On 13 October 2024, we celebrated the postulancy entrance ceremony for six pre-postulants: Welson Mynsong, Jeremias Baa, Ezekia Francis, Naveen Kerketta, Josh Toppo and Sachin Tete. The ceremony took place in the main chapel of the Eluru House of Formation, India.
On 11 and 12 October, the first meeting of the “Formation of formators” took place in Sigüenza: 13 lay people and Brothers with the objective of “Accompanying a group of people from the Sa-Fa Family in a process of formation”..
The School for Catechists was held in Madrid on 5 and 6 October. We began the day with a prayer in which we deepened our motto “Growing up to serve”.
From 6 to 8 September the annual retreat of the Nazarene Fraternities of Uruguay was held at the Good Shepherd Retreat House in Florida with the participation of some 40 people.
This rich and significant history began on 13 December 1963, when Brothers Guido Lumini, Júlio Folladosa and Manuel Alves, who came from Uruguay, formed the first community on Brazilian soil.
This year the ‘Sagrada Familia’ School and Lyceum wanted to involve the population in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of Brother Gabriel’s mission with an allusive poster and the flags of the countries where the Congregation is present
On the 10th of August, the new space of the Estancia Recanto, the “chacra” Sagrada Familia de Brasilia, was inaugurated, coinciding with the celebration of “Father’s Day”. We had a beautiful Eucharistic celebration with the blessing of the new space and, of course, the traditional “costillas asadas”, a gaucho tradition of barbecue.
On 10 August 2024, the XXIX Meeting of Sa-Fa Catechists took place in Montevideo (Aguada), which this year was attended by the pastoral animators of all the Sa-Fa schools in Uruguay. About 90 catechists attended.
After 2 years of negotiations, on 4 August 2024, the feast of St. Curé d’Ars, the welcome of the Brothers’ Community was celebrated in Ponilala (East Timor) by the authorities and the faithful of the Parish.
On 26 July 2024, the Brothers of the Province of N. D. de Lorette-Sainte Anne Province in its African sector celebrated the first profession, perpetual vows and golden jubilee of our confreres: Br. Dominique OUEDRAOGO, Bro Grégoire DOMELEVO and Bro. Raphael SIMPORE.
