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2 Who’s Who Elvis Proenca Editor Louella Menezes Designer & Editor Alan Lopez Collage Designer Executive Committee Godfrey Gomes President Gladys Monteiro Vice President Allan D’Guerra Treasurer Valerie Moniz Secretary Cleta Lobo Membership Co-ordinator Goan Association Of NJ, Inc. Website: www.goanj.com Email: committee@goanj.com All rights reserved. Association Corner Dear Members, As we celebrate our 20th Anniversary year, I would like to thank you all for being a part of this Association and especially for your support shown throughout these years. This tremendous occasion would not be possible without the help from the committee members, and most importantly, the hard work and dedication from our past presidents during these wonderful years, namely; Valerie Moniz, Chris Nunes and the outgoing Felix Menezes. I have had the privilege of working and learning from them for the past 15 years, as a member in the Planning Committee and serving as Vice President. The one shared quality they all had was a passion and commitment to serving our community. As your new President, I promise to continue in their footsteps, and I look forward to leading our dedicated Planning Committee in bringing you exceptional social functions and raising the level of awareness of our members towards our charitable work for the needy. I must take this opportunity to thank our past president, Felix Menezes, for serving as president over the last six years. He, together with his wife Vera, has devoted endless time and energy to the current success of our organization. I also want to thank Gladys Monteiro and Allan D’Guerra, our Vice-President and Treasurer respectively, for their continued dedication to the Executive committee. New and pretty faces that will also make up our Executive committee are Cleta Lobo, as Membership Coordinator, and Valerie Moniz, as Secretary. Much appreciation also goes to Olinda Gomes, our outgoing Secretary. Rumor has it that she deliberately resigned her position to become First Lady! We are sincerely grateful to Dianne Nunes, who is stepping down as Chairperson of the Caring C o m m i t t e e . Under her leadership and guidance, we were able to help many causes in Goa. She hands over her role to Gladys Monteiro, who has all our good wishes for much success with this position. As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, this year’s Christmas gala dance will be held at a larger and more magnificent hall: the Royal Alberts Palace in Fords, NJ. Music will be performed by two accomplished bands, namely Prism, our local group, and the Goa Amigos from Canada. With great music, wonderful food, and great prizes to be won, this will be one gala dance not to be missed. Our next events coming soon are the Whist Drive on October 22 at the Presbyterian Church of Sand Hills in Kendall Park and the Retreat on November 6 at the Consolata Mission Center in Somerset. Flyers for these events will be emailed shortly. Once again, I thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing old and new faces at our future events. Many blessings and good wishes, always. Godfrey Gomes President
PRAISE AND PRAYER RETREAT Gladys Monteiro Let's take some time off - away from talking, texting, typing and tweeting! The scripture says, “Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me; and to him that orders his way aright will I show the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23 Come join us for a day of praise and worship at the Consolata Mission Centre in Somerset, New Jersey, on November 6, 2011. Let us dedicate a few hours to our Lord! The Retreat is scheduled to begin at 12 noon with fellowship, songs of praise, food for thought and spiritual exercises. Rev Fr. Braganza will give us a talk, which will be followed by a Q&A session. He will also lead us in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 5 pm. Those who wish to continue the fellowship may stay for dinner. In our very busy lives, this is a great opportunity to rejuvenate our faith and our souls, a chance to spend a few hours to clear our minds and hearts, and to bring about peace, giving us the strength to accomplish all the wonders in our daily Christian life. Congratulations to our New Executive Committee ! President : Godfrey Gomes Vice President : Gladys Monteiro Treasurer : Allan D’Guerra Secretary : Valerie Moniz Membership Coordinator : Cleta Lobo Godfrey Gomes was elected the new President of the Goan Association of New Jersey, Inc. at the summer picnic held on July 9, 2011. Godfrey, a former Vice President, replaces Felix Menezes, who stepped down after six years in Office. Felix, has dedicated many years to the GOANJ as Secretary, Treasurer, VP and President. He plans on continuing to serve the community as a member of the Planning Committee.Thanks to the outgoing committee for all their dedication and support, and wishing the new Executive Committee all the success! 3
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