BRAZIL

BRAZIL 

PASTORAL WORK IN THE AMAZON

The Quebec Foreign Mission Society has been present in Brazil since 1992. The missionaries are Erlin Enrique Pérez, p.m.é., José Domingos Damasceno Barão, p.m.é., Joel Enrique Andino Molina, and Yessenia Esmeralda Blanco Pineda, lay associates.

THE PRIORITIES OF FRATERNAL LIFE

Here are the essentials of fraternal life: working with co-responsibility, meeting our companions with empathy, respect, and joy, and committing to cultivating good communication among the members of the local group. Prayer and reflection meetings nourish fraternal life.

MISSIONARY PRIORITIES AMONG THE POPULATION

The apostolate among migrants, pastoral work (such as catechesis, the celebration of the Eucharist, training pastoral agents, youth and missionary children), and collaboration with family pastoral care are the focus of missionary activities.

COLLABORATIVE MISSION

A young man, Elimar, who spent some time in initial formation, eventually befriended the local SMÉ group and became a collaborator in animation and missionary training activities. As for the SMÉ missionaries, they collaborate with two sisters from the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Divine Providence, Sisters Neuza and Rosilda, in catechesis, training pastoral agents, celebration of the Word, visiting the sick and the elderly.