Team Herald
PANJIM: Corporation of The City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor Rohit Monserrate on Monday met the committee members of the Assistencia Goa in an attempt to restart the home of the Missionaries of Charity at St Inez, Panjim.
However, much would depend on the extraordinary general body meeting of the Assistencia to be convened soon.
When contacted, Monserrate said, “I met the committee members of Assistencia and we spoke about the issue. It would be in the interest of Panjim to give a chance to the Missionaries of Charity to restart the home. The Assistencia are in favour of their coming back and we all would like Sisters to be in Panjim. I want them to come back. The Assistencia will now convene their extraordinary general body meeting and make their intensions clear.
According to Monserrate, he had already spoken to one of the Superiors at Kolkata and the latter was supposed to convey their decision to him. “If the extraordinary general body decides to recall Missionaries of Charity then I will fly to Kolkata and speak to its Superior General. The people of Panjim want home of Missionaries of Charity.”
On the other hand, Assistencia Goa president Neville Monteiro said that the CCP Mayor along with three others came to meet them out of concern and discussed the way forward. “We will now convene the extraordinary general body meeting by month end to discuss the issue.
Monteiro said that the first priority is to repair the premises. He said that three NGOs have shown their interest to run the home but they have not given their proposals. “We will discuss all these issues during the extraordinary general body meeting and we will proceed in the right direction,” he said.