Mission Portugal
WE MISSION ARE A MISSION PORTUGAL Pallottines MANTLE OF LIGHT UPON LISBON www.WeAreAMission.org PORTUGAL Information: Fr. José Zavorski, & the Parish of Odivelas || Photos: Parish of Odivelas || Design: Julianne Calzonetti HISTORY As it is seen, Our Lady carries Saints in Her mantle to where Her Son QUICK FACTS needs to be. As it was so through three shepherd children, so also was it Pastoral Guidance: so through St. Vincent Pallotti; where on October 1, 1991, he opened the Our Lady of Mercy Region doors to the Church in the capital city of Lisbon's suburbs. Country: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Our Parish of Odivelas is made of 5 flocks; the Church of the Most Holy Opened: October 1, 1991 Name of Jesus as its mother, along with the Church of Divine Mercy, St, Apostolates: Parish of Odivelas, Joseph the Worker, Chapel of the Holy Family, and Chapel of the Divine Youth, Pastoral, Pilgrimages Holy Spirit. All are under the pastoral guidance of Brazil's Our Lady of Mercy Region, seated in Rio de Janeiro. The roots of Pallotti's Portuguese Parish has intriguing origins to capture our attention, and history of our faith. The oldest known document in the history of Odivelas is a Romanesque inscription found in the church of the Monastery of Odivelas, currently on display at the Museu do Carmo in Lisbon. It reports that “João Ramires, First Prelate of this church, died on 13 February 1183 "In 1147, Lisbon was conquered by the Crusaders; João Ramires would be one of those Crusaders who was in charge of the parish of Odivelas.
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