FATUMACA: 27 May 2014 -- On the solemnity of Mary,
Help of Christians, in Fatumaca there were many believers
coming from different places in Timor Leste to participate in
the annual pilgrimage to Our Lady’s Shrine.
The director of the Shrine, Fr Virgilio da Silva, SDB,
animated and organized the celebration together with his
community members and the members of the Salesian Family.
Before the feast day, they set up other activities for the
students and believers such as traditional dances and a music
show. They also organised the novena and the pilgrimage of the
statue of Our Lady to various areas within the parish.
On the feast day, there were thousands of believers who came
from different places and communities to give homage to Our
Lady. They took part devoutly in the procession and the
celebration of the Holy Eucharist at which Fr. João
Paulino Aparicio Guterres, provincial, was the main celebrant.
In his homily, Father provincial reaffirmed the importance of
our devotion to Mary, Mother of the Church and the Salesian
Family. She is precisely the intercessor of God’s little
people. She is present now among us and she knows our
challenges. She is praying for us.
