Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present (1997)
J. Clement Vaz (c.1915 – c.2006) was an Indian writer, best known for publications like Yoga Today (1971) and Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present (1997). He served as the secretary of the Bombay Chapter of World Conference of Religions and Peace at New Delhi and New York City. He was the director in Oriental Methods of Meditation at the Centre for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies (CIIS) in Rome and was also the secretary of the International Board of Yoga in Bombay.
Vaz was also featured in a number of publications like Role of Religions in National Integration (1984),[6]Your Health (1973),[7]Dilip (1977),[8]Religions and Man (1981),[3] and Journal of Dharma (1982).[9]
Religious work
Over the years Vaz conducted various courses in India, Italy, Germany and Portugal to showcase "conscious controlled breathing with a righteous inspiration can lead to a close affinity with God". For a period of ten years, from 1975 to 1985, he was involved in encouraging inter-religious understanding in Bombay and somewhere else in assistance with Rev. Aelred Pereira S.J. and Rev. Albert Nambiaparambil C.M.I.[2]
Other substantial work
Vaz served as the Secretary of the 'Bombay Chapter of World Conference of Religions and Peace' at its national head office in New Delhi, and the international main office in New York City. He was also the Director in Oriental Methods of Meditation at the 'Centre for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies' (CIIS) in Rome. He then served as the President of 'Satsangam', a society loyal to preservation of moral and spiritual values amongst the Indian youth, and lastly as the Secretary of 'International Board of Yoga'[2] and 'Friends of Yoga Society' at Bombay.[10] In 1982, Vaz introduced Yoga to Pope John Paul II at Rome during his visit at the International Seminar on Drugs at L'Aquila.[11]
Post-retirement
Around the late 1990s Vaz was accompanied by Professor Giuseppe De Gennaro S.J., an Italian mysticist, with his unique concept of "University of Prayer" with his intense faith in God that he had been endeavouring to spread globally and had already had travelled from its place of origin at L'Aquila in Italy, Rome, Naples, Florence, Spain, U.S.A. and Russia.[2]
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