The Prelature of Tefé is located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest with 264,669 square kilometers and 197,000 inhabitants. The seat of the Prelature is 36 hours from the state capital by ship. It is an immense region with many locomotion and communication challenges. We are responsible for a parish on the outskirts of Tefé that has three communities. One of them is already the result of our presence. It is an area of urban invasion with approximately 930 families. This new community was named Saint Vincent to mark the 400th anniversary of his charism. Soon the bishop will hand over to our care a new mission area with 30 riverside communities and three indigenous villages. The headquarters
of the mission does not have a priestly presence. A community of sisters have lived there for nine years, but they will leave in January 2018. There are many evangelical churches. Our people live almost abandoned ecclesiastically. Our dreams and desires are: leadership training, implantation of new branches of the Vincentian Family (VMY, SSVP, AIC), development of new ecclesial communities, promotion of emerging vocational groups, pastoral ministry for the indigenous peoples, and prioritizing youth.
