East Timor – 158 New members of TLS Vice province ADMA group

On the 24th June at the National Shrine of Fatumaca, 158 people made their promise as members of ADMA of the Salesian Vice Province of East Timor (TLS). Fr. Manuel Pinto, Vicar of the TLS Vice Province, presided over the Eucharist, concelebrated by Fr. Manuel Ximenes, Delegate for ADMA of the TLS Vice Province, with 4 other priests. Present at the celebration were many ADMA members from different centres of the country together with their presidents and their close collaborators, FMA sisters, their Provincial Vicar, Sr. Evangelina Xavier da Costa, FMA, and the families of the new members. After the homily, the candidates made their promise to live the virtues of Mary, ready to be her witnesses in their Christian life as well as promoters of devotion to Our Lady. Each candidate received Our Lady’s Medal and the ADMA Manual as a rule of life. At the end of the celebration, in front of the Shrine, the ADMA TLS presented the first edition of its bulletin.