More Pictures of Good Friday Stations

Good Friday - Quinta-feira Santa 13th Abril 2006

Good Friday would not be the same without doing the Stations of The Cross. In Tara Hill we had our very own re-enactment of the Stations on the hill for the last ten years. Not to be outdone here in Brasilia I went with our school to a Brazilian version of The Stations. We had our own Passion Service at 11 am and at 2 pm set out by bus to the countryside around the city of Sobradinho, north of Brasilia. Instead of a hundred or so that we had in Tara Hill, here we had about 800 police and about 150,000 people. Thank God it did not rain. Here are some pictures, unfortunately we were too far away to take pictures of the re-enactment of The Crucifixion, but it was special. Then as only Brazilian’s can do, the Passion Enactment ended with FIREWORKS. Enjoy!

Views of Brasilia & School from Space {Google Earth.com}

What does Brasilia look like?

Answer: A Plane, hence its nickname "Plano Piloto"

Top: View of Oval Shaped Church, Class Halls, Sleeping Quarters, and outside Prayer Room & BBQ

2nd fromTop: Classroom and teacher in action. Becuase of the heat the big doors are always open and I just steped outside to take the photo.

3rd: The Plane Plan of Brasilia - it is divided into North & South, East and West. The "Plane" city is facing due East. We are in Quadrant North West.

4th: A bit closer showing the Racing Track and Football Stadium at our back door.

Bottom: Further out - showing the city and its neighbouring cities across the lake. The further out the poorer the people and the areas get.

African Cultural Night

Some images from the Cultural Night hosted by our African Students

The Drummer was exceptionally good!!!

Brazilian Family Life - Estagio

In the week after Easter we leave the Language School and move out to live with Brazilian Families. This is called "Estagio" {Traineeship Stage}. So last night {Segunda-Feira (Monday) 10 Abril (April) we went to the surrounding cities outside Brasilia to meet our host families. I went to the city of "Gama" (A poor city by all accounts) to meet João (John) Ondrelino da Rocha & Cleta Iova de Souza (Maiden Name) Rocha and their three children in the parish of São Sabastião. João is a "bus driver" and Cleta is a "dona de casa" (Housewife).

I wonder does he have as loud a bark as my uncle the bus driver???

500th Anniversary Birth of St. Francis Xaview 07/04/06

Friday 7th April 2006 was the 500th Anniversary of the birth of St. Francis Xavier and so the Jesuit Community next door invited us in for Mass.

Here are a few photos.

Why the cake you may ask? Well, the Brazilians LOVE birthdays and so we had to have a birthday cake for St. Francis Xavier and sing happy birthday to him as well {in Portuguese of course}.

School Life here in Brasilia 07 Sexta-Feira Abril 2006

Here are some photos of Language School Life and the much important breaks and a picture of the whole school including "professoras"!

Bottom L-R: My Class {Baby Infants}: Doug (USA - Lay Missionary), Ursula (South Africa) & Husband Joachim (Germany & Luthern Pastor), Abraham (standing - India - Priest), Esperanca (Sister - Congo), Susana (Standing - Brazil -Professora 23 Anos. Just Married), Matthew (India - Priest), Marie (Norway - Student - Luthern) & Behind Camera - ME

Brazilain Cultural Night

Last weekend we had a Brazilian Cultural night organised by the staff of the college. This included LOUD LOUD Music, Samba Dancing with drums {Yes I did try it but thankfully there are no photos} followed by a local traditional group who did some dancing and high jinks. It was like mock fights between tribes in the jungle. A BBQ of course ending with a Fire Eating Show. Next week its the turn of the African Students, whereas us Europeans are not due to organise our cultural night until May. Enjoy.

More of my School Tour of Brasilia

No Matter where you go, the boys always go to the back of the bus.

Joel {Burkino Faso}, Joao {Ghana}, Andre {Haiti}

Christ on The Cross in The Sanctuary of Dom Bosco.

Carved from one solid piece of timber

My new friends Sisters: Ghislaine & Esperance both from The Congo

Thomas from India

{He was taught in Kenya by Fr. Tommy Curran SMA - native of Gorey}
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Below: The National Cathedral - "Nossa Senhora Aparecida" -

"Our Lady of the Apparition"

Note: it is mostly underground and it is surrounded by a pool of water, so to enter you have to cross under the water.

James' last week in Primary School

July 2005 - Normanton, Leeds

Group 92 IHCPT - Archives Page 1

Some older pictures of Lourdes not sure of years

Group 92 IHCPT Lourdes 2005 [2]

Some more pictures of the week in Lourdes

{Not all from our group}