Living Legacy and Inspiration in Brazil

In the 18th December issue of the Irish Catholic Newspaper, Seamus Collins (former Misean Cara L&D Manager) shares his reflections on a monitoring trip to Brazil in October 2025 to visit several Misean Cara-funded member projects.

“It’s in the impoverished communities on the periphery of cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São  Paulo, or in the semi-arid areas of the northeast, the poorest region of the country, that the enduring, living legacy of Irish missionaries can be seen, in work that is as relevant and urgent today as it ever has been.”

To read the full article, click here.

Seamus Collins of Misean Cara (pictured seated) during a recent visit to the AAVE Group in Goiânia, Brazil, with AAVE staff and leadership left to right: Suely Marinho, Vice President of AAVE & Associate Sisters of St. Louis; Sr. Margaret Hosty, Coordinator & Co-Founder AAVE, Sisters of St Louis; Bruno Borginho, Psychologist AAVE; Elenice Lima, Volunteer AAVE, Sisters of St. Louis; Acrisio Silva, President AAVE & Associate Sisters of St. Louis; Tainá Oliveira, Receptionist AAVE. Photo: Rudger Remígio

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