On September 25, 1685 St. Joseph Vaz founded the first fully native religious Congregation, the Goa branch of the Oratory of St. Felipe Neri in the Church of the Miraculous Continue Reading →
In an article titled “Sri Lankan Pioneer Beat Persecution” in the New York Tablet (August 1987), American Msgr. John Condon writes aptly that St. Joseph Vaz is looked on mainly Continue Reading →
GLOBAL GOENKARS SPEAK FILOMENA SARASWATI GIESE | 22nd August 2025 Our names are what establish our identity, be it racial or national and cultural. Goans tend to romanticise the Portuguese Continue Reading →
For a canonization, there is the matter of jurisdiction. The Cause has to be started by the Bishop of the diocese where the Saint had died. For St. Joseph Vaz Continue Reading →
The appeal to elevate St. Joseph Vaz as a Patron Saint for South Asia is a significant movement within the Catholic Church, particularly in light of the upcoming Jubilee Year Continue Reading →
St. Joseph Vaz honored at Mass offered by Joseph Naik Vaz Institute, Californian, US as we celebrate the start of the 10th U.S. National Eucharist Congress Fr. Chrisanttus Bemeri of Continue Reading →
You are cordially invited to Mass Sunday July 14 at 11:30 am at St. John the Baptist Church, 11150 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito celebrated by Fr. Christtantus from Cameroon Continue Reading →
by Filomena Saraswati Giese – President-founder of the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute, California www.josephnaikvaz.org Courtesy: Indian Catholic Matters With the 10th National Eucharistic Conference in the U.S. slated for July Continue Reading →
organized by the Joseph Naik Vaz Institutewith the Sacred Heart Tamil Catholic communityat Our Lady of Refuge Parish, San Jose Remembering that St. Joseph Vaz first smuggled himself into the Continue Reading →
January 16 is the Feast of St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz, who was born in Goa, India, and served as a missionary under persecution in Mangalore, Kanara, and in Sri Lanka Continue Reading →