Posted by Lloyd on February 09, 2007 at 08:52:00:
THE ONLY CATHOLIC CANONIZED SAINT OF INDIA IS A FRANCISCAN LAY-BROTHER
BORN IN VASAI(BAZANI)IN 1557.
HE LEFT VASAI IN 1572 TO GO TO JAPAN AS A CATHECIST AND LATER JOINED THE FRANCISCANS AS A LAY-BROTHER IN MANILA.HE WAS MARTYRED WITH 25 OTHERS AT NAGASAKI JAPAN ON 6TH FEBRUARY 1597.
IT IS SUCH A PRIDE FOR US THAT THE ONLY CANONIZED SAINT OF INDIA WAS BORN IN VASAI.BUT SADLY HIS RELICS ARE UNKNOWN TO US TILL TODAY.I HEAR THAT THE FRANCISCANS HAVE THE COSTUDY OF ST PETER BABTIST'S SKULL IN SPAIN...THAN WHAT ABOUT ST GONZALO GARCIA???
2007 IS THE 450TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS GREAT SON OF VASAI.MY REQUEST TO YOU IS THAT IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE AND TRY TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE RELICS OF THIS LOST SON OF VASAI.WE WANT TO FEEL PROUD BY HAVING HIS LAST MEMORY WITH US.