-Catholic denominations, mainly the Believers. While many other soft hearted Catholics stopped coming to the Churches in their own villages and are going to the Churches in their neighbouring villages by avoiding their own curseful Pe. Vigars in their own parishes. Even though the Church Monarch seated at the Throne in Panjim Altinho  is aware of this fact yet he is keeping his silence intentionally because it looks he is not interested in the wellbeing of Catholicism in Goa. Traditionally, Monarchs are interested only in three W’s and nothing else.

The  Pe. Vigar who is openly practicing apartheid in his own Church area is not fit to be the Pe. Vigar because he is mentally sick and precisely it is so he is practicing anti-Christ policy which is against Christian doctrine. A mentally upright Pe. Vigar will not follow discriminatory policy and if he does then he must be mentally sick.

The  Pe. Vigar who is using the holy Altar to  vomit his anger against faithfull in his locality even to the extent of cursing and  criticising them is not mentally sound and precisely because of his mental disorder he preaches Satanic homilies from the holy Altar. The holy Altar is meant to preach holy sermons and to pray for those whom Pe. Vgar feels are bad but surely not to curse them and demand devine punishment. The holy Altar is meant to preach forgiveness for the wrong doers in a true Christian way and not to ask punishment for them in an unchristian manner. 

The mentally ill Pe. Vigar is the one who tries to provoke the dolls in his Parish Pastoral Council against those who disagree with his Satanic policies thereby trying to use the PPC members for Satanic acts. This type of “goondagiri” does not suit for any Pe. Vigar because such acts are meant for “goondas” only and not for a person wearing the robes of Jesus Christ.

The mentally sick Pe. Vigar is the one who preaches in support of the protection of Ecology but himself like a traitor goes for Hill cutting behind his Church and sells the Mud for commercial gains.

The mentally sick Pe. Vigar is the one who is forced out from the Church by the revolt of the faithful against him for acting like a mad Pe. Vigar in his previous parish.

The mentally sick Pe. Vigars are the ones who think the Churches where they are acting as Pe. Vigars are their fathers’ property and the faithful are their servants.

The mentally deranged Pe. Vigars are the ones who instead of condemning the local corrupt politicians for committing corrupt practices are on the contrary supporting them to spread corruption.

The mentally sick Pe. Vigars are those who like drunkards shout, scream and insult the faithful while preaching from the Altar. A holy Pe. Vigar will maintain the sanctity of the Church while preaching from the Altar. He got no right to scold and humiliate the faithful attending his service. He cannot treat the faithful in the Church as KG students. There must be decency and discipline in his preaching. By using his devilish tongue to speak like a rowdy from the holy Altar he spoils the peace of mind of the faithful in the Church leading many to stop coming to the Church. A mentally sound Pe. Vigar will not bark from the Altar. Even in the Cemetry preaching during the funeral means something unimaginable and unnecessarily detaining the faithful in the Cemetry.  The Pe. Vigar who preaches unnecessarily lengthy sermons is a stupid Pe. Vigar who wastes the precious time of the faithful. The sermons should be short and precise otherwise people will leave the Catholicsm and embrace other denominatons.

In the prayer “Our Father ….” given to us by Jesus Christ, in one line we pray for  “THY KINGDOM COME”. How Thy Kingdom will come when we have mentally sick, rowdy and goonda Pe. Vigars who thru their satanic preachings and Hitlerian actions deny us “Thy Kingdom?” I hope Patriarch at Altinho Panjim will investigate and act accordingly before greater damage is done to the Church by the mentally sick Pe. Vigars.

A.    Veronica Fernandes
Candolim, Goa.

 

ON THE LATE VISITACAO LOBO.

It is with deep grief and chagrin I write these lines to express my sorrow and to highlight the greatness of one of the greatest footballers of Goa, the late Visitacao Lobo who breathed his last on Saturday, the 27th inst. Visitacao Lobo whom we used to call as Lobo was my friend and colleague at Sesa Goa when we both joined Sesa Soccer Team together in 1966 when Sesa was still in the second division in its second year and desperately wanted to enter into the first division. For this reason Sesa management recruited some of the best players one of them was Visitacao Lobo in the forward line and me in the defense line. He was recruited by Sesa as a young man for their football team with a technical job while I was engaged by Sesa only to play football as I was schooling at Arpora and since I had to complete my SSC I turned down the job offer.

Visitacao Lobo was known to me when he was schooling at Escola Technica, Mapusa.  As a footballer he joined first Saldanha of Mapusa in the second divison.  During those days Saldanha was very popular for having its Institute for coaching students in Typing-Shorthand and Book Keeping and since its owner Mr. Saldanha was a great lover of football and himself being a good player for his team he ran the team in the name of Saldanha. As a young footballer Visitacao Lobo created a mark for him in this team and immediately he was recruited as a footballer by the then famed outfit from the first division, Benfica of Mapusa. During those days playing for Benfica means a great honour for any player from Bardez because it was one of the best teams in Goa inheriting all the best soccer qualities from best of Portuguese Pakle footballers since it was dominated by Pakles.

From Benfica a first divisioner, Visitacao Lobo because of job facility joined a second divisioner Sesa Goa and contributed along with others in Sesa’s migration into the first division scoring crucial goals in crucial encounters. Within a short time Visitacao Lobo when he was exposed in the first division or senior division in Sesa Jersey, he became the darling of the soccer fans. His one hat trick at Duler ground Mapusa against the then mighty Salgaocar with mighty Sinari under their bar created a sensation in Goa taking his fame to its zenith.

He was extremely good in aerial duels near the opponents’ goalmouth and some of the best goals he scored were thru the headers. In his right leg there was extra energetic power and while releasing his right footer he would fool not only the defender in front of him but also the keeper under the bar. He would look in one direction and shoot the ball in another direction. He had abundant stamina to survive on the field in grueling atmosphere not only for 90 minutes but also for another 90 minutes more. Though he was a right footer yet he was equally at ease on his left foot as well.

He was a decent player and would not hurt his opponent with rough tackles.  I never saw him anytime anywhere receiving any Card of any colour from the match referee for any infringement. He was always cool not only on the field but even off the field.  We both played together for Sesa in many tournaments inside and outside Goa and  though I had to cut short my career prematurely due to chronic leg injury, I found he was adored everywhere  by the fans with highest admiration, especially in Kerala. Many times we both shared the same room in the Hotel where we used to stay during our soccer tours and during our conversations I always found him to be a very decent and soft spoken thorough gentleman. Before the match he would concentrate silently alone for hours without getting disturbed to bring his mental level high like Brazilian captain Dr. Socrates in 1982 World Cup.

 In Bardez, traditionally 4 villages are known to produce best of sportsmen and Parra is one of them, the other three are Candolim, Calangute and Siolim. Since Visitacao Lobo is from Parra and as disclosed by its local MLA Michael Lobo the Stadium under construction at Parra will be fittingly named after the late son of the soil Visitacao Lobo, I support MLA Michael Lobo in his decision. When this is done, this will be the second local stadium in Bardez to be named after its local hero, the first being Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium in Candolim.

Visitacao Lobo according to my knowledge was the second Goan footballer to don the colours of India when he toured Soviet Russia along with Indian team in early seventies.  The first Goan to don India's colours was Salgaocar’s defender Menino Figueredo from Carmona, in mid sixties. When Visitacao Lobo represented India he was playing for Salgaocar, Goa but within a year he was brought back to Sesa with heavy demand by the top management of Sesa Goa.

In his death, Goa lost a great footballer of whose type it is very difficult to get again. He was a jewel of a man. May his soul rest in peace and may the heavenly God give courage to his family members to bear this colossal loss.

 

A.   Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.

 

BITING FOOTBALLER LUIS SOARES.

Football is a very physical game when while playing you are bound to lose your temper due to rough or tough physical contacts and  tackles of your opponents.  Because of rough tackle by his Italian opponent Mauro Tassoti in 1994 World Cup, a Spanish footballer broke his Nose and FIFA slapped 8 match suspension on the Italian. Earlier in this current World Cup, Cameroon midfielder Song for a similar foul on Croatian player was suspended for three games. And now comes the Biting of the shoulder of Italian defender Chiellini by the habitual biter, the Uruguyan forward Luis Soares. Earlier in 2010 when Soares was playing in Dutch League he was castigated with suspension of 7 games and then again last year when he was playing for Liverpool for similar foul play he was suspended for 10 games which was later on reduced to 3 games on his personal plea.

Traditionally South American soccer is very tough and sometimes rough too where Argentina, Uruguay and Paruguay are leading offenders.  For this reason in 1966 World Cup, Sir Alf Ramsey the Manager of English team dubbed Argentinians as beasts.

Now in this World Cup,  Soares after committing the un-footballing foul against Italian defender, FIFA punished him with a suspension of 9 matches plus 4 months of no soccer activity.  It was just the right sentence imposed by FIFA on Luis Soares though he merits harsher punishment because he is endangering the life of his opponents.  Such players are not meant to play soccer which is governed by decent rules which every player must abide.

After his second suspension under Liverpool he vowed in front of both his kids that he will desist from repeating biting incidents but again he was tempted because it is  in his blood to act thus.  According to psychologists who studied his behavior they said his actions reflect his very poor upbringing like a vagabond just as Maradona was brought up in the ghettoes  in Argentina without proper parental care and basic home discipline.  Because of this Maradona got afflicted with vices and destroyed his lucrative life.

Coming back to Luis Soares, he was born in a big  family of 7 children in a poverty stricken atmosphere where his poor parents could not control him and thus he was brought up and developed like a ruffian without basic discipline.

In his absence, yesterday Uruguay lost to Columbia though they said they will request FIFA to allow him to play for this match. In 1962 World Cup, at the crucial stage for the final, Brazil had to play this important match without their star forward Garincha who was slapped with one match suspension.  Since Pele was on injured list, not only Brazilian Football Federation appealed to FIFA to lift this suspension but even the head of the country the President of Brazil did so and surprisingly FIFA relented and allowed Garincha to play in the final and Brazil came out victorious.

 

A.    Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.