Novena Prayer 2024
Our dear patron Saint Joseph Vaz : You were a person of great heart with a passionate zeal for Christ our Savior in your life as a preacher of the Continue Reading →
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HAPPY ST. JOSEPH (NAIK) VAZ FEAST DAY!
January 16, 2024 HAPPY ST. JOSEPH (NAIK) VAZ FEAST DAY! On the occasion of the January 16 Feast Day of St. Joseph Vaz, the first canonized Native Saint of Goa, Continue Reading →
Praying Novena to St Joseph Vaz Together at a Global Level. Please join us
Dear devotee of St Joseph Vaz, https://forms.gle/DdXSUWjYF6avAtq76 You are most welcome to fill this above form in order to do a Novena to St Joseph Vaz at a global level Continue Reading →
Should St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz be Called “Apostle Of Ceylon” or “Apostle of Sri Lanka and Kanara (India)?” by Dr Filomena Giese
Please read the whole article published in Vidyajyothi Journal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 88/1 January 2024 by Dr Filomena Saraswati Giese
46th Annual Mass for the Feast of St Joseph Vaz on Jan 28, 2024 at 11.00 AM
The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute cordially invites you to the 46th Annual Mass for the Feast of St. Joseph Vaz, the first canonized Saint of the states of Goa, Karnataka Continue Reading →
We Need your Help to Get Signatures
Joseph Naik Vaz Institute – California is spearheading the campaign petition to make St Joseph Vaz a Patron Saint of his contributions. This includes patron of medical first responders, freedom Continue Reading →
A movement to Make St Joseph Vaz ‘Patron Saint of Inter-Religious Relations’ Gathers Stream
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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 Courtesy: www.indiancatholicmatters.org St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara and St. Joseph Vaz Why Keralites had St. Kuriakose made a Patron Saint at his Canonization? AND Why Indian-Sri Lankan Continue Reading →
Sharing a heroic Asian saint: Indian-Sri Lankan St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz by Filomena Saraswati Giese
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Press Release: 45TH ANNUAL MASS FOR FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH VAZ, (1651-1711) APOSTLE OF KANARA AND SRI LANKA
The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute of the Bay Area cordially invites the Indian-Sri Lankan community and friends in the San Francisco Bay Area to our Annual Mass for the Feast Continue Reading →