Father Jorge celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Health and Peace in Belo Horizonte.

Father Jorge celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Health and Peace in Belo Horizonte.

Father Jorge Oliveira, ss.cc., will celebrate his first Mass at the Sanctuary of Health and Peace, the church of Blessed Father Eustáquio, next Sunday, November 28th, at 7 pm. The celebration, which will be broadcast on the Padre Eustáquio YouTube Channel, will be open to the public.

Father Jorge received the sacrament on October 2nd, in a ceremony presided over by Cardinal Dom Orani João Tempesta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, at the parish where he was born (Our Lady of the Conception), in the Santa Cruz neighborhood of Rio.

About Father Jorge

Father Jorge Felipe de Oliveira Campos joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts in July 2009. He completed his Novitiate in 2012 in Chile and professed his first vows on January 6, 2013, at the Parish of Our Lady of Exile in Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro. In 2015, he lived in the religious community of Catuji-MG, where he served his pastoral year. In 2016, he was sent to the Sanctuary of Health and Peace in Belo Horizonte, and on August 15, 2017, he professed his perpetual vows.

In December 2019 he completed his Theology studies and, the following year, was sent to Paraguay, to the community of Fernando de la Mora. On November 12, 2020, he was ordained a deacon, returning to Brazil five months later to serve at the Nossa Senhora do Desterro Parish in Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro.