FEAST OF REMED SAIBINN AT MONTEIROS CHAPEL, CANDOLIM.

15^thof this month, in Candolim at Monteiro’s Chapel, the feast of "Remed Saibinn" was celebrated. During my younger days I still remember how the devotees used to come in big number to celebrate this feast as this Remed Saibinn was known to create miracles of granting the sick the remedial cure after paying homage to this Chapel dedicated to Remed Saibin. Remed in Portuguese means Medicine and all who asked cure for their sicknesses they used to get immediate cure after praying in this Chapel.  The visit to this Chapel was like Medicine for the sick.

The ancestral palatial house (built in 1603) seen next to this Chapel belonged to Monteiro family  whose one son the late Dr. Gustavo Monteiro was the most popular not only in his locality but even beyond.  He was like medicine for most of the sicknesses of human beings not only physical but also in other respects.  He was a very helpful man who used to help people in whatever way he could.  After his death there is no replacement for him born in Candolim and according to me it is unlikely in the future too.   His other brother Pe. Chico Monteiro too was one of the most popular priests in Goa who was a great social worker and highly intellectual.

Dr. Jose Monteiro the elder son of the late Dr. Gustavo Monteiro is yet another doctor in the family currently carrying forward the tradition of Monteiro family of giving medicinal cure to the physical sicknesses of the patients who are coming to his Clinic even from distant places. Dr. Jose's younger daughter is also a well known doctor attached to GMC.

A.Veronica Fernandes.