Born in Mexico City, February 25, 1988, arrived to the United States October of 2001 at the age of 12 years old, settled togetether with my family in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
The family became parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church in the year 2003, at the time administrated by Rev. Fr. Frank Palmieri CRM, Pastor and his assistant Rev. Fr. Ed Enverga CRM.
During those times I was just an ocational Sunday mass goer, but with the time as the spanish community at Immaculate conception was growing and developing I became one of the pioneers of the new spanish speaking young adult group.
I eventually became very active in the activities of the church by becoming a lector, and a representative of the spanish community at the parish pastoral council. I was also one of the core members of the young adult group. In 2007, the idea of becoming a priest did not pass across my mind until one of the youngest member of the young adult group expressed his desire to enter the seminary. That led me to ask for information about the procedure to join the seminary.
Eventually when I approached Fr. Frank for the information he referred me to Fr. Liam Panganibam CRM. One day I approached him after the holy hour and evening prayer and he told me that he had heard about me wanting to join the seminary to which I never told him that it was not me but the other guy who had the desire. Instead, I just went with the flow and few weeks later he told me the only way the Adorno fathers could help me given my current situation was if I was willing to go to the Philippines.
Not knowing what was coming and that it was literally on the other side of the world, my answer without hesitation was, “if that’s what I have to do to become a priest, I will do it”.
After long years of formation in the Philippines I was able to finish my philosophical studies and was received by the Order to make my simple profession of vows, June 8, 2014 on the Feast of Pentecost.
Currently by the grace and mercy of God, I’ve been a simple profess religious brother for 4 years and on my fourth year of Theology for the Greater Glory of the Risen Christ.
