Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – Sancoale, Goa: The “Rua Escravo de Maria” (Road of the Slave of Mary) resonated with hymns of praise today as
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Tag: St. Joseph Vaz
After St. Devasahayam Pillai, Diaspora Catholics Renew Calls for St. Joseph Vaz
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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Feast of St. Joseph Vaz Observed in Goa
Br. John Malvino Alfonso OCD & Pics. Joseph Fernandes – Goa: Bishop Simião Fernandes, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, called upon
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Uniting for a Cause: The Push for St. Joseph Vaz as Patron Saint in 2025, the Jubilee Year
Filomena Giese – The appeal to elevate St. Joseph Vaz as a Patron Saint for South Asia is a significant movement within the Catholic Church,
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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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Prophetic Role of St. Joseph Vaz In the Mission History of the Church
By Filomena Saraswati Giese – Berkeley, California: The official Feast Day of Indian-Sri Lankan St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz (1651-1711) on January 16, 2023 has just been
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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, a Faithful Follower of Jesus, Says Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão
Bro. John Malvino Alfonso OCD – Sancoale: “St. Joseph Vaz was a faithful follower of Jesus. He experienced Jesus and proclaimed him through acts of
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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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Amidst Covid-19 Restrictions, Goa Celebrates St. Joseph Vaz’s Feast
By Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – Sancoale (Goa): The feast of St Joseph Vaz, patron of the archdiocese of Goa and Daman, was celebrated at
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Did the Portuguese Destroy Only Hindu Temples in Goa?
Photo: The facade of the ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Chimbel-Goa. By J M John Marshal – Goa’s Chief
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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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Lent in Goa: 23K People Take Part in Walking Pilgrimage
By John Malvino Alfonso, OCD – Goa: Catholics across Goa undertook a Walking Pilgrimage (Bhavarthachi Yatra) to Sancoale Old Church on the first Sunday (March
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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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