16 Mar 2022
The beginning of Lent was cause for great prayer and occasion in Metuge, Mozambique, where our MSCs celebrated with communities of the St Anthony of Metuge parish, in the Sede, São Paulo, Santa Terezinha, and São Tiago regions.
Masses and prayers took place across the parish – with unexpected challenges arising along the way, in the midst of the rainy season. Our MSCs encountered two separate incidents of trucks stuck in the river as they travelled to and from one of the Santa Terezinha communities, one on the way there and one on the return journey. They were able to help in the recovery of the first, but the muddy riverbed and powerful waters won the battle on the second. “This is how it is,” reads a post on the MSC Mozambique Facebook page. “This is our mission in this rainy season.”
The MSC Mozambique Facebook page also shared pictures of Mass in the region of São Tiago, where the community is made up almost entirely of people who have been displaced by war, violence, and unrest. In the face of such troubles, and now more than ever in such tumultuous times around our world, our faith is a refuge and a comfort, and these Masses marking the beginning of the Lenten season were very special occasions of hope and unity for all involved.
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- Many of the communities of the parish of St Anthony of Metuge are home to people who have been displaced by war, violence, and unrest. (Image via @peduardopaixaomsc on Facebook.)
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- Many of the communities of the parish of St Anthony of Metuge are home to people who have been displaced by war, violence, and unrest. (Image via @peduardopaixaomsc on Facebook.)
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- Many of the communities of the parish of St Anthony of Metuge are home to people who have been displaced by war, violence, and unrest. (Image via @peduardopaixaomsc on Facebook.)
Now in its fourth year, the MSC Mozambique mission has celebrated with local communities in times of joy, and has walked with them and helped them rebuild in the wake of natural disasters. Please keep our MSC community and the families they serve in Mozambique in your prayers this Lenten season.
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- Now in its fourth year, the MSC Mozambique mission has celebrated with local communities in times of joy, and has walked with them and helped them rebuild in the wake of natural disasters. (Image via @peduardopaixaomsc on Facebook.)
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- Now in its fourth year, the MSC Mozambique mission has celebrated with local communities in times of joy, and has walked with them and helped them rebuild in the wake of natural disasters. (Image via @peduardopaixaomsc on Facebook.)
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- Now in its fourth year, the MSC Mozambique mission has celebrated with local communities in times of joy, and has walked with them and helped them rebuild in the wake of natural disasters. (Image via @peduardopaixaomsc on Facebook.)
Images via the MSC Mozambique Facebook page.