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St. Gonsalo Garcia( India's first canonized saint)

Feastday: February 5 Patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay 1556 - 1597 Saint Gonsalo Garcia (1556–1597) is a Roman Catholic saint from India. Born in the western coastal town of Vasai, an …More
Feastday: February 5
Patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay
1556 - 1597
Saint Gonsalo Garcia (1556–1597) is a Roman Catholic saint from India. Born in the western coastal town of Vasai, an exurb of the city of Bombay, he preached from the Bassein fort during the time the town was under Portuguese colonial rule. The feast of St. Garcia has traditionally been held on the first Sunday nearest to the neap tide following Christmas in Vasai.
Gonsalo Garcia was born Gundi Slavus Garcia— to a Portuguese father and a Canarese (resident of the Konkan coast) mother in Bassein, on February 5, 1557. He was the right hand of father St. Peter Baptist Superior of Franciscan mission in Japan. He was tutored by Fr. Sebastian Gonçalves, a Jesuit priest working in Vasai, in the college near Bassein fort. Garcia studied under the tutelage of the Jesuits for eight years from 1564 to 1572. Then, at the age of fifteen, Fr. Sebastian took Garcia to Japan. He soon managed to learn the language and …More
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Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Gonsalo Garçia( India's first canonized saint). And I feel Blessed to be born in his home town, Vasai.
I take this opportunity on behalf of all the people in vasai, wishing you a " Happy Feast ".
MAY ST. GONSALO GARCIA PRAY FOR US !
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Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Gonsalo Garçia( India's first canonized saint). And I feel Blessed to be born in his home town, Vasai.
I take this opportunity on behalf of all the people in vasai, wishing you a " Happy Feast ".

MAY ST. GONSALO GARCIA PRAY FOR US !

😇 😇 😇