27 Jan 2022
OLSH Sisters in Mirinzal, in northern Brazil, minister to local communities across the region in a variety of roles. The parish here is responsible for 18 small chapels, where people can meet, worship, and pray together. These chapels are located in extremely remote rural areas; the state of the roads and a lack of funds for safe transport means that transport is difficult, and attending Mass at these small local chapels is one of very few ways in which these communities are brought together in person.
This opportunity to pray and worship together offers a valuable sense of unity and community in regions where many families and individuals find themselves sadly isolated due to a combination of their rural location and poverty. Keeping this sense of togetherness alive is vital and brings a lifeblood to these regions, where it would be very easy for struggling families to fall off the radar entirely.
Last year, as part of our 2021 MSC World Projects Appeal, the OLSH Sisters in Mirinzal appealed to our mission friends here in the Irish Province to help to buy essential liturgical items for Mass, such as missals, chalices, and lectionaries, for three of the 18 mission stations in the region. The funds raised as a result of the generosity of our mission friends here facilitated the purchase of the liturgical items needed for families and individuals across these mission stations to continue to join together in faith and celebrate Mass in their spiritual communities.
Thanks to the generosity of our mission friends here in the Irish Province following our 2021 MSC World Projects Appeal, OLSH Sisters in Mirinzal were able to to buy essential liturgical items for Mass, such as missals, chalices, and lectionaries, for three of the 18 mission stations they serve across northern Brazil. The purchase of these liturgical items allows families and individuals across these remote mission stations to continue to join together in faith and celebrate Mass in their spiritual communities.
Thanks to the generosity of our mission friends here in the Irish Province following our 2021 MSC World Projects Appeal, OLSH Sisters in Mirinzal were able to to buy essential liturgical items for Mass, such as missals, chalices, and lectionaries, for three of the 18 mission stations they serve across northern Brazil. The purchase of these liturgical items allows families and individuals across these remote mission stations to continue to join together in faith and celebrate Mass in their spiritual communities.
Thanks to the generosity of our mission friends here in the Irish Province following our 2021 MSC World Projects Appeal, OLSH Sisters in Mirinzal were able to to buy essential liturgical items for Mass, such as missals, chalices, and lectionaries, for three of the 18 mission stations they serve across northern Brazil. The purchase of these liturgical items allows families and individuals across these remote mission stations to continue to join together in faith and celebrate Mass in their spiritual communities.
“The parish communities that were helped in Brazil are very poor,” writes Sr Jenny Christie FDNSC, International Development Officer for the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. “Once again, you have our deep gratitude.”