East Timor – National ADMA prepares for regional Congress
Quelicai, East Timor - August 3, 2021 - On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, about 50 members and leaders of the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) from the areas of Baucau and Quelicai, in East Timor, gathered in the parish church "St. Therese of Lisieux" of Quelicai for a Eucharistic celebration and a formation session in view of the ADMA Congress of the East Asia-Oceania Region scheduled, in digital mode, on 11 and 12 September 2021. The activity was led by the spiritual animator national ADMA, Fr Manuel Ximenes, SDB. Besides illustrating the program of the Congress, the training session explored the theme of ADMA's identity and the participation of its members in the local Church. The ADMA of East Timor is among the most prosperous in the whole region with 39 groups divided into reference areas and animated by the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.