It has now been almost 12 months since the brothers set up their new mission in Timor Leste. The brothers are currently living in a rental property at Continue reading “Update on the Timor Leste Mission at Saburai: what are the brothers up to there?”
We have managed to uncover some archival material from Fr Ho Lung’s visit to Brisbane in July of last year. So for this post we will Continue reading “Very Rev Fr Richard Ho Lung in Australia Post 7: a final wrap up of Father’s 2015 visit to Brisbane (July 2015)”
We have decided to provide an annual update on the children from Labuan Bajo who are being sponsored by Australian friends of the mission. So this is the 2016 update. This year is a milestone Continue reading “Sponsor child update 2016”
Our last post focused on what a typical morning was like at the monastery at Labuan Bajo. Our visit in early March gave us a very well rounded understanding of Continue reading “A typical afternoon and evening at the monastery in Labuan Bajo, Flores”
Running a monastery, an apostolate and preparing aspirants for the novitiate is a big job for the brothers at the mission. Each morning they Continue reading “A typical morning at the monastery in Labuan Bajo, Flores”
The Missionaries of the Poor have recently commenced a new mission in Timor Leste. Three MOP brothers, David, Elmer and Jimmy (Superior) arrived in Timor Leste in August 2015 under the guidance of Br Emmanuel Kagaba, the current Superior of the Flores Mission in Labuan Bajo. Invited by the local Bishop, their role in Timor Leste is to offer Continue reading “First post from the new Mission in Timor Leste – Missionaries of the Poor commence their work in Saburai”
Welcome back to another post for 2016. This time we are checking out how the Corpus Christi Monastery has progressed since Continue reading “Missionaries of the Poor, Corpus Christi Monastery, Labuan Bajo, Flores – a March 2016 update”
This is a special Good Friday posting, depicting the Missionaries of the Poor Brothers at the monastery in Labuan Bajo solemnly praying the Stations of the Cross during Continue reading “Solemn Good Friday post from Labuan Bajo (2016) – the Passion of the Christ”
Welcome back to the Labuan Bajo mission for 2016. In March of this year we travelled once again to the Mission. This year our Mission visit will be presented differently in that we will Continue reading “MOP Mission 2016 – Trevor and Tina Lambkin visit the Flores Mission at Labuan Bajo ‘Gateway to the Komodo Dragon’”
Mission for the Poor: Serving the people of Flores and Timor Leste 