{"id":12358,"date":"2018-12-07T11:39:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/amazzonia-visita-fraterna\/"},"modified":"2018-12-10T11:46:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T10:46:14","slug":"amazzonia-visita-fraterna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/amazzonia-visita-fraterna\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazonia: Fraternal Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On November 15-24, 2018, the Vicar General, Friar Jerzy NOREL, and the Assistant General for the Federaci\u00f3n Am\u00e9rica Latina Conventuales (FALC), Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, visited the mission in Amazonas State of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil, together with the Minister Provincial, Friar Marcelo VERONEZ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mission operates through three distinctly different centers. One is Manaus, the capital city of Amazonas state, with almost two million inhabitants. It is a three-hour flight from Brasilia. Another is Tef\u00e9, which has sixty thousand inhabitants and lies about 550 km [342 mi] from Manaus. Finally, there is Juru\u00e1, which has ten thousand inhabitants and lies about 150 km [93 mi] from Tef\u00e9 as the crow flies or 400 km [249 mi] by river.<br \/>\nThe Manaus mission is an urban setting. The Tef\u00e9 mission combines urban, marginal and semi-rural elements. The Juru\u00e1 mission, however, includes parish ministry in town and ministry to remote communities scattered along the banks of the Juru\u00e1 River. This makes for an extensive territory. However, the Juru\u00e1 community also has a new boat, which seats nine and has a powerful engine. It is an important means of evangelizing the riverside villages.<br \/>\nIn many ways, the entire presence of the Order in Amazonas State is a missionary presence. There are enormous distances to travel and the challenges of displacement, in terms of the difficult social and cultural situation and the fragile church setting. The social fabric is made up of transplanted peoples from other Brazilian states, mixed-race peoples and local, original or indigenous peoples.<br \/>\nBesides traditional parish ministry and pastoral journeys, some new initiatives are underway, such as \u201cProjecto Tocar\u201d in Juru\u00e1, which teaches young people music and how to play instruments. There is also social ministry being carried out in Tef\u00e9.<br \/>\nThe parish church in Juru\u00e1 shelters the mortal remains of Friar Agostinho (Stefan) JANUSZEWICZ, OFM Conv., who died in 2011. He was the former Bishop of Luzi\u00e2nia and the founder of the mission in Amazonas. His tomb is now a &#8220;symbolic place&#8221;, a real landmark and veneration location for the Church community.<br \/>\nIn Tef\u00e9, the visitors met with the local bishop, the Most Reverend Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M., Prelate of Tef\u00e9. Together they discussed various issues concerning the mission and the expectations for the next Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, which will be celebrated in Rome in October of 2019.<br \/>\nThe missionary commitment in Amazonas is a gift from God, for the Order and especially for Brazil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, Assistant General for the FALC<br \/>\n(Federaci\u00f3n Am\u00e9rica Latina Conventuales)<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 15-24, 2018, the Vicar General, Friar Jerzy NOREL, and the Assistant General for the Federaci\u00f3n Am\u00e9rica Latina Conventuales (FALC), Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, visited the mission in Amazonas State of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil, together with the Minister Provincial, Friar Marcelo VERONEZ. 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