In Message 3 of Issue 438 on the above Topic GL responded by asking three questions: 1) Now that Joseph Vaz is a Goan saint, do the Goans in East Africa celebrate his sainthood? *" My Answer in Short .....Very few Goans know about St Vaz...St. Francis has been celebrated right from the start in the Cathedral in DSM..Very few people know of St. Vaz ot surprised .....not even in Quepem was it celebrated in a big way. *....I am n 2) Have the Goans in Goa built a basilica for their son - the first saint.? *Not yet but from what Dom states he had already contributed quite a bit as have several others in terms of ideas. I am optimistic it will happen one day* 3) Or are we waiting for the White Revolution and/reformation to do it for us while we sit back and talk and analyze sixteenth century European history *To me the debate is fruitful and important Here in Africa if we are not careful, some priests will drive away good people by judging entire families rather the alcoholic husband, the poverty of the family that makes them from giving their tithes *
YOUR ANSWER Mervyn GL, Goans never need much of an excuse to celebrate and when they do, they are usually unquenchable. Thanks to the internet, every year I see live videos of people in Goa celebrating St John the Baptist -? by jumping into a well. Every year! I can understand jumping into a well once but surely ? at some point ? it becomes clear that St John is not the focus of the celebration. Mervyn Your observation about St John the Baptist is true However ....your volunteers .....raiding Kandy will only bring back a fake body ....*.My reading is that nobody even knows where he was buried.* My thoughts for the day still on art and the Basilica .....Let me quote Federico Felini "All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography" Adolfo
