{"id":50510,"date":"2025-10-23T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/?p=50510"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:03:52","slug":"padre-luis-manuel-bairrada-em-visita-canonica-a-cabo-verde-e-guine-bissau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/padre-luis-manuel-bairrada-em-visita-canonica-a-cabo-verde-e-guine-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Lu\u00eds Manuel Bairrada on a canonical visit to Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u271d\ufe0f A mission of fellowship and accompaniment.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

THE Father Lu\u00eds Manuel Bairrada<\/strong>provincial of Iberian Province of Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 which covers Portugal, Spain and Guinea-Bissau \u2014 is located in canonical visit<\/strong> to the communities of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this visit is to strengthen fraternal ties, closely observe the life of missionary communities, and listen to local needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfb Meeting with Father Il\u00eddio Gra\u00e7a in Cape Verde<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Cape Verde<\/strong>Father Lu\u00eds Bairrada met with Father Il\u00eddio Gra\u00e7a<\/strong>, parish priest of Ribeira Brava<\/strong>in Saint Nicholas Island<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After more than 20 years of pastoral service in the parishes of Peral and S\u00e3o Pedro de Esteval<\/strong>, and later in Proen\u00e7a-a-Nova<\/strong>Father Il\u00eddio returned to his homeland, where he now serves with the same missionary zeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to return to Ribeira Brava<\/strong> It is also linked to their family situation, since their Mother, aged one hundred, is ill.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The community welcomed him with joy and gratitude, recognizing in him a A dedicated and faithful servant to the mission.<\/strong> who saw him born and grow up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cape Verde, S\u00e3o Nicolau Island, Ribeira Brava, during the canonical visit of the Provincial, Father Lu\u00eds Manuel, to Father Il\u00eddio Gra\u00e7a.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\ud83c\udf0d In Guinea-Bissau: continuity and hope<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The canonical visit continues in Guinea-Bissau<\/strong>where the Father Lu\u00eds Bairrada<\/strong> will be received by Fathers Lima and Florentino<\/strong>, missionaries of the most precious Guinean blood, who continue the work begun by Father Joaquim Pereira<\/strong>, native of Proen\u00e7a-a-Nova<\/strong>and by Father Paco<\/a><\/strong>, originally from C\u00e1ceres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These missionaries gave rise to Mission of the Most Precious Blood in Guinea-Bissau<\/strong>, a project born from faith, solidarity, and the desire to bring the Gospel to the peripheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current challenges are different, but the missionary spirit remains alive, sustained by solid foundations laid decades ago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcac "The challenges change, but the love for the mission grows."<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

THE Father Lu\u00eds Bairrada<\/strong> It highlights that, despite the difficulties and changes in social and cultural contexts, Love for mission grows when it is rooted in faith, sharing, and service.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood<\/strong> remain committed to to educate, evangelize, and care for local populations.<\/strong>with special attention to human and spiritual formation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\ude4f A testament to faith and continuity.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This canonical visit reinforces the international and fraternal dimension of the Iberian Province<\/strong>, uniting the communities of Portugal, Spain, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau in a shared spirit of communion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The testimony of Father Lu\u00eds Bairrada<\/strong> remember that To be a missionary is to be present, to listen, and to walk with the people.<\/strong>Sharing joys and challenges, and keeping hope alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe foundations have been laid. It is up to us to continue building, with love and perseverance, the mission that God entrusts to us.\u201d Father Lu\u00eds Manuel Bairrada<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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O Padre Lu\u00eds Manuel Bairrada, provincial da Prov\u00edncia Ib\u00e9rica dos Mission\u00e1rios do Precios\u00edssimo Sangue, est\u00e1 em visita can\u00f3nica \u00e0s comunidades de Cabo Verde e Guin\u00e9-Bissau. Uma miss\u00e3o que refor\u00e7a a comunh\u00e3o entre os mission\u00e1rios e renova o compromisso com o servi\u00e7o e o amor \u00e0 miss\u00e3o.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,43,86],"tags":[88,49,87,89],"class_list":["post-50510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabo-verde","category-preciosissimo-sangue","category-sao-nicolau","tag-cabo-verde","tag-cpps","tag-padre-ilidio","tag-sao-nicolau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50515,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50510\/revisions\/50515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpps.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}