Daijiworld Media Network – Margao (VA)

Margao, Apr 8:  After tracing the tracks of parish priests and the parishes of Bardez and Tiswadi, Fr Nascimento Mascarenhas, Margao-based Catholic priest and compiler of the religious history of the Goa Church is set to release a book on Salcete and Mormugao at the Holy Spirit Church on Sunday April 11.

The book named 'Follow Me, Volume 3’ is a detailed chronology of parish priests and parishes of two prominent coastal sub-districts of Goa.

A chapter of the book is dedicated to the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol, now celebrating its fourth centenary. Other chapters focus on the taluka of Salcete, the last Jesuits in Salcete during the era of the Marquis of Pombal, and a very detailed section on all the parishes of Salcete and Mormugao.

The last segment is a detailed view of parishes of Salcete and Mormugao, with a long list of every parish priests who served in these areas, including their short bio-data’s.

Brazil-born seventeenth century historiographer Fr Francisco de Sousa, who authored the Oriente Conquistador, has called Salcete the home of "...the Church's most resplendent Christianity in the East", notes the author of the book.

The book contains 458 pages and is illustrated with photos of the churches of the area, maps and a select bibliography. It costs Rs 345 and will be soon available at leading bookshops. Its scenic cover photo of Rachol's Our Lady of Snows Church is by Pantaleao Fernandes. It is a sixth book of Fr Nascimento. 

Author of the book can be contacted at najoma8@gmail.com and to check out the cover image one can log on to http://tiny.cc/fm3.