PRESS RELEASE FROM THE JOSEPH NAIK VAZ INSTITUTE Special Intention for Healing from Covid-19 We invite you to our live stream January 16, 2021 Feast Mass of St. Joseph Vaz, Continue Reading →
Through Intercession of Saint Joseph Vaz (1651-1711), Son of India, Apostle of Kanara and Sri Lanka O God of Love and Mercy, we earnestly pray for Healing and Recovery from Continue Reading →
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE ANNUAL FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH VAZ (1651-1711) APOSTLE OF KANARA AND SRI LANKA and VEN. AGNELO DE SOUZA OF PILAR January 16, 2021 Special Continue Reading →
Berkeley, California – December 26, 2020 Introduction: The world is always looking for a model of service and selflessness in times such as ours of dangerous and deadly pandemics. One Continue Reading →
Till I came into the picture with my research in early 1980’s, everyone believed and officially recorded that Kundapur Church was built by Fr. Joseph Vaz from Goa in 1681. Continue Reading →
Fr. Anthony da Silva’s words about Gandhi beautifully summarize what both St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz and Gandhi stood for: “ It is about the experience of the presence of God, Continue Reading →
Filomena Saraswati Giese Berkeley, Oct. 5, 2018 I. Afro-Sri Lankan Slavery from the 16th to the 19th centuries II. St. Joseph Vaz (1651-1711) and African slaves in Sri Lanka I. Continue Reading →
TALK at General Congress of Oratorians in Rome, October 3, 2000 The General Congress of Oratorians in Rome is a beautiful occasion to recall Blessed Joseph Vaz, himself an Oratorian Continue Reading →
The Joseph Naik Vaz Institute worked for the canonization of St. Joseph Vaz since 1978. H.H. Pope Francis canonized St. Joseph Vaz in January 2015. The Institute is committed to Continue Reading →
Oakland, CA 26th April 2020 The Mass is live streamed from the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA, USA. The Mass is offered for all the victims of last Continue Reading →