by Dionel Rodriguez | Mar 5, 2025
Parish Maintenance and Repairs
Where there are two or more, there is the grace of God and the faithful are generally blessed to have a place to worship under this energy of love.
Parishioners of the Our Lady, Mother and Queen parish in Jaraguá, São Paulo are fortunate to have such a place, but it is currently in disrepair and particularly due to leaky roofs. This is the parish where Father Moorman is assisting the local Pastor with basic maintenance and repairs that have been neglected for many years due to less care from the previous Pastors and the limited financial resources of the parishioners in this relatively rural area.
Your gift will help with general maintenance, repair of leaky roofs of the parish church structure and the parish house along with providing for the addition of a handicapped access ramp to the building.
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!”
Psalm 95:6
by Dionel Rodriguez | Mar 5, 2025
Parish Holistic Healing Project
This Apostolic Project is a holistic healing program for the parish of Nossa Senhora Mãe e Rainha located on the northwestern periphery of São Paulo. Its goal is to help subsidize holistic health care for people who are of a low-income level and who could not otherwise afford these types of treatments.
Envisioned by Father Moorman, this project will support psychological counseling, group therapy and acupuncture treatments. Participants will be asked to contribute toward their healing if possible.
Given that most of these low-income people in the parish are stretching to meet their most basic needs, your gift can help some of them experience the compassion and healing of the Catholic Church.
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
by Dionel Rodriguez | Mar 5, 2025
A true sign of Catholic charism is to embrace and help some of the most excluded populations to heal and become part of the larger community. This is certainly true for those living with HIV or AIDS in or around São Paulo, Brazil.
Father Moorman wants to provide partial support to an ongoing HIV/AIDS Project founded by an Irish Missionary Sister back in 1996. The purpose of the program is to help people who are living with HIV or AIDS in a variety of ways including home visits, therapy and education and to work with the community to prevent the spread of the virus.
Your gift can help some of the downtrodden in Brazil to feel more a part of their community in the Love and Hope of Jesus Christ.
“God keeps his promises and provides healing when we face sicknesses.”
Isaiah 53:5
by Dionel Rodriguez | Jun 10, 2020
Anger, fear, anxiety and depression . . . these are all common symptoms of trauma that Fr. Dennis Moorman helps people to resolve in both individual sessions as well as workshops with groups and official trainings for trauma therapists in Brazil and throughout the world.
Although, Fr. Dennis is stationed in São Paulo, Brazil, his trauma healing ministry has expanded to fifteen countries throughout the world, where he has presented this work in Haiti, South Korea, Japan, USA, Hong Kong, Nepal, China, Tanzania, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, India and Egypt, as well as Brazil. During the pandemic this work has expanded to include working virtually with people in Columbia, Germany, Kenya, Russia, U.K. and Belgium.
Fr. Dennis’ work attends not only to the emotional and physical, but also the spiritual realm of healing, where he witnesses daily the new hope and energy for life that is unleashed when a person is able to overcome being stuck in a traumatic pattern in their life. Those who are healed often learn to help others who are suffering with trauma in order to give back to their communities the gift of healing they have received.
