Welcome back to the Mission for the Poor.org and some recent news.
In late April of this year a group of pilgrims from Brisbane visited the Labuan Bajo mission in Flores for around 10 days. The pilgrims were Continue reading “Group visit to the Flores mission, led by Louis Lamuri, and Fr Neville Yun of Holy Family Indooroopilly Parish, Brisbane, Australia”
It is Saturday 10 December and we are up early before dawn to prepare the food for the Christmas party at Saburai. The MOP brothers visited the Saburai community the week before and invited all. The Saburai community is extremely poor with Continue reading “Timor Leste post 4 – The Saburai MOP Christmas event (Timor Leste Mission, 10 December 2016)”
The Christmas party this year was held at the brothers’ Corpus Christi Monastery with traditional costumes, performances and dancing. The brothers wanted to make it a special time for the 400+ local children Continue reading “Christmas party 2016 in Labuan Bajo, Flores: a memorable occasion for the local children”
The day after I arrived in Maliana the three brothers and I, plus a group of willing volunteers from Maliana traveled to Saburai to set up the tarpaulin covers for the Continue reading “Timor Leste post 3 – Preparing for the Saburai Christmas event (Timor Leste Mission, December 2016)”
Welcome back to the Labuan Bajo mission. The latest news from the mission in LB comes with mixed blessings. Unfortunately, we say good bye to Continue reading “Update from the Flores Mission, Labuan Bajo (September 2016)”
Welcome back to the Labuan Bajo mission. We were to provide you the next post on an overview of how you prepare and undertake a mission trip, but we have just received some clips of the Continue reading “Update from the Mission in Labuan Bajo, July 2016 – Published 14 August 2016”
Welcome back! This year we are going to report on the remaining highlights of Very Rev Fr Richard Ho Lung’s visit to Australia. Today’s post reports on an address that Father made to menALIVE Continue reading “Very Rev Fr Richard Ho Lung in Australia Post 6: menALIVE (July 2015)”
Welcome back for 2016!
Assistance to the mission in Labuan Bajo, Flores since early 2015 has been provided by members of the Indonesian community, specifically the community at the Gold Coast south of Brisbane. Leading this has been the Indonesian couple Continue reading “Assistance from the Indonesian community”
We finish up this year with a quick look at Fr Ho Lung’s visit to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary where our endemic animals made quite an impression on the visitors (Fathers Ho Lung, Ambrose and Henry, and Wynton Williams). We even managed to grab a photo of Fr Ho Lung holding a koala. Finally, we post Christmas greetings from Missionaries of the Poor, Jamaica and extend our Christmas blessings to all for the Holy Season and thank you for your support during 2015. Continue reading “Very Rev Fr Richard Ho Lung in Australia Post 5 & Christmas greetings from Missionaries of the Poor”
Mission for the Poor: Serving the people of Flores and Timor Leste 