''Dor Mhoineachi Rotti'' (meaning ''Our Monthly Bread'' in English) is the oldest defunct periodical in the

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History and profile

The magazine was initially named ''Dor Muineachi Rotti Povitra Jesucha Calzachem Devoçãõ Vaddounchi''. Fr. Vincent Lobo, from

Sangolda Sangolda is a village in Bardez sub-district, North Goa, India. Location Nearest airport is Dabolim Airport and railway station is at Tivim Tivim pronounced Thivim, is a village in Nathivim in Bardez, in the North Goa district of Goa, Indi ...

in Goa, curator at the St. Patrick's Church in Karachi, began it in 1915, to cater to the large number of Konkani-speaking people there, as there was no other Konkani spiritual literature. Its stated intention is to spread the devotion to the Christian idea of the

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; The name was changed subsequently to ''Dor Muiniachi Rotti, Concanim Messenger of the Sacred Heart''. On Fr. Vincent Lobo's death on 11 November 1922, Fr. António Ludovico Pereira, also from Sangolda, took over. ''Dor Mhoineachi Rotti'' had an estimated readership of around 12,000. After the death of Fr. António Ludovico Pereira on 26 July 1936, Fr. Antanasio Moniz, from Verna, took over. On his death in 1953, Fr. Elias D'Souza, from Bodiem,

Tivim Tivim pronounced Thivim, is a village in Nathivim in Bardez, in the North Goa district of Goa, India. It is an important gateway into North Goa as the home to the major railway station in North Goa. Tivim was also the ancestral village of the fi ...

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

became the fourth editor. After moving to

Velha Goa Old Goa ( Konkani: ; pt, Velha Goa, translation='Old Goa') is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi ''taluka'' (''Ilhas'') of North Goa district, in the Indian state of Goa. The ci ...

in 1964, Fr.

Moreno de Souza Moreno de Souza ( Konkani: ''Padre Moren'') (3 November 1923 – 14 October 2007) was a Goan Jesuit priest and Konkani Marian poet, Konkani writer, translator and a historian. He was one of the translators of the '' Povitr Pustok'' ...

was editor for around 42 years. The ''Dor Mhuineachi Rotti'' is owned by the

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in Goa, edited by Fr. Vasco do Rego SJ and printed and published by Fr. Kelvin Monteiro, S.J. on behalf of the Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Goa. The magazine is published on a monthly basis.

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