[Goanet] Blessed JOSE VAZ
S U B L I M EI N S P I R A T I O N From SANCOALE, remote village. The quiet lad from early age Was consumed by celestial fire Earthly things did not admire. Thus riven with burning faith He chose a life destined for greater ends. Of gentle mould, he dreamt of a deedful life Giving people of his best in their strife. To quench the burning flame He disdained work bringing fame And left his native shores In dire foreign climes to labour. In the midst of rulers hostile He led a life most fragile Of suppliance and blight To overcome those with might. Barefoot he roamed the domain Stealthily aiding afflicted of the reign As a mendicant to hoodwink tyrants And finally win a battle significant. His memory long will abide To serve as a shining guide As the tide of time rolls on To stand steadfast for one's country. Another notable son of our land Left us sublime footprints Went to a distant people Help them face a bully.. Abstracted from the recently released book of poems “VOICES of PASSION”.
[Goanet] blessed jose vaz
Blessed Fr Jose Vaz Goans and Shri Lankans are ecstatic about the decision of the Pope to canonize him In January 2015.The Pope has waived of the third miracle after being declared Blessed. The process of sainthood is long and meticulous, but there are instances when there have been waivers. The long felt aspirations of faith There is no doubt that the bulk of the work towards his sainthood was carried on in Shri Lanka, hope and prayers both the people of Shri Lanka and Goa have been fulfilled after almost three centuries. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in the year 1995.The Goa Archdiocese began the journey on 16.January 2000. Special mentioned needs to be made of late Fr Faustin DSouza, who single handed, valiantly and ardently, propagated the cause of his sainthood. Had he been alive today, his joys would be boundless.Fr.Jacome Gonsalves, and Fr.Jose Carvalho , who worked shoulder to shoulder with him must also be highlighted .Blessed Jose Vaz is declared the Patron saint of Archdiocese of Goa, thus bestowing the worthy honour on the son of the soil. He had worked in Goa and Karnataka before embarking on the perilous boat journey to Ceylon now Shri Lanka. He founded the first religious native congregation of Oratorians. It is said the doors of Sancoale Church would open automatically when he prayed at midnight. The miracle of the birth Fr Cosme was a clinching evidence that has stood the test of the process .It was a sudden, unexpected downpour of rains when he prayed public for it ,But his life of dedication and spreading faith undeterred by life threatening circumstances that is a remarkable mission of love of Christ, He not only learn the language, but wrote several books in Shenalese, thus bringing Christ to the people .His dedicated services to the people of the island Nation during the scourge of small pox, sheltering, burying, feeding is a remarkable testimony of his mission of great love. God in his power did not let him be afflicted with this highly contagious disease. The king who had abandoned his subjects during such calamity, on his return rewarded him with all the facilities to carry forward his mission. He humbly refused the title of being nominated as the Bishop of Shri Lanka With such humanitarian works and spreading of the faith, he was for the people a living saint without being raised to the altar. Hence his dedicated efforts to bring faith and Christ to people in an alien land, his propagation in the native language under persecution, threat to his own life and jail sentence, humanitarian selfless service in the face of grave calamity, miracles during his life time were more than sufficient to enhance and expedite his cause for sainthood. The history of saints of European decent for centuries is now seeing a welcome change for regional aspiration Mother Theresa was from Albania but made her home, worked for Indian destitute s, abandoned, sick and dying on the streets of Calcutta. St Francis from Narve in Spain made his last wish to be entombed in Goa .They have universal appeal and adored likewise, but not constrained by geographical boundaries. Similarly Blessed Jose Vaz had his birth in Goa, but carried on his dedicated mission in Shri Lanka. The renovated Oratory at Sancoale and his residence at Sancoale will continue to draw faithful from all over. In recent times there were pilgrimages of the faithful from Shri Lanka to the Oratory in Sancoale in Goa , thus enhancing his presence here too The efforts, process and cause of Ven. Agnelo D`Souza need to be redoubled so that another Goan saint will similarly find the honour of altar soon without waiting for centuries, Fortunately the Pillar fathers have a well organized institution to fast forward this movement with prayers from Goans Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
[Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
Alfred de Tavares is a gentleman and as always gracious. I had met him in Goem some twenty two odd years ago, though he will not recognise me in this avatar or I think remember the meeting; even if he knew my identity. Hence my alacrity in accepting my error and obviously, the fact that I was wrong. I am delighted he has proved me wrong again by finding a third Goemcar candidate for elevation to the pantheon of saints. My curiosity has been stirred so please name the candidate for sainthood and his antecedents. And then of course the General. It would be fitting to title the next post Blessed Jose Vaz, Padr Agnel and ---. Xanno Moidecar Xanno Moidecar
Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
My dear amigo... What is this about apologies...among friends? Apologies schapologies forsooth! I merely pointed out what I saw as a discrepancy you, graciously, accepted the same...that, old chap, is satisfaction enoug' But I owe you a lump of thanks. While doing a little look-see, being motivated by something in your post, I have discovered, yet, another Goan candidate for Veneration , eventual, canonisation. His process has been lying in the due office in the Vatican since the past five decades plus! The Holy See has confirmed that the process is under study. And another discovery: A full-fledged Goan General. Will write about both pretty soon. Which one should I serve up first? Saint or soldier? You, pls, tell me. Alfred...etc... Stockholm, 2010-01-24 0046 8759 6214; Mob: 0046 70 295 4091 From: valmi...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:01:45 +0530 Subject: Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo Xannea, I withdraw my petulant dedd xanno remark in the response to Alfred Tavares. If that upset you, I sincerely apologise. Regards, v - Original Message - From: Xanno Moidecar xanno_moide...@yahoo.co.uk To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:58 PM Subject: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo My apologies to Alfred de Tavares, Socrates Valmiki Faleiro and all Goemcar Catholics offended by my silly and flippant rant. And Socrates the prefix should be the more appropriate Homer – esque D’OH! A bout of juvenile petulance is the only excuse I can offer. I join the rest of Goemcar-dom in praying that our Church be blessed with the two prime candidates going through the process, reaching the goal soon. And yes even if it is unfair to fair Kerala, I’m hoping both will be bestowed the ultimate honour before long and before any other. Sincerely Xanno Moidecar _ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_2:092009
[Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnel
No apologies needed Socrates. If anything my unnecessary outburst deserved it. I keep on reminding myself and then forgetting that writing in haste often leads to regretting at leisure. Sod tem. I am, by the way, a fan of your writing and have known you through it for the last twenty odd years. Since my time in Goem. Xanno Moidecar
Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
Xannea, I withdraw my petulant dedd xanno remark in the response to Alfred Tavares. If that upset you, I sincerely apologise. Regards, v - Original Message - From: Xanno Moidecar xanno_moide...@yahoo.co.uk To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:58 PM Subject: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo My apologies to Alfred de Tavares, Socrates Valmiki Faleiro and all Goemcar Catholics offended by my silly and flippant rant. And Socrates the prefix should be the more appropriate Homer – esque D’OH! A bout of juvenile petulance is the only excuse I can offer. I join the rest of Goemcar-dom in praying that our Church be blessed with the two prime candidates going through the process, reaching the goal soon. And yes even if it is unfair to fair Kerala, I’m hoping both will be bestowed the ultimate honour before long and before any other. Sincerely Xanno Moidecar
Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
Christianity in Kerala (also in parts around Mumbai, via the Apostle St. Bartholomeu) is 1,500 years older than that in Goa -- even if is known that Malabar's St. Thomas Christians, as they call themselves, were in Goa around the 8th/10th century. Moreover, how many Goan Roman Catholics are there, worldwide, as compared to Catholics (and those of other rites who owe allegience to the Vatican) in Kerala? Proportionate to population, if Goa would have two saints, Kerala would deserve 100. Xanno Moidecar perhaps forgets the 'Dedd' prefix of his pseudonym :-) Rgds, v On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:50:02 +0530 Alfred de Tavares wrote But, perhaps, you are overlooking, or ignorant, that Kerala has been Christian, quite an exemplary one despite most caste-astrigent, for the past two millenia plus. Ever hear of Thomas, the Apostle? He, himself, has been credited to have baptized the first Christians, in Karala, with the same hand that he had, at the invitation of his Master, plunged into the speared wound, in Jesus' side. Sincerely Xanno Moidecar
[Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
My apologies to Alfred de Tavares, Socrates Valmiki Faleiro and all Goemcar Catholics offended by my silly and flippant rant. And Socrates the prefix should be the more appropriate Homer – esque D’OH! A bout of juvenile petulance is the only excuse I can offer. I join the rest of Goemcar-dom in praying that our Church be blessed with the two prime candidates going through the process, reaching the goal soon. And yes even if it is unfair to fair Kerala, I’m hoping both will be bestowed the ultimate honour before long and before any other. Sincerely Xanno Moidecar Xanno Moidecar
Re: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:33:12 + From: xanno_moide...@yahoo.co.uk To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo 500 odd years of Catholicism and not one canonisation. We are stranded with two semi-saints and no light at the end of the tunnel. Why? I have my theories. Here goes: (1) The church in Goem is divided. Caste having been such a huge part of our lives, we have yet to exorcise this ghost. It is time the head of the church in Goem does something dramatic nay drastic to right this wrong. In the Church in Goa is there really a division or a difference of opinion: The one can be vicious...detrimental to the edifice; the other, healthy and constructive. If at all you are hankering after...dramatic...drastic aaction you have ample scope attending the Vidhan Sabha... (2) Goemcars do not have sufficient financial clout to sway the power brokers in Rome. Do they not? You will be surprised how many positions of high- mid-level significance, in the Vatican, are held by Goansand, according to their peers, most successfully executed. (3) There are no Goemcar nuns catering at the Vatican, unlike Kerala. Their nuns I believe literally run the papal household. Keralites are getting canonised in droves. Goodness gracious me...what silly tales have reached you, or, you are fancying? At the time of a canonisation, some years ago, when living accomodation, around the Vatican, was nigh impossible, I family, were put up by Goan nuns, at the convent of San Giuseppe di Aparazione, a stone throw from the Vatican walls, on Via Paulo lll, a grand place in a spacious luscious park. The hosting nun excused herself from personally attending us, being related, because, due to the exigencies of the canonisation she, and her girls, Goan nuns most of them had been given extraordinary duties. I met many others during our week-long stay, all of them variously engaged in the Vatican. I visited two, in our compound, elderly nuns, retired after long service there. There are many (in this case, literally 'droves'), of nuns from Kerala, working there. Runing the the Papal household is quite another kettle of fish. Who has ever, besides perhaps, Dan Brown in his fantasies, toured the said premisses. I, presume, without personal inspection, that the Papal household, like any other palatial or otherwise, would require any number of services: From attending to the Pontiffs personal needs to those of the scullery. Keralites are not, have not been, canonised in droves. There is just one Keralan, Santa Alphonsa, cannonized in 2008. Yes, there have, indeed, been 500 odd years of Catholicism in Goa. But, perhaps, you are overlooking, or ignorant, that Kerala has been Christian, quite an exemplary one despite most caste-astrigent, for the past two millenia plus. Ever hear of Thomas, the Apostle? He, himself, has been credited to have baptized the first Christians, in Karala, with the same hand that he had, at the invitation of his Master, plunged into the speared wound, in Jesus' side. (4) The church in Goem needs a crash course in public relations. Have you attempted to offer your services...do you really feel qualified? If you so desire are unaware how to go about it apply to the excellent Fr. Joaquim Loiola, at the Patriarchal Palace; at best you may receive a, not crash, but indepth, course in'nit from him. (5) Goemcars are evil or maybe just not holy enough. Please, mon, pray speak for yourself... I may be wrong. But then what other reasons can there be? That you, most certainly, are...well off the bend... Mother Theresa. John Paul 2. Great people. I love them. But sainthood in under a decade? The Roman Catholic Church cannot find one, one Goemcar; fit for the greatest honour it can bestow? Sincerely Xanno Moidecar A parting shot: A pseudonym, may be OK in dealing trash, hardly the matter your are, so clumsily, trying to tackle. Yours, through the Blessed José Vaz, Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2010-01-16 0046 8925 4091 _ Keep your friends updated—even when you’re not signed in. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_5:092010
[Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz and Padr Agnelo
500 odd years of Catholicism and not one canonisation. We are stranded with two semi-saints and no light at the end of the tunnel. Why? I have my theories. Here goes: (1) The church in Goem is divided. Caste having been such a huge part of our lives, we have yet to exorcise this ghost. It is time the head of the church in Goem does something dramatic nay drastic to right this wrong. (2) Goemcars do not have sufficient financial clout to sway the power brokers in Rome. (3) There are no Goemcar nuns catering at the Vatican, unlike Kerala. Their nuns I believe literally run the papal household. Keralites are getting canonised in droves. (4) The church in Goem needs a crash course in public relations. (5) Goemcars are evil or maybe just not holy enough. I may be wrong. But then what other reasons can there be? Mother Theresa. John Paul 2. Great people. I love them. But sainthood in under a decade? The Roman Catholic Church cannot find one, one Goemcar; fit for the greatest honour it can bestow? Sincerely Xanno Moidecar
[Goanet] Blessed Jose Vaz, statue at Cortalim Ferry
Fr. Jose Vaz, statue at Cortalim Ferry http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk15/3115883548/sizes/l/ A life size statue
