It is from the heart and compassion of the donors at St Canice’s KingsCross Sydney that make this program possible, the happiness of the children and the communities is a fulfillment for the donors and all of us. The value of the program lies on how people from first world countries like Australia are able to connect their lives through their donation to people in a poor country like Timor.
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Railaco history in blog posts from 2009
The story of the Jesuit Mission in Railaco can be tracked in the series of “Letters from Railaco” and other posts in our earlier Railaco Blogger site from 2009.
Mobile Medical Clinic – 28th February 2018
Mobile medical clinic is a healthcare program run by Jesuit mission in Timor-Leste. It covers eleven areas in the districts of Ermera and Liquica. It’s primarily managed by Filipino Jesuit Father Antonio Martins Abad-Santos. Every year it offers medical care to more than 5000 people.
St Ignatius Feast Day – July 2017
Students from three of Sydney’s Jesuit Colleges came to St Canice’s this weekend to join in the parish Feast Day celebrations. Thanks to your collective generosity, we’ll be sending more than $10,000 to Fr Bong in Railaco to support the humanitarian works of our sister parish.
Our sister parish in Railaco – June 2017
If we Caniceians continue to heed the frequent calls of the gospels to reach out to the needy, St Canice’s will be kept very busy acknowledging all our contributions, large and small. But beyond that, and as importantly, we would be living out our faith, enriching our spirit and building our parish community.
Railaco 2017 – The First Letter of Michael to the Caniceians
Please CLICK HERE to read Michael’s report: ‘The First Letter of Michael to the Caniceians’. Our Railaco Lead Ambassador, Michael Musgrave, travelled to Timor-Leste to visit the Jesuit Railaco Mission and to meet others in the Jesuit Community in Dili. He travelled with the
Letter from Railaco – Fr Roberto Boholst SJ 15 April 2016
Looking Back with Gratitude: Complicated Twists and Surprising Turns in Railaco Mission Roberto Boholst SJ Friday April 15, 2016 I was all set to bring my last box to Railaco when we received the letter of the Bishop who decided to entrust the management of the school to the lay
Letters from Fr Bert in Railaco
February 2016 at Nossef Railaco, East Timor Our dear donors, benefactors, and friends, Lenten Greetings from Railaco! We would like to share with you some news from us here at the Catholic Senior High School in the mountains of East Timor. Every first Monday of the month, we do the
Letter from Railaco Mission Station #1, 2014
Sister writes sharing the latest developments up in our sister parish of Railaco in East Timor. Click on link below to read: Letter from Railaco No 2 Feb 2014
The genesis of our Railaco relationship
Watch this video from 2010 to better understand the genesis of the relationship between St Canice’s and Railaco Jesuit Mission. It explains earlier days of our outreach to the people of East Timor; showing how the people of the Jesuit Mission are working in conjunction with the locals; helping them to find solutions; and creating them as ‘agents of change’.