Month: February 2019

Report of School Activities

admin St. Sebastian School, Pormoll

From November to Mid-December 2018

Diwali Celebration (3.11.2018)
Teacher explained the significance of Diwali. The festival of lights which symbolizes victory of good over evil. Students demonstrated how Laxmi Puja is performed. Refreshments sponsored by Teachers were distributed.

World Television Day (29.11.2018)
Teacher spoke about invention of Television and explained the difference between old and modern Television. Students of STD II and IV spoke on the benefits and the disadvantages of Television. Read more

Blessed Trinity, since time began Abiding in the heart of man

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se-cathedral-old-goa

The Se Cathedral is dedicated to St. Catherine in Old Goa. It is considered to be one of the largest churches in Asia. It is also known to be the oldest and most celebrated religious buildings in Goa and has the prestige of being the seat of Archdiocese of Goa. The UNESCO has also declared it as a heritage site.
The Portuguese Viceroy Redondo commissioned the Se, or St. Catherines’ Cathedral, southwest of St. Cajetan church to be “a grandiose church worthy of the wealth, power and fame of the Portuguese who dominated the seas from the Atlantic to the Pacific”. Today it stands larger than any church in Portugal, although it was beset by problems, not least a lack of funds and Portugal’s temporary loss of independence to Spain. It took eighty years to build and was not consecrated until 1640. Read more