::: I have in recent months, renewed my interests in the Jesuits when I pledged to help the Government of Tanzania to make Kilwa a World Heritage Site. St Francis Xavier was in Kilwa, indeed spent more time there than he did in Goa. The remarkable thing is that for over 400 years Catholics and Muslims have lived in Peace, In this troubled world of ours ::Fr. Naik makes us aware of the role of the Jesuits:
::: I learnt of the fourth vow today…..Jesuits go anywhere and everywhere :: ::: From Tibet to Ethopia, China ::: He mentioned Chardin ……his remarkable work in the origin and migration of man and this makes nonsense of the racist claim that Africans and Dark skinned people are inferior ::: :::: Fabricius de Formato Foetu in 1600 wrote a thesis ; “On the Formation of the Fetus” in both humans and animals. He realized the the importance of of the placenta. It would be another r00 years and opened the field of comparative embryology. *::::*Christopher Clavius German mathematician and astronomer who modified the proposal of the modern Gregorian calendar More important this Mathematician/ Astronomer even influenced the Chinese about his ideas even though some European philosophers thought that Maths was not a science ::: I would hate to think of what Goa and India,would be despite all opposition from Portugal following the Earthquake in Lisbon :::: Congratulations Father Naik and all the Jesuits ,…May the ,Holy Spirit continue to Inspire you all Adolfo Mascarenhas Quepem/Dar es Salaam PS: Not far from Clark University .MA, USA was Holy Cross College ....An American Jesuit, who was a Professor volunteered his services and he joined the war...He was a Chaplain and a Lieutenant ...In Japan the aircraftcarrier was hit. Hundreds of sailors and pilots were killed or injured ,,,,the Jesuit was in the thick offering the last rites but encouraging other s to put off fires etc...He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour ...
