Walking through Cidade de Deus
After listening to a brief presentation about Christ the King and its partner projects, Compass Rose members walked through the streets of Cidade de Deus, and got an eyewitness experience of the...
View ArticlePartnerships in Cidade de Deus
In the afternoon, Compass Rose Society members visited some important ecumenical and community partners in Cidade de Deus. First, they visited Christ the King’s ecumenical partner, the Roman Catholic...
View ArticleA trip to remember
Members of the Compass Rose Society were on top of the world today, when they visited Rio de Janeiro’s most famous landmark. The trip to the Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer – one of the seven modern...
View ArticlePresentation at Rio Cathedral: Life in Communion
Bishop Philip Poole and Canon Kenneth Kearon talked to an audience of more than one hundred people at the Cathedral of the Redeemer’s parish hall. Bishop Poole explained what the Compass Rose Society...
View ArticleVisitors arrive in the Amazon
In the afternoon, visitors from the Compass Rose Society arrived in Belém do Pará, see of the Diocese of the Amazon. They were welcomed at the International Airport Val de Cans by a group led by...
View ArticleDignity and life in Gurupá
Twelve Compass Rose Society members left Belém at 8:30 AM with Bishop Saulo Barros and his wife and USPG missioner Ruth Barros. Together, they packed two airplanes and flew to Gurupá, in the low Amazon...
View ArticleAscension in Santa Izabel
Five members of the Compass Rose Society group stayed in Belém to visit the Popular University (UNIPOP) and the Mission of the Ascension of the Lord, in Santa Izabel do Pará, which is located a...
View ArticleChurch visits in Belém
On Saturday morning, Compass Rose Society members visited several communities in the Belém do Pará area. At first, they went to one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of the city, where they could...
View ArticleEcumenism and Prayer in the Amazon
After a full day visiting parishes in Metro Belém do Pará, Compass Rose Society members joined representatives of the Amazonian Council of Christian Churches and attended an Ecumenical Prayer Service...
View ArticleFarewell from Belém
The Compass Rose Society visit ended with mass and lunch at St. Mary’s Cathedral. About 80 people attended the service and bid adieu to their new friends. Bishop Philip Poole, president of the Compass...
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