CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GRACE, PAPDY Our Lady of Grace was the second parish to be founded in South Bassein (Baçaim) outside the fort, the first being St. Thomas, Sandor. According to chronicles this parish came to being around 1574. The parish included people from the village of Davly (Remedy), part of Sandor and Maferegua. These people were poor farmers and mainly survived on manual labor. Originally the parish had around 1,388 parishioners. The Jesuits took care of this parish until the Maratha invasion in 1789. Unlike other churches during the invasion, this church was not destroyed. The Jesuits were forced to leave and the parish was then taken over by the Vicar of Palle. It was much later, in 1839 that the parish got a Vicar of its own. The church is now a Cathedral in the diocese of Vasai. |
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION The parish of Papdy was separated from the mother of parish Sandor which was run by the Jesuits. The parish was run by the Vicar of the Mother of God Church, Pali, and this arrangement was maintained, given the paucity of priests until 1839, when Papdy had a Vicar of its own. More... Elevada em 1998 à dignidade de Sé Catedral da nova Diocese de Vasai (Baçaim), a igreja original teria sido fundada pelos jesuítas em 1565 e reconstruída em 1597, depois da guerra do Forte do Morro de Chaul. Nossa Senhora da Graça é uma igreja de nave única coberta por um teto de madeira e telhado. More... The church was apparently founded by the Jesuits in 1565 and rebuilt in 1597 after the Morro de Chaul Fort war. In 1998 it was raised to the dignified status of cathedral of the new diocese of Vasai. Our Lady of Grace is a single-naved church with a wooden and tiled roof. We do not know if the ceiling visible above the chancel hides the presence of a vault. A large side nave was recently opened to the left of the chancel. More... Keeping in mind the requirement of the people of Vasai and with the encouragement, of Rev. Bishop Dr. Thomas Dabre, Bishop of Vasai and the request from the parish Priest of Our Lady of Grace, Cathedral, Papdy, Rev. Fr. Tony Corriea, we the sisters of Our Lady of Grace Convent, Papdy, (C.C.R) with the permission of our Rev. Mother General Mary Frances (C.C.R) started an English Medium Pre-Primary Co-education school as” Little Angels” Pre-Primary school, on 21st June 1998 in the premises of Our Lady of Grace Convent, using the school of St. Aloysius Girls High School, Marathi medium. More... The new Diocese of Vasai was created on May 22, 1998 by Late Pope John Paul II. The good tidings of the creation of the new diocese were joyfully announced by Cardinal Ivan Dias, on Sunday, June 28, 1998, the eve of the feast of the Apostles, Sts. Peter and Paul, at the Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Remedy. The installation ceremony of Father Thomas Dabre as the First Bishop of the new Diocese took place at the new Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Papdy, on Aug. 15, 1998. On April 4, 2009 Bishop Dabre was transferred to the diocese of Poona. Archbishop Machado of Nashik diocese was transferred to the diocese of Vasai on Nov. 10, 2009 and was installed on Dec. 19, 2009. More... |
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