The
Vocationist Sisters in Brazil was meant to be. In March of 1954,
Sr. Luisa went with Sr. Elvira left to South America they were
destined to go to Argentina and something happened that they
stayed in Rio de Janeiro for awhile and from there they went
Salvador Bahia where the Cardinal of Bahia requested their
staying. Sr. Elvira was called back to Italy by Fr. Justin
Russolillo and she was sent to France, while Sr. Luisa stayed
alone and went to live in the Vocationary with The Vocationist
Fathers for about three years she was there without document got
in problem because of being undocumented. . In 1957 the
community were enlarged by the sisters who came from Italy thus
making possible the not only the work in the nursery school and
the orphanage but also others activities of others neighboring
cities and in the Hospital in Paulo Alfonzo Bahia. When Sr.
Luisa Grimaldi and Sr. Elvira G allo arrived in the Island of
Itaparica-Bahia the Vocationist Fathers had been there already
they had been evangelizing there for about four years. The
sisters not only welcomed the children but also the mothers who
wanted to learn manual works in the handcraft workshop directed
by the Vocationist sisters themselves. As the sisters were
getting more vocations in Brazil they now went also back to Rio
de Janeiro there they worked with an orphanage were the children
would also sleep in the house as interns and they also run the
College. Another land where the sisters were welcome was in Ouro
Fino, Minas Gerais, where the sisters openned one orphanage the
House of formation and the College.
Also the
sisters went to Sao Paulo where the sisters have a nursery
school and elementary school The Vocationist house of formation
was first in Ouro Fino then it moved to Rio de Janeiro In our
day the Brasilian Vocationist Sister is still working in Brazil
and also many are in other countries. The Vocatonist Sisters
works with dedication as catechists, to the pastoral of the
youth and vocations and to the education of the youth.
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