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New Beginnings: Recent Graduates Step Into First Teaching Roles as Enrolment at ICFP Grows
As the new year begins, schools and communities across the province are launching into 2026 with renewed energy. At the Instituto Católico para Formação de Professores (ICFP) , Timor-Leste, preparations are underway to welcome a new cohort of students and teachers, writes Br Paul Gilchrist, the institute's Director. ICFP staff returned to start the new academic year on 5 January 2026. After an opening prayer and a meeting with all staff, the lecturers were quickly down to wo

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Feb 22 min read


Education in Action: Marist Efforts Transforming Young Lives in Timor-Leste, Writes Milika Nation of AMS
In August, Milika Nation, Communications and Engagement Coordinator for Australian Marist Solidarity, visited Timor-Leste. Her time there...

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Sep 22, 20254 min read


Celebrating 25 Years of Marists in Timor-Leste: The Journey of ICFP and Educational Renewal
A quarter-century ago, in the wake of Timor-Leste’s struggle for independence, the foundations of education lay amid rubble and hope. It...

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Sep 10, 20255 min read


Lessons Beyond the Classroom: Student Brothers Begin Their Practicum
Each year, students from the Instituto Católico para Formação de Professores, or ICFP, undertake their five-week estajiu, or teaching...

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Jul 14, 20255 min read


Capacity Building in Timor-Leste: Notre Dame Educators Deliver Inservice Training for ICFP Staff
Following the recent Marist Higher Education Conference in Rome, Br Peter Corr arranged for a team of university staff from Notre Dame of...

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Jul 2, 20251 min read


ICFP Baucau Achieves International Accreditation from Indonesia’s LAMDIK
Instituto Católico para Formação de Professores (ICFP), a Marist teacher training institute in Baucau, Timor-Leste, has been granted...

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Jan 25, 20252 min read
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