A Solemn High Mass in honour of Blessed Joseph Vaz (1651-1711) Apostle of Kanara and Sri Lanka, Patron of the Archdiocese of Goa is being celebrated on Saturday 27th Sept 2014 at 11 am at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, 2950 Midland Ave, Scarborough Ontario M1S 3K8. All invited. Thereafter the congregation is invited to a "Meet and Greet" in the Church hall. The service is being organised by supporters for the cause of Blessed Joseph Vaz in Toronto, and initiated by The Joseph Naik Institute in Berkeley, California. The Institute is sponsoring a Mass and celebration in Rome on September 23rd, 2014 for the 329th Anniversary of the founding of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Goa by Blessed Joseph Vaz (see below).
Please pass this message to your family, relatives and friends. ----------- Re: The Blessed Vaz cause for canonization The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute is sponsoring a Mass and celebration in Rome on September 23rd, 2014 for the 329th Anniversary of the founding of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Goa by Blessed Joseph Vaz. The Mass will be held at the historic Oratorian church in Rome, Chiesa Nuova. All are invited to attend or sponsor a Companion Mass in your local parish on or around Sept 23. See details at http://www.josephnaikvaz.org/images/Sept%2023%20Vaz%20Invitation.pdf So far approximately 20 companion masses around the world are being said on or around Sept 23 in a massive show of support for Blessed Vaz's cause for canonization. The main celebrant will be Rev. Mario Avilés, C.O. Procurator General of the Oratory of St. Filipe Neri worldwide. One of the concelebrant's will be a representative of Cardinal Tauran, head of the Pontifical Council for Inter religious Dialogue. The liturgy will be coordinated by the Archbishop of Goa's representative, Fr. Agnelo Mascarenhas S.J. The Intentions of the Mass are: • The commemoration of the beginning of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Goa, on September 25,1685 by Blessed Joseph Vaz, C.O. • For the canonization of Blessed Joseph Vaz, C.O. Apostle of Kanara and Sri Lanka • For the success of the Pope's visit to Sri Lanka and to the Philippines in January 2015 Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Sri Lanka and the Bishops of Sri Lanka, together with the Bl. Joseph Vaz National Secretariat, have assigned September 14th to be a Sri Lanka wide day of prayer for the Cause of Canonisation and in Praise & Thanksgiving for the gift to Blessed Joseph Vaz. They are requesting Goa to join them on this day of prayer. We invite all friends and devotees of Bl. Joseph Vaz to participate in this Sri Lanka Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving for Blessed Joseph Vaz on Sept. 14. See Cardinal Ranjith's message at http://www.josephnaikvaz.org/images/Cardinal%20Ranjit%20message.pdf Thank you. Joseph Naik Vaz Institute www.josephnaikvaz.org
