The Legacy of Ave Maria Chapel: A Testament of Faith and Resilience in Fatubessi

According to the story that the generation of Fatubessi tell, initiated by a woman and the daughter of a Portuguese citizen named Henricos La Patria who is the owner of the company Agricola Patria and limited work. According to history, Henricos and his family came to live in Timor to conduct business activities buying and selling coffee, rubber, tea etc, while living in Timor, Henricos’ daughter became seriously ill. When the girl was sick, the girl made a promise through her novena to Our Lady to build a chapel and bring the children who were still Gentiles closer to God, “Francisco de Jesus Generation of the architect of the chapel. Ave Maria, Samuel de Carvalho, who was born in 1946, told his story from her ancestors Despite the condition of the disease that can not be affected by the cold wind and mahobeen, the woman whom the people of Fatu-bessi called the daughter of the country showed the will to build a chapel.           His father Henricos gave full support and began to build a chapel finally in 1939 the chapel was completed and blessed. During World War II, almost a lot of cannons and mortars were fired from the sea to destroy the chapel but failed. The chapel has existed for many years but its original architecture continues to be maintained. The Ave Maria Chapel overlooks the Bukalimonu River with its space that is not wide and can be used to see the beauty and depth that is far from the nature of the river. The Ave Maria Chapel is also complete with its staircase structure built together with the chapel with 99 steps, and the chapel is complete with 9 statues, including the Virgin Pilgrim who today is the Mother of Peace and Peace for Timor.