------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- Dear George,
I would be happy if you give me address (also email) of the places known to be associated with Blessed Joseph Vaz. I will be visiting Colombo to attend the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) to be held from 18 - 23rd August 2007. I am from Sancoale, (the birth place of Blessed Joseph Vaz). I would take this occassion to visit the places. Thanking you in anticipation, Peter F. Borges, Programme Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Care & Support, YMCA Nagpur 140, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nagpur - 440001, Maharashtra, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 09923414559 ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 15 June, 2007 06:48 AM Subject: [Goanet] 320th anniversary of Bl. Joseph Vaz's first Mass in SriLanka > ------------------------------------------------------- > Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, > 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. > This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone > wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by > Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally > by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------- >>From the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute, California... > > 320th anniversary of Bl. Joseph Vaz's first Mass in Sri Lanka > > On June 23rd, 1687, Blessed Joseph Vaz (1651-1711) said the first Mass in > the Jaffna area during > the Dutch persecution of Catholics in Sri Lanka. Blessed Joseph Vaz was > born in Goa and died in > Sri Lanka. He worked for 23 years in Sri Lanka under persecution and > threat of arrest and death by > the Dutch. The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute invites all Goans and Sri Lankans > to honor this > significant date in their history and in the history of the Catholic > Church by participating in a > Novena for his canonization starting today. > > On June 23, 2000, the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute celebrated a Mass at the > Oratory of St. Philip > Neri in Rome for this anniversary and petitioned the Pope to canonize him > as a Martyr without > further miracles along with thousands of Martyrs canonized for the Grand > Jubilee of the year 2000. > Cardinal Simon Pimenta of Mumbai who personally gave the Pope this > Petition was the chief > celebrant and guest of honor at this Mass. > > It is important that Goans and Sri Lankans continue to pray for the > required miracle for his > canonization. The Novena Prayer for the Canonization for Bl. Joseph Vaz is > as follows: > "Heavenly Father, Your Son proved through wonders, how sensitive Your > heart is towards those who > are burdened with sorrow, sickness, and difficulties. Through the wonders > Blessed Joseph Vaz > worked both in his life and death, he trailed the same path to show forth > that divine kindness and > thus drew thousands to Christ. Therefore, we humbly beg of You to put your > seal on his heroic life > and move the Church to declare him as a model and saint. We plead, if it > is Your will, to > grant us a cure to ........ or this favor........through his > intercession." > (Imprimatur. Vicar-General, Goa, India. 1987) >