Canadian priests & brothers' work at Educandário in Marilia 1958-1963

Pequenos Cantores of Notre Dame with conductor Brother João in concert at Radio Vera Cruz de Marília. 

Small Singers of Notre Dame sing at Radio Vera Cruz. 

Pequenos Cantores de Notre Dame, group one with Brother João, the conductor.

Brother João & Brother Leo with 2 unidentified locals.

Canadian brothers work with Marilia's Japanese community's baseball association.  

Canadians like their American cousins know a bit about baseball... 

Brother João supervises a football match with the children...

Brother João with some kids at the front of the Bishop's front gate... 

in front of the Bishop's front gate...

all ready to take First Communion. 

on a Palm Sunday at Saint Benedict's Cathedral...

photo taken from the 2nd floor balcony (sacada) 1958. 

Pe.Emilio, a Sister-of-Charity and Brother João (Jean).

Pe.Gervase, brother Jean, Sister-of-Charity & kids... 

 Brother Jean perched on the truck back gives instructions as who will get on...

Saint Isabel Church 1958 - 1960

Saint Isabel in 1958, a smaller duplicate of Saint Benedit's (São Bento). 

Saint Isabel in 1958, before it had been completed.

kids from Educandário attend Mass at Saint Isabel's. See Brother João wearing his white cassock standing on the right...

Saint Isabel's on a crowded day... 

a projected Diocesan Palace for Marília that never was. 

Educandário Bento de Abreu Sampaio Vidal premisses 1960-1963

Educandário Bento de Abreu Sampaio Vidal seen in all its glory... 3 great floors for the education of the destitute children of the poor and negleted population... 

A bird's eye view of the compound which started in the 1930s with the construction first of Santa Casa de Misericórdia on Avenida Vicente Ferreira, 828; then the building of the Church of Santa Isabel (which is actually a mini-Saint Benedict church) in the 1950s on Avenida Vicente Ferreira, 980 (see the lonely building on the lower extreme left of the photo) and finally the erection of Educandário itself in the late 50s and early 60s (the 3-floor building on the upper extreme-left).

Pe. Gervasio teaches elementary Christianity to young boys at Educandário's Chapel.

attending Mass in the Chapel during May, the Marian month...

Pe.Gervasio & Brother João work hard providing entertainment for the children...

Kids having a little fun after class... one can see Brother João (wearing a white cassock) and Pe. Alberto. A kid in the foreground is playing bilboquet (cup-and-ball).

see-saw... 

swinging all the way... 

 Pe.Gervasio plays the referee at a football match...

children at the games-room. 

at the lavatory & bathroom. 

in the class-room.

athletics taken seriously... 

Patronato kids on the front stairs of Christo Rei in 1963. 

at Christo Rei's stairs in 1963.  

brother Mauricio & kids from Educandário in 1963. 

Educandario Bento de Abreu Sampaio Vidal 1958

Canadian priests and brothers from the Saint Vincent de Paul Society from Montreal arrive at the Marilia airfield in 1958, and are welcomed by Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo and local authorities.

Dom Hugo Bressane, the flower-boy still holding a bouquet among the ecclesiastical and civil authorities.

Suddenly it started to drizzle; the boy finally got rid of the flower-bunch he had been holding forever... Pe. Emilio is holding the flowers now while Brother João (wearing glasses) looks on... 

Hello, Marilia! Pe. Emilio is the first to get off...

a Canadian priest awaiting to board the DC-3 in São Paulo to fly to Marília.

the Vasp DC-3 (built in 1938) that brought the Canadian staff to work at Educandário Bento de Abreu in Marília-SP. 

Pe. Emilio, brother Leo, Pe.Gervásio with the children pose in front of the DC-3...

brother Leo & Pe.Emilio stand in front of VASP's DC-3.

Brother Leo (centre) flanked by two unidentified religious brothers at the Marilia air-field.  

Brother Leo arriving at Educandário in 1958. 

the Canadian Saint Vincent de Paul's brothers & priests finally arrive at their new home.

Dom Hugo Bressane with the newly-arrived Canadian brothers & priests at the Educandário Bento de Abreu entrance.

Brothers Leo & João, Pe.Gervário & Pe.Emilio; Pe.Gabriel is sitting at the table.

 Canadian brother helps the fruit-picking...

Pe. Emilio & kids...

Padre Gervásio waiting for his dinner... 

Dom Hugo Bressane & the Educandario children

 Dom Hugo on a Palm Sunday function...

 this is actually the Bishop's house front gate...

kids heading back to Educandário after some function in town...

Dom Hugo Bressane inside Saint Benedict's Church (São Bento). 

Dom Hugo Bressane de Araújo when he was Bishop of Guaxupé-MG. He was posted as Bishop of Marilia in 1954. 

Educandário in the XXI century.