The Missionaries of the Poor
The Missionaries of the Poor is an Order of Brothers who live to serve the poor. Founded and based in Jamaica by Fr. Richard Ho Lung, they have centres in many of the poorest areas of the world.
Below you will find details about some of the Missionaries of the Poor centres.
Official Missionaries of the Poor website
'The Lords Place' Centre
Where elderly, mentally and physically disabled women are looked after where AID’s victims can live in peace.
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| 'The Lords Place' Centre |
Inside 'The Lords Place' centre one of the brothers
is reading the bible and giving a sermon to the women. |
'The Bethlehem' Centre
The Bethlehem centre is a children’s home which houses around 60 to 100 small children from newborns to young adults. Above it is a chapel where the brothers hold a large Sunday mass for the people of Old Kingston.
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| 'The Bethlehem' centre and Chapel |
A view of the newborns ward in Bethlehem centre where discarded and newborn
babies are looked after by the brothers and a team of voluntary nurses from
the local area, about 20 babies and toddlers are cared for here in their cots. |
'The Beatitudes' Centre
The new children’s centre in the mountains called 'The Beatitudes' where there are 23 of the stronger children from the 'Bethlehem' centre whom the brothers thought it would benefit them to be in a different, more beautiful and calming environment.
'The Good Shepherd' Centre
A centre where the brothers take care of physically and mentally disabled men, most of these men will never leave this centre.
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The residents of 'The Good Shepherd' Centre |
'The Faith' Centre
The oldest centre run by the brothers, which caters for mentally and physically disabled men. in this picture they are just waiting for lunch to be served.
