East Timor Jesuits, Fr Albino, and Fr Edgerio were welcome guests at our 10 AM mass last Sunday. Fr Albino thanked all who support our sister Parish at Railaco Mission and told us that all the Jesuit communities in East Timor offer their Wednesday masses especially for all of us here at St Canices. Some …
A very fruitful relationship he whole week, from June 23rd to 28th, was a very fruitful and memorable time for the eighteen of us from St. Canice’s who spent the whole week in Timor. We visited the Railaco parish including surrounding villages in the mountains, as well as the Jesuit schools in Kasait. The …
St Canice’s has been journeying with the community at Railaco in Timor-Leste for many years, supporting a school, medical clinic and nutrition program. For the past few years, I have become personally involved, and feel very close to the people up there. This video provides a good update.
t is eight years since my first visit to our Secondary School NOSSEF at the Jesuit Mission in Railaco, and twelve years since St Canice’s built the first concrete-block classroom. At that time, shy students would often walk up to two hours every day to get to school. Music may have been in the children’s …
imorese Traditions colour weekend festivities for the Opening of the New Parish Church at the Jesuit Railaco Mission. Bishop da Silva of Dili is spending the weekend up here in the mountains outside Dili to officiate at the ‘Opening and Blessing’ ceremony for the new church and to confirm seven-hundred candidates of all ages the …