Radically following Marcellin Champagnat

Brother Juan Pablo Gaviria Chindoy made his perpetual profession within the Institute on May 14 in the Ibagué community in Tolima, Colombia.

Fathers Arturo Patiño and Diego Rubiano, chaplains of the Champagnat School, presided the celebration 

Several brothers of the Norandina Province as well as friends and family of Br Juan Pablo took part in the event.

Br Juan Pablo was born in 1983, and he became an aspirant in Pasto before completing his postulancy in Manizales.

He entered the La Valla novitiate in Medellin, Colombia, in 2007 and the following year made his first profession. 

He is currently carrying out his apostolate in the Santo Domingo community in Medellin, Colombia.