Professor Eduardo’s Saligao connection
July 25th, 2009 at 7:57 pm (Famous People)
by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
My first encounter with Professor Eduardo José Alberto Magno de Sousa was in 1987 at Veroda, Cuncolim, where I was the parish priest at St. Anthony’s Church. One fine October morning, accompanied by the late Dr. John Carvalho, he visited the Veroda Church parish house. At that meeting he said to me, “I am your silent admirer.”
He visited me again at Our Lady of Snows Church, Rachol, in 1998. This time he embraced me and said, “Like you I am a ‘kolo‘ and member of the Saligao Communidade. I belong to the 9th vangod and you belong to the 11th vangod.” This brought a smile to the face of Rachol parishioner Leopoldo Vás, who was a close friend of Prof. Eduardo. After that meeting, I decided to find out a bit about Prof Eduardo’s background. Read the rest of this entry »
