July and August 2022 were a time of great blessing for the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico: βThe Lord has done great things for usβ (Ps 126:3).
On July 13, 2022, our confreres, Friars Carlos Alberto CATZIN JUΓREZ and Gonzalo GONZΓLEZ NAVARRO, were ordained to the priesthood through the imposition of the hands of the Most Reverend Alfonso CORTΓS CONTRERAS, Archbishop of LeΓ³n, State of Guanajuato, Mexico. The ordinations took place at the Sagrado CorazΓ³n de JesΓΊs Church-Rectorate in LeΓ³n, which is under the pastoral care of our friars.
On August 8, 2022, Friars Abel CRUZ AUSENCIO, JosΓ© Nahers PARRA NIEVES and Julio CΓ©sar ΓLVAREZ RAMΓREZ concluded their novitiate year and professed their simple vows into the hands of the Minister Provincial, Friar Mario CASTRO MARTΓNEZ. On the same day, Friars Juan Carlos REYES SANTILLΓN and VΓctor Antonio GALVΓN PALACIOS began their novitiate year with the rite of vesting in the habit of the Order. The events took place in Totolapan, State of Morelos, Mexico.
Finally, on August 17, 2022, Friars RaΓΊl Alejandro ROBLES JIMΓNEZ and Bernardino LΓPEZ FRANCISCO professed their solemn vows into the hands of the Minister Provincial. The ceremony took place at the MarΓa Inmaculada formation house in CuautitlΓ‘n Izcalli, Mexico City, Mexico.
Friar NoΓ© GASPARIANO PRIETO, Provincial Secretary