First Overnight Visit to The Assentamentos
& 5 Communities {Page 8 of 8}
Second Day: 5th Community visit to "Santa Eliza"
Santa Eliza is one of the bigger communities in the Settlement / Assentamento area. They are building a new church, which you can see in the background of the second photo. It is also one of the few churches to have Holy Communion reserved as they have a trained Eucharistic Minister.
Because of the new floor was laid in the new church we celebrated our Mass & Adult Reception & Baptisms in the Dance Hall. In fact the builders were sleeping in it during the building. We had 2 adult converts officially received into the church and 3 children baptised. One of the adult converts was already baptised so he was received into the church and the other adult was a mother and she and her baby were baptised during Mass.
Altar set and people present, all except the five for Baptism and Reception and their families and God Parents were waiting outside, out of camera shot, ready for the procession into Mass.
A not so happy baby being Baptised.
Two Adult converts with Padre Derek.
When Mass was over, I went to load up the Jeep, only to find it full for the journey home.
At the end of out-two day visit we had visited 5 communities and celebrated 5 Masses, Received 2 Adult Converts, Baptised 7 Children & 1 Adult, 3 teenagers made their First Holy Communion & First Confession, married a couple, blessed a house, ate 4 lunches, 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts and stayed overnight in the Forest and took us 3 hours to return to base and we never left the parish.
