French Revolution Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/tag/french-revolution/ I am Goan, and nothing human is alien to me… Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:25:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png French Revolution Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/tag/french-revolution/ 32 32 The Curé of Ars: a Fool for Christ https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2020/08/04/a-fool-for-christ/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-fool-for-christ https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2020/08/04/a-fool-for-christ/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:15:20 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=80513

St Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (1786-1859) was a modest priest who transformed Ars, a non-descript parish in France, into a spiritual hub, thanks to his soothing confessions and zealous preaching.

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]]> https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2020/08/04/a-fool-for-christ/feed/ 0 When I met Abade Faria… https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2019/09/29/when-i-met-abade-faria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-i-met-abade-faria https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2019/09/29/when-i-met-abade-faria/#comments Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:15:50 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=79330

I lived next door to Abade Faria for thirty years. As a child, I remember asking my father what that […]

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‘Kator re bhaji’, meaning ‘Be bold; go ahead and do it!’, is not just another idiomatic expression in Konkani; it […]

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