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Mission for the Poor: Serving the people of Flores and Timor Leste

"Blessed is he who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him on the day of trouble" Psalm 41.1"

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Apostolates: East Timor

Vegetables for the lepers and their families – Saburai November 2025

To all our subscribers, our apologies for our absence of late with the latest posts from the two missions.

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Another update on the building of the mission house at Saburai

The mission house at Saburai is progressing well.

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Update on the building of the mission house at Saburai, Timor Leste (2 July 2023)

Some recent photos have come in and the building is finally taking some shape after so many years. With holdups from the Covid-19 lockdowns, and the very protracted and heavy wet season experienced over the last

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Return to Timor Leste after four years – 24 February 2023

After a long break of almost four years (due to Covid), Trevor flew into Dili to visit the Maliana mission on 24 February.

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Building in Saburai is just about to commence (1 August 2022)

The building of the monastery at Saburai, after being delayed due to Covid, is finally about to commence.

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Food parcels for the elderly in Saburai

One of the outreaches that the brothers of MOP Maliana do regularly is delivering of food parcels for the

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Christmas 2021 in Maliana, Timor Leste

In addition to having a Christmas celebration for the children of the Saburai village, MOP Timor Leste fed and rejoiced with the local children in Maliana, where the brothers currently live in a rented house.

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Christmas 2021 at Saburai village

Despite restrictions with Covid throughout 2021, the MOP mission in Maliana made it a special Christmas for the people of nearby Saburai. Two Christmas events were held, one for the children of the village and another for the elderly.

This post provides a glimpse of the Christmas event where Christ’s love for the many poor children in Saburai is manifested through the actions of the brothers and the generous donors that assist from here in Australia. The generosity of donors here is an integral part of assisting the poor in Timor Leste.

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Container finally arrives in Dili from Brisbane – October 2021

After so many months, the shipping container from Brisbane finally arrived in Dili and was opened on 12 October 2021.

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