>From the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute .....
April 21st is the Birthday of St. Joseph Vaz, born in 1656 April 22nd is Earth Day. Hence, we are inviting all followers of St. Joseph Vazto celebrate these two significant dates this week. The rain forests and biological diversity of the landstraversed by St. Joseph Vaz, namely Goa, Mangalore, and Sri Lanka are among theearth’s precious Nature areas. The Western Ghats have been designated World Heritagesites by the U.N. Butprecious agricultural, coastal, and wetland areas are being ravaged by miningand ecologically damaging development. Pope Francis, the Pope who canonized St.Joseph Vaz has given us the outstanding Encylical, Laudatio Si, onthe environment. We urge everyone to read it and to use it as a model tocare for our planet and the St. Joseph Vaz’ homelands of India, particularlyGoa and Mangalore, and Sri Lanka. The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute has signed up toparticipate in the California Interfaith April 22nd Prayer at 12p.m. We invite you to say the Climate Blessing Prayer belowon both April 21st and April 22nd at 12 p.m. At 12pm your time, pause and take amoment to feel the power of prayer and to recommit to caring for the Earth. Pleaseemail us about your participation at josephnaik....@gmail.com Climate Blessing(http://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/GeneralBlessings.pdf) We Hold the Earth We hold brothers and sisters who suffer from storms anddroughts intensified by climate change. We hold all species that suffer. We hold world leaders delegated to make decisions for life.We pray that the web of life may be mended throughcourageous actions to limit carbon emissions. We pray for right actions for adaptation and mitigationto help our already suffering earth community. We pray that love and wisdom might inspire my actionsand our actions as communities. so that we may, with integrity, look into the eyes ofbrothers and sisters and all beings and truthfully say, we are doing our partto care for them and the future of the children. May love transform us and our world with new stepstoward life. Berkeley, California, April 2016http://www.josephnaikvaz.org/ #yiv1514289687 -- .yiv1514289687ygrp-photo-title{clear:both;font-size:smaller;height:15px;overflow:hidden;text-align:center;width:75px;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687ygrp-photo{background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-color:white;border:1px solid black;height:62px;width:62px;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a, #yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a:active, #yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a:hover, #yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a:visited {text-decoration:none;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row {clear:both;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row div {float:left;}#yiv1514289687 p {clear:both;padding:15px 0 3px 0;overflow:hidden;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687ygrp-file {width:30px;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row div div a {text-decoration:none;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row div div span {font-weight:normal;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687ygrp-file-title {font-weight:bold;}#yiv1514289687 #yiv1514289687 #yiv1514289687 -- #yiv1514289687 .yiv1514289687ygrp-photo-title{clear:both;font-size:smaller;height:15px;overflow:hidden;text-align:center;width:75px;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687ygrp-photo{background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-color:white;border:1px solid black;height:62px;width:62px;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a, #yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a:active, #yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a:hover, #yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687photo-title a:visited {text-decoration:none;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row {clear:both;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row div {float:left;}#yiv1514289687 p {clear:both;padding:15px 0 3px 0;overflow:hidden;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687ygrp-file {width:30px;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row div div a {text-decoration:none;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687attach-table div.yiv1514289687attach-row div div span {font-weight:normal;}#yiv1514289687 div.yiv1514289687ygrp-file-title {font-weight:bold;}#yiv1514289687 #yiv1514289687
