The Parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima Railaco in Timor-Leste celebrated the 481st anniversary of the formation of the Society of Jesus on 27 September with the pronouncement of the Final Vows of Fr Erik John Gerilla SJ, the parish … Continued
The Jesuit Region of Timor-Leste is blessed with a new deacon. Herculano Pereira Moniz SJ was ordained on 6 August in the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Dili by Archbishop Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva SDB. He was ordained … Continued
The Jesuits in Timor-Leste are responding to the widespread destruction of Tropical Cyclone Seroja, an Easter Sunday nightmare that brought flash flooding and left 42 people dead, including a Timorese teacher at the Jesuit secondary school, Colégio de Santo Inácio … Continued
Filipino missionary Fr Martin Antonio Abad Santos SJ was one of five recipients of Timor-Leste’s Sérgio Vieira de Mello Human Rights Award for his humanitarian work in the sub-district of Railaco. Timor-Leste President Francisco Guterres conferred the award on the … Continued
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all my plans and schedules have been cancelled. So here I am, waiting for the next available flight back to the Philippines. Instead of wallowing in frustration, I simply wait patiently, and use my time … Continued
Jesuit Social Service Timor-Leste (JSS) believes that every prisoner should be cared for and given the chance to reform. With then JSS Director Fr EJ Gerilla SJ, we set out on a social intervention mission in 2019 with the permission … Continued
The Church in Timor-Leste and the Society of Jesus celebrated on 1 August the ordination to the priesthood of Isaias Abilio Caldas SJ and Julio Antonio Sousa Costa SJ at the Nossa Senhora de Fatima Parish in Railaco. It was … Continued
The Jesuits in Timor-Leste have taken a significant step towards the implementation of a child safeguarding policy through a partnership with Plan International, a development and humanitarian organisation focused on children’s rights. The collaboration is seen as an important contribution … Continued
Instituto São João de Brito (ISJB), the Jesuit teacher education institute in Timor-Leste, celebrated a momentous occasion on November 30 with the completion of studies (judicium) of the teacher-trainees who began their education at the inception of ISJB in 2016. … Continued
A crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered at the Nossa Senhora da Graça parish in Metinaro, a village in the outskirts of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, to witness the ordination of one of their own, Fr Roberto Madeira … Continued