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Vol. 3  May 2001

 

Fransalian International

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil and the Brazilian Province Today

 

  

  

 

 

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Global News

 

The Province of Brazil is small in number but is rendering service to a large catholic community. This community consists of various races, languages and colours. The blend of these differences makes it more beautiful but also more difficult and demanding. The geographic extension of the country is thrice the extension of India. It has a great economic potential but the magnitude of corruption and disorganization impedes its development and growth. It has been stated in one of the most popular weekly magazines (Veja) that if half the money that has been diverted through fraud and corruption would have been distributed to the people, Brazil would never have encountered itself as it is today.

 

We are working in four different states where the mentality and demands are different. Thus each confrere has to adapt himself to the local or diocesan situation. 

 

The Province of Brazil also counts on great missionaries who have dedicated their lives to the service of the Brazilean people. Among the confreres who deserves to be mentioned are Br. Jacques Trunigger (92), Fr. Henri Nicolet and Fr. Joseph Chappuis who have completed 50 years of priesthood.

 

Fr. Lindsay Hendricks msfs

 

               

Fransalian International,  Vol. 3  May 2001

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