The newly ordained priest, Father Wanderson de Souza Alves, SSCC, will celebrate Holy Mass for the first time in Belo Horizonte. The Eucharistic Celebration will be this Sunday, the 25th, at 10 am and will be broadcast live on the Padre Eustáquio Channel on YouTube.

Father Wanderson was ordained on June 10th in Rio de Janeiro through the laying on of hands and consecratory prayer of Dom Paulo Alves Romão, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro. On that occasion, several faithful from Belo Horizonte traveled to Rio de Janeiro to attend the ceremony.

Currently, the priest serves in pastoral care at the São Damião de Molokai parish in Patrocínio-MG. Father Wanderson has also presided over celebrations at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida and Nossa Senhora do Desterro parishes, both in Rio de Janeiro.

Father Wanderson de Souza Alves, SSCC

Wanderson de Souza Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro on April 14, 1993. He is the son of Francisco Carlos Alves and Sheila Gama de Souza Alves (deceased). He entered the Congregation in 2012. He completed his novitiate in 2015 in Cerrillos de Curacavi, Chile, and professed his first vows on January 17, 2016, at the Nossa Senhora do Desterro Parish in Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro. In 2019, he began residing in the religious community of the Sanctuary of Health and Peace in Belo Horizonte, where he served pastorally until 2022.

He made his Perpetual Profession on January 16, 2021, also in Belo Horizonte. He completed his Theology studies in 2021 at the Jesuit Faculty and was ordained a Deacon on August 29, 2022.