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The unstoppable Rev. Fr. Romuald D'Souza SJ

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   The unstoppable Rev. Fr. Romuald D'Souza SJ Fr. Romuald D'Souza SJ.  Photo credit: Historia Domus      Romuald was born in Aldona, Goa on on 20 December 1925 to Dr. Tito Fermino de Souza and Alina Ana Maria de Souza. He was the eldest of six children. After him was born Wilfred de Souza (1927), surgeon, long-time MLA and former chief minister of Goa. The third child, Orlando (1928) became an aviation engineer with Caltex in the USA. The fourth is Michael (1933), a former principal of St Michael's High School in Anjuna. The fifth,  Sr. Noemia (1935), was the Principal at Nirmala Institute, Bombay and Director of the College of Home Science and Polytechnic, Bombay.
 The youngest Arnaldo died tragically at the tender age of twelve years.       After the birth of the first three boys, the patriarch Dr Tito sailed to Kampala, Uganda to set up his medical practice. After a short while, he was joined by his wife and the two younger boys while Romauld stayed behind with his gran