Convent of St. Monica
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The "Rome of the East" - Goa, is home to many beautiful churches. Your trip to Goa is incomplete without visiting the various churches in Goa. One of the oldest Goan churches is the Church and convent Of St. Monica. This was also the first convent for nuns in the state. On July2, 1606, Archbishop Dom Frei Alexio de Menezes laid the foundations of the convent, after its sanction in 1598. The church was completed in 1627. The convent, an imposing three storey structure could accommodate about 100 nuns. Widows and destitute women often found shelter within the church. There was a strange custom of baptism in the Church and Convent of St. Monica. In front of the entrance of the nunnery stood a turntable with a hand bell nearby. Often illegitimate children were left here and the bell was rung. The Rodeira on hearing the bell would turn the table and take the child in. The child was then baptized. Today all traces of the turntable have been erased.
