Director
Fr. Eduardo Gabriel
Eduardo is a Missionary of St Charles - Scalabrinian. He was born in Piracicaba, in São Paulo province, Brazil. In 2002 he completed his Undergraduate Degree in Social Science at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCAR, in Brasil. In 2005 he got his master’s degree in Social Sciences, at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCAR, (Brasil) and in 2010 he finished his Ph.D. in Sociology at the Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Brasil, with a concurrent period at Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), in Lisbon, Portugal. He has also been studying for a number of years at the Scalabrinian Mission in Manila, Philippines, until his ordination as a Scalabrini father in 2020. Since 2011 he has written a monthly article on migration in the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) publication Mundo e Missão, Portuguese edition in Brazil. Fr Eduardo is enthusiastic about working with people on the move and conducting research and social projects relating to human mobility. He is the coordinator of the Project "St John Baptist Scalabrini Centre - Johannesburg", renovations and organization of the building in La Rochelle, Johannesburg. The renovations are funded by Papal Foundation. Fr Eduardo is the mentor of Saint Charles Clinic Centre, a primary healthcare social Project for migrants and refugees.