Where We Are - Brazil
Fr. Omar Dixon has been working for over 40 years as a Scarboro Missioner on the Amazon in the Diocese of Itacoatiara, Brazil. Fr. Omar is pastor of the riverside community of Itapiranga. Fr. Ron MacDonell works among the Makuxi Indigenous peoples in Brazil as they struggle to protect their culture and homelands. Lay missioner Beverly Trach is present in Fortaleza, Brazil along with Our Lady's Missionaries. Beverly is a member of the pastoral team working with street children, other young people, women.s groups and homeless adults.