On May 12, 1925, the first missionaries of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts arrived in Brazil, disembarking in Rio de Janeiro. Their plans were to found the Congregation in the South American country and serve in cities that needed spiritual guidance.<\/p>\n
To pray for the work that was beginning, in June of that year, Father Eust\u00e1quio, Father Mathias, and Father Gil traveled to Aparecida, in S\u00e3o Paulo. They went to the Church of the Patron Saint of Brazil to pray before the image found in the waters of the Para\u00edba River.<\/p>\n
During the visit, Father Eust\u00e1quio sent a postcard from the city to his sister Pac\u00edfica, also a nun, in the Netherlands. In the postcard, the priest wrote:<\/p>\n
\u201cDear sister Pacifica, No dia 12 de maio de 1925 os primeiros mission\u00e1rios da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o dos Sagrados Cora\u00e7\u00f5es chegaram ao Brasil, desembarcando no Rio de Janeiro. Os planos eram fundar a Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o no pa\u00eds sulamericano e servir nas cidades que necessitavam de acompanhamento espiritual. Para rezar pelo trabalho que come\u00e7ava, em junho daquele ano, Padre Eust\u00e1quio, Padre Mathias e Padre Gil viajaram a Aparecida, em S\u00e3o Paulo. Eles foram at\u00e9 a Igreja da Padroeira do Brasil para rezar diante da imagem encontrada nas \u00e1guas do Rio Para\u00edba. Durante a visita, Padre Eust\u00e1quio enviou um postal da cidade \u00e0 sua irm\u00e3 Pac\u00edfica, tamb\u00e9m religiosa, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSincerely, from this famous pilgrimage site in Brazil \u2013 to the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, to the Reverend Mother and the sisters. Everything, thank God, is going well. We will support our bishop in Uberaba. Temporary address: Episcopal Palace, Uberaba, Brazil. Next, we will go to a pilgrimage site that is without a spiritual director: \u00c1gua Suja, to settle permanently. You will receive a letter soon.
\nYour beloved, Father Eustace.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"