Padri Jo Goth
Padri Jo Goth is a Christian village in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan.
History
The village consists of around 300 families living on land bought by the Catholic Church in 1938. Franciscan Father Ken Viegas was the parish priest in 2004. The Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters also run a dispensary out of their St. Clare Convent. [1]
The St Isidore primary school run by the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus provides education to the community upto the eighth grade. In 2011 some 200 disadvantaged children were receiving an education at the school funded by Catholic Missions.[2]
A disturbed village
Unfortunately the village receives publicity for some unhappy events. The marriage of a young tribal Hindu woman and a Christian man she chose angered her community in 2004. This led to friction between the two communities.[1]
In 2012, a mother of two was set on fire by her in-laws over a domestic dispute.[3]
In 2013 a Muslim man wanted to marry a Catholic nurse from the village. He approached her with a proposal to marry him and convert to Islam. When she turned him down, he threatened to abduct her and disfigure her with acid.[4] [5]
Future hopes
Suneel, a student of class eight, wants to serve his village by becoming a doctor. The village does not get enough water for its crops and he hopes to help solve this problem one day. He would also like to see proper roads and a good sewerage system in his village.
Shazia is a former student of St Isadora School. There is only a middle-school in the village, and so many girls cannot continue their studies after the eighth grade. Shazia is now teaching at the same school where she once studied. She thinks that poverty is the main reason for lack of education.[6]
The Mission Fund in Malta provided financial help to the local families who lost their homes and belongings in the 2013 flood.[7]
Favourite son
On 14 November 2013, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw as Archbishop of Lahore. Bishop Shaw was born in the village in 1957.[8]
References
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