Subject: Re: [Goanet]Blessed Joseph Vaz Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Instead of long stories on how bad and discriminatory the church is against Blessed Joseph Vaz, could those who participated in this discussion place in cyber space- GoaNet and TGF and other sites an account of how they (family) and their Goan community (?with their urgings) celebrate the feast of Blessed Joseph Vaz. Regards, Gilbert
Filomena Giese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: There is no need to worry that those who have complained about the discriminatory actions of the Church with regard to the canonization of Bl. Joseph Vaz lack either integrity or devotion, and that they may not have taken an active interest in promoting his Cause..... Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Thank you very much Filomena for reading and taking the trouble to respond to my post. As you would expect, I reciprocated and read your answer carefully. You and others have done much. However I do not see in your long report on any activity after 2000. My post was inquiring (rather than blaming the church) what are the Goans currently doing in their family and in their own community to generate the publicity and the enthusiasm for the canonization of Blessed Joseph Vaz. This is not an insinuating question. But do I presume that in the west coast of USA with two staunch supporters of Blessed Joseph Vaz, nothing much has been done (religiously or socially to report) on the celebration on Jan 16, 2004 or that weekend? Was there any working with the Sri Lanka community to celebrate the event? Perhaps if this was done in all the cities where the Goan Diaspora live, like the Irish and Italians celebrating their cultural and religious personalities, we may not have to write, "But it doesn't seem to translate into action and publicity as it does with other candidates who are in the news...". By the way I am eagerly waiting to hear how the feast was celebrated in Goa itself. Gilbert ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
