The idyllic and picturesque bylanes of Matharpacady Heritage Village in Mazagaon, Mumbai, were transformed on Saturday, 22nd November 2014. Gifted culinary amateur chefs were busy throughout the day preparing tasty snacks, meals and desserts for the second annual food fiesta that evening. The Matharpacady Residents’ Welfare Association was showcasing for its members, their families, guests …
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Visit of Students from JBCN International School to Matharpacady
Around 65 Kindergarden students from JBCN International School, Parel visited our village on the morning of 18th November 2014 alongwith their teachers. They were taken around our village and shown the various houses, the village well and our Holy Cross Oratory. Each child was given a sheet of paper with stickers of the various sights of …
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Fiesta Tradicional Comida
The Matharpacady Residents Welfare Association is organising the above Food Festival at St. Isabel’s High School on Saturday, 22nd November ‘2014 at 5.00 pm. Invitations are available with Carole, Stanny, Jocelyn and Premy. Looking forward to seeing you all there !
International Students Visit Matharpacady
Around 30 students from the overseas exchange programme of Dhirubhai Ambani International school visited Matharpacady on Wednesday, 22nd October ’14. The students were from Spain, the Czech Republic, & England. Hansel Baptista took them around the village giving them an insight into the history of our village.
All’s well@work – Sunday Mumbai Mirror – 5th October ’14
How do you run around the world without taking a day off from work? Office fitness challenges are gaining followers at India Inc. Lunch hour for Rohit Ambosta is a busy hour. The 39-year-old is Chief Information Officer at Financial Technology India Ltd., a Chakala-based financial solutions firm. Every day at 1 pm he is …
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Guided walks through Mumbai – Mumbai Mirror, 16th September 2014
Inspired by the European Heritage Days, Alliance Francaise returns for the fifth consecutive year with its Heritage Week — and the guided tours that accompany it. Rafique Baghdadi and Sancia Sequeira will guide folks on three hour long tours, focusing on different parts of the city. Baghdadi’s trails include a tour of the city’s charming …
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New Year Eve Celebrations – 1980s
We are sure this will bring back memories of the New Year Eve Celebrations that we had year after year in Matharpacady.
Events May 2014
During the month of May, Rosary was recited daily every evening at 7.30 pm at the Cross. The Rosary will be recited daily till the onset of the rains. We will be celebrating 140 years of the Matharpacady Village Cross next year on 1st May 2015.
Matharpacady Village Cross Feast, 1st May 2014
HOLY CROSS ORATORY – MATHARPACADY VILLAGE The Holy Cross Oratory is a religious landmark, well over a century old, situated in the heart of Matharpacady Oart, popularly known as “THE VILLAGE”. A kind lady, Mrs. Buthello, donated the land for the Oratory. This historical monument was constructed thereon through the munificence of our ancestors, in …
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The Oart Holy Cross Oratory
The Holy Cross Oratory in this village was built by the residents in the late 1890s when Bombay was struck by plague. They offered prayers to St Roque – the patron saint of epidemics, for the protection of their loved ones. And legend has it that not a single Matharpacady resident fell a prey to …