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http://www.goanfoods.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: D'Souza, Avelino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <goanet@goanet.org> on April 11, 2006 5:19 AM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Portugese rule ruined Jaffna: Historian HindustanTimes.com Monday, April 10, 2006|16:15 IST It is, therefore, not surprising that when the Dutch overthrew the Portuguese in June 1658, the people of Jaffna were immensely relieved. The refugees not only came back to Jaffna, but shed Catholicism and reverted to Hinduism en masse. Some of course, took to the Protestant religion of the Dutch. Only the coastal Paravas, who apparently saw Catholicism as a liberation theology, stuck to Catholicism. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It was reserved to Goan Oratorian priests and brothers to, almost thirty years later (1687), slowly but surely look for and find the catholics who persisted in practicing their religion clandestinely in view of the severe Dutch calvinist persecution. Our (now Blessed) Padre Jose Vaz and his faithful companion Joao, after learning Tamil in Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), sailed from there to northern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) disguised as coolies, and after a difficult journey, managed to make it safely to Manaar and from there to Jaffna. A book in Portuguese with the title "De Goa a Ceilao - Saga de um Caminheiro Infatigavel", featuring the circumstances in which Jose Vaz lived and exercised his apostolate, is scheduled to be released by the Archbishop of Goa and Daman at the St. John Baptist Church of Benaulim (the village where the Blessed was born and baptised) on the 21st of this month, birth anniversary of the same Apostle of Kanara and of Sri Lanka (born April 21, 1651 at Benaulim, Goa - died January 16, 1711and buried somewhere in Sri Lanka, presumably in the city of Kandy). Jorge de Abreu Noronha _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)