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Parish of Our Lady Help of Christians
OUR VISION
We aim to promote human dignity, the common good and commitment to social inclusion. Solidarity, interdisciplinary and humanistic formation, guided by an ethical, Catholic Christian perspective.
OUR FAITH
Our Lady Help of Christians, whose devotion dates back to the victory of the Christian fleet at the Battle of Lepanto, in 1571, commanded by Dom João da Austria who, invoking the Virgin's help, removed the Mohammedan danger from Europe. Our Lady Help of Christians is celebrated May 24th.
OUR COMMUNITY
The Christian community is characterized by the communion of baptized who form a parish. It is a place of life, a space where people marked by virtues and weaknesses seek to live the faith, witness baptism, practice goodness and justice.
Patron Saint: OUR LADY AUXÍLIO DOS CRISTANOS
Foundation Date: MARCH 7, 1981
IN THE 1970'S, FATHER JOSÉ DE CASTRO, BELONGING TO THE PARISH OF Nossa Senhora APARECIDA, FROM THE CAMPINAS SECTOR, WAS APPOINTED TO COME TO THE SECTOR, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS CALLED MACAMBIRA, TO CHECK THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAD NOT HAD UNTIL THEN INSTALLED. THE PRIEST, TOGETHER WITH VINCENTINO DITOSA, WENT TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF GOIÂNIA TO REQUEST THE MAYOR OF THE SEASON FOR THE DONATION OF THE LAND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY, AN AUTHORIZED DONATION BEGAN THEN TO ACTIVITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NAME OF THE CHURCH, OF PERPETUAL HELP. THE COMMUNITY BUILT A STRAW-COVERED CHURCH WHERE THEY GATHER TO PRAY THE THIRDS, HAVE PARTIES AND AUCTIONS TO EARN FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. PRIEST JOSÉ DE CASTRO TOGETHER WITH THE VINCENTINOS DACI, DICO, DONA JASSIRA AND HIS HONORABLE CONTINUE THE PARISH ACTIVITIES, HOLD MEETINGS FOR
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COLLECTING FOOD TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE NEEDY FAMILIES IN THE SECTOR WAS A PRIEST VERY PRESENT IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. AFTER A PERIOD, THE SISTERS ELINA, RUFINA AND LÍGIA, ALSO BELONGING TO THE PARISH OF OUR LADY APARECIDA, CAME TO THE COMMUNITY AND BUILT A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THEY GIVEN COURSES TO THE FAITHFUL. THE COMMUNITY WAS BIG AND WITH ACTIVITIES THAT DEMANDED GREATER ATTENTION, THAT'S why, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PASTORAL NEEDS, THE ACHDIOCESE OF GOIÂNIA CREATED, ON MARCH 7, 1981, THE OUR LADY AUXILIO DOS CHRISTIANS PARISH, AFTER CONSULTING THE FATHERS OF THE PRESBITERILLAL COUNCIL AND THE VICAR OF THE OUR LADY APARECIDA PARISH. THE NAME WAS CHOSEN BY THE COMMUNITY. FROM THAT TIME THE PARISH WAS ADMINISTRATED BY DEACON HIRON ALBERNAZ, HAVING FUNCTIONS OF VIGAR AND SEMINARIST VALDEMAR BARBOZA AS A DIRECT ASSISTANT, THE TWO CONTINUED THE ACTIVITIES BEFORE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY. ON APRIL 19, 1981, OUR FIRST BAPTISM AS A PARISH WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE VIGÁRIO HIRON ALBERNAZ. ON JUNE 29, 1981 DEACON HIRON WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST AND THE PARISH HAD ITS FIRST PRIEST, STAYING IN OUR PARISH FROM MARCH 1981 TO MARCH 1983. AFTER FATHER HIRON'S LEFT, THE PARISH WAS ADMINISTRATED BY SEMI-TRANS. IN 1987 FATHER CÉSAR LUÍS GARCIA ASSUMES THE PARISH AND MEETS THE COMMUNITY TO CONDUCT A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MATRIX, DEMOTING THE OLD CONSTRUCTION. FATHER CESAR STAYED IN OUR PARISH UNTIL AUGUST 15, 2004. THE PARISH THAT TAKEN OVER THE PARISH AFTER FATHER CÉSAR's departure WAS FATHER OMAR DANTE SANCTUARY WHO STAYED AS PARISH UNTIL JANUARY 2, 2005. FATHER OMAR THE FATHERS DALTON CHAVES, FATHER SILVINO AND FATHER DIVINE ALVES TAKEN THE PARISH AND STAYED UNTIL THE YEAR 2006 WHEN FATHER RODRIGO DE CASTRO FERREIRA TAKES UP THE PARISH AS PARISH ADMINISTRATOR UNTIL JANUARY AFTER ASSUMPTION AFTER SADRIGO AFTER 2011 THE PARISH IS FATHER JOÃO BATISTA DE LIMA WHO STAYED UNTIL MARCH 2012, IN THIS PERIOD WHICH WE WERE WITHOUT A FINAL FATHER, WE HAD THE HELP OF FATHER RODRIGO, WHO TAKEN OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PARISH AND SOME FATHERS HELPED IN MASSES CELEBRATIONS. IN APRIL 2019 ASSUMES THE PARISH PE.EVERALDO DA SILVA LUZ, AND REMAINS UNTIL APRIL 2020, PE. RODRIGO DE CASTRO TAKES UP AGAIN AS ADMINISTRATOR UP TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE PASTOR AT THE TIME, PE CRISTIANO FARIA DOS SANTOS IN DECEMBER 2021, AND WITH HIM AS THE VIAGAR PE. ROSIMA DA SILVA AGUIAR.
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The important thing is to do charity, not to talk about charity. Understand the work in favor of the needy as a mission chosen by God.
Santa Dulce of the Poor