in july 2015, the parishioners of piedade, divar, goa have taken a step forward for the cause of canonization of 18th century missionary fr. jacome gonsalves, son of the island of divar, in whose ancestral house now is established our lady of divar high school, run by goa archdiocese, in divar. parish priest fr. jose dias during the religious service mentioned "fr. gonsalves is very famous in lanka for his work in reviving the catholic faith, but here he is a forgotten or unknown hero," fr. dias welcomed fr. eremito who paid rich tributes to father gonsalves and summarized saying, "st joseph vaz planted the seed of catholic faith in sri lanka and fr jacome gonsalves watered and nourished it." fr eremito is the former vice postulator for the cause of st joseph vaz, and his missionary work in sri lanka.