Help a fellow Goan, Saint Joseph Vaz, become the "Patron Saint of First Responders" during this pandemic and Covid crisis. If you already signed the petition, thank you. If you have not, only 15 seconds of your time can help a fellow Goan. Please sign the petition to Pope Francis at this link https://josephnaikvaz.org/ (the petition is half-way down the page).
Your signature to our Petition - and your help in collecting signatures today by forwarding to others and posting on social media - can make the difference as to whether or not Saint Vaz is made Patron Saint. Saint Vaz risked his life for others, all we are asking now is for a signature. We have petitioned Pope Francis, asking that St. Joseph Vaz be made "Patron Saint of First Responders" because of his care of the abandoned victims of the smallpox epidemic in seventeenth century. As you may know, the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute has sent letters and Petitions to the Popes and the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of the Saints since 1978, asking for action on the Cause of first Venerable Fr. Joseph Vaz, then Blessed Joseph Vaz. Finally, those of us who signed those letters and Petitions lived to see him become Saint Joseph Vaz because of our combined support of those signature drives. The Postulator for his Canonization, Rev. Thomas Klosterkamp O.M.I, told us that one of the factors that led to the decision by H.H. Pope Francis and the Sacred Causes of the Saints to canonize St. Joseph Vaz was the Petition and signatures from around the world that we collected in 2014 for his canonization. He recorded our work in the historical document the "Positio Historica" that he submitted for the Canonization. Please sign the petition to Pope Francis at this link https://josephnaikvaz.org/ (the petition is half-way down the page) Sincerely, Joseph Naik Vaz Institute California, USA
