The Capela da Sagrada Família (''Chapel of the Holy Family'') is a
Roman Catholic
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chapel built in 1769 on the island of
Chorão
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Goa
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History
The Capela da Sagrada Família, Pandavaddo,
Chorão
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was built on a plot gifted by John Pereira and funded by Fr. Honorio Vincente Pereira of Pandavaddo (ord. 23-9-1769). The provision of 1 September 1769 granted permission for the construction of this chapel. Fr. Pereira was appointed its first Chaplain by a notification of 5 November 1771. He also served as the administrator of the chapel and finally handed over charge to the people of the village.
The chapel was erected on 12 October 1782 and rebuilt by the Provision of 17 December 1876. It was reconstructed for the second time and the Vicar General of the Archdiocese, Mons Pedro Remigio dos Baretto blesses it on 3 May 1918.
The chapel has four altars dedicated to the Holy Family (Main Altar), Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacred Heart of Mary, and Our Lady of Fatima.
The Confraternity of the Holy Family established by a decree. No 5 of 14th Feb 1912, with its rules published in the Boletim Official No. 85 of 1920 and approved in 1924. The present one has been approved by a decree of 2-4-1945. There is also a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine established by a decree No.107 of 7-10-1955.
[Anuario da Arquid de Goa 1955]
Mass is said daily in the chapel and it has a resident Chaplain.
See also
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Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saúde
The Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saúde or the Chapel of Our Lady of Health, is a Roman Catholic chapel on the island of Chorão in Goa, India. It was originally built in 1705.
History
Tradition has it that this chapel is the most antique mon ...
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Chapel of St. Jerome (Chorão Island)
The Chapel of St. Jerome is a historic Roman Catholic chapel on the island of Chorão in Goa, India. After closing of the Chorão Seminary, although it had been abandoned for centuries, the chapel still stands. Acoustic phenomena are even now ...
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Bibliography
*The Island of Chorão (A Historical Sketch) By Francisco Xavier Gomes Catão, Mar Louis Memorial Press, Alwaye (1962)
Roman Catholic chapels in Chorão (island)
Roman Catholic chapels in India
Roman Catholic churches in Goa