Mass for the Sri Lanka Bomb Victims Celebrated in Oakland
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 →
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Sri Lanka remembers, one year after attacks killed nearly 300
Survivors of Sri Lanka’s Islamist suicide bombings which killed 279 people last year held a private anniversary service Tuesday as the nation paid sombre tributes and the US vowed to Continue Reading →
On anniversary of attacks, Sri Lankans mark Easter at home
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Christians in Sri Lanka celebrated Easter in their homes on Sunday, participating in religious services through television as churches remained closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading →
Invitation from the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute and Community Live Streamed Mass 26th April ’20
Dear Friends and Devotees of St. Joseph Vaz (1651-1711), Apostle of Kanara (India) and Sri Lanka: Churches holding Easter Sunday services and hotels with many tourists and visitors were bombed Continue Reading →
Invitation for Annual Mass for St. Joseph Vaz and Ven. Fr. Agnelo de Souza, Feb 9, 2020
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Sunday, February 9, 2020 11:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Church 11159 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 (near Del Norte El Cerrito Bart Station) January 16 is Continue Reading →
Archbishop of Canterbury mourns victims of Sri Lanka attacks
NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Archbishop of Canterbury emphasized the need for Christian unity on Thursday as he paid tribute to the victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks Continue Reading →
Saint Joseph Vaz, pray for Sri Lanka
The joy of Easter Sunday was brutally cut short for our Catholic sisters and brothers in Sri Lanka this year, as terrorist attacks killed hundreds and wounded hundreds more. Three Continue Reading →
Sri Lankans remembered in Commemoration Mass in California
On Friday June 14, the 254 victims of the Easter Sunday bombings in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka were remembered at a Mass at St. Lucy’s Church in Campbell Continue Reading →
Bay Area Commemorative Mass for Sri Lankan Victims of Easter Sunday Bombings
Jayal Fernando, a Sri Lankan member of St. Lucy’s parish in Campbell in the diocese of San Jose and the Bay Area’s Joseph Naik Vaz Institute, which works to keep Continue Reading →
GTU Memorial for victims of Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019
From the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute, Berkeley, California…. Filomena Saraswati Giese, of the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute and an alum of the Jesuit School of Theology participated in a memorial Continue Reading →