Goan Catholics are an ethno-religious community adhering to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are
Christian maidens of Goa meeting a Portuguese nobleman seeking a wife, from the Códice Casanatense (c. 1540)
The Sé Cathedral dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria, in Old Goa, was built by the Portuguese in 1510. It is one of the oldest churches in Goa and one of the largest in Asia. It also holds a miraculous cross that is venerated to date.
Distribution of Goan Catholics in India
A traditional Portuguese-influenced villa of a Goan Catholic family
The Assumption of Mary is a Catholic dogma that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken body and soul into heaven, defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 in his apostolic constitution Mun
Goan Catholics
…cakes steamed in turmeric leaves consisting of a filling of coconut and palm jaggery) are prepared on the Feasts of San Juanv (São João) on 24 June, Maria da Assunção on 15 August, and Konnsachem fest (harvest festival) which occurs across Goa during the month of August. Kuswad (Consoada) is a term used for the sweet…
A famous treatment in Western art, Titian's Assumption, 1516–1518
Memorial in Youghal, Ireland, to the promulgation of the dogma of the Assumption
Parma Cathedral, Illusionistic dome, Correggio, 1526–1530
Pope Pius XII in 1950 proclaiming the dogma of the Assumption of Mary