Verghese V Joseph – The Indian Catholic community in the U.S., Canada and other countries received historic news this September: St. Devasahayam Pillai, revered for
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Will St. Joseph Vaz’s Work Merit the Attention of Eucharistic Congresses Around the World?
By Filomena Saraswati Giese – With the 10th National Eucharistic Conference in the U.S. slated for July 17- 21 this year, there have been many
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Uphold the Missionary Legacy of St. Joseph Vaz: Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas Encourages Faithful in Goa
Br. John Malvino Alfonso OCD, Pics by Joseph Fernandes. Sancoale, Goa: Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX, Bishop of Daltonganj Diocese, emphasized the enduring significance of emulating
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St. Joseph Vaz: How Two Sisters from Oakland Diocese Aided the Missionary from Goa’s Centuries-old Cause for Sainthood
By Filomena Saraswati Giese. January 16 is the Feast of St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz, who was born in Goa, India, and served as a missionary
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Why Syrian Rite Keralites have a ‘Patron Saint’ and Why Latin Rite Goans, Mangaloreans, and Sri Lankans Don’t!
By Filomena Saraswati Giese – St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara and St. Joseph Vaz. Why Keralites had St. Kuriakose made a Patron Saint at his Canonization
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California: Annual Feast Mass of St. Joseph Vaz, Apostle of India and Sri Lanka on Jan 29
San Francisco: The annual mass for the feast of St. Joseph Vaz, Apostle of India and Sri Lanka, and for the Beatification of Ven. Fr.
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St. Joseph Vaz: The Friday Miracle Worker!
By Leon Bent – Fr. Joseph Vaz was born to Christopher Vaz and Maria de Miranda, Christian parents of the Konkani Brahmin caste; the third
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Join Petition Drive to Make St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz a Patron Saint of First Responders During Covid
Verghese V Joseph – Joseph Naik Vaz Institute, based in California, US has begun a petition drive on Change.org (click the link to sign the
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St. Joseph Vaz Sacrificed His Life to Proclaim Jesus: Bishop Alwyn Baretto
By Bro. John Malvino Alfonso OCD – Sancoale (Goa): “St. Joseph Vaz, son of our soil, sacrificed his life, experienced Jesus and enthusiastically proclaimed Jesus
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Goa: Be courageous, Urges Archbishop Filipe on the Feast of St Joseph Vaz
By Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – Pictures by Joseph Fernandes – Goa: “We are called to be courageous and enthusiastic witnesses of Jesus by living
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Catholic Women Council Offers Prayers for Sri Lankan Blast Victims
Secunderabad: Expressing solidarity with the victims of the horrendous terrorist attack on St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, and other places where a string
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India’s Christian and Islamic Religious Heads Express Solidarity with Sri Lankan Terror Victims
By Verghese V Joseph – Mumbai: Expressing solidarity and standing together in the aftermath of the recent ghastly serial bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka’s
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Church in India Expresses Deep Anguish Over Sri Lankan Church Attacks; Toll Rises Above 200
By Verghese V Joseph – The Catholic Bishops’ Council of India (CBCI) expressed deep anguish at the blasts that hit Sri Lankan churches today. “Our
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Saint Joseph Vaz: An Indian Sanyasi In a Foreign Land
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556 AD) and St. Philip Neri (1515-1595 AD) burnt into Saint Joseph Vaz (1651-1711 AD). St. Fr.
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